Today's design is inspired by a lot of other designs I have seen online, but it's not an exact copy of a single idea (at least not to my knowledge!). I would still like to give credit to all of you lovelies who are so creative with your tape manicures for the inspiration :)
I put together a little step by step in case you want to give this a go (although there are better tape tutorials out there!)
Step-by-Step
- I started off with a coat of yellow (I used Nina Ultra Pro Like Butta) [1], and then added a band of orange (OPI Flit A Bit) in the middle, pink on the tip (Barry M Pink Flamingo) and more yellow at the bottom [2].
- Then I went over with two glitter polishes - from the bottom up I used China Glaze Lighthouse, and from the top down I used Nina Ultra Pro Opal Elegance [3]. I covered my nails with Seche Vite after this, as they needed to be dry for the next step.
- I cut out thin strips of sello tape, and put these randomly over my nails, and finally I painted over everything with black (Nina Ultra Pro Black) and removed the tape. Done!
Please excuse the colour difference in these last pictures! The first three were taken as I was painting, and since I have limited space I couldn't set my light up properly. The final picture is the most colour accurate, and you can see the pink in particular looks very different!
Very Nice have to try this too
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful! I love the gradient effect and the combination of colors! So gorgeous! :D
ReplyDeleteLove this! x
ReplyDeleteThis Mani is so cute, I love the colors, Thanks for the tutorial. Im trying this right now! :D
ReplyDeleteGreat job! I have yet to try this technique :)
ReplyDeleteI wonder how you did this. This is so cute <3 I could never do that :) awesome!
ReplyDeleteThis is AWESOME. I love your manis! Fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThat is the NEATEST thing. Love the colours!
ReplyDeleteGood choice of colours - looks like Lava! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for all your nice comments! It really is very easy to do, and it could be done a lot neater with a bit of patience (which I tend to be short of).
ReplyDeleteNot sure why the intensedebate commenting system decided not to work for this post, I'm hoping it's a temporary thing! I love seeing you all link your posts :)
Great tutorial, thank you :) I think I'll have a go at doing this soon.
ReplyDeleteThey look awesome, love the colours x
ReplyDeletevery nice! i really love it. I ve got to try this!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible girl! So pretty!
ReplyDeleteGood job you did there! Love the gradient colors!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much everyone! It makes my day when you comment on my posts :)
ReplyDeleteI really love this design! It is beautiful!
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