How the fuck do you paint nails

just use painters tape, the thin stuff for pinstriping cars.

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kek

first off, you need a nailpolish that isn't crap or you will only get frustrated.
then you have very short nails, which makes it harder. grow them out a bit.

after that, try to paint one nail with only 3 strokes. you place a drop of polish in the middle of the nail but closer to the cuticle than to the tip. with one stroke you paint the middle, with the next two you do each side. the trick is to not go all the way to the skin but leave a little gap (also towards the cuticle!). it makes less of a mess and it makes your nails look narrower/slender.
when you're done, you get a qtip or toothpick wrapped woth a bit of cotton, but some nail polish remover on it and veeeeery carefully clean up the edges. if you have troubles staying away from the skin/cleaning up, consider forst putting on a layer of petroleoum jelly to the parts you don't want any polish (cuticles and such). make sure to use a top coat or you will have to do it all over again tomorrow. also, let that shit dry REALLY GOOD or all your effort will be for nothing.

Are you trying to wipe off the excess off on the inside of the bottle?

You don't have nice long looking nails for this sort of stuff. I'd just buy gel nails if I were you.

>>18250926
women actually go through all that for nails? as someone that does a fair amount of painting, painters tape. maybe a thin bead of caulk under the tape so it doesn't bleed under. then just rub the caulk off.

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>>18250987
that's just the very basic approach. depending on the result you want it is a LOT more work.

>>18251001
what you want for that is to mask off the whole arm and body, get you a stencil and an airbrush, BAM done. perfect lines every time.

>>18250902
So honest question because with those hands I cant really tell but Are you a boy? Those nails dont look like they would look good painted, i'd do what >>18250930 said and get fake ones.

>>18250902
Its hard to do even for people that are good at it and do it for a long time, I have a friend and her step mom went to school for beauty and when she paints my friends nails she still messes up and misses edges or gets skin covered. Just because your a girl doesnt mean you naturally become a master at painting nails, takes time and practice.

>>18250902
>manual labor
You are a girl right...?

>>18250902
You're supposed to get an orange stick, wrap a bit of cotton tightly it, dip it in nail polish remover then clean up afterwards