While wearing Pretty & Polished – Perfection in White I wanted to try a tape manicure with it combined with a textured polish. I picked up OPI – Honey Ryder as I wanted a light feeling on my nails. I did the taped manicure with a striping tape (a gold one from Hail the Nails) and I removed it after applying Honey Ryder. The striping tape looked amazing though together with the two other polishes so I wanted to complete the manicure with it but you have to seal the striping tape with a topcoat if you want the edges of the striping tape to not lift. A topcoat would have killed the texture so I kept the manicure without the striping tape for a day until my curiosity overcame the fact that I would loose the texture so I applied the striping tape and the topcoat over the whole nail. The topcoat kept the striping tape flat for the rest of the day (morning to evening) but at the end of the day I could see how the striping tape was about to lift from the edges. I didn’t care too much, it was time to change the manicure anyway :D
Which one of the two variants of the manicure do you like the most? With or without the striping tape?
I prefer without the stripping tape :)
Gold/white always win ! i love it !!
Så fint! Tycker helt klart bäst om den första, utan tejp. Ser så rent och stiligt ut med bara de färgerna ihop.
Svårt val! De är båda fina! Kanske att jag gillar den med tejpen lite mer… Då får man ytterligare en kontrast – blankt, textur OCH metall! :D
I like it better without the striping tape, it looks sharper that way.
That gold polish is gorgeous! I’m not sure, but I think I like it better without striping tape as well, but the striping tape does make it look more festive and less uptight… hmm…
Ooh nice tape mani! I think I like it without the striping tape too hehe. It looks awesome!
Så himla fint, fast jag gillade nog det bättre utan tejpen.
Men åhh så snyggt! Föredrar dock den utan tejp. :)
Hvit og gull er så nydelig sammen! Det var kult med tape, men mer elegant uten :)
Wow, det här var en superfin och fräsch manikyr. Gillar färgerna och hur du använt tejpen, men jag föredrar det nog innan när du tagit bort tejpen. :-)
I like both with the striping tape and without! :)
Oh, this looks stunning! Very classy too ^^
How delicate and elegant!
The best version for me is the first one (without golden tape). Beautiful!
Åh, vilken glammig manikyr! Perfekt till fest!
It looks stunning without the tape! Good idea to use textured polish like this
Vilken snygg manikyr! Jättefina färger och jättefin balans och snygga former.
Väldigt elegant och läcker manikyr! Gillar den också bäst utan tejpen. :)
Hi Ina, PER-FECT!!! I love striped manis!!! I like the tape-less mani better – I love the exact lines “coming out of no-where” and the two different finishes :-)
Så extremt snyggt!