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Manicure Monday – Striped Nails

My attempt at a striped nail manicure

Happy Monday!

I saw this tutorial on Makeup.com for striped nails and I thought – sure! That looks easy enough.
And it kind of was…
First I gathered my supplies: base coat, top coat, three colors, drying drops, and some nail tape.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, Zoya Sunny, Orly Bonder, Orly Won't Chip, Cosmetics Market in NYC, nail tape

I bought this nail tape at Cosmetics Market in New York City.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, Zoya Sunny, Orly Bonder, Orly Won't Chip, Cosmetics Market in NYC, nail tape

First I painted my nail with Avon Bare Necessity. I used two coats.
Avon Bare Necessity

Then I put tape across the middle of my nails.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, Zoya Sunny, Orly Bonder, Orly Won't Chip, Cosmetics Market in NYC, nail tape

Next step was to paint half of the untaped nail with Avon Deluxe Chocolate.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, nail tape

For the other half of the nail, I used Zoya Sunny.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, Zoya Sunny, Orly Bonder, Orly Won't Chip, Cosmetics Market in NYC, nail tape

I removed the tape and used Orly Won’t Chip as the top coat.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, Zoya Sunny, Orly Bonder, Orly Won't Chip, Cosmetics Market in NYC, nail tape

I am not too terribly impressed with the results.
striped nails tutorial, Avon Deluxe Chocolate, Avon Bare Necessity, Zoya Sunny, Orly Bonder, Orly Won't Chip, Cosmetics Market in NYC, nail tape

Here’s what I’ll do differently next time:

  • I’ll paint the base color the day before since it takes a while to dry. My pinky is unstriped because I put the tape on before it was totally dry, and then I had to redo it entirely.
  • I’ll use bolder colors – the base polish is a bit fleshy-looking compared to the others.
  • I will tamp the tape down so the colors don’t bleed.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by!

5 thoughts on “Manicure Monday – Striped Nails

  1. Nicely done!
    I have used the tapes for occasional french mani attempts, but the color always end up bleeding no matter what I do.
    Love the Bare Necessity on you. 🙂

  2. I always struggle when trying to use nail tape, never quite works for me! The colour either bleeds or it pulls off the rest of the nail varnish, so frustrating!

    This would look great though if you could get it to work 🙂

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