NOTD: Candy Cane Nails + Tutorial

Hi guys! I have a quick NOTD and tutorial for you this afternoon! I posted these nails a few days on Instagram and have been meaning to do a real post for them! I did my first holiday-ish mani over the weekend and have really been enjoying it, I'm going on almost a week with these nails...I'm going to be sad when I remove them :(

For my base I used OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, the red stripes are done with LCN Rubin Red. I'll have swatches of Rubin Red on it's own soon, but man...I am loving it! I was having some tape issues with this mani but I quite like how it turned out, you can't see the mistakes in real life! (macro is a bish)

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To do these nails it's really easy. I tried to make a video for it but yeaaaaaah it just wasn't happening lol! All you need to do is paint your nails white, once the white is completely dry you tape off lines for your stripes.

You can use regular tape or striping tape (can be found on ebay). I used a combo of both for my nails. For the bigger spaces I wanted to leave white I used regular tape cut into strips. You can also put a couple pieces of striping tape next to each other to get a thicker line. Once you have all the pieces of tape where you want them make sure they are flat to the nail so the red polish doesn't seep under it...you can tell that I had issues with that :(

Then all you do is paint over your nail with your red. Immediately after you paint on the red remove the tape, that's how you get the crisp lines! Once everything is dry apply a top coat and you're good to go!

In the spirit of the holidays I had to share this photo of Degen with you. I picked up the little antlers and bells collar at Target. Degen loathes the antlers but he completely loves the collar part. I put it on him when I'm home and he walks around the house jingling away. He'll only answer to "Degerbells The Jingling Wiener Dog" until further notice ;)

I bribed him with treats to get this photo, you're welcome

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