Nail Stripes:
Nail stripes are the basic art stickers. After polishing, the stripe stickers are glued to the nails. Since the demand for these stickers are on the increase, they are available in various shapes and designs.
I used everything you see here The main equipment was a cutting mat and
ruler, a rotary cutter (an X-acto knife or similar would also work, or,
in a pinch, a sharp paring knife), and a roll of medical tape from my
first-aid kit. For the nails, I chose white and green because it seemed
fun. I was pretty tempted by yellow and black, green and blue, and
orange and pink.
I
started using Nail Envy, both on its own and as a base coat for
manicures. You want to start any manicure with
clean, dry nails (do not apply cuticle oil or lotion before beginning
with the paint). A base coat will make everything stick, and also last
longer.
While that was drying, I put a piece of tape on my cutting mat, and sliced it into long ribbons about 1/16 of an inch wide.
Then
I peeled off the strips, cut them to a finger's width, and applied them
to each nail, keeping them parallel. Medical tape worked better than
the painter's tape and the sellotape I also experimented with.
It
did occur to me that the sensible way to do a striped manicure would be
to paint the entire nail with the lighter color, wait for shit to dry,
then mask off each nail and paint the darker stripes over the top. But
my white polish takes about four coats to look even, and the green takes
1-2, and I didn't want half an inch of polish on my nails by the time I
was done. So I did the green stripes first, then removed the tape, and
filled in the white stripes. If you have a better white polish that
gives even coverage in a more reasonable number of coats, by all means,
use the sensible method.
Slather those nails with the green polish. I used two coats.
Once the polish has dried completely, whip off the tape.
I
used a really small brush (and, at times, a toothpick) to apply the
white carefully between the green stripes, without going outside the
lines. The best general manicure tip I've ever heard is to do your
fingers first, and thumbs last — that keeps your opposite thumbnail free
to scrape off any accidents. The lines of the stripes on this hand are
not so perfectly straight, but that'll all be fixed when...
...the
top coat is applied. I swiped side-to-side, instead of down the nail
like usual, and it kind of cleaned up all my little wobbles and
inconsistencies of line. That's the thing that's great about Insta-Dri —
it's like it seeps into the polish all the way down to the nail,
evening out the color and coverage, and strengthening the manicure. It
turned like four layers of polish and base coat into one, impenetrable
striped nail. When everything's
all dry, rub some oil on your cuticles, or lotion, or whatever is your
wont.
Some other designs of nail art are as follows:
Nail stripes are the basic art stickers. After polishing, the stripe stickers are glued to the nails. Since the demand for these stickers are on the increase, they are available in various shapes and designs.
I used everything you see here The main equipment was a cutting mat and
ruler, a rotary cutter (an X-acto knife or similar would also work, or,
in a pinch, a sharp paring knife), and a roll of medical tape from my
first-aid kit. For the nails, I chose white and green because it seemed
fun. I was pretty tempted by yellow and black, green and blue, and
orange and pink.
I
started using Nail Envy, both on its own and as a base coat for
manicures. You want to start any manicure with
clean, dry nails (do not apply cuticle oil or lotion before beginning
with the paint). A base coat will make everything stick, and also last
longer.
While that was drying, I put a piece of tape on my cutting mat, and sliced it into long ribbons about 1/16 of an inch wide.
Then
I peeled off the strips, cut them to a finger's width, and applied them
to each nail, keeping them parallel. Medical tape worked better than
the painter's tape and the sellotape I also experimented with.
It
did occur to me that the sensible way to do a striped manicure would be
to paint the entire nail with the lighter color, wait for shit to dry,
then mask off each nail and paint the darker stripes over the top. But
my white polish takes about four coats to look even, and the green takes
1-2, and I didn't want half an inch of polish on my nails by the time I
was done. So I did the green stripes first, then removed the tape, and
filled in the white stripes. If you have a better white polish that
gives even coverage in a more reasonable number of coats, by all means,
use the sensible method.
Slather those nails with the green polish. I used two coats.
Once the polish has dried completely, whip off the tape.
I
used a really small brush (and, at times, a toothpick) to apply the
white carefully between the green stripes, without going outside the
lines. The best general manicure tip I've ever heard is to do your
fingers first, and thumbs last — that keeps your opposite thumbnail free
to scrape off any accidents. The lines of the stripes on this hand are
not so perfectly straight, but that'll all be fixed when...
...the
top coat is applied. I swiped side-to-side, instead of down the nail
like usual, and it kind of cleaned up all my little wobbles and
inconsistencies of line. That's the thing that's great about Insta-Dri —
it's like it seeps into the polish all the way down to the nail,
evening out the color and coverage, and strengthening the manicure. It
turned like four layers of polish and base coat into one, impenetrable
striped nail. When everything's
all dry, rub some oil on your cuticles, or lotion, or whatever is your
wont.Some other designs of nail art are as follows:
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