Nail Art Tutorial: Striped!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Hi everyone! As promised the nail art tutorial of my striped manicure. :-)

Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy

First of all, pick the colours you want to use. If you do this while working on this manicure (and you are terribly clumsy) you will have a chance of ruining your manicure and we don't want that to happen! I have used: Essie Pretty Edgy, OPI Green-wich Village, OPI Damone Roberts 1968, Zoya Ivanka and Zoya Veruschka. I'm someone who wants their colours to match otherwise I'll start to annoy myself but do whatever you like! :-)

The other thing you need for this manicure is a striper. You can use a small brush for this or a striper brush. Striper brushes can be bought apart or in a nail art brush set. Mine has gone to heaven a while back so I cleaned out a striper polish I never used and I took that striper brush.

Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy

Make sure you clean it right after you've used it, otherwise you'll mix up polishes. You can use a cotton pad soaked in polish remover for this.

Now, on to the manicure. After you have applied your base coat, apply your base colour. I chose OPI Green-wich Village as my base colour, a very fresh green. You can wait for it to dry but I'm always kind of impatient so I continue right away with the next step.

Before you start keep in mind you don't want too much polish on your striper. If so, than can turn runny and become a droopy mess on your nail. Is your line too sheer? Wait a minute and pull another line on top of the first.

1. Take a polish and dip your striper in it. Pull a vertical line from the bottom of your nail to the top. I've created one stripe on the left side of my nail with Zoya Veruschka.

2. Repeat step 1. I created two lines on both sides of my nail with OPI Damone Roberts 1968.

3. Again, repeat step 1. I created one line on the right side of my nail with Essie Pretty Edgy.

4. And for the last time, repeat step 1. I created two lines on both sides with Zoya Ivanka. After that you seal it with a top coat.

If you don't like to read, here's picture material. You can click on these for an enlargement:

Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy
Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy

And the result:

Striped Manicure Nail Art Stripes Tutorial How To Striper Zoya Ivanka Veruschka OPI Damone Robers 1968 Green-wich Village Essie Pretty Edgy

Done! Easy nail art that everyone can create. If your hand isn't that steady make sure your wrist rests on something, like a table. This way your hand doesn't shake that much. I hope this was helpful for you!

Have a great day!
Michelle
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