Pink Zebra Nail ā€œJunkieā€ ā€“ DIY Using Recycling Paper

More DIY: a pink zebra nail design using recycled paper. First of all, I do not know much about nail art. I only started experimenting recently, say about 3 weeks ago. This is probably the most creative concept so far (yeah, I know not very creative at all, but it takes practice). My last post was on the CEW 2013 Discovery Box. The box itself became a ordinary beauty storage box, but a small proportion of the shredded packaging paper ended up on my nails. šŸ˜› So this is how it looks like:
Pink Zebra Nail "Junkie" using recycled paperPin this image on Pinterest

1. As usual, I started off with a base coat (Sally Hansen Double Duty) and only 1 layer of coating alternating between the light pink (Headline Colors) shade and the neon pink (nails inc) shade. I got both the pink polishes from the beauty boxes mentioned in earlier posts; itā€™s good to try them out.

Pink Zebra Nail "Junkie" Sally Hansen, Headline Colours, Nails IncPin this image on Pinterest

2. After the first layer has dried, I applied a second layer of colour and stuck the shredded packaging paper on while itā€™s sticky. Unless you are very good with nail art itā€™s safest to do one finger at a time. Wait until it dries, then apply top coat and clean up like you would do normally. You might need a very small scissor to cut off the black end bits to size.

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Result: I originally thought the black paper will peel off very easily but Iā€™m surprised by the fact that it lasted for longer than the nail polish itself. The nail polish started chipping after 2 days but none of black strips has fallen off. It also act as a barrier preventing the nail polish from further chippings. Itā€™s like a composite material where you have the matrix (polish) and the fibre (black strips) in which the fibre acts as crack arrestors. I think this a simple way of creating stripy nails without having to paint the stripes or use sellotape. 

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4 Comments

  1. May 27, 2013 / 1:27 pm

    Thanks for visiting my blog! I love that you've found a way to re-use the paper from the CEW box! Looks cute šŸ™‚

    Ria x
    naturiabeauty.com

    • May 28, 2013 / 11:25 am

      Thank you! šŸ™‚ It's nice bumping into your blog the other day, I'll try to keep up with it xxx

    • June 1, 2013 / 1:44 pm

      Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like it. xxx