The idea is simple enough, paint your nails with a base coat of black, layer colors on top of that, and then use a paint brush dipped in acetone to remove portions of the colors. I changed the original pin a little. I did not paint the whole nail with the colors, I just painted the ends of them as I wanted the tops of the nails to remain straight black. Also I don't concern myself with painting within the lines of my nails as I tend to shower after my nails are dry and I will remove the parts that slopped around on my skin.
The supplies I decided to use:
My nails before I started:
After a couple of coats of black:
After a coat of the greenish color: (have I ever mentioned that I am color blind?)
After a coat of white:
After a coat of blue:
And now for the all important - after brushing them with a paintbrush dipped in acetone:
After a clear coat:
After I have showered and cleaned them up a bit:
Final analysis -
Pros - I kind of like the look
- It was relatively easy (unlike water marbling)
- My wife really likes the look
Cons - It was time consuming
- The nails are inconsistently colored
- It was kind of hard to control the color removal with an acetone dipped paintbrush
I think I could get better with practice. Overall I like it enough to try it again. What do you think?
Nadine.
ReplyDeleteI like the look but I cannot fathom having the time or patience to do something like this. I have only done my fingernails a few times and then for no longer than an evening.
I recently had another pedicure and while I did not have the salon polish my toes I did put a nice red brown polish on them while watching the Superbowl.
Pat
My toes were first in being consistently polished. I enjoyed that for many years before I would allow myself to wear polish on my nails while dressed as a male. I too would paint my nails for an evening as Nadine and then remove it soon thereafter. Eventually I got annoyed and just left them.
DeleteThe time thing - I totally get it. It did take a few hours for me to go through all of the steps of this particular process. I was laughing at myself while doing it.
FYI - Today is day 6 after painting them and they are still looking good, ie - no chips!