What I'm listening to: "Circus" by Britney Spears
This is what I've been sporting for the Gator games this season! It's the most difficult design I've done by hand so far. You can recreate this with your own school colors.
Step 1: Always make sure you trim, file and buff your nails before you begin. I've started using an OPI "Chip Skip" coat that prevents your nails from chipping. It seems to work pretty well.
Step 2: Paint one full coat of your primary color. In my case, I used OPI's "Blue My Mind." Make sure to let it, and every other coat, fully dry!
**** TIP: Don't leave your fan on, wave your hands, or be by a draft of wind. This can cause bubbles to form in the polish.
Step 3: Get your secondary color, in my case Sephora by OPI's "Caliente Coral." You're going to paint a triangle on either the top left or top right of your nail - whichever feels more natural at the time. I did the top left of my left hand and top right of my right.
Step 4: Take the Stripe Rite polish, which I introduced in my last post, and draw a thin line dividing the two colors. You can really use any color you like, of course.
Step 5: Use a finishing coat to hold it in place and I always have a rule of allowing a full hour for it to dry. It's a GREAT excuse to watch tv or if you're brave, surf the web.
Extra Tid-bit: I used a small rectangular sponge, normally used to apply concealer, to dip into nail polish remover and remove excess polish that is definitely going to get on your fingers.
