After a few hours of uhm-ing and ah-ing over it I noticed that I hadn't painted my nails in a few days, which is unusual at the moment.
So with that realisation I knew what to do, and thus I present to you my first attempt at polkadot nails!
The polishes I used were No7 Stay Perfect in French Pink and Kate Spade for Nails Inc in New York Noir (which I got free with Glamour Magazine!)
The No7 is a very sheer polish and so I had to use 3 coats before I got decent coverage (although you may notice you can still see the white of the tips) but it seems to have dried fairly well and wasn't streaky at all.
I used a barbecue skewer (no toothpicks at hand) to make the dots and filed it flat a little on the point to increase the size of the dots. Sadly, as a right handed person the left took a good bit of work and after struggling with the first 2 fingers, Arjan offered to help. Needless to say they didn't turn out much better (hence why only the left hand is pictured).
I waited for the dots to dry as much as possible and then used a top coat.
Overall, I'm quite pleased with the way these turned out and I think it's something I would definitely try again and attempt to improve upon.
As an added bonus here's a little shot of me with Oma:
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