Half Moon Chevron Nails Tutorial

Last week I showcased my lovely dark green half moon chevron nails, and today I'm going to show you how easy it is to achieve! With a little bit of patience, anyone can do this, even beginners. As you can see they still look fine even when they are a little messy! Practice makes perfect (and I did these in a rush).

What You'll Need:

Clean, well pampered nail beds

Nail polish

Washi tape

Scissors

Top coat

♥ Clean nails is a give in, of course. But the reason I stress that it's important for this mani is that your base is just your bare nail, so you're going to want it to look fresh and healthy. If you can't get them to where you'd like them, you can always use a colour for your base. Apply one layer of polish, preferably a lighter colour than you've chosen for your main colour. It's okay if one coat doesn't full cover the nail, because its only going to peak out anyway. I wouldn't suggest doing more than one coat. Let that dry completely (over an hour) before doing step two.

♥ After you've cleaned your nails or painted your base colour, cut your washi tape into squares, then cut the squares diagonally in half, so they're triangles. These will be what you're using to make the chevron. Do enough for all your nails and put them somewhere that they're easier to acquire. 

♥ Start with whatever hand is most comfortable for you, and place one of the triangles at the base of your pinky finger. It's up to you how big you want your triangles to be, but I usually place the bottom part of the triangle just below my cuticle, to achieve smaller triangles. Press firmly until the tape is smooth on your nail. This is important so the polish doesn't bleed through. You can add the rest of the triangles to your fingers before applying polish, just make sure you smooth out the tape before applying polish to each nail. 

♥ Apply one coat of polish to the rest of your nail, making sure you're completely covering what the tape isn't. If the polish you chose is thin, apply another coat. Wait a minute or two before slowly removing to tape. If you pull too wet, it will not take the triangle shape and most likely pull with the tape and be a big mess. If you pull completely dry the polish will most likely just pull with the tape, too. It's just good judgement.

♥ Repeat steps 3 and 4 on each nail until complete. Wait until completely dry before applying a good top coat. Et voila! The easiest mani! This also works for round half moons, just use reinforcement labels.