I finally bought some nail tattoos from Walmart! I have been meaning to try those out for a while and I finally got around to it! My semester is looking up a little because I dropped a really terrible class, but I am still crazy busy. I have been able to do my nails around once a week, though. This is from days ago (I don't even have it on my nails anymore), but I am going to do my nails again tomorrow for my birthday celebration! I am going to be 20 on Monday! I can't wait! And it feels weird saying that I am going to be 20! Okay, anyway, here is what I came up with days ago:
I started out with a coat of Essie Protein Base Coat and then painted two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White on the nails that I would be applying the tattoos to (in this case, my ring finger and thumb), and two coats of Sally Hansen Pink Blink (which I also bought at the same time I bought the nail tattoos) on the other nails. I then used a dotting tool and top coat to stick the 2 mm gold square studs I got from Born Pretty Store to my pink nails. I finished those nails off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.
Before applying the tattoos to my nails, I cut out the bits that I wanted on each nail and roughly trimmed the tattoos to the shape of my nails. I then removed the plastic covering from the tattoo bits and picked one up with tweezers and dipped it into a little glass of water (I used a shot glass because it was a really nice size) and held it in there for a second or two. I then took the tattoo and placed it face down on my nail and held it there for around ten seconds before easily sliding the paper backing off of my nail, leaving the tattoo behind.
I then smoothed down the tattoo and pressed the loose ends against the sharp tip of my nail so I could carefully removed the excess. I used an orange stick to carefully break the excess around my cuticles. I then took a nail art brush dipped in acetone and cleaned up even more. The tattoos do dissolve in the acetone, but I would suggest taking off larger pieces of excess tattoo first and then using acetone to clean up small edges that you can't reach any other way. I practiced on my right hand first and using acetone to clean up all of it was messy and sticky. Also, I would recommend cutting the edge that will go at your cuticle with a curve so you have slightly less clean up to do.
I finished off the tattooed nails with two coats of Dries Instantly, as well.
I am super happy with the nail tattoos! They were pretty easy to use and they looked so cool! And they are only a couple dollars at Walmart for a set that comes with around 18 small sheets (by "small" I mean around 1 by 2 inches.) The brand is "Heart 2 Art," by the way.
I started out with a coat of Essie Protein Base Coat and then painted two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White on the nails that I would be applying the tattoos to (in this case, my ring finger and thumb), and two coats of Sally Hansen Pink Blink (which I also bought at the same time I bought the nail tattoos) on the other nails. I then used a dotting tool and top coat to stick the 2 mm gold square studs I got from Born Pretty Store to my pink nails. I finished those nails off with two coats of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.
Before applying the tattoos to my nails, I cut out the bits that I wanted on each nail and roughly trimmed the tattoos to the shape of my nails. I then removed the plastic covering from the tattoo bits and picked one up with tweezers and dipped it into a little glass of water (I used a shot glass because it was a really nice size) and held it in there for a second or two. I then took the tattoo and placed it face down on my nail and held it there for around ten seconds before easily sliding the paper backing off of my nail, leaving the tattoo behind.
I then smoothed down the tattoo and pressed the loose ends against the sharp tip of my nail so I could carefully removed the excess. I used an orange stick to carefully break the excess around my cuticles. I then took a nail art brush dipped in acetone and cleaned up even more. The tattoos do dissolve in the acetone, but I would suggest taking off larger pieces of excess tattoo first and then using acetone to clean up small edges that you can't reach any other way. I practiced on my right hand first and using acetone to clean up all of it was messy and sticky. Also, I would recommend cutting the edge that will go at your cuticle with a curve so you have slightly less clean up to do.
I finished off the tattooed nails with two coats of Dries Instantly, as well.
I am super happy with the nail tattoos! They were pretty easy to use and they looked so cool! And they are only a couple dollars at Walmart for a set that comes with around 18 small sheets (by "small" I mean around 1 by 2 inches.) The brand is "Heart 2 Art," by the way.
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