I've been off work sick the last couple of days, so I have mostly been lying on the settee feeling sorry for myself and alternating between dozing and watching Wimbledon. Last year I did quite basic tennis nails, but this year I went a bit mad with the striping tape and got this:
This is meant to be a representation of the net! I just realised though that the net strings are actually black in real life, and they aren't on a diagonal... but hey.
This is two coats of Essie Blanc on my fingers, and two coats of Barry M Yellow on my thumb. I then added yellow sparkly flocking powder to my thumb for the tennis ball. Then I taped off my nails using striping tape in a criss cross pattern, and a wider strip of tape over the tip, and went over that with Barry M Spring Green, which is my go-to grass colour. After removing the tape and letting it dry, I covered the pattern with topcoat.
Hooray for tennis nails (and boo for being off work ill.) They are very very cool.
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DeleteI think I'm feeling better now.
They look fab!
ReplyDeleteHope you are feeling better!
Thank you! Yes I am, still a bit tired now but on the mend.
DeleteLove these nails, I did some strawberry and cream ones for Wimbledom :)
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