Newspaper Nail Art!

Like every typical girl, I love painting my nails and trying out fun prints and patterns! When I spotted a picture of this design on another blog I fell in love with it and just had to try it out for myself.. So I put together this little post to show you how I did it and how you can recreate the design for yourself! :-)

What it takes:

♥ A base colour (prefferabley a pale one as it works best. I used Barry M's Blue Moon 317)

♥ 10 strips of newspaper (I actually used ripped up pages from my RE books after my exam hehe!)
♥ A top coat
♥ Alcohal/spirit eg vodka

Method:
1- Apply your base colour and wait for it to dry

2- Pour the alohal into a small glass (you don't need a lot) and dip a nail into it, ensuring that the whole nail is wet

3- Quickly press a strip of the newspaper on top (ensuring the words are directly on the nail!) and hold for about 30 seconds. Try not to move it in case it smudges!

4- Gently peel off the paper

5- You should now have a backwards print of the writing on your nail! Repeat on each nail and then apply the top coat to finish off

Aaaand you're done! I really like this design and hope you found this tutorial useful. Feel free to let me know if you tried it in the comments or do a blog post in response as I'd love to see what you come up with!

 

Rebecca x