The Digit-al Dozen DOES It All Again: Love and Heartbreak!

 Good morning, readers! No Swatch Saturday this week, today is still part of the September Spectacular with The Digit-al Dozen!

Today's throwback theme is Love and Heartbreak. I decided to try out a technique I've seen a few times. I saw it first in this guest post by Honeymunchkin on My Nail Polish Obsession and she referred to it as a "pond manicure." From what I understand, this post by Olive View Fashion was the original "pond manicure" and I've loved seeing all of the variations on many blogs! And I have to try the flower version soon as well!

So here is my attempt at a pond manicure, but using hearts like Honeymunchkin did. I threw in a few black hearts with the white ones for the "heartbreak" part of the theme.

Here is how I did it:

• I applied one coat of China Glaze Keepin' It Teal. 
• Once that was dry enough, I took a small dotting tool and white polish to make some heart shapes.
• I then layered another coat of China Glaze Keepin' It Teal. 
• Once that was dry, I repeated the steps of adding the white hearts overlapping the other layers and doing the China Glaze Keepin' It Teal jelly in between the layers.
• I added a random black heart on each finger in the top layers before the final jelly layer.
• Finally, I thought I would add some sparkle with China Glaze Fairy Dust and then some HKGirl Top Coat.

What do you think? The layers were more noticeable before the glitter but I still like how it turned out! Thanks for reading! Come back Monday for the second half of our throwback nail art themes for the September Spectacular!