I wanted to play more with the striping tape I received from Born Pretty. This time I used the silver tape and did accent nails with horizontal stripes down the entire length of the nail. It was very tedious, but totally worth it!
The polish I used is Coral Reef-ined from the Balm's line of "Hot Ticket" nail polish.
I picked it up on Hautelook last month for $5.
The striping tape did start to lift at the edges after 8 hours or so. I lost a few pieces of tape, they just curled up and came off. (Despite the fact that I had put a layer of Seche Vite over the accent nails) Every couple of hours a new piece of tape would come off, but I just keep going about my business. After 24 hours of wear-time, all of my tape was gone. Either it had curled up and off, or I picked at it and peeled it off. I can't seem to get striping tape to last too long. Does anyone else have similar issues?
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The polish I used is Coral Reef-ined from the Balm's line of "Hot Ticket" nail polish.
I picked it up on Hautelook last month for $5.
I switched up what nails were the accents on each hand.
This was my first Balm nail polish to try and I was really impressed. The formula was great! 2 easy coats and the coverage is perfect and self levels to this. :)
This is soo pretty! :)
ReplyDeleteThe colour of this polish is really pretty, and I love how you used the silver tape!
ReplyDeletethe tape looks so gorgeous with the coral!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the coral! I have the same issues with striping tape. It helps if I have all the strips "ready" and apply them to the nail immediately after a coat of Seche Vite...then the strips are kind of buried in it. Another thing I was doing was pulling on the tape too hard which made it curl.
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! I love the polish colour :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that balm has nail polishes, beatiful colour. Kisses
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, I need to try striping tape!
ReplyDeleteI love this! It's so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteaw, it sucks that the tape won't stay, I have tried this & had the same issue:-( To get the same kind of look though, you can paint your nails a holographic silver or gold, wait for it to dry, then cut up tape strips to place on your nails in the desired design. Polish over with your color of choice, wait for that to dry & very carefully remove the tape strips, you will get almost the same look:-)
ReplyDeleteIt looks very futuristic.. I like that^^
ReplyDeleteI like the tape with this colour! Too bad it didn't stick so well.
ReplyDeleteSoo pretty, I love how the tape looks against the polish. Coral Reef-ined is such a beautiful colour :)
ReplyDeleteooh i love it! perfect colors
ReplyDeleteI admit this looks stunning but I hate striping tape! It never stays on no matter what I've done to it, short of trying super gluing it at the ends. Very elegant look! So grown up for u (winks)!
ReplyDeletewow, this is such a great idea
ReplyDeleteDid the enamel last? How long? I hate it when I have to reapply 24hs after I went to the salon! I havent tried The Balm polish, but the shade worths a try!
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