If you ever get a break in your busy day or week, and are looking for a bit of creative fun, just look what you can do with some Scotch Magic Tape and some nail varnish. No jokes about secretaries and painting their nails please - we've all heard them before, and there is nothing wrong with using up left over bits of stationery, being creative and having a bit of fun:-) All three looks Art Deco, monochrome and summer neon are very on trend this year, we know that people are always looking for inventive beauty tips. What better way than to use stationery we have lying around the office!
Art Deco and monochrome designs uses Scotch Magic Tape and your choice of black, silver and gold nail polishes. It’s a fun way to get a glamorous nail look that anyone can achieve!
Take a look at these videos to see how you can do the monochrome and summer neon - and down further are two step by step guides for Art Deco and monochrome.
Scotch Magic Nails - A Step by Step Guide to creating an Art Deco look
What you will need:
Models Own Gold Digger varnish
Models Own Sterling Silver Champagne varnish
Models Own Black Magic varnish
Scissors
Scotch 3M Tape Magic Tape
Base Coat
Top Coat
Clean up brush
1) Prepare some narrow strips (a variety of widths up to about 5mm), and some triangular wedges of tape using a sharp pair of scissors. Rest the strips on the edge of a clean object so that they can be easily picked up later. Also prepare a few big pieces of tape which will be used to protect your fingers from getting polish on them.
2) Apply a base coat.
3) Apply a coat of gold nail polish to each nail.
4) Put the large pieces of tape around the edges of the nail on the ring finger to cover the surrounding skin.
5) Apply some silver nail polish to one end of a flat cosmetics sponge, and gold nail polish to the other end, making the colours meet in the middle as shown. Starting at the piece of nail nearest your finger, roll the sponge on to the nail to create a colour gradient of silver into gold at the tip. Leave to dry.
6) When the base colour is dry, arrange the strips and triangles of tape in your chosen pattern on all of the nails. We have chosen to create a striking triangular effect along the length of the nail. Make sure they are smooth and in full contact with the nail but don't push on too hard. Use tweezers if you find it too fiddly with your fingers.
7) Apply a layer of black nail polish to each nail one at a time, removing the tape from each as you go, using tweezers. Have a tissue handy to put the used pieces of tape on to.
8) Once dry, apply a top coat to each nail.
9) If necessary, you can dip a small makeup brush into acetone and use this to clean up around the nail to create clean smooth lines.
10) Admire the finished look!
Scotch Magic Nails - A Step by Step Guide to creating a Monochrome look
What you will need:
Pixi White varnish
Models Own Black Magic varnish
Scotch Magic Tape
Scissors
Base Coat
Top Coat
Tweezers
Clean up brush
1) Apply a base coat and leave to dry.
2) Apply a thin coat of white polish (or two depending on opacity) and leave to dry.
3) Prepare some narrow 2mm wide strips of Scotch Magic tape using a sharp pair of scissors. Rest the edge of the strips on the edge of a clean object so that they can be easily picked up later.
4) When the white polish is dry arrange the strips in your chosen pattern on all of the nails. We have chosen to use opposing diagonal lines to create a striking monochrome look. Make sure they are smooth and in full contact with the nail but don't push on too hard. Use tweezers if you find it too fiddly with your fingers.
5) Once the tape is applied, paint one nail in black nail polish – painting over the white undercoat and the tape.
6) While the black polish is still wet, slowly remove the tape on the black nail piece by piece, using tweezers. Have a tissue handy to put the used pieces of tape on to.
7) Repeat steps 6 and 7 for each nail one by one.
8) Leave until touch dry and then apply a top coat.
9) If necessary, you can dip a small makeup brush into acetone and use this to clean up around the nail to create clean smooth lines.
10) Admire the finished look!
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Scotch Magic Nails - A Step by Step Guide to creating an Art Deco look 
