Dreaming Nails

Ballet Pink Watercolour Tint nails

Stiletto · Watercolour Tint

Doable at home

A watercolour wash of Milk Bath floated over sheer Milky Pink, uneven on purpose.

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.

It sits on a stiletto, filed to a point from a wide base, which is the most dramatic shape here and the one that compresses a motif hardest toward the tip.

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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Milky Pink Base · Sheer
Milk Bath Motif · Sheer
Dusty Berry Accent · Crème

What you need

Colour gel two thin coats
Base coat ridge filling
Gloss top high shine

How to paint Ballet Pink Watercolour Tint 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 Float Milk Bath into wet Milky Pink and let it bleed — do not chase it flat, the unevenness is the design.
  3. 3 Gloss top coat, cure, then cuticle oil once it is out of the lamp.

Questions about Ballet Pink Watercolour Tint

  • Is Ballet Pink Watercolour Tint 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 Watercolour Tint?

    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 Watercolour Tint work on short nails?

    Stiletto needs length, because the point is most of the shape. On a short nail it files down to something closer to almond, and the design still reads, just less sharply.

  • How many coats does Ballet Pink Watercolour Tint 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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