Subtle Spray Paint Nails
4th October, 2012 - Posted by Emily - 29 Comments
Today’s nail art was inspired by the spray paint technique I saw at the blog Manicurator. She used a spray bottle to create a splatter effect. I really loved this idea so decided to give it a go!
I ended up doing it a little differently though. I used acrylic paints in my spray bottle instead of nail polish. I started by adding water in the bottle, then slowly adding a few drops of white acrylic paint until the water looked opaque enough, while still keeping the liquid consistency. My spray bottle tended to squirt once I tried using anything thicker than a liquid consistency. 
The result looks very nice I think! Almost like raindrops that have dried on a window. I added a few rhinestones on an accent nail to add some elegance to the look. All rhinestones are from Born Pretty Store.
These are the products I used for this look:
- Catrice – Karl Says Très Chic as a base
- Water and white acrylic paint for the droplets/splatter effect
- 3mm iridescent rhinestones
- silver steel balls
- 2mm pearl rhinestones
- Essence Studio Nails Top Sealer
I really love how this turned out even though the technique was a little on the messier side for me. I had to experiment with the acrylic paint until I reached the effect I was going for. Though it was definitely worth it in the end!
Tags: acrylic paint, born pretty store, catrice, Nail Art
Posted on: October 4, 2012
29 Comments
Ellen McClary
October 4th, 2012 at 7:00 PM
What kind of squirt or spray bottle did you use?
Mayta
October 4th, 2012 at 7:21 PM
oh, zo elegant, doet me aan sprookjes denken…
interessante techniek, lijkt me enorm leuk om te doen XD
femketje
October 4th, 2012 at 7:25 PM
omg super pretty
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 7:51 PM
Mine looked like this: http://www.thedailygreen.com/cm/thedailygreen/images/Y9/use-vodka-bug-spray-lg.jpg
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Oh hihi bedankt! En ja, ‘t was wel even zoeken en zeker omdat ik water gebruikte was het nogal rommelig, maar wel leuk
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 7:52 PM
Hehe thanks so much!!
bellachique
October 4th, 2012 at 8:13 PM
So cute! I love the effect of the spray paint, did you just use a normal spray for this? And isn't it hard to clean afterwards?
Samantha
October 4th, 2012 at 8:13 PM
Oh wow! Wat super mooi! Ik heb vorig weekend een schilderij met waterverf gemaakt en toen het nog nat was, wat zout erover heen gedaan. Dan krijg je ook van die soort van 'spetters' op een hele leuke manier, hihi!
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 8:44 PM
Yes, I linked what my spray bottle looked like in one of my replies a few comments higher up. I didn’t want to use nail polish like in the post I found because I feared it would be hard to clean out. so instead I went with water and paint which is fairly easy to clean since acrylic paint is water based! And thank you!!
Emily
October 4th, 2012 at 8:45 PM
Thanks Samantha! En oh ja inderdaad, heb ik vroeger ook nog gedaan met zout! Is een mooi effect hé?
deijsprinses
October 4th, 2012 at 8:49 PM
Love it as usual! Demure yet pretty!
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 9:02 PM
Thanks so much! <3
Isabelle
October 4th, 2012 at 9:27 PM
Gorgeous as always!
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 9:29 PM
Thanks so much Isabelle!
laura
October 4th, 2012 at 10:26 PM
This is so very rad!
veryemily
October 4th, 2012 at 10:29 PM
Thanks hehe!
Marije
October 5th, 2012 at 9:15 AM
This is just lovely!
Spektor
October 5th, 2012 at 9:30 AM
I love it when I see pictures from nail art and then start wondering how the artist did it. It doesn't happen often these days, but your design definitely made me wonder! So I came by to check it out and I think it is gorgeous! The rhinestones fit perfectly as well. Nice one Emily!
Ems
October 5th, 2012 at 9:51 AM
Those rhinestones just add a total OH MY GOSH to the look! Now that you mentioned car windows, it reminds me of droplets of water that dry up on a car. Just so pretty!
veryemily
October 5th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Thanks!!!
veryemily
October 5th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Thank you so much Judith! So glad to hear you like these
veryemily
October 5th, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Thanks Ems! You\’re the best
<3
Alyssa
October 5th, 2012 at 3:35 PM
I love the colors that you chose. These are beautiful, the rhinestones were the perfect thing to add.
veryemily
October 5th, 2012 at 7:15 PM
Thank you so much
glad you like it!
Ana
October 8th, 2012 at 3:36 PM
It looks both elegant and wild at the same time
.
veryemily
October 8th, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Hehehe thanks!
Casual Spark
October 8th, 2012 at 11:14 PM
These look so great! I'm adding this to my to-do list, such an amazing effect!
veryemily
October 8th, 2012 at 11:15 PM
If you try them out make sure to send me a picture!!!
<3
manicurator
December 13th, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Love it!!
Thank you for the link <3
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