How to stick tape on gel polish

When creating an original and stylish design, girls often ask how to glue the tape on gel polish. There are several subtleties of this process, which even beginners can handle.

Decorative tape for creating the perfect nail design is in demand among professional and home artists. Different in shade and thickness, it allows you to diversify the image and give originality to any gel polish coating.

• The adhesive tape is sold in small rolls and is a thin strip of various metallic shades. The cost of such an accessory is low, and the range is simply huge.

Using adhesive tape, you can create a laconic manicure or an intricate design with a geometric pattern. Stripes are used to emphasize the geometry of the nail plate or coating, color or shape of the nail.

• Liquid tape does not apply to accessories for creating a nail design; a similar object acts as a protection of the periungual area from getting gel polish on it, including the base and top. The product is sold in a standard bottle with a brush, applied to the area around the nail with the help of the latter with soft movements, without entering the territory of the nail plate.The use of adhesive tape is useful at the beginning of a manicure: after processing the nail and plate and before applying the base and pigments. The tape allows you to protect the delicate area from persistent gel textures and create a neat, perfect manicure with a durable coating.

It will be difficult to get rid of the coating on the skin, and it’s easy to spoil the appearance of a manicure with such a manipulation. Liquid tape takes on the blows of an awkward hand shake and small errors of the master, which is especially true when performing a complex design or ombre manicure. It is easy to remove the accessory after all stages of applying the gel coat, including the top. Just pull the tape with tweezers and it is easy to remove without risk of damage to the coating and skin.

Adhesive decorative tape requires proper application in order for the design to be beautiful and practical at the same time. Consider the steps on how to use duct tape yourself:

• First you need to do a classic manicure and remove the cuticle, align the nail plate with a buff, take care of the uniform texture of the latter and “wash down” the vulnerable spots at the finger ridges;
• Next, you need to apply a base coat and dry it in a lamp. Then apply the main color in 2-3 layers.

It is better to think over the design of the future manicure in advance in order to determine the number of layers of the main color of the varnish. Eit can be a one-color coating with a decorative tape or the use of several shades of gel polish on one plate.

• After the gel polish dries, you can apply the tape itself. You must first cut off a small piece of the accessory along the length of the nail. It is important that the tape is not wider or longer than the nail itself, but a significantly short film will not look very good either. Determine the "golden mean" or the required length of the strip in advance, prepare the material in advance to create your design.
• Gently place the strip on the part of the nail that it will frame. This can be done with tweezers - it is convenient and practical. You can smooth the tape with your finger.
• Be sure to secure the tape with a top and dry it well in the lamp, this will allow the accessory to remain on the nail plate for a long time.

Cut off the excess piece with scissors before applying the top coat.

Decorative tape with a sticky surface allows you to create an original "striped" design on the nail plate, for which you will need to perform a number of simple steps:

• Make a manicure, cover your nails with a base, dry well under a lamp;
• Apply base color, dry again;
• Stick thin strips on the nail plate - they will protect the previous layer and keep the color;
• After the strips are glued, you can apply the next varnish in a contrasting shade. Dry your nails in a lamp and let your fingers rest a bit;
• Carefully remove unnecessary more strips and get the result - smooth contrasting lines that are relevant this season;
• Be sure to apply a top coat that will smooth out the unevenness of the nail plate and give the surface a pleasant gloss.

Such techniques require care and accuracy from the master, the ability to touch up the coating manually using a toothpick and a clinser.

For more information on how to glue the tape, you will learn from the following video.

Strips allow you to create an interesting manicure without giving up your favorite color of the gel coating. Consider design ideas right now:

• Classic strips in the amount of 1, 2, 3 pieces can be placed horizontally or vertically on the nail plate and get a concise design. It is better to use contrasting colors of ribbons.
• "Cell" - an alternative to simple stripes. To create it, stick two horizontal thin stripes at the top of the nail and two perpendicularly, focusing on the right or left side of the plate.
• Unusual jacket. This technique allows you to diversify a strict design and bring a “zest” to it not only with the geometric shape of the holes, but also with their design. Choose any nude shade of gel polish and apply it in 2 layers, cure in a lamp. Draw with a regular or thin brush rectangular holes on the tip of the nail in two layers - for a rich color. After the coating has dried in the lamp, cut the strips according to the desired length and glue them to the border between the base color and the wells.
• The original design with geometric shapes will appeal to everyone: choose the main shade of gel polish and cover your nails with them. On the index and ring fingers, for example, you can apply 3 different shades and separate them with ribbons.You can draw rectangles, squares or triangles, highlight them with tape in order to hide imperfections.
• Stripes in manicure design are a current trend, which is easy to create at home. In this case, decorative ribbons will become auxiliary and help to separate one color from another. They can also act as those same stripes with a pleasant sheen.

You can make a striped manicure yourself. We will tell you step by step about this interesting technique:

• Choose the main tone of the gel polish and cover the nail plate with it in two layers, dry each of them in turn in a UV lamp.
• After the layers are dry, take the prepared cut strips and stick them on the nail plate, keeping the same distance between them.
• Apply the second shade of gel polish on top, dry the layers under the lamp.
• Then remove the tapes with gentle movements (you can use tweezers).
• Do not forget to fix the design with a top and seal the tips of the nail plate well. The top coat will even out the surface of the nail and strengthen the manicure, give it a glossy shine and protect it from chips, cracks and scratches.

The main color is traditionally taken as a white or nude shade with a rich texture. It is better to apply light colors first, and bright stripes - second.

Decorative ribbons are quite capricious in nature, and even with strict adherence to the instructions, sometimes it is not possible to cope with them.

• If you are not sure that you can determine the required length of tape by eye, cut it a little more, stick it on the nail and remove the excess accessory with nail scissors.Corners can be smoothed with an orange stick.
• To create a "striped" manicure, take long pieces of tape: this will allow you to stick them evenly, maintain the required distance and easily remove them from the nail plate.
• To diversify black gel polish, stick light metallic or golden accessories on the coating. They will not allow the dark color to be rough and will bring an interesting accent to the manicure design.
• An orange stick will help to carefully stick the tape: smooth the surface of the accessory with it.
• The tone is applied only after gluing the tape.

The “new” moon manicure with a decorative ribbon will sparkle with other colors. Cover the nail plate with a transparent base and dry it in a lamp. Arrange the pieces of ribbon so that a triangular hole is formed (you can choose a simple rectangular design). Then apply a base color, such as blue or lavender. After drying and applying the second layer (it also needs to be dried in a lamp), remove the tape from the nail plate - in this case, it served as an auxiliary element. You can stick a fresh strip to decorate the nail plate and create a contrasting transition from the hole to the color.

An alternative would be the location of its cage, that is, horizontally and vertically at the same time.

You can create geometric shapes on the nail plate thanks to small pieces of decorative strips.

If the pigmented varnish streaks, it means that it has simply thickened. To soften it, it is recommended to dilute it with a special liquid (it can be purchased at specialized stores). Do not replace this mixture with regular nail polish remover - this will further aggravate the situation.

If the varnish is applied in stripes, we recommend applying an additional coat to even out the color. Overlaying one layer on another will provide a dense coating without streaks.