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Californails January Nail Art Challenge 2014: Valentine's Stripes

Oh Valentine's Day is right around the corner and I'm celebrating this year with red, pink and white with a dash of hearts in my nail art design. I recreated my Teal Stripe gradient nails for this fun and girly version.


To get this look:
1. Apply two coats of China Glaze Igniting Love and allow to dry fully.
2. Using white acrylic paint and a long striper brush apply loose stripes all along the nail bed reaching about 1/3 way up.
3. Repeat with a soft pink acrylic paint just stopping the stripes lower down.
4. Repeat again using a hot pink acrylic paint again stopping the stripes lower down that where the soft pink ended.
5. Add a touch of your red polish in stripes to the edges of your nails.
6. Allow to dry fully and then add some pink and white hearts over the stripes.
7. Complete with a generous amount of a fast drying top coat.


Visit my Teal stripe gradient nails for a pictorial of how to achieve the striper gradient.


Stay tuned for the 11th and last design in this challenge: Silver



Dell'amore e Della Bellezza
XoXo


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