Movember Moustache Nails

The month of November has literally been taken over by the cause against Prostate Cancer and other cancers that affect men.  In support of this cause, people have started to grow moustaches to raise money. 'Movember' is a movement which has caught on pretty fast, so if you notice all the moustaches surrounding you during that month, you'll know why! Fore more information on this charity and the Movember movement, visit: Movember.com.

Since women are unable to show support on their faces, what better way to support your man or this great cause than with moustache nails!   Moustaches are so cute (on fingernails) so sport them, ladies! Even if it's not for Movember, moustache nails can still be super unique and fashionable.

What I used:

Sally Hanson's Diamond Strength - Pink Proposal

Sally Hanson's Double Duty Base & Top Coat

Black acrylic paint

Dotting tools

Very fine nail art brush

After you have applied your base coat, choose the lightest pink you own and paint your whole nail.

Using your dotting tool, make two medium-size dots in the middle of your nail with the black acrylic paint.  You will want to overlap them a little bit, but not too much. You can use black nail polish, but acrylics are easier to work with when getting detailed like this.

Next, make two really small dots on the opposite sides of the two bigger dots, like so...  You can use a toothpick for this if you do not have a dotting tool. However, a toothpick will not work for the larger dots. 

Now, this is the hardest part. Using your dotting tool, 'dot on' a line that starts from the bottom of the large dot, downward, and then upward towards the very small dot. It helps to look at a picture and see how the lines should curve. From the top of the large dot, dot a line downward, and then upward until it connects with the small dot. When using your dotting tool, do not try to to paint a line on (it wont work), rather use the dotting motion and with several dots complete the line. It also helps to keep adding paint to your tool to keep it wet.

You can now fill in your moustache with the dotting tool using the same dotting motion. Apply a top coat, and you're done!

If you want to add something a little extra, you can leave a nail or two with just the pink polish on and do pin stripes. Using your finest tip nail brush, apply three or four thin black lines. It's really easy! To add a little man, use your dotting tool to add two eyes, then draw on your little hat. It takes 5 minutes and will surely impress anyone who notices.

For questions on what kind of polishes to use, or what kind of tools you need, please visit my first post on this blog here: www.amberlynnheltonnails.blogspot.com/nails