Have you ever seen newspaper nails before? I hadn't until I came across this amazing blog post recently. I was so excited by it that I had to immediately remove my polish and give it a go!
You can see that my attempt wasn't brilliant but it was a lot of fun to do. I tried it exactly as the tutorial suggested but had a few problems - the print was coming out really faintly so I changed a couple of things to work better for me.
Dominika used vodka to transfer the newspaper print to her nails, and she kept her nail sitting in the vodka for a while before placing the newspaper on top of it. Instead, I found that surgical spirit (rubbing alcohol) worked better than vodka to transfer the print, and instead of soaking my nails, I used tweezers to dip the newspaper into the alcohol and pressed that onto my nail.
You can see that the print still didn't come out perfectly, but it's certainly better than when I tried with vodka. I definitely want to give this a go again - I think it would be a really cool thing to master!
The base colour I used was Model's Own Misty Grey, and I also decided to finish it with No7 matte topcoat to make it look more paper-like. Have you ever tried newspaper nails?
what a fab idea! i might have to give that a go when i get a chance. Thanks for sharing x
ReplyDeleteThese look really unusual, I love how you'd always get a different look every time with this. x
ReplyDeleteWow never tried it before but that looks amazing! May have to go buy a newspaper today! x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!!
ReplyDeleteI love it!
Awesome and definitely have to try once myself :).
ReplyDeletewow this is ace will trying this once my nailshave recovered from the falsies I recently had x
ReplyDeleteWow, this looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.xx
I dont mind that it come about abit hazy actually.I love the look!
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I love these. The matte topcoat looks really good on them, too. Definitely going to have a go myself! x
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! I've seen these before elsewhere but didn't know how to go about it. Thanks for sharing!
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i havent tried this yet, i used actual newspaper, which looked good, but was completely unwearable as i got them wet and they just slid of myfingers like sad little gooey creatures.
i cant wait to try this :)
I love this look. There must be foils and stuff like this though. Mattifying them is absolutely the right thing for this look.
ReplyDeleteI have done this recently and have a post coming up soon :) I love how yours turned out, I like you used rubbing alcohol xo
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Matte grey is perfect for the newspaper look, I love it! :) x
ReplyDeleteI blogged about this a couple of months ago! & I love it XO
ReplyDeleteThis looks so unique and lovely!! x
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ReplyDeleteThis is really amazing! :)
ReplyDeleteI never even knew about paper nails, but I love it.
ReplyDeleteI always know I'll want to try to re-create one of your nail designs once I notice that you've posted a new blog post, and this is no exception. I need to try it soon.
Though I think I like your version better than the original. I like the fact that not all of it transferred... in fact I thought that it was intentional at first. Haha. Clearly not, but I do prefer the effect.
Ooooh I really can't wait to try this, but I need to wait for a least one chip before then, I only painted my nails the other day.
Katie
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Love this look, going to give it a try with vodka. I'll have to get my hands on a newspaper!
ReplyDeleteThis looks kewl with a burnished look.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cool! I'm going to hunt down a paper tomorrow morning.... I like these more than the originals because the ink didn't transfer completely — it definitely adds something to the effect.
ReplyDeleteI love this look. I am trying to figure out a way of doing so the letters are the right way round :D
ReplyDeleteYou've done this so well and I love the matte topcoat too
Stacie xoxox
oohhh I Love this! I just did newspaper nails too for the first time a few weeks ago using the same tutorial! lol & I have to do it again sometime soon because it was just too cute and easy. I want to start an experiment and see what kind of prints you can transfer to your nails =)
ReplyDeleteI've seen this a couple of times and have been dying to try it. I can't wait. Yours came out great, I like the idea of using matte polish over it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't actually bought a newspaper in...what...20 years? And now I have a reason to get one. (Though I may try and pick up a Chinese- or Ethiopian-language paper just so I don't immediately catch that the characters are 'backwards' :D )
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this with us!!
Well done you!! Looks brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThey look really good hun. I wouldn't want to waste that vodka! lol x
ReplyDeleteI love this look for nails, I've seen a few people do it and I definitely want to try it =D I may try it with your tips =)
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