Day 3 of the Nail Challenge is today… and the theme is yellow. I had to brainstorm a lot for this design, mostly because the majority of my yellow polishes suck!! They are not very opaque and do not work well for nail art. Why does yellow always have to be like that??
I decided on a white base coat of NYC Nail Enamel in French White Tip. Then I taped some random criss crosses onto my nails using striping tape. Then I sponged some different shades of yellow on top using little pieces of a cut-up makeup sponge. I like cutting my makeup sponges into much smaller pieces because it’s less messy and easier to apply that way. After I peeled the tape off I was left with this cool white and yellow cross hatch design.
I was inspired to do this mani by viewing this: Wacky Laki- Striping Tape and Gradient. If you are into tutorials then you will love this page of hers… it’s chock-full of pretty stuff!
Here’s the yellow polishes I used:
China Glaze ♥ Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Wet n wild ♥ The Wonder Yellows
Sally Hansen ♥ Mellow Yellow
Nicole by OPI ♥ My Favorite Gold
I love this! I haven’t ever tried stripping tape before, it looks fab 🙂
This was my first time trying it too! I ordered some really inexpensive tape from amazon or ebay a while back. Not sure why I never used it before. It’s kind of frustrating to cut it though- I kept dropping it on the floor or the tape would stick back onto itself and I couldn’t find the end of it!
Oh no it sounds tricky to cut! I ordered some the other day and the stripping tape arrived today. Did you tape the design and paint over it, then pull the tape off? Because many of the youtube clips I watch leave the tape on?
For this one I pulled the tape off after I sponged. But next time I might use a pretty color tape and keep it on as part of my design 🙂
Aah okay, cool 🙂 can’t wait to see more tape designs!
what a neat idea, looks great !! Yellows are funny, I have the same problem with my beadwork, trying to find good yellows is very hard !!
Come to think of it, I barely have any yellow beads. Poor yellow- someone needs to improve on it!
that looks awesome! great job! 🙂
I love your yellow nail design!
Great striped sponge mani.
You’re ready for summer 🙂