Dreaming Nails

Electric Blue Watercolour Tint nails

Coffin · Watercolour Tint

Doable at home

Electric Blue tinted with Milky Cobalt and blended while wet, so the colour pools rather than covers.

3 bottles: Electric Blue, Milky Cobalt and Petrol Blue. Electric Blue and Milky Cobalt sit a comfortable distance apart: the motif is clearly legible without shouting, which is the easiest range to freehand in. The bottles are not all the same finish (crème and sheer), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

On a coffin shape there is more flat nail than almost anywhere else on the site, so a dense or textured finish has room to be seen.

Make it yours

Pick a part of the nail, then a shade
Base: Electric Blue · Crème Open the bottle

Bottles for this nail

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Electric Blue Base · Crème
Milky Cobalt Motif · Sheer
Petrol Blue Accent · Crème

What you need

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

How to paint Electric Blue Watercolour Tint nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Two thin coats of Electric Blue, curing each one.
  2. 2 Float Milky Cobalt into wet Electric Blue 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 Electric Blue Watercolour Tint

  • Is Electric Blue 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 Electric Blue Watercolour Tint?

    3 bottles: Electric Blue (crème), Milky Cobalt (sheer) and Petrol Blue (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Electric Blue Watercolour Tint 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 Electric Blue Watercolour Tint need?

    More than you would expect. Milky Cobalt is 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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