Just re-did the newspaper nails... top coat drying now... I took photos to put with the how-to and ill let you all know how long they last with proper glue
Just re-did the newspaper nails... top coat drying now... I took photos to put with the how-to and ill let you all know how long they last with proper glue
Kaylee S - my nails are just like that! Inherited from my mum. Gotta love genetics!!
~Natz - I love the idea of sheet music and mags! The paper has to be thin-ish though... I tried it with some images i printed off the comp on normal printer paper but it didnt work at all... it wouldnt bend to my nail (if that makes sense!).
0190 - haha! I would never have thought to use them to cheat! Very clever!!
Elle M - These ones lasted bout 48 hrs i think but I only used PVA glue which was not strong enough. I think if you used nail polish glue they would last like normal nail polish. I'm gonna try it again really soon with some better glue and I'll let you know how it goes!!
This is such an awesome idea!!! I think I'm gonna try it with old sheet music, since im quite musical but you could also do it with magazines too i guess. Ahh, so many possibilities!!!
Gilly S - I'm not really sure about safety with these... but I cant really see a way that newspaper could cause real harm.
When I did them I stuck them onto my real nails... I just used the fake nails to get the right shape out of the newspaper. So i did a clear coat then a little bit of pva (next time I'm going to use some sort of nail glue!) stuck the newspaper on then did a clear coat. I only had mine on for a day or two before they started to peel off. They didn't do anything weird to my nails!
The only problem I could see with not using glue is they might shift around when your trying to do the top coat... not sure though. Let me know how it goes
I love the newspaper print on clothes like this:
http://showcase-it.com/uk/item/5473848085072251984.html
i think its pretty trendy these days. great work!
thanx for sharing!
Kaylee S - my nails are just like that! Inherited from my mum. Gotta love genetics!!
~Natz - I love the idea of sheet music and mags! The paper has to be thin-ish though... I tried it with some images i printed off the comp on normal printer paper but it didnt work at all... it wouldnt bend to my nail (if that makes sense!).
0190 - haha! I would never have thought to use them to cheat! Very clever!!
Elle M - These ones lasted bout 48 hrs i think but I only used PVA glue which was not strong enough. I think if you used nail polish glue they would last like normal nail polish. I'm gonna try it again really soon with some better glue and I'll let you know how it goes!!
I wouldnt advise super glue... who knows when you'd get it off haha!
I will HAVE to try this!!
would this work on real nails?
When I did them I stuck them onto my real nails... I just used the fake nails to get the right shape out of the newspaper. So i did a clear coat then a little bit of pva (next time I'm going to use some sort of nail glue!) stuck the newspaper on then did a clear coat. I only had mine on for a day or two before they started to peel off. They didn't do anything weird to my nails!
The only problem I could see with not using glue is they might shift around when your trying to do the top coat... not sure though. Let me know how it goes
you can also
put the pieces of newspaper
into some vodka -
i saw it on justbblog.com
http://www.justbblog.com/2011/04/b-transferred-newspaper-type-nails.html
maybe a bit easier