Newspaper Nail Art With Water

As promised last week, I have come up with yet another simplest and chic way of designing finger nails. This nail art will definitely suit your casual wear or daily wear for sure!

Its as easy as sticking a piece of newspaper onto your painted nails and then pulling it out!
Easy peasy!

OK! More or less, that is the concept :-)

So here we go again...

All you need:

• A small shallow container or plate
• Tap water. Some people use rubbing alcohol, vodka or surgical spirits. Believe me, the universal solvent: tap water will make do. :-)
• Squarely cut pieces of newspaper. One for each finger. Cut any part of the newspaper which you would love to have on your nails like crossword puzzle blocks, horoscope symbols, pictures of ads (smaller ones), channel logos etc. Literally anything that would fit well on your nails because that's the size of your canvas!
• Nail Polishes
• Pastel shades are preferred as the newspaper print will be visible on light colors.
• Transparent polish to give top coat for final touch
• Cotton buds, nail polish remover to clean off any mess
• Cotton towel. You wouldn't want to mess up your work area, right? ;-)

To begin with:

Paint your nails a base coat of lighter shade. You may choose pastel shades of blue, pink, green, violet, grey or white. Give 3-4 coats of paint on each nail so that the newspaper print would be clearly visible on the nails. Wait for it to dry completely. (You can also paint your nails and dry it overnight.)

In the meantime, dip the newspaper cutting in the plate filled with water for 5-7 seconds. Make sure that the printed part of the newspaper is well immersed in water and that it soaks up well.

Now, take the soaked paper and lay it on your nail, your desired print facing down on the nail and press it nicely for about 20 -25 seconds. Start counting!

Now, gently peel off the paper.

The printed words are embossed on your nail now. Blow lightly on the nail for the print to dry up.

Apply a top coat of transparent nail polish for the final touch. The top coat gives a protective layer and helps the design to stay longer.

And.. your are done! Here's a look on finished manicure.

This is one of the easiest nail art that anyone can do... So do try and give me your views and suggestion! :- )

Tips and Tricks

• Instead of water, you may also use alcohol. It gives a darker impression of newsprint on the nails.
• Make sure your nail paints are dry before you press the paper on it. 
• Apply light top coat with the brush gently touching the nails so that the ink does not smudge. As soon as it dries up you may add another coat liberally to add to the shine.