Gold Striping Tape For Nail Art

I have to admit , my nail art is beginning to get a little better and I am starting to get a little more adventurous with the extra accessories which are available.
For me , I have to admit I am not very good with the fiddliest of things , anything small that I can not control with my hands or a pair of tweezers are definitely a challenge for me .

Over the past two years I have tried Striping tape previously but never really gave it the patience it deserves , I put it down to being left handed and not been able to hold and cut and place the tape all at once but this time I thought I would give it another try and this time in a gold but other colours are available .

Striping tape is basically like a normal tape but for your nails so is a lot smaller and dainty in size .
It comes in various colours , I in fact have it in red, blue, purple, green, gold and silver and it costs only 49p for an amazing 20 metres of tape which lasts as you can imagine a lifetime .
The tape is sticky on one side and the foil like colour of this tape was gold , it looks like foil and also feels like foil but stronger in my opinion.

Striping Tape Available from Charliesnailart.co.uk .

Striping tape is used to make straight line designs or highlight design on your nails and because it is 1 mm thin it makes it easier to get that dainty yet bold statement.

Because this is really the first time I have used this with a little more patience , you can clearly see it looks fantastic but I do think it takes a lot more patience or even artistic streak than I have, but I am sure practice will make perfect so I shall keep practicing. 

Directions to use - 

1. Paint your nails in any colour you desire and ensure it dries completely .
2. Using a dotting tool or very thin painting brush draw your design on your nail .
3. Once all the polish is dry you can then cut individual strips around 2cm in length ad place them where you feel you want them to go and press them onto the nail.
4. Trim to fit the nail and then cover and finish with a top coat to secure the look.

The Striping tape looked flat against the wall of my nail .
If I had left the pattern on my nails painted , you would see there was no bold straight line (I could never draw straight free hand ) and using the tape helped neaten this look quickly.

Once a top coat had been applied I could not feel any lifting of the tape which deterred e from picking at them which is something I do on a regular basis when nail art has not been done properly, wasting time and effort as well as product so I was really pleased .

Like I mentioned earlier it can be a little tricky but no more than any nail art using accessories.

Have you tries striping tape or do you think it seems a little too tricky?
Maybe you are a dab hand at freestyle drawing straight lines, let me know .