About six years ago I once bought nailfoils with special glue to get the foil to stick. It was a horrible disaster. I watched the tutorials, but after many attempts to create something decent for my blog, I gave the foils and glue away. I didn't want it in my house any longer to remind me of the many failures with it.
Last year a few of my favorite bloggers did some amazing mani's with nailfoil without the glue, I drooled over their pictures. Again I bought some nailfoils and followed their tutorials...and this time it worked :-)
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| Nailfoil without topcoat |
How:
Paint your nails the way you are used to, wait for the polish to dry and harden a bit, but it still has to be a little sticky for the foil. Put the foil on your nails and rub over it with your nails or a hoofstick and watch the magic happen. If the polish dries too fast and the foil doesn't stick anymore, just add a thin layer of clear polish and repeat the steps.
Video tutorial by Kerri from The Nail Polish Challenge
The tutorial says the use of topcoat reduces the shine. I let you judge by yourself from the two pictures in this post. The first is without topcoat, the second with topcoat. My opinion is that topcoat gives it a much smoother and glossier look, which I prefer, Not to mention your mani wil last much longer.
So yay for nailfoils! You can make any boring polish into a unique work of art, just by scratching a small piece of foil over your just painted nails. Love it. Now I only have to think of a way to use it in a manicure that is a little more Safe For Work.
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| Nailfoil with topcoat |
The tutorial says the use of topcoat reduces the shine. I let you judge by yourself from the two pictures in this post. The first is without topcoat, the second with topcoat. My opinion is that topcoat gives it a much smoother and glossier look, which I prefer, Not to mention your mani wil last much longer.
So yay for nailfoils! You can make any boring polish into a unique work of art, just by scratching a small piece of foil over your just painted nails. Love it. Now I only have to think of a way to use it in a manicure that is a little more Safe For Work.
I hope everybody had a lovely Easter.
And thank you so much for watching!
Love, Inge (PolishSis)