So most of you would have seen the mini rose mani I posted on Instagram, well below are some steps on how to recreate this look.

Polish and tools

Polishes used (from left to right):

Ciate; Sugar Plum, Collection; Go Retro, Nails inc; Belgrave Place, Avon; Green Goddess, Essie; Navigate Her and Seche Vite Top Coat.

I used a small dotting tool and a brush that I have cut down so I can paint detailed designs.

Base colour and base for roses.

 Paint your base colour and let it dry for about 10 mins.  I used 3 coats of Ciate Sugar Plum as the base. Take the dotting tool and make small irregular dots with the 2 colours chosen for the roses.

Rose detail

Use a fine brush to paint a small dot in the centre of the larger dot.  Paint a couple of curved lines around the centre dot.

Leaf detail

Using the fine brush paint small leaves onto the sides of the Roses.

Highlighting

Using the fine brush add some lines to the leaves with a lighter green giving the leaves some highlights.

Finished Article

Add Top coat and voila, mini roses 🙂

Purple Mini Rose Mani