Sick and tired of boring monotone nail paints?
Well, then the latest revolution in nail art is that of acrylic nail art, in which the nail artist uses the nail as a canvas to create unique and innovative designs. There are various companies that manufacture acrylic paint for nail art. In fact, apart from these products, one can use the regular acrylic hobby paints available in the market and apply a topcoat to protect the paint from smudging.
Given here are the steps for using acrylic paint to create colorful and unique designs on the nails...
- Firstly, the nails have to be well-shaped - rounded or square-tipped.
- The nails should be clean and healthy in order to get the perfect finish.
- Ideally, the hands should be manicured.
- One should make a proper selection of the products to be used. One should not compromise on quality just to save money. This is because lower quality products can bring about allergic reactions that can create complications later on.
- One needs to also bring together the tools required to create the effect desired. For instance there are tools that are used to create a marble effect. Amongst the other commonly used tools are - brushes, stripers, toothpicks, bobby-pins, air brushes, etc.
- One needs to also bring together the various media such as nail tattoos, glitter, rhinestones, etc., that will be used to further adorn the nails.
- Once everything is placed together then one needs to prepare the nails by applying a base coat. Ideally, the base coat should be one with a natural shine. Experts recommend an application of two base coats, which strengthens the nails.
- Then one can create the design with the material put together.
- Let the design dry and then apply one or two layers of the topcoat.