What do you get when you cross the lace nail art trend with a polka dot manicure? Well, you get an adorable lacy-edged inspired manicure; only this one's done all by hand, with a dotting tool. 

Now, a word on dotting tools, because I express my love for them enough. Dotting tools are seriously one of the best nail art investments you'll ever make. I covet my own tool; without it I couldn't have done my fave mani to date: the Zooey Deschanel Tuxedo Mani! 

Dotting tools can be hard to come by though. I stumbled upon mine at an Asian mall in Toronto but for the most part you need to purchase them online. Good news for local shoppers though, Quo has recently released their own dotting tool which comes with a small paintbrush for fine nail art. However, don't overlook common household objects, it's really easy to DIY a dotting tool. 

Now, enough about dotting tools. Let's get into this tutorial! 

Here's what we used for this lace nail art: 

White Polish (we used Quo by Orly Nail Polish in French White) 
Pastel Polishes or any polish of choice for the base (my current personal favourite is Zoya Nail Polish in Shelby) 
Dotting Tool (you may chose to use a small paint brush as well) 
Paint brush, makeup brush or even pen (to create the larger white dots in the middle on the nail) 
Base + Top Coat (as always!)

Here's how to get the look:


1. Paint your base coat with your nail polish of choice
2. Use the bottom of a brush or large dotting tool to create a rounded, white, tip at the base of the nail
3. Using the dotting tool, dot smaller circles on top of the larger dot to create the 'doily, lace effect'
4. Inside those small dots, paint small circles in the base colour to create the illusion of holes
5. With the back of the brush, dot inside the white area with the base colour for the same idea
 
And here's the final results: 


We're kind of swooning over this manicure! What do you chicks think? Is this something you'd try out?