Monday, September 12, 2011

31 Day Challenge, Day 12: Stripes

Today is stripe day! I picked up a few new polishes lately, and thought that a few of them would go well together for this mani. I'm not gonna lie though, before I thought of this combo, I was having a tough time deciding what to do for this one!

I started with a base of OPI Stranger Tides. I love all of these Pirates of the Caribbean collection colors. I put some Seche Vite over it and let it dry.

Then I added two strips of tape to my nails and painted China Glaze Westside Warrior over it. It's an olive green from the Metro collection from this fall. I peeled off the tape strips slowly and carefully, and, VOILA!

I let the stripes dry a bit, did my cleanup, and then I added another coat of Seche Vite.

OPI Stranger Tides
China Glaze Westside Warrior
Not gonna lie though, the first thing I thought when I peeled the tape off was, "Steve from Blues Clues."


Not exact, but close enough, haha!

I really do like this mani a lot though. It is really bold and looks great, especially from far away.



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14 comments

  1. Lovely! Wish I could do them as neat!

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  2. this is gorgeous!! you did them perfectly!!!

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  3. Thank you both! I think I'm starting to get a good grasp on the tape technique, now.

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  4. Wow that's scary how close that looks like steves shirt! Haha! Awesome!

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  5. Very cool, great job on the stripes!

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  6. This turned out great!

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  7. Love the nails! But I don't think Steve does...
    http://derp.memebase.com/2011/09/07/hurr-durr-derp-face-mail-turrrrrrm/

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  8. Looks like Brobee from Yo Gabba Gabba, except you need 3 red spikes. Very cool!

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  9. how did you create such straight stripes???

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    1. I used a tape manicure technique for this look -- check out nailside.blogspot.com for tape manicure resources!

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  10. I really like the color combination, I don't think I would've come up with it. I have an olive green I got specifically for 1 look, now I have a 2nd look I can aim for! Your stripes look very neat, great job!

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