Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Nailed it!

Today I was reading through my regular blogs and I came across this. I have long been amazed at the designs that The Dainty Squid creates on her nails and wished I could do the same, wondering what her secret was! Nail art classes? The steady hand of a sniper? Magic? And now she has revealed it's scotch tape! (Sellotape for all the non-americans)
I was instantly eager to try this technique out! Here's my attempt:


Revlon Super Top Speed Polar Pink
No7 Stay Perfect Betty Blues
w7 Diamon Top Coat
Sellotape 




I never dreamed it was so achievable! I decided to start with something fairly simple as I didn't have an small scissors anywhere, in hindsight I think it maybe wasn't smart to go to the edge of the nail as it was very hard to trim the ends evenly. I have a sneaking suspicion it might peel off in an hour or two if I'm not careful.

Anyway, give it a go and see what happens! And check out more of The Dainty Squid's polish adventures, they are awe-inspiring!
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2 comments:

  1. Lucy 9 February 2014 at 15:12

    Superb nails will have to see if I can manage to pull this look off Lucy x

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  2. Unknown9 February 2014 at 22:25

    Thank you! Word of warning, as predicted the ends of the tape did start peeling up very quickly! I think it would be fine if the tape design was in the middle of the nail so all it's edges were sealed with top coat though. I'm definitely going to play around with it to see what works. x

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