Sand Nude Pinstripe nails

Squoval · Pinstripe

Doable at home

Sand Nude ruled with thin vertical Milk Bath lines, evenly spaced.

3 bottles: Sand Nude, Milk Bath and Caramel. Sand Nude 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 (crème and sheer), so the pattern picks up light differently from the ground.

On a squoval the design has real width to work across, and the rounded corners are what stop the straight walls catching on things.

Make it yours

Pick a part of the nail, then a shade
Base: Sand Nude · Crème Open the bottle

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What you need

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

How to paint Sand Nude Pinstripe nails

  1. 1 Buff, dehydrate and base coat, then cure. Two thin coats of Sand Nude, curing each one.
  2. 2 Rule each Milk Bath stripe cuticle to tip in one pass with a long striping brush.
  3. 3 Gloss top coat, cure, then cuticle oil once it is out of the lamp.

Questions about Sand Nude Pinstripe

  • Is Sand Nude Pinstripe 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 Sand Nude Pinstripe?

    3 bottles: Sand Nude (crème), Milk Bath (sheer) and Caramel (crème). Plus a base coat and a gloss top coat, which every design here assumes you already have.

  • Does Sand Nude Pinstripe work on short nails?

    A squoval works short: you lose canvas width rather than length, so the motif just sits closer together.

  • How many coats does Sand Nude Pinstripe need?

    More than you would expect. Milk Bath is 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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