Tutorial: Rainbow Stripes

Monday, September 26, 2011
I wanted to make a quick tutorial of how I did the rainbow stripes manicure using striping tape from challenge day 9. Here is a reminder of what it looks like...


Supplies:
- Base and top coat (not pictured)
- Black nail polish (I used Wet n Wild Black Cream)
- Striping tape in rainbow colors (Red, Orange/Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet)
- Cuticle nippers to trim the striping tape

Step 1:
- Cut each color of striping tape into pieces slightly wider than your nail
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- Apply one layer of base coat, then
- Apply desired number of black polish coats (I used one coat here)
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- Apply the green striping tape across the middle of the nail, dividing it into equal halves
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- Leaving a space above the green tape, place a piece of yellow tape
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- Repeat with the red tape by placing it above the yellow, leaving the same amount of space in between the colors.
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- Place the blue tape below the green, closer to the cuticle
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- Lastly, place the violet tape below the blue.
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- Using cuticle nippers trim the extra tape as close to the nail as possible
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- Apply a top coat to seal in the manicure and you are done!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. I'd love to know what you think or if you try this!

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)