Beck-terest: First Try...Newsprint Nails

Well I thought that I would try out a seemingly easy project for my first Beck-terest, the Newsprint Nails Pin.
The post seemed simple enough. Paint your nails a light color, put on clear coat, dunk nails in alcohol and then place some newspaper on it. But as we all know, nothing is that simple.

I started with gathering the supplies - white nail polish, clear coat, newspaper and alcohol (plus some Q tips because you never know)...ok that was easy, all of this was in the house so I didn't need to buy anything.

According to the different blogs I have read, your nail polish needs to be completely dry for this to work. Since I know how impatient I am, I did this step the night before.

Then I put on clear coat and waited a few minutes for it to dry. Once dry I dunked my nail in a shot glass of alcohol (not the fun kind of shot-glass-full-of-alcohol).

Tap the extra liquid off your hand and then place the newspaper on your nail.

*TIPS
- Make sure your strip has PLENTY of text on it.
- Also try to get it from an article that will not have any depressing words like "murder" "rape" "child molested" as you probably do not want that on your nail...probably.
- Press the newspaper very hard against your nail with your other hand and do not move it! It will smudge the print (and yes the print will come off backwards).
- If the newspaper sticks to your nail, dip your nail with the newspaper on it into the alcohol. The paper will come off.

My first try turned out pretty good! I was excited.

And then in my excitement I forgot to put on the clear coat on my other hand. And then I smudged the text on a nail. And then...well I needed to have a drink.

But after re-painting a few nails and trying again, I think they came out ok. You HAVE to put on clear coat after you are done transferring the newsprint onto your nails so it does not rub off.