Nail Polish Addicts Anonymous

starrystarry

While frittering an afternoon away looking at nail art videos on youtube I came across some videos showing how to make jewellery with nail varnish. Basically you paint the back of a clear cabochon with nail varnish then turn it into a pendant/ring/earrings etc. Looked like fun so I thought I'd give it a go.

This is my first attempt...



V happy with how this turned out. Not so happy about my second attempt. I was too impatient, didn't allow enough time for the polish to dry before I glued on the bale. You can probably see in this pic that the bale shows through from the back...



Oh well, I live and learn. I'll be making some more over the weekend, this could become my new obsession.

iamashoppingaddict

starrystarry wrote: »

While frittering an afternoon away looking at nail art videos on youtube I came across some videos showing how to make jewellery with nail varnish. Basically you paint the back of a clear cabochon with nail varnish then turn it into a pendant/ring/earrings etc. Looked like fun so I thought I'd give it a go.

This is my first attempt...



V happy with how this turned out. Not so happy about my second attempt. I was too impatient, didn't allow enough time for the polish to dry before I glued on the bale. You can probably see in this pic that the bale shows through from the back...



Oh well, I live and learn. I'll be making some more over the weekend, this could become my new obsession.

Gorgeous ....

elisebutt65

I got a kiddy ring kit from Amazon to make rings but still haven't got round to it

MulberryPeony

I was just about to say that I love the rings done like that but I have tiny fingers so that kiddy ring kit sounds perfect for me!

MulberryPeony

Toomuchdebt wrote: »

Ooh has anyone tried this method??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AT1nR7kb5Y&feature=related

Kind of. I did some dry water marbling over the weekend using plastic bags but hadn't thought of trying to make my own nail art stickers like this.

MulberryPeony

Could anyone recommend me some rubber finish nail polish please?

tokkiandoliver

Illamasqua - Kink is my fav rubber finish NP.
Also Chanel's matte topcoat finishes off rubbery instead of like the Essie matte topcoat

elisebutt65

Barry M colour change is fun. Lovely pink goes deep red when you add top coat so I just did dots. Going to pop on some black shatter now as well.

MulberryPeony

Is there much difference between the Illamasqua rubber and a satin finish top coat in real life? A top coat would be more versatile but I imagined the rubber polishes to be thicker.

backhoe

Rubber polish!! Wow.

Ok have had a complete disaster tonight. Tried to do a symmetrical pattern and my straight lines are awful. So what is the best way of getting straight lines?

Can you use tape and if so what tape would you use that would not take the rest of nail polish off?

Do you just use a thin brush?

So am going to bed with bare nails tonight :-(