Showing posts with label newspaper nails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label newspaper nails. Show all posts

21 August 2012

Summer Challenge - Surfin USA

Good evening ladies!

I took this challenge a bit different that a lot of the other girls did. 
I had art-block, and  Mishka from Lacquer or Leave Her! and I was chatting last night over Skype. 
We came up with the idea of focusing on "Surfin", and it made me think about "Surfin on the webz". And Mishka said I could make a computer mouse with the cord going over my nails. 
Needless to say: I loved the idea.


One coat of Sinful Color - Snow Me White.


- A bowl with a few drops of vodka ( I find it to work excellent for this, and we hardly drink it, so why not?). 
- A piece of paper.

Newspaper nails
Print a design you want on a piece of paper, use the "reverse printing" option on your printer. (most printers has that option) . Cut out a piece that fits your nail (leave some extra to make it easier to peel of), soak it in alcohol for 30 sec. Place the paper piece onto your nail (print down), and press it firmly down. I like to close a fist over the finger, while the alcohol dries, and the print transfers. This will take about 1 min. Take the paper of. Take a dry finger and rub it gently over the nail, to remove access paper. This will not smudge your design, so don't worry. 

Add topcoat to protect your design. (Some brands might smudge the print.)





But we are not done yet! We need the computer mouse. Its no Steelseries, but it will do.









16 June 2012

Summer Challenge - Retro/Summer of Love/ Hippie

Hi, its saturday, and its time for some nail art, todays theme, in the Summer Challenge is Retro/Summer of Love/ Hippie. This is my take on it.



For this mani I printed out and resized the logo on Summer Of Love, so that it would somewhat fit my nails. This was the first time I tried transfering images from ordinary paper with alcohol. I just dipped the image in some vodka, and pressed it to my nails.
For my pinky I used H&M - Lime, and added a flower to the base.
What do you think?



List of girls taking part in Summer Challenge -
Debbie @ The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk/
Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/
Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com
Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net
Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/ 
Missy the Manicured Maniac @ http://melissahenderson95.blogspot.com/ 
Nayade @ Toxic Vanity http://www.toxicvanity.com