How to: Make Miniature Art On Your Toe Nails.

I love crazy stuff on my toe nails. My fingers will be neutral colours, or even bare, but my toes are always done. Sometimes I opt for a simple, bright colour and leave it at that. But most of the time, I do some pretty insane things whilst pedicuring. One time I did tiger stripes with blingy jewel adhesives. That was ghetto-licious! I always get compliments, or at the very least comments, on my toe-art. People wonder if it's hard to do - and I answer no. Because it really isn't. So, I'm going to teach you how to do my personal favorite - The Tropical Sunset! It's winter, everyone needs a mini-vacay to perk up. Turn on your favorite program (I watch America's Best Dance Crew) and get painting.

You need: normal pedicure supplies (foot lotion, pumice stone, nail clippers, nail file, polish remover), a clear coat, yellow, bright orange, hot pink, grape purple, black with a thin, fine brush (or a toothpick), and optional sparkly polish.

1.) Do your pedicure. Clip your nails to a length you like, lotion your heels, run some nail polish remover over your nails to make sure all traces of old polish get removed and oils from the lotion are gone.Then, buff the tops of your toe nails with the nail file. Give them a quick clear coat to keep your nails from getting yellowed from the colours you'll be putting on.

2.) Make a yellow half circle in the middle of your big toe, pushed right up against the cuticle.

3.)Add a wash of bright orange around the yellow.

4.)Add a coat of hot pink above the orange.

5.)Add the purple over the pink in the last 1/4 of your nail.

6.) Now take the black, and and load enough polish to make a fluid line, but not so much that you'll get a blob of colour when you place the brush (or toothpick used as a brush) onto your nail. Practice the movements below on a piece of paper if you are unsure of your artistic ability.

Draw a straight line from left to right up against your cuticle (yes, over the colours!). This will be the shore. Then make a curving vertical line from the 'shore' to about halfway through the pink. This will be the tree trunk. The 'trunk' should be situated on the furthest left side on your left toe nail, and on the right toe nail, it should be on the furthest right side.

Then make 5 short, quick strokes around the 'trunk'. This will turn into a palm tree.

7.) Add 2 "m"'s for birds in the opposite corner from the palm tree. If you want, add gold or irridecent sparkles around the yellow to make the sun shimmer, and purple sparkles in the purple section of the sky.This blurs the lines in between the sections of sky. Finish everything off with a good clear coat. Now be careful with your toes for about 2 hours until the polish is fully dry. Paint the other 4 toes on each foot pink, purple, or orange (pick just one, the big toe is busy enough as it is!) and add a coat of sparkles and a top coat.

Enjoy your own personal sunset whenever you look down!

Listening to: We Walk - The Ting Tings