Sunday, April 15, 2012

Starships: Black Striper Art

I've been busy doing guest posts lately...havent done my own blog post since March 29th!!!! I haven't slowed down on my manis, but my little blog was needing some attention from me! I've tried more nail art in the past month than I ever have my whole life! Ive never attempted so many different things before, thanks to Pinterest and all the creativity you can find there! For this next mani, I wanted to try a look that typically requires striper nail art tape (really thin reel of nail strip tape).  Unfortunately I did not have any of that and had to make due with hand-cut strips of scotch tape.  I copied the look I found on Pinterest exactly, with 4 bright neon colors sponged on 1 at a time as the base.  Next, I applied a coat of Seche Vite so it would be dry enough to lay the tape down.  I placed the little strips of tape in all different designs on each nail.  Lastly, I put 1 coat of black of the nail & tape.  Let that dry, peel all the strips off, which leaves the multi colors showing through from underneath.  Then do some cleanup with a Q-tip & acetone.  To complete the look, finish it with a good coat of Seche Vite. It dries so fast & you will not have sheet prints even if you go to bed right after finishing your nails.  Let's get it on!
 Left to Right: Celtic Sun, Sun Worshiper, Four Leaf Clover (its green), Purple Panic, OPI Black Onyx













Alrighty! That's it for this little blog post! I will def be trying this technique again! It's a pretty easy way to do eye-catching nail art without being a skilled painter.  I def need to get my hands some of the Striper Nail tape for the next attempt...and Ill try different color combos! Have you tried this before?

Starships, Nicki Minaj

13 comments:

  1. I love this mani!!! Really pretty!

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  2. omg Ryan this looks amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I want to do this!!!!

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  3. This came out so awesome! It reminds me of those kids art paper notebook thingies that you scratch the black off in designs and it has bright colors underneath :)

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  4. This mani is awesome! I need to try this soon. Great job!

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  5. Also sharing the blog love, because your nail art is awesome. I nominated your for the I Love Your Blog award.

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  6. Bish I loves this mani! Mad skillz son! ( in my gangsta voice) loves uCrazy McCray Cray!

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  7. I nominated you for an award on my blog, you can get the info from my profile. Congrats :)

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  8. this is awesome! i love all the bright colors you used, and the black design gives it a really sick edge =]

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