Heart nails

When I sat down to do my nails this week, I wasn't sure what I wanted to do.  This one just came to me, and even though it's after Valentine's Day, it's still cute.  Or at least I think so.

To create this design, start with a base coat.  Apply two coats of a pink/coral nail polish, but any lighter pink would work.  Then use a medium brush with red nail polish to paint half of each nail red.  Using a very thin brush with black nail polish (the striper kinds work well), draw a line diagonally across each nail, from the bottom of one side to the top of the other.  Once that has dried somewhat, draw a smaller black line going diagonally in the opposite direction towards the top of each nail.  Once everything is dry, use white nail polish and a dotting tool (or the back of a paintbrush, or some other object that can make small dots), draw two medium dots next to each other.  I did it only on my ring fingers, but you can choose to do it on all of them or on a different finger.  While the dots are still wet, make a smaller dot below and in between them.  Use a toothpick or the small dotting tool to connect the dots and draw the heart.  Once everything is really dry (you may have to wait a while so the heart and lines don't smudge), add a top coat and you're done!