Do-It-Yourself Nail Manicure Tutorial: Blue, Black and Beige Geometric

The 2012 autumn runway did away with spring and summertime’s creamy pastels and invited moodier colors. One of fall’s hottest color combinations is black and blue, a trendy duo that is as smart as it is edgy, and as sophisticated as it is feminine.

As someone with a self-professed nail polish addiction, it only made sense to fuse the 2 colours (plus bare ) together on a single nail. You may use any three colors depending upon your mood and preferences, or adhere to the three colors I’ve used here.

I like to keep things inexpensive, so I picked for Sinful Colors Professional Nail Polish in Why Not (a darker robin’s-egg blue), Rimmel London Lasting Finish Pro Polish in black and white Finger Paints Don’t Make a Scene (naked ).

You’ll want three nail polishes of your own choice, a base and top coat and striping tape to finish this manicure. As opposed to striping tape, which I found on eBay ($1 for 10 rolls), use trimmed Scotch tape.

Geometric Manicure Tutorial — Try It!

Measure 1:

Following your base coat dries, paint all your claws the lightest of the 3 colours. If needed, apply two or three coats and await your nails to dry thoroughly. I like to wait at least one hour to play it safe.

Step Two :

Striping tape. You are able to stick to the layouts I did, repeat the same layout or make your own.

Step 3:

Fill in an area on every nail with your second colour.

Step 4:

Fill in another place on each nail with your final and next color. Await your nails to dry thoroughly.

Step 5:

Remove tape and then apply your top coat. Clean up the region cuticles. I opted to fill out the bare spaces between both colors (which appeared on a few claws ), but you can leave yours as-is for a cool result.