PassionForPolish: Step By Step: Racing Stripes

This is a simple Step By Step guide on how I achieved the design I posted yesterday.

What you'll need:

Nail polish - base colour - Maybelline Racy Red
White nail polish - Revlon White On White
Black nail polish - Rimmel Black Out
Scotch tape
Scissors
Top coat - Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat
Tweezers
Pad of paper/ Paper towelling

Step 1: Apply your base coat and then however many coats of your chosen base colour. I used Maybelline Racy Red as my base colour for this design.

I'm reusing an old image here hence the different watermark!

Step 2: Ensure your base colour is completely dry. Cut two equal thin strips of scotch tape however ig you want the gap between the red and white stripes. Then cut two large strips that will cover the otther segment of the all to form the white stripe.

Step 3: I suggest you do this one nail at a time because otherwise it is a PITA. Apply one of your thin strips of scotch tape to the upper area to mark where you want your top white stripe to be. Then add your second thin piece of tape to outline where you want the black stripe to be. Finally place each of the two larger strips on the top and bottom of your nail to outline the size of the white stripes.

Step 4: Paint the centre section between the two smaller pieces of tape with your black nail polish. I used Rimmel Black Out.

Step 5: Then paint the two outer sections with your white nail polish. I used Revlon White On White. Now MAJOR SIDE NOTE: ensure that the white polish you use is opaque in one coat and isn't runny! My White On White is very runny and if I had any other whites I would have used it because it was impossible to get a neat line with the white running everywhere and being so lumpy.