I am constantly on the quest for awesome nail art tutorials that look really cool, but aren’t too hard to pull off. While I have tons of respect for all of the awesome folks out there creating incredibly detailed nail art, I just don’t have that kind of coordination!
Instead, I tend to rely on bold, graphic nail designs that look like they take a lot of talent, but are actually simple as pie! Just like this deceptively fancy ramen recipe, the idea is to get maximum effect with minimum effort.
That’s why I was immediately enthralled by the idea of creating YouTuber cutepolish's classy, striped manicure from that doesn’t require any special tools. Bonus: this manicure has the rad 70s folksy look of a vintage Missoni knit — almost as groovy as this tiny retro camper!
The idea is to create a multicolored striped effect on your nails, using as many different colors as you want to give your pattern depth and texture. Start off with a light base coat in a color of your choosing, and then carefully layer on stripes in different colors.
But how, you may be asking yourself, is this easy? Painting a million tiny little stripes onto equally tiny fingernails and saying that doesn’t require coordination — what gives?
Well, cutepolish has an incredibly clever idea for how to create the perfect stripe every time, with minimal skill. All you need is a bottle of nail polish, and something that’s probably in your bathroom cabinet right now! Watch the video to see how she does it!
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