Unintentionally continuing on from last week’s Art Deco Inspired Nails, this manicure has a look of that era but was actually inspired by something more present day. As I was browsing through a magazine I stopped on this piece from Ralph Lauren’s SS14 Collection and was instantly drawn to the shapes.
I’ve been meaning to try out another black and white design ever since my first Monochrome Nails on the blog so I took the opportunity. The black is Maybelline’s Colour Show Blackout which is so good for nail art! Blacks nail varnishes can be on the gloopy side and take forever to dry, but this is one of the fastest drying black nail varnishes I’ve used!
The only down side is that the undertones are almost blue-y purple, so I’m not sure I would use it for solid colour. I also noticed during clean up that the pigments separate so a bit more elbow work is needed to get it off.
I applied one coat (yep, just one, another great thing about it!) and then laid out my trusty striping tape. To get the thicker stripe, I overlapped two pieces of striping tape. Over the top, I painted Barry M’s white and removed the striping tape as soon as possible. There are a few lines that aren’t as neat as I would have liked, mainly because of the amount of pieces of tape to peel from each nail.
Will have to put some practice in at getting the tape off quicker! 😛
Image Source: vogue.co.uk
Very cool design. I like a lot 🙂 Steph x
As soon as I saw it, I had to have it on my nails! Thanks Steph 🙂
Are you kidding .. These are perfect !!!! I wish I can manage a fraction of this !!!! Love em !
Ah, I’ll always be harsh on myself about things like that, but it gives me an excuse to try similar manis. Thanks though. It’s all about getting that darn tape off quickly lol the more you do it, the easier it gets…unless you have tons of tape 😛
True that !! I ripped tape too soon and smudged .. Next time I waited and ripped the polish .. Darn the tapes !
Very nice idea 🙂
Thank you!
Wow, so cool! I’m gonna this one myself too ;D
x Lisa from The BTQ Blog
Thanks Lisa. I’m so happy to hear that you’re going to try it out,! Be sure to let me know if you post pics 🙂 NLx
In my opinion this is great because you’ve used colours that are hard to work with and removed the stripes quickly enough + the design inspiration is cool!! 😉
Well done!!!
Have a wonderful day
xoxo
Thank you sweetie! 😀 Yes, they’re not the easiest to work with, although I got lucky with the black this time around. I hope you’re having a great week! NL x
So neat.
And that Ralph Lauren piece is gorgeous!!
Isn’t it?! Like Clueless meets Men In Black ..in a good way 🙂
Oh gosh, you’re right. Precisely!
Super eye catching. Love
Yeah they certainly stood out lol I wondered whether to go with an accent nail at first but in the end I thought ‘more is more’ 😛
I love this! I love your blog! 🙂
Aww thank you! Your comment truly put a smile on my face 🙂 NLx
What striping tape do you use? 🙂
Just ones that you can find on ebay. They’re thinner than the type that you see in craft stores and I have yet to discover striping tape in a physical shop!
Miss your posts! : )