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Saturday, 22 October 2011

Tutorial: Colourful Rays of Light

I had a request on FB and a couple on here asking me to do a tutorial for the Colourful Rays of Light mani I did a few days ago. It's basically using striping tape over a base colour to create thin lines showing through a darker colour! Here is a very simple and easy tutorial on how to achieve that in 4 steps. I'm no good at explaining things so bear with me :)


Step 1:
After prepping you nail, paint 3 stripes of any colours you like. They don't have to be perfectly straight as you will be covering it later.
You can also just use 1 base colour on the whole nail if you prefer.







Step 2: After your base colour(s) is dry, lay down your striping tape in any direction you would like the final pattern to look. (I bought my striping tape on ebay, 6 rods of various colours for £1.89). You can also use regular scotch tape but I prefer striping tape as I'm too lazy to sit there and cut lots of very thin strips.

Step 3: Apply your second coat of colour all over your nail and the striping tape. 

Step 4: Remove the striping tape, one piece at a time whilst your polish is still wet and you're done!
If any of you guys decide to give this mani a go, I would love to see what you create :)
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17 comments:

  1. Nicole - Top To Toe22 October 2011 at 18:18

    so pretty, the vibrant base shows up well x

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  2. Kayleigh22 October 2011 at 18:46

    Great tutorial, thank you so much! I need some of that tape! :)

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  3. Anonymous22 October 2011 at 20:32

    What an awesome tutorial! Love the design!

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  4. Anita22 October 2011 at 20:48

    So easy and so beautiful :) thanks for sharing!
    Now i just need to buy some of that tape...

    *kisses*
    http://somaisumverniz.blogspot.com/

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  5. Vita23 October 2011 at 07:48

    Thanks for the tutorial - just gotta go and get me some striping tape too!!

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  6. nihrida23 October 2011 at 11:23

    Great tutorial! I like the way it looks, but I don't have enough patience for any kind of nail art anymore. =D

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  7. KimsKie's Nails23 October 2011 at 13:32

    Thanks for sharing this great tutorial! Going to try this out for sure! ♥

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  8. Sandra23 October 2011 at 17:26

    Looks so pretty.

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  9. Anonymous27 October 2011 at 18:00

    That's great, thanks for this tutorial. I looks simple enough to be doable for even me.^^
    But I'm a little sceptic about that "remove striping tape while polish is still wet" - does this really work without being extremely careful? I would fear it could smudge.

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  10. Nail Stories27 October 2011 at 20:09

    @ egokonsumkosmos - it definitely works. The polish always has to be wet in tape manis when you remove the tape. That way you get a crisp straight line. If you let the polish dry, it will crack and tear when you try to pull the tape! Try different types of tape to see which one works for you!

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  11. Nicole28 October 2011 at 07:18

    Thanks for this really great tutorial! I really liked the idea and I tried it out for a mani on this mani challenge I did, it's here on http://notskindeep.onsugar.com and I linked it back to you. Thanks once again!

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  12. Anonymous28 October 2011 at 19:27

    Thanks for the tip, I already experienced this today when recreating another design of you. I'll need to buy striping tape because I really love this design. (And I like it best the way you presented it here - three diagonal stripes.)

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  13. Anonymous30 October 2011 at 05:39

    Thank you....So this is how to do it.....This one I can do I guess. Keep posting great nail stories.

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  14. Angelica4 November 2011 at 12:48

    Hi. I did this mani a copule a days ago but i didn´t know where I got the inspiration from. (Reading far too many bloggs;)) Now I know where it came from, it was you!:)

    You wrote that you wanted to see what others created from this so here is a link to my blogg: http://lela.bloggplatsen.se/2011/10/25/6524924-dold-regnbage/.
    It´s in swedish but the pictures are universal;)

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  15. Anonymous13 November 2011 at 08:12

    This is so pretty. I would love to try this and if i do i will post it on my blog :) Please could you check out my blog? Your blog is AMAZING <3

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  16. Alya a.16 December 2011 at 16:02

    Inspiring!

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  17. Adi Sela10 June 2012 at 13:01

    Hi, I raelly enjoyes this tutorial, very cool and easy!
    I share it on www.ShowYourNails.com, so other girls could enjoy it too.
    Thank you so much :)

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