tukanfarver og neglelaksmetoder

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Så har jeg svinget neglelakspenslerne igen! Denne gang gik jeg efter noget der var både let at lave og flot i farverne. Jeg brugte tape-metoden, I kender den måske allerede – man lægger ét lag neglelak, lader det tørre helt, sætter et stykke tape henover den del af grundfarven, man vil beholde synlig, og lakerer hele neglen (man må gerne ramme tapen, også) med en ny farve, piller tapen af og lader det tørre helt.. og sådan fortsætter man til der ikke er mere negl. Den her omgang tog mig ca 6 timer at lave, eftersom jeg lod hvert lag tørre i mindst en time for at være sikker på at det ikke gik galt. Jeg synes det endte med at blive lidt tukanagtigt i farverne og jeg kan rigtig godt lide det – nu elsker jeg jo også bare sådanne fine, sommeragtige farver! Man kan jo også lave det i én graduerende farvetone eller skiftevis mellem to farver, som jeg bl.a. gjorde HER. Har I også selv prøvet at kaste jer ud i tape-neglelakering?

So, I’ve been playing with nailpolish again! This time I did something that was both easy to make and with nice colours. I used the tape-method, you might already know it – you apply one coat of polish, let it dry completely, put a piece of tape over the part of the nailpolish that you’d like to keep visible and then paint the rest of the nail(you can also paint over the tape, as well) with a new colour, then you peel off the tape and let it dry completely.. and so it goes on until there’s no more nail to paint. This manicure took me about 6 hours to do, since I let each coat dry for at least an hour to be sure everything would turn out right. I think it ended up looking quite toucan-coloured and I really like it – well, I just really like those colours! You could also do it in just one graduating colour or shifting between two colours, like I did HERE. Have you tried the tape-mehod as well?