Ballet Pink Micro French nails

Coffin · Micro French

Doable at home

A micro french: the thinnest Milk Bath line you can draw at the tip over barely-there Milky Pink.

3 bottles: Milky Pink, Milk Bath and Dusty Berry. Milky Pink and Milk Bath are close in tone, so the design is tonal rather than graphic. It shows up in daylight and softens indoors. The bottles are not all the same finish (sheer and crème), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

Coffin nails give the most surface of any shape here, which is why the heavier finishes tend to live on them; they also need the most length to work at all.

Make it yours

Pick a part of the nail, then a shade
Base: Milky Pink · Sheer Open the bottle

Bottles for this nail

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What you need

Sheer base milky wash
Tip colour liner brush
Gloss top seal the smile

How to paint Ballet Pink Micro French nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Three sheer coats of Milky Pink — it is translucent, so it builds rather than covers.
  2. 2 Draw a hairline of Milk Bath along the free edge — an outline, not a band.
  3. 3 Gloss top coat, cure, then cuticle oil once it is out of the lamp.

Questions about Ballet Pink Micro French

  • Is Ballet Pink Micro French hard to do at home?

    Yes, with a steady hand. The motif is freehand, so the first nail is usually the worst one. Budget around 45 minutes for a full set, and three colours means three chances for something to bleed, so cure between each one rather than working wet on wet.

  • What polish do I need for Ballet Pink Micro French?

    3 bottles: Milky Pink (sheer), Milk Bath (sheer) and Dusty Berry (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Ballet Pink Micro French work on short nails?

    Coffin is the one shape here that genuinely needs length. On a short nail there is not enough free edge to cut square, and it will read as a squoval instead.

  • How many coats does Ballet Pink Micro French need?

    More than you would expect. Milky Pink and Milk Bath are translucent, so the colour builds over three thin coats rather than covering in two. Stop wherever you like the depth — that is the point of a sheer.

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