Nailphotos by Lani: foil

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Holographic Nail Foil from KKCenterHk, and how to use it

Hello everyone!

Today I want to show you the nail foil that KKCenterHk let me try. I have already showed this foil with huge drop shaped rhinestones and a glitter french about a month ago. To see that post, click here. I really enjoyed photographing this foil, because it looks very different in different light conditions, when I move my fingers, and it also reflects the color of the surroundings. For instance my top and the sky. And because it looks even more "super holographic" on the photos. It was surprisingly easy and quick to apply the foil. I just followed KKCenterHk's video tutorial. First I'll show you how I applied the foil, and then the rest of the photos. Feel free to scroll down to the photos if you want to :-) The photos really look very different.

N.NAIL Shiny Silver Nail Foil Transfer [NNAIL-E24] and glue:

N.NAIL Shiny Silver Nail Foil Transfer [NNAIL-E24], glue

How to use nail foil step by step:

1 Apply base coat

2 Apply silver nail polish (the same color as your foil), and let it dry

3 Cut one piece of foil for each nail

4 Apply glue (I used an orange stick to remove excess glue, but that was probably not necessary.)

5 Wait until the glue has changed from white to transparent.

6 Put a piece of nail foil over a nail, and carefully use a Q- Tip to make the foil stick to the nail.

7 When the foil is no longer attached to the plastic, carefully lift it

8 Clean the foil from your cuticles with a flat brush dipped in acetone or nail polish remover. (It is much faster to remove foil than nail polish)

Top coat:

None of my top coats worked, so all these photos are taken before top coat. But I've read that it's possible to use Picture Polish Revolution as top coat over foil. Thank you More Nail Polish for finding out, and thank you Neglelakkmani for spreading the news to me! :-) I'll try Revolution next time. If you want the foil to last more than a few hours, you need a top coat. I've also heard that water based top coats can be used. Have you found a top coat for nail foil?

More photos:

Light source: LED lamp

I've used the foil like this twice. I really like it, although it looks a bit wrinkly. I also tried to use it for stamping. But the glue didn't transfer well to the stamper. Next time I think I'll try to use a tiny brush to put glue on areas where I want foil. If you want good "foil nail art ideas", Robin Moses has several YouTube tutorials where she used nail foil.

The name of this nail foil & direct link to where you can buy it:

N.NAIL Shiny Silver Nail Foil Transfer [NNAIL-E24]

It's possible to buy only foil or foil and glue. If you want to buy something from KKCenterHk, the coupon code Nailphotos by Lani will give you a 10 % discount. (You can also find my coupon code on the right side)

The KKCenterHk video:

I think this is the same video that you can find online on the page where you can buy the foil. The video shows how to apply nail foil.

Thank you KKCenterHk for giving me this beautiful nail foil set!!! :-)

Lani

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

To Boldly Go... Polish Days June- Pepper Potts Nails

Hello everyone!

It's Polish Days, and today the theme is: "To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone Before". The phrase is originally from Star Trek. So I tried to make something a bit sci-fi. I was inspired by Iron Man 3, and think this could be something Iron Man's girlfriend could wear. As usual there will be links to all the other participants at the end of the post, but first some pictures, and a list of what I used. If you want to read about Polish Days and how to join in, click on the badge below.