Monday, March 26, 2012

Love this!


I tried this afternoon and I have to say, I LOVE IT! So easy and a hell of a lot cheaper than getting my nails done ;)

Easy peasy to do:
1. Paint nails a light base coat. Let dry completely.
2. Tear strips of newsprint into pieces big enough to cover the entire nail.
3. Put a piece of newspaper over your nail and with a cotton swab, wet the newsprint with rubbing alcohol. Press down and hold for 10-15 secs. Carefully peel newsprint off.
4. Quickly paint over nails with clear polish to seal, protect and shine :)

I found I actually like the words running diagonally a bit, but they are fun straight as well.

2 comments:

Roggey said...

This is so COOL!

Knit Twit said...

I have discovered that it needs to be a "fresh" newspaper. I kept the paper that I used the first time and tried to use it again a week later and it didn't work at all. My guess is the ink dried out.

For me.

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