Argyle

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This week's manicure is a cute, simple design achieved with striping tape. You will need plenty of striping tape and two colors of nail polish.

I started with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. I then followed with one coat of Julep Charlotte. Once that was dry, I used four pieces of striping tape to make two X's on top of one another in the very center of the nail. This creates the look or pattern seen in an argyle design. I then painted over the entire nail with Julep Phia and carefully removed the striping tape right after. Once that was completely dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Julep Charlotte

Striping tape 

Julep Phia over entire nail

Striping tape removed

Finished!

I realize that the color of the Julep Charlotte polish looks completely different in the first and second photo. The first photo is more true to the color in person. This was pretty simple to do, once I got the hang of figuring out how to place the tape on the nails. Depending on how you space the tape, the design could come out more wide or narrow looking. I liked using the glittery polish that was close in color to the base so that it was subtle, but still noticeable. You could totally make it more dramatic by picking more contrasting colors. Well, I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

The Grey Divide

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This week, the rainy weather was the inspiration for my manicure. It's fun to see what I come up with when I just think on the spot. For this manicure you will need two colors of nail polish, a medium sized dotting tool and striping tape.

I started with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. I then did two coats of Icing Heavy Metal. Once that was dry, I placed a piece of striping tape, horizontally, a third of the way down from the cuticle. I then used Sei Bella Purple Taupe and painted the area above the tape, going towards the tip of the nail and removed the tape. Once that was dry, I used a medium sized dotting tool and placed dots above and below the division of the two colors, using the opposite color of nail polish to make the dots and spaced them out by doing one above and one below the divide. Once that completely dried, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the door.

Icing Heavy Metal 

Striping Tape & Sei Bella Purple Taupe 

Finished!

I started out with a basic idea for this manicure and then I decided to add the dots and I loved it so much more. This was pretty simple to do, didn't take too much time and it STILL catches your attention. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Silver lined tip

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This week I tried something totally different! I used my striping tape but this time it stayed on the nails! I really like how it turned out. For this manicure you will need two colors of nail polish, a nail clipper and striping tape.

I started with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. I then did two coats of OPI Passion and one coat of Sei Bella Crystal Sands. Once that was completely dry, I placed a piece of striping tape just below the tip of the nail in a horizontal line. I used a nail clipper to cut the ends of the tape that were hanging off the nail. I then used Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue to paint the tip of the nail, right above the tape. Once it was all dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

OPI Passion with Sei Bella Crystal Sands 

Striping Tape

Striping Tape cut and in place

Sei Bella Robin's Egg Blue on tips

Finished!

Super cute, huh?! If I would have used a darker color for my base color, I could have been satisfied with just the tape and not painting the tips as well. That being said, you could change this up a lot by what colors you choose, including what color your striping tape is. Pretty simple though. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!

Quatrefoil

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This week I wanted to try out a nail tutorial that I saw on YouTube. The pattern is called quatrefoil. For this manicure you will need two colors of nail polish, dotting tools, aluminum foil for dipping your dotting tools into your nail polish and lots of time and patience.

I started out with a base coat of OPI Nail Envy. I then followed with two coats of Sei Bella Vintage Mauve. Once that was completely dry I used a large dotting tool (except for on my pinky nails, I used a medium sized dotting tool) and I made a vertical row of dots going down the middle of the nail using Sei Bella Crushed Berries. I then went back to the first two dots and placed another two dots on either side so that it makes a cross. I did that for every other set of two dots going down the nail. I continued this pattern so that it covered the entire nail, to the left and right of the very first row I made in the center.

Once that pattern was dry I went back in and repeated the exact same pattern on top of the berry color, this time using a smaller dotting tool and Sei Bella Vintage Mauve so that it fills in the same shape but leaves an outline of that shape in the berry color. Once that was completely dry, I finished my manicure with a fast drying top coat of INM Out the Door.

Sei Bella Vintage Mauve 

Vertical row of dots in Sei Bella Crushed Berries 

Two more dots placed on either side to make cross shape

First pattern complete

Sei Bella Vintage Mauve pattern on top of berry color

Second pattern complete 

Finished!

This pattern was so fun for me to do. It's not necessarily hard, it it just time consuming. You need a steady hand and lots of time. I love how they look like nail stickers. So cute!! Be sure that pattern is completely dry before you go over with top coat. I hope you enjoyed this look and I will see you next time!