Cookie Monster Nails

Who doesn't love cookies? And who doesn't love cute nails? So why not combine both!

This is a simple and delicious look. Simply follow the steps outlined below.

What You Need:

Nail Polish:

• Blue - perferably a bright dark blue as it matches the color of the cookie monster.
• Light brown - for the yummy cookie base coat
• Dark Brown - for the chocolate chips.
• Black
• White
• Clear/Top Coat.

Tools:

• Dotting tool / Bobby Pin
• Nail Striper/ Thin paint brush
• Nail stencils/Masking Tape- Optional * I didn't use these but they may be helpful for getting the shape

Step One: The Face

Remove any old nail polish and make sure the nail and the cuticle are clean. Take the dark blue nail polish and make a large circle on your middle finger - it doesn't have to be perfect just aim for rounding the edge at the top of the nail.

Step Two: The Eyes

Once the blue nail polish has dried, take a large dotting tool or the larger side of the booby pin and dip it in the white polish - I find it easiest to put a blob of the polish on a piece of paper so you can easily access it. Place an intial dot on the outside of the oval - the head of the cookie monster - add a few more dots to the intial dot in order to expand it and make the eyes seem more realistic.

Using a smaller dotting tool dip it in the black polish and place a dot in the centre - can really place them anywhere as the Cookie Monster is super scraggely. Just one dot, they should be a medium to small dot so that they are visiable.

Step Three: The Mouth

Take the striping brush and dip in in the black polish, draw a straight line near the bottom of the nail, connect the ends of this line with half of a circle, and fill it in. This will make the mouth, in order to keep the happy face of the cookie Monster aim for a wide semi circle.

Step Four: The Cookies

You can either do a full cookie nail or do a french nail cookie. I choose the latter because I feel it looks super cute! If you are unsure about creating a straight line take a strip of masking tape or a nail stencil and apply it a few centimetres under the end of the nail.

Apply the light brown polish to the area that has been left uncovered, apply one - two coats so that it is visiable but not the focual point of the nails. Place a blob of dark brown polish on the paper from earlier and grab a dooting tool - a small one would be best - and create some chocolate chips. Start by spreading out the dots and the fill in as you go assessing how much you need.

Optional:

With the chocolate chips you can make big and small ones, I did this and I loved it. I just switched between a big and small dotting tool, I made sure to place the large dots away from each other and kind of covered in the remaining gaps with small dots.

Now you have super cute and nommy nails!