{"id":62708,"date":"2012-10-30T13:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/?p=62708"},"modified":"2025-06-26T12:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T18:25:34","slug":"bow-nail-manicure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/archive\/bow-nail-manicure\/","title":{"rendered":"Put a bow on it: Bow nail manicure"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

I’m not going to lie to you. This bow nail design takes a heaping spoonful of time and patience and, additionally, a steady hand. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With that said, it can be done by anyone–and I do mean anyone–who possesses those qualities (and a tiny paintbrush, of course). It also helps if you have some good music or your favorite TV show playing while you paint away. Or you could try painting with a friend. That’s always a good time, too.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Anyway, enough rambling! When I painted this bow nail design, I became instantly obsessed with it and I know you will love it, too. You know it’s a good manicure if you’re distracted by your very own fingers on a minute-ly basis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Bow nail manicure tutorial<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Step 1: Prep and Paint Tips<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Prepare your nails by removing all old nail polish, buffing, filing and applying a cuticle oil. This keeps your cuticles in tip-top shape. Afterward, apply a clear base coat of polish. Begin your design by painting the tips one color. I chose plum because I thought it was fitting for the fall months. You don’t have to worry about perfect tips, since you’re going to paint over them in the next step.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Step 2: Paint Lines<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Paint a thin line of your second color on the interior edge of the tip you just painted. You can use a striping tool or a small paintbrush for this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Step 3: Paint Triangles<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Paint two inverse triangles on the right side of your line in the same color you painted your line. It’s a little hard to see in this picture, but they should essentially look like this: l><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Step 4: Outline with Black<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Here’s the most time-consuming part of this nail design. Take your time and use a steady hand. Using the smallest brush you own, trace your line, your knot and the edges of your triangles. I placed two “crinkle” lines on each triangle for a more realistic effect. Follow up with a top coat and you’re good to go.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m not going to lie to you. This bow nail design takes a heaping spoonful of time and patience and, additionally, a steady hand.  With that said, it can be done by anyone–and I do mean anyone–who possesses those qualities (and a tiny paintbrush, of course). It also helps if you have some good music… Read More »Put a bow on it: Bow nail manicure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":854,"featured_media":62709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fashion-trends"],"mv":{"thumbnail_id":62709,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Bow-Nail-Manicure-300x215.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/854"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebudgetfashionista.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}