Dreaming Nails

Ballet Pink Candy Stripe nails

Coffin · Candy Stripe

Doable at home

Candy stripes in Milk Bath and Dusty Berry running diagonally across Milky Pink.

3 bottles: Milky Pink, Milk Bath and Dusty Berry. Milky Pink and Milk Bath are close in tone, so the design is tonal rather than graphic. It shows up in daylight and softens indoors. The bottles are not all the same finish (sheer and crème), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

It sits on a coffin, sometimes called ballerina, tapered at the sides and cut off square at the tip. It needs real length and repays it with the largest flat area of any shape.

Make it yours

Pick a part of the nail, then a shade
Base: Milky Pink · Sheer Open the bottle

Bottles for this nail

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Milky Pink Base · Sheer
Milk Bath Motif · Sheer
Dusty Berry Accent · Crème

What you need

Base colour cured
Striper brush clean lines
Gloss top level the paint

How to paint Ballet Pink Candy Stripe nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Three sheer coats of Milky Pink — it is translucent, so it builds rather than covers.
  2. 2 Rule the Milk Bath diagonals first at a constant angle, then fill between them with Dusty Berry.
  3. 3 Gloss top coat, cure, then cuticle oil once it is out of the lamp.

Questions about Ballet Pink Candy Stripe

  • Is Ballet Pink Candy Stripe hard to do at home?

    Yes, with a steady hand. The motif is freehand, so the first nail is usually the worst one. Budget around 45 minutes for a full set, and three colours means three chances for something to bleed, so cure between each one rather than working wet on wet.

  • What polish do I need for Ballet Pink Candy Stripe?

    3 bottles: Milky Pink (sheer), Milk Bath (sheer) and Dusty Berry (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Ballet Pink Candy Stripe work on short nails?

    Coffin is the one shape here that genuinely needs length. On a short nail there is not enough free edge to cut square, and it will read as a squoval instead.

  • How many coats does Ballet Pink Candy Stripe need?

    More than you would expect. Milky Pink and Milk Bath are translucent, so the colour builds over three thin coats rather than covering in two. Stop wherever you like the depth — that is the point of a sheer.

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