Pretty in Pink

Not afraid to wear your heart on your sleeve, er, nails? Try this design created by Stephanie from So Long, Kitty. Here's how to get the look:

Polish Suggestions: Misa Blush Hour (white-pink), China Glaze Something Sweet (pink), Essie Body Language (pale grey)

1. Apply a base coat.
2. Paint two coats of polish as follows: pink on your thumb and ring fingers, white-pink on your index and pinkie, and light grey on your middle finger.
3. Apply a top coat to your thumb and while it is still wet, apply gold microbeads in a half-moon shape at the base of your nail (the beads will stick to the wet top coat). Create a second half-moon shape above the first one. ("You can find microbeads at a craft store, like Michaels, or on eBay," says Stephanie.)
4. Now working on your middle nail, apply a top coat, and while it is still wet, place gold microbeads in the outline of a heart.
5. Paint polka-hearts on the remainder of your nails in a contrast color (pink hearts on the white-pink base and white-pink hearts on the pink base). To get the polka-heart shape, you can use a detail brush, dotting tool, stamp, or even the end of a bobby pin.
6. Finish with a top coat.