So this design was born by responding to one of this months prompts set by ‘NailItMag‘ – which was Matte Neons. I have used striping tape many, many times before to create triangles but never with a neon colour combination! I’m not too sure if I’m going to submit this look or not, however it did turn out pretty cool (or rather hot because it carries a serious summer vibe! Ahahah….)
So my summer is now over – I’m back to work tonight after being off for 7 weeks (I’m a swimming teacher and I only work term time, it’s not that I’ve been ill or slacking off or anything!). It’s been chock-a-block so hopefully my posting routine will return to normality, however I feel as if I’ve been in a nail art slump so don’t count on it too much.
After a few blah attempts at other designs, I really felt up for this and I’m so happy with how it turned out. A little bit too ‘spring’ feeling though? Maybe I could try turn this into something more Autumn themed at a later date. I used striping tape to create the triangles which are painted with Models Own ‘Colour Chrome Blue’.
At first I liked the design as just an ‘accent’. But then I panicked in-case it looked unfinished or if I’d lost interest in doing the rest so I painted them all. Which version do you prefer?
So three things contributed towards me painting this design. My first attempt using free-hand triangles looked terrible but I wanted to give it another try, so after seeing a design on ‘MllrDesign’ recently, I thought ‘Hey, I’ll give it another go’. Also my total addiction for nail tape came into play as there is no easier way to paint triangles than using tape! (I’ve never been so into my tape before! I want to do a whole nail wheel using the stuff now.)
WonderfulWolf 