Negative Space Nails/ Cut Out Manicure
Whichever one you want to call it, I’ve been wanting to try it for ages! So much so that I have two designs for you today 🙂
As you will see from the pictures, you use clear sections of nail rather than another colour to create contrast. I used Rimmel Urban Purple, which is not purple at all like the name suggests. It’s more of a beetroot, raddish creme, which I paired up with my favourite tool – striping tape – to line the edges. This is the first time I’ve actually used striping tape in the finished look.
Although it’s quite simple in essence (because you’re using one less colour) it’s a bit tricky to think about which parts you want to leave exposed. The colour pallet here is quite rich and sort of reminded me of Christmas lol so I decided to try my hand at making it a bit summery.
For this design I used all Barry Ms (Shocking Pink and Bright Purple) and left out the striping tape to relax the design. As a side point, I think Bright Purple looks like a fantastic dupe for Essies new DJ Play That Song. Once I got my head around it, I quite enjoyed creating these Negative Space Nails.
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Both of those look awesome!
Happy you like them both! One for the cooler months, one for the warmer months 🙂
omg this is so cool !
Right?! And once you start you just keep thinking abut new variations. Try it out one time, I’d love to see your spin on it 🙂
This is fabulous!
– roro
Thank you, Roro!
This is a great idea! It looks so pretty! I agree each looks nice for a different season
Exactly. Even though I really like the first one, it just felt like the wrong time of year. I think those richer colours will be better for Autumn/ Winter. But there are so many ways to play around with it, I’d love to try shapes
Wow, I love the way the striping tape makes it all look so clean, I need to get my hands on some and have a play around. Love it!
Striping tape is soooo useful! The only place I’ve managed to find any is on Ebay so I would definitely recommend trying there first 🙂
Love them both, especially the purple and pink one, very cool look 🙂
Thanks! Yeah the pink and purple have the edge when it comes to that fun, summery vibe.
Oooh I have never actually used my striping tape! Going to have to now 😀
i liked both, but i was wondering why did not put striping tape on second also ? it would look more beautiful 😀
Thank you! 🙂 I decided not to put any on the second design so it would be more casual compared to the first one which has so much shine
got it 🙂
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I love this style, I just bought some striping tape too but haven’t had the chance to use it. You’ve inspired me to test it out 😉
Cool! 😀 It’s such a useful little item
Love these nails iv tried doing something similar before but I used micro pore because I didn’t have anything else. It kind of worked if you didn’t look to close 😉
Deffo want to buy some nail stripes x
nico x
Hi Nico, thank you for commenting 🙂
Don’t worry Micro Pore doesn’t sound too bad as a substitute, I know a lot of people even use Scotch tape with huge success, but I find striping tape so much easier. Plus I like that it’s multi purpose as you can use it as a guide or part of the actual design.
Hope you have fun with it! NL xoxo
I think I’ll definitely buy some. I’ll have a look on eBay for some and get practising 🙂
Impressive.
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Great color coding :)))
These rich, vibrant colours can work really good together
Well u proved it !!