Learn how to create a turquoise manicure with daisies

Floral manicures are always popular, but painting the same flower week in and week out can become a little stale. Instead of making those five-petaled dotting tool flowers, try your hand at creating daisies. These little white flowers start off as a sequence of dots, but you can create more distinct petals by dragging the dotting tool slightly. This will make the petals look more pointy.

To make the manicure really special, add some dark blue leaves and a yellow center. But why stop there? Paint the tip of the nail with metallic gold gel to enhance the design. Since daisies often symbolize new beginnings, this would be a great look for a baby shower or for Mother's Day.

Materials
- Turquoise gel polish (not shown)
- UV or LED lamp
- Nail art brush
- White gel paint
- Fine detail brush
- Dark blue gel paint
- Paper towel (not shown)
- Dotting tool
- Yellow gel paint
- Gold metallic gel paint
- No-wipe gel top coat

Instructions
1. Apply two coats of turquoise gel polish to the nails, curing them between coats with the UV or LED lamp.

2. Dip the nail art brush into the white gel paint, then paint one or more flowers on each nail. Cure the paint with the lamp.

3. Dip the fine detail brush into the dark blue paint, then draw one or two leaves extending from each flower. Wipe the brush on a paper towel to remove the paint before applying the next color.

4. Dip the dotting tool into the yellow paint, then place a dot in the middle of each flower. Cure the paint with the lamp.

5. Use the fine detail brush to apply gold metallic paint to the tip of the nail, then cure the paint with the lamp.

6. Apply a single layer of no-wipe gel top coat to the nails, then cure the gel with the lamp.

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