Triangle Tape Manicure

I was a slacker last week and didn't post anything...so this tonight I'm posting at least two tutorials. Yay!

Anyways, tape is an excellent tool to use with nail art. It gives you straight, crisp lines - which if you don't have a steady hand makes it very helpful. This tutorial will show you one way you can use tape to create a very simple nail art design.

What you'll need:

• a clear base/top coat
• two colors of nail polish
• scotch tape

The colors I chose to use were both from Mary Kay Cosmetics: Plush Plum and Crushed Pearl. I wanted to try these colors because they were a birthday gift from my family and I thought they complemented each other well.


Decide which will be the base color and which will be the triangle tip on your nails.
First, paint your nails with your base coat. This helps protect your nail and prevent staining.

Next, you'll paint your nails with the color you chose for the base. I went with Plush Plum for the base color.

When that coat is completely dried you can move on to the next step. If the polish is not dried, the tape will peel it up and smear it very badly.

So, once it's dry you are going to take small pieces of scotch tape and lay out the design for your nail. Like so:

You can tape all of your nails or do them one by one. Which ever is easier for you. I tend to tape one hand, paint it, let it dry, remove the tape, then repeat with my other hand.







Next, you are going to paint the exposed part of your nail with your second polish color - in my case that was the Crushed Pearl color.

 Once your second color has completely dried, you will remove the tape from your finger nails. Peel it off slowly because some of the polish will have dried on the tape. You don't want to rip it off and end up peeling up part of your design.

Ta-da! You should have something like this.

Paint on your top coat to seal in your design and help prevent chipping - and you're done!