Q&A for How to Do Nail Art

Start by making tiny dots in a circle on your nail. When the dots dry, put another dot in the center of the dots to act as the center of the flower.

Good designs for people with shorter nails include colors with accent drawings, made with a nail pen or slim marker. You can also add small studs going up the side of the nail.

You don't have to, but it's a good idea too. It will help lessen staining and give the nail polish something to adhere to.

Paint them as you normally would, just make sure you stay away from the cuticles.

The ring fingernail is the most used nail for nail art if you don't want to do all of your nails.

Channels like cutepolish, totallycoolnails, and simply nailogical do amazing nail art tutorials.

Dollar stores have inexpensive nail polish, but it is often low-quality and risk in terms of the ingredients. It is better to spend more and own fewer bottles of polish, to be on the safe side and not put nasty chemicals on your nails.

If the nail polish sinks, then you are probably dropping the polish from too great of a height. If the nail polish dries on the surface of the water, and you are unable to manipulate the design with a toothpick, try a different polish or a newer one.

Always go in one direction - it helps reduce breaking. Look up different nail shapes and decide what works best for you before filing.

Yes, you can use nail polish remover. I use a non-acetone nail polish remover, as just acetone dries out your nails. You can find it at any drugstore.

Don't brush from top to bottom as you usually would. Instead, go from side to side, as that way you will get less on the actual finger.

You could try filtered or bottled water. Either way, always make sure the water is at room temperature. If it doesn't work, the problem could be with the nail polish itself.

Yes! Practice makes perfect, and nail art can be especially tricky.

That's why we use a topcoat, to prevent chipping. If that does not work, maybe you are using low quality polish or maybe just add thicker layers.

Try doing pinks, light blues, greens, and yellows.

You could apply liquid latex or glue on the area around your nail, and just peel it off when you're finished.

You should work very quickly while water marbling because the polish dries almost instantly.

It's possible that your polish is too old and not able to spread out in the water properly. You also have to take care when making patterns so the polishes don't "break."

The same way you do it on long nails, but use thinner streaks of polish on a makeup sponge and then dab it onto the nail.

Try taking a nail art class or watching nail art tutorials on YouTube. Start out with simple designs, like polka dots or flowers. You could also try buying nail art tools designed to help you achieve perfect nails.

A thin striping brush.

You can use any kind of tape, or anything that would cover your skin around your nails. As long as the skin doesn't touch the paint, you're good.

There is a very good chance you have a fungus. Just rub coconut oil on it a few times a day, and it should go away.

You can paint your nails like normal and then take either nail polish or acrylic paint and a tiny brush and paint on scale patterns. You could also buy something called nail vinyls (sometimes called stencils), stick them on your nails, paint over them, then take them off while the polish is still wet.

Make sure you get your nail completely under the polish on the surface of the water before lifting it up.

There are many videos on nail art. You can just search on YouTube for what particular type of nail art you're looking for, and you should have plenty of options.

It doesn't matter if they're short or not. If they're cracked or broken, that's a different matter and makes a difference.

This is a common problem. Water marbling is a very hard technique to master. When you dunk your finger in the water, take a toothpick or cotton bud and clean the excess polish around your finger. Then pull your finger out of the water. That should help a bit.

You could do stripes or a flower. It would be best to use colors matching the ones in your outfit.

You put it where you don't want the nail polish. If not, your nails as well as your hands will be caked with polish.