As I showed you yesterday, I was in the middle of an Easter Design for my nails and I tried to be brave by attempting the nail foil which has decided to jump out at me on the vanity table . Being the Magpie that I am and seeing it shine and glisten I quickly snatched it and wondered on how it actually worked and in the hurry I was in, I found eventually something sticky helped it to stick to my nails and so after a patchy start I decided to give it a real try today and so I have. Feeling in a pink mood, a little romantic at heart in my pregnant state of mind, I decided to go with just one nail , a contrast nail , not too much shine but enough to be noticable. Just take a look at how boring that plain nail looks although I am impressed with the polish itself (I will share with you which it is in an upcoming post ). Instructions of how to use -
Here are my results- I absolutely love the finishing effect, it looks like I have had melted silver poured over my nails and would love these in other styles , I am very pleased with how it has turned out. I expected the foil to flake as soon as I peeled the sheet away or even fold as I applied a top coat but this was not the case as the foil stuck to the nail perfectly . The foil was so easy to use but the application seemed a little hard for me , I think this is mainly down to the varnish I was using at first as it was not sticky enough (simply went from wet to dry in seconds so was no good for this ) .
I ended up having to use a very cheap clear topcoat instead before applying the foil on top. (I did not want to use colour) . The size of each foil sheet is 9cm by 6cm and you only get one sheet which will do you a full set of hands but if you are like me and only like the odd finger to be contrast, then this will last a lot longer and only 39p each is a bargain . They also do a whole range of different styles and colours of the nail foils such as the Glitter rainbow and Leopard print which look fantastic also . You can buy these from Charliesnailart.co.uk . Will you be giving them a try or have you already ?
38 Comments
26/3/2015 07:44:51 am
I love this I adore the finnish and my niece would love this. It looks like silver foil!
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26/3/2015 11:02:17 am
I love the finished look it looks so effective and not too difficult to do either :)
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26/3/2015 11:12:18 am
I love the sparkly nail and I agree doing one nail looks really nice. My daughter would love this.
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26/3/2015 11:56:09 am
This looks like a lot of fun - would be great for a party or maybe fancy dress.
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26/3/2015 12:07:39 pm
Wow I love this effect it's like silver leaf. So pretty.
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26/3/2015 02:11:10 pm
I so ought to try these out! .. i love the idea of them but have never tried
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27/3/2015 01:14:55 am
Totally love this effect. I would love to give it a go.
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27/3/2015 02:09:55 am
I didn't even know you could get such things, the end result looks great
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27/3/2015 02:22:01 pm
Your red nails look fabulous and frankly - I would not bother with the foil. It looks fine but your red nails look great on their own.
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28/3/2015 02:48:49 pm
It really does look like you've got melted silver on them - what a great effect!
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29/3/2015 07:02:30 am
Wow I love this, I love a bit of nail art, I have to try this out.
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31/3/2015 12:35:37 pm
I must admit I've never heard of foil nails before, thanks for enlightening me! x
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Michelle
31/3/2015 02:38:10 pm
This looks awesome! xx
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