Flight of the Monarchs! Nail art tips included. 🧡

Nail art is not my strong suit, but I’ve wanted to try a butterfly wing mani for a long time. I’m totally in love with how these turned out! Here are my tips:

1) I used a smoothing base coat (Getting Even Primer by Mooncat) to help make my nail surface as even as possible.

2) I only did two coats of Flight of the Monarchs by Mooncat. I didn’t want to make the polish too thick because I didn’t want to have to wait too long for it to try. I’m impatient 😅

3) I used Essie’s Good to Go quick dry top coat to make sure the nails were fully dry before beginning the art. I waited 15 minutes but would have waited longer if I had gone for a third coat of polish.

4) I used the finest point nail art markers I could find and went as slowly as possible. I’m also a big fan of holding my finger steady by propping it against the finger of my drawing hand.

5) I made sure the black was fully dry (another 15 minutes) before attempting the white dots on top. Make sure to fully shake your marker before using because if you don’t, it will bleed badly (which I found out the hard way 🥲).

6) Seal your design with a water-based top coat! Regular top coats work by rewetting the polish below, so they can cause smearing. Water-based top coats don’t! I had smeared nail art for years before I learned this…

✨ Base coat – Getting Even Primer by Mooncat

🧡 – Flight of the Monarchs by Mooncat

Please enjoy and I hope these tips help! If you have any tried and true suggestions, please share!!!