This is my twist on the newsprint mani that's popped up on several blogs lately. The newsprint idea is super cool, but I wondered if I could take that idea and basically make my own nail decals from newspaper pages.
It worked out fairly well, actually. It was a little time-consuming, but the end result is a lot of fun. This was my first time doing a skittle, so that's really fun too.
First, I painted my nails skittles-style in Barry M 'Grey', Barry M 'Blueberry Ice Cream', and Rimmel Lasting Finish 'Sunshine'. You'll notice in the pictures that two of my nails are actually white... That's because I didn't have a yellow creme on hand, and painted my nails white until I ran down to the shops to pick some yellow polish up. As an aside: Do you have any idea how hard it is to find yellow nail varnish at a drug store? In the entire cosmetics section at Boots, there was only this Rimmel shade and a pastel from Barry M.
I only noticed after painting my yellows that Sunshine isn't a creme at all - in fact it's got a subtle shimmer. For my purposes, though, it works fine.
Then I dipped my nails in vodka, and applied the paper strips to my nail - I'm going to have a tutorial up soon, don't worry. :)
Nailgirl
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