This was inspired by The Dalai Lama's Nails after seeing her stripey nails post. She actually did a video tutorial for it too called stripey tutorial. I've been really into using the fan brush for nail art designs so after seeing her tutorial, I was motivated to try this design out. This was my first time trying a matte top coat on my nails and I like the result a lot.
I started with Spoiled by Wet n' Wild Plastic Flamingo. Taking Essence Break Through, I took a fan brush to apply the color horizontally and then vertically on the nails. I drew two crooked horizontal and vertical lines on the nail tips with Born Pretty Store Sweet Color Black Nail Art Liner. Use coupon code YCL91 for 10% off your entire order. I applied Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat and then NYC Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat.
This didn't turn out as good as the original but I like the overall look regardless. Sad that the purple shade didn't really show up that well against the pink and that I smudged the black lines when I was applying top coat. What do you think of this stripey manicure?
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Contrasting Stripey Nails
Thursday, March 6, 2014
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so cool :) I am such a stamping addict I never do anything free hand anymore :)
ReplyDeleteI'm the opposite. I like freehand more :)
DeleteCool :D <3
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteI think your version turned out really neat looking! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah!
DeleteSuper cool, Lisa! I love black & pink together :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Liesl!
DeleteI really like the way these came out! I like how the lines across your nails are angled rather straight across think it adds interest :)
ReplyDeleteVery artsy! I like ;0)
ReplyDeletesuch a cool mani...love the contrasting stripes :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI love this look, it looks fun
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteSimple Mani. Love it <3
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot!
DeleteNice! I love how regular the lines look. If this was my manicure, they'd be all sorts of thicknesses.
ReplyDeleteThanks Claire! I did my best at it :)
DeleteI like it a lot! The subtlety of the purple against the pink makes it look like Venetian plaster, to me.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Beth! I appreciate it :)
DeleteLooks good to me! And don't you just hate it when your top coat smudges your design? :(
ReplyDeleteThanks and yes, I hate it when it happens, lol.
DeleteThese are so fun and colorful. :)
ReplyDeleteMy first thought was: #hashtag! lol. Cute!
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