Tutorial: Cute Duckies Mani

Hi everyone! Thank you for dropping by! :) I'm Pauline and I am glad to be sharing with you about my passion for nail polish. I am sure most of you who are reading this now have the same passion as me! :) My blog will be mostly about nailart tutorials and sometimes on swatches. I just want to share what I have learnt about nailart and make it easier for ANYONE to paint their own nails. I am not saying that I am a pro but I am learning as some of you are. Therefore, some of the posts maybe a bit amateurish. :P As I was saying that I wish to make nailart easy for everyone, the tutorials that I will be posting will be manageable and most will not require you to be an artist. ;) Alright, enough talking. Let's begin with the first tutorial!


My first post is on how to create cute little duckies mani.

Firstly, I have used these colors:

L-R: Essence:Wanna be your sunshine, Black is back, Michelle:  M43, The Face Shop: white (unnamed), China Glaze: Rainstorm

Tools that I have used:

Dotting tool 1 is larger than dotting tool 2.

1. Paint a blue polish as base color, Here, there are 2 coats of The Face Shop white polish and 2 of China Glaze Rainstorm.

2. Using just the brush from the nail polish bottle, paint an elongated semi-circle slowly. I have painted it with 2 coats of Essence Wanna be your Sunshine.

3. Using dotting tool 2 (the smallest dotting tool you can find), slowly dot the hair outwards. 

4. Using dotting tool 1 (slightly bigger dotting tool), dot the eyes with a black polish. I've used Essence Black is Back.

5. Using dotting tool 2, dot horizontally with an orange polish (or red jelly polish like Michelle M43) to create the beak. Take note that the beak must be between the eyes or slightly longer, otherwise it will just look like a Joker ducky. 

6. Using dotting tool 1, dot around 4-8 dots to create the clouds. Lastly, seal your mani with a topcoat and you're done!

Hope this tutorial has made it easy to create this mani!

Thanks for reading! XOXO