Christmas Tree Nail Art - Caviar Beads and Striping Tape

A little late on this post but it'll be archived for posterity anyways.  Right before the holidays I was wearing China Glaze Fifth Avenue and decided it needed some spicing up!

Because this wasn't a planned out mani, the color scheme is a little bit off. I'm not a super fan of the mauve and metallic mint but I don't hate it either.

I used scotch tape, striping tape and caviar beads for this design.  The scotch tape was used to make a triangle and the striping tape was zigzagged back and forth and then painted over with Pop Beauty Jade Metal.  Then I peeled both tapes off and applied the caviar beads (which bled terribly by the way with the top coat - these were from the dollar store).  I then applied the stars at the top and sealed with top coat. SUPER simple, took only a few minutes!

Pop Beauty Jade Metal & China Glaze Fifth Avenue

new scotch tape mani idea

I was sorting through some of my scrapbook supplies when I found this punch-out stamp type thing.  The light bulb went on, the clouds divided in the sky and the hallelujahs were heard. I GOT AN IDEA!

Here is what I used:

I think most of you have seen these before. Instead of using paper, I used scotch tape!  I think next time I will double the scotch tape so it won't be so easily torn.  I had to try a few times on a couple of nails because the sharp metal edges tore the thin tape.

Here is what I did:

I used China Glaze's "For Audrey" again my own franken, "In Love"!  I alternated nails using the cut out shape and then the original piece of tape with the negative space (pictured above)

Here is the final look:

What do you think?! 

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