I have two exciting new things to share with my readers today - holographic polish and water slide decals!
I've seen holographic polish all over the internets lately but the allure of it was lost on me. However I am never deterred by personal disdain - as any good nail-polish-addict I decided to give it a try anyway and well...I'm sold! It is so beautiful and dimensional on my nails and the holographic polish gives off an amazing rainbow sparkle when in the sun. Goodness knows we have enough of that here in New Mexico!
The next exciting news is that I decided to give water decals a try. Not just any decals, but decals that I printed here at home! You can buy water decals in myriad designs online, however the only ones I found online that I liked ship from Hong Kong - who has that kind of patience? Especially when you can order your own water slide decal paper on Amazon and have it in two days?
So I poked around on Google Images, found some designs that I liked, threw them into Illustrator and printed up a sheet of water slide decals. It really is that easy! The only thing I didn't know until I received the paper is that you need to use a fixative spray when using an ink jet printer. Thankfully I didn't have to make an emergency run to Hobby Lobby as I had some fixative spray on hand!
Have I blathered on enough? Are you ready to see the pictures already?
The holographic polish is Color Club Kismet, which required three coats to achieve the opacity you see here. What do you think of the paisley water decals? They turned out a bit more translucent than I was expecting, but overall I am thrilled with the results!
If you would like a water slide decal tutorial let me know and I will get to work on it.
I love this! And I had no idea you could buy water slide decal paper and make your own. It's in my next Amazon order!
ReplyDeleteAlso, if those Color Club holos are your first go into holos, you picked a heckova line to start with! All of them are amazing!