I'm not at all skilled with nail art, so when I saw this Cutepolish tutorial for tattooed nails I really wanted to give it a try.
All you need is a base colour (if you want the design to be clearer, try a white rather than the neutral I used), temporary tattoos (I bought mine from eBay for £1.49 and used less than a third of the design) and a topcoat. You'll also need a dish of water, cotton pads, nail varnish remover and cotton buds.
- Paint your nails with your chosen base colour and allow to dry for at least 10 minutes. (I used nails inc Porchester Square*)
- Cut the temporary tattoos into small pieces to roughly fit your nail.
- Peel the plastic fronting from the tattoo and place it, design side down, onto your nail.
- Dab a damp cotton pad onto the back of the tattoo until you can feel the design coming away from the paper backing.
- Slide off the paper, allow to dry for a few seconds and seal in with a quick drying topcoat. (I used nails inc Kensington Caviar topcoat*)
- Use nail varnish remover on a cotton bud to tidy up any excess tattoo around the cuticle.
What do you think? The design is a little cracked in places but overall it's a really quick, and surprisingly easy, way to achieve patterned nails without using nail wraps (which really damaged my nails!).
* received at press event
wow!that's really nice!
ReplyDeleteThis looks brilliant! I also kind of like that the design is a bit faded in places, it looks like it's meant to be like that! x
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These are beautiful! Remind me of Stella McCartney!
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Wow these look amazing I'm definitely going to try it :). x
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Such a good idea!! Really useful and looks brill xx
ReplyDeleteLove the idea, surely I can't mess this up?
ReplyDeletethis is SO epic, I'm going to get some tattoos and try! xx
ReplyDeleteThose look gorgeous! I'm going to try it :)
ReplyDeleteWoah I've never seen this anywhere! Do I sense a trend? This is very cute!
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This is such a clever idea, I love the slightly distressed look of them x
ReplyDeleteLove this idea, will definitely be trying it out! :)
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ReplyDeletedefinitely giving it a try xxx
What a fantastic idea! Why have I never thought of this?!
ReplyDeleteI have to try this! :D
love it!
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This looks really pretty and relatively easy, great tip :) xx
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This is such a good idea. Definitely going to be trying it out :) x
ReplyDeleteI watched this video when she uploaded it, it's amazing! Nail wraps really damaged my nails too, so I will definitely be trying this xx
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Such a good idea!
ReplyDeleteooh these look so pretty!xxx
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Wow these look so pretty and creative yet seem so easy, may have to give 'em a try:-) Hollie x x
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea, your nails look perfect with Porchester Sq as the base colour. xx
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful, I saw them earlier via twitter and knew as soon as I got home I needed to read this blog in full. Thank you, so inspiring xx
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Aww so pretty! I love the neutral background x
ReplyDeleteOh squee! They look gorgeous and so easy!
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!!!!
ReplyDeleteTHIS!! this is such an amazing idea and looks like it came out so well on your nails! :) I am going to have to try this next time I am doing my nails!
ReplyDeletewonderful lovely!
xoxoRachel
I love this! I am trying it as we speak. My mom gave me temporary tattoos for my birthday, as a joke! Now they have a purpose!
ReplyDeleteThey look really good Meg, you did a really good job :) I must have missed this cute polish tutorial so thanks for the blog post or I would never have seen it. Just wondering do you have a link to the seller you used on ebay? I can't seem to tell which tattoos would be the right size to use from the pictures on there.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great tutorial and idea. Definitely going to be trying this out!
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I really need to try this, I'm awful at nail art but these look so pretty! X
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brillo idea! xx
ReplyDeleteOMG I DIE! LOVE THIS!
ReplyDeleteWow thanks for sharing this! So simple but it would've never come to my mind to use tattoos for my nails. Great! :) x
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ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to try this. I still have a few temporary tattoos that I've been keeping for years and I don't think I'll ever use them for anything else.
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