For Clean Lines, Use Tape!

So you're flipping through a magazine and see a gorgeous set of nails with clean, straight lines. You figure only a professional nail technician could pull that off.

Nope. :)

It's as simple as putting a piece of tape on your nail! If you can cut it out on a piece of tape, you can have any design that requires clean lines.

All you have to do is paint the first layer of polish on, let it dry, and then stick the tape in any fashion over the part you want to stay that color to your nail. Then you paint your nail normally with another color, and remove the tape before it dries.

Hints: to make sure the tape doesn't damage your base coat, stick it to your hands to remove all the excess sticky!

Here's what I did with my tape: