Monday, January 9, 2012

Lace nail art design


Are you looking for a fun and easy interesting nail trend to keep you away from the hum-drum same styles you're used to doing all the time? This is a simple and fun look involving lace that you can purchase anywhere (even at the dollar store). I stumbled upon this look and was absolutely shocked at how breath-taking these nails can look for how little effort it requires. What do you think about this look? You can choose to do the lace all over your nails, on fake or real nails, or you can choose to just do portions of lace randomly placed on your nails. I personally am a fan of the unique nails, each nail looking like a different lace portion of the same pattern, whichever piece strikes my fancy on each finger.

What you'll need:
- Base coat (any color you choose)
- Top coat (clear nail polish)
- Small-patterned lace (so it fits over your nails, honeycomb pattern is simplest to work with) in any color
- Small nail scissors
- Nail art pen (if you choose to draw more designs like swirls or dots over your lace to add intricacy)


This is actually a very simple process to do. First, you will want to cut out the portions of lace you want to use and measure them up with your fingernails. Once you've gotten all the pieces cut out (or you can go one by one if you choose), you want to apply a base coat (it can be clear nail polish or nude/colored opaque, you may even want to consider glitter polish if you're going somewhere fancy). This look doesn't require any extra glitz and glamour, however, because the lace will present so well on its own. After you apply your base coat, wait until it's dry and apply a clear coat of nail polish generously over top, gently use a tweezer and position your lace on top of the clear coat before it dries. This is important because you want the lace to tack onto your nail by sticking to that clear coat very well. After everything is dry, soak it up one more time with another clear coat of polish over top so that your lace won't frill or come off during hand-washing or rigorous activities! If you want your nails to be even more interesting,  you can draw on borders, swirls or dots (even cheetah prints with little 'c' shapes) with nail art pens. Remember to be creative and use different colors of lace, nail polish, and nail crystals over top to keep your nails looking very cool! Your friends will envy you for your expensive-looking manicure; you don't have to tell them you did it yourself!


14 comments :

  1. I've been meaning to try this but I was wondering, does the lace come off easily when you're ready to repaint your nails?

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  2. Great question! Actually, it comes off with acetone, regular nail polish remover but make sure there's acetone in it because the ones without it may not be strong enough to remove it. As long as you're not using glue to adhere it and you're just placing it on your clear nail polish coat and then another coat over top of the lace, you'll be able to remove it fairly simply when you want to! Good luck and post pics of the look!

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  3. So cute!! I have to try this. I was needing something different from crackle. I like being unique and u get very jealous when everyone starts doing the same thing.

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  4. I was wondering if it will work on accrylic nails? Will the acetone mess them up when you take off the polish and lace?

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  5. This will work on acrylic nails, yes. The acetone should not mess them up but if you're afraid of it affecting the acrylic go for the non-acetone nail polish remover which has less abrasive chemicals to remove the polish!

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  6. where can you get some cheap lace to use for this?

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  7. The dollar store, really any dollar store, I get some from DAISO Japan which is a store where almost everything is $1.50, but it depends on the area you live. If not, you can probably find some at a fabric store and you can just buy a yard or a small amount so you don't pay very much at all!

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  8. what happens to them if you go for a shower. will they get messed up?

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  9. No, they don't because if you do them right, they're stuck on with Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails for extra sturdiness!

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  10. how do you cut them in portions? how did you get them so perfect.. i was going to do this nail art for my prom! i have the lace already but i dont really know how to cut it.

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