Striped Sundays 8 - Nautical nails

It was only a matter of time before my love of stripes reached places other than my wardrobe. Those of you following me on Instagram may have noticed a striped nail sneak peek from prior chocolate tuxedo covered strawberry adventures. Yes they taste as good as they sound and/or look!  

Follow these simple steps to achieve fun striped nails.

YOU WILL NEED: 

- Basecoat

- White nail polish

- Blue nail polish

- Topcoat

- Tape

- Scissors 

STEP ONE: 

Prepare strips of tape. 

Note: You will need three strips per nail. My strips were approximately a quarter of a centimetre wide.

STEP TWO:

Apply base coat to nails and let it dry. 

Note: I used ORLY Bonder. 

STEP THREE:

Apply two coats of white nail polish to nails and let it dry.

Note: I used ZOYA 'Snow White'. 

STEP FOUR:

Apply three strips of tape to each nail with approximately equal spacing.

Note: This will achieve two stripes per nail. Apply extra strips of tape for additional stripes as per your nail length.

STEP FIVE:

Apply blue nail polish between strips of tape onto nails and let it dry.

Note: I used NAILS INC 'Baker Street'.

STEP SIX:

Remove strips of tape from nails once blue nail polish has dried.

STEP SEVEN:

Apply top coat to nails and let it dry.

Note: I used O.P.I 'Top Coat'. 

This striped manicure was relatively straight forward and a lot of fun to do. It would also look great with a variety of other colour combinations. I highly recommend trying it out!

Photos by Christie Moore and Hallie Kim

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