Crosshatch Nails Tutorial



Crosshatch tape mani with Illamasqua Blow & Essie Mint Candy Apple



I originally posted this on one of my tumblr accounts but I’m reposting it here as part of my mass migration of all of my nail posts.

Tutorial

You paint the base coat first (the yellow in the pic) then make sure you let it dry completely (more than an hour probably).
Once it’s dry, cut strips out of Scotch Tape (the opaque matte one), if you use that you’ll be able to see any air bubbles as you lay the strips across the nail so the lines won’t bleed. Arrange the strips in the pattern you want making sure you press them down to push out the bubbles.

Paint your top colour over the tape in one thickish coat and remove the strips immediately in the reverse of the order you put them on (i.e. take the last one you put on off first). If you try and lift a strip that is underneath another one it will either break and you’ll have to fish around for the end or you’ll make a mess of the line.

That’s it, the only other advice I’d have is if you decide to use a matte polish only use it as a base not a top layer. It dries too fast and you’ll end up pulling the polish off. Good luck!