Tuesday, Dec 13th, 2011

Beauty How To | Newspaper Print Nails


Extra, extra read all about it! These nails are creative and definite reading material. It beats paying salon prices to paint words or pictures on your nails. Plus, you can choose content from your favorite article, work of writing, or even a comic book strip! Here’s how you do it

Materials:

  • 1 Small glass
  • Rubbing alcohol or vodka
  • 10 Strips of newspaper (big enough to cover each nail)
  • Any light colored nail polish (whites and pastels work best)
  • Clear top coat polish

Process:

  1. Polish your nails with your desired coats and let dry
  2. Pour some rubbing alcohol/vodka in the small glass
  3. Dip your (dried) nail in the rubbing alcohol/vodka (make sure you wet whole nail)
  4. Place and press a strip of the newspaper on your nail and hold firmly but careful for 30 seconds. (do NOT Move the strip around)
  5. Remove strip and repeat on each nail or a select few nails if desired
  6. Finally, polish your nails with a good clear top coat to seal the deal.

Let us know how your newspaper nails turned out!

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124 Responses for “Beauty How To | Newspaper Print Nails”

  1. Denise says:

    i want to do this!

  2. Sammy & Christy says:

    Turned out really cool

  3. Rachel Siegel says:

    aahhhhhh soooooo cooool. this is the best thing EVER!!!!!!! i am going to do this every time i paint my nails know joke.

  4. Kirsty says:

    I LOVE THIS ! hHhahah my friend kept it as a secret to mee but now i know! hahah !

  5. Luna The Conjurer says:

    THIS IS SO COOL!!!
    i spelled my name on my nails wit newspaper cut outs!”
    so cool1!!!!

  6. Allison says:

    I tried this and I assume it takes some practice, but when I put on the topcoat, all of the type smeared on my fingers :( how can I avoid this??

  7. Kacey says:

    It looks realy cool with lime green. or Glass Slipper Saly Hansen nail polish. My nails smeared a bit as well

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  9. sarah says:

    Whats rubbing alcohol and where can i get some ? :)

  10. Cera says:

    the newsbarely show any

  11. hannah says:

    these were SO hard, and turned out okay, but that was my fault haha

  12. lily says:

    awesome! definitey need to have a bottle of rubbing alcohol.. tried it with alcohol swabs i had… way harder, still works but i think it’d work better with a bowl of it.. they look good though!

  13. Maddie says:

    I love doing my nails like this, it’s especially cool when you get newspaper from a different country that doesnt use the english alphabet, i use hindi and it looks really cool :D

  14. Maddie says:

    It Dosent wor at all

  15. why? says:

    it didnt work for me… :(

  16. brenna smith says:

    it turned out okay. my undercoat color smeared a little and the black print isnt really defined.

  17. Olivia says:

    What color nail polish did you use i really like the color

  18. Akira says:

    Do you have to use newspaper or can it be something else?

  19. risha says:

    awesome!! r u sure its for 30 seconds dont u just peel it off within a second? cuz it doesn’t work tht way….

  20. Hannah says:

    How long do you dip your nail in the rubbing alcohol?

  21. NoNAME says:

    will the rubbing alchohol make the polish come off?

  22. Steph says:

    Hey I love that nail color! What is it called?

  23. Flora says:

    Going to do it in few minutes, and I hope, that it works!

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  25. Jessica says:

    Okay, I don’t have rubbing alcohol. Does peroxide work?

    • mila says:

      um it does not really though i tried using it but u have to press really hard and sometimes it like peels off some nail polish and sometime the newspaper ink smudges..it works but they will be kinda messy

  26. Taran says:

    Hey can you do this with something other than vodka or rubbing alcohol?

  27. Lexi says:

    It does work… but you don’t need to stick your finger in Alcohol forever just 13 seconds or so. When apply printed bold letter paper or newspaper, apply onto the finger with FULL force without moving the paper. It will come out but not 100% visible. Just to let you know. And regular printer paper works too.

  28. Niki says:

    I really want to try this except im not sure which colour i should do for the basecoat???????? any ideas???

  29. A says:

    This did not work for me at all, and I followed the directions exactly and read all of the comments. The print came out less than 5% visible. I’m wondering if the brand of nail polish I’m using has to do with this.

    • Nette says:

      I found thaat placing the paper, then pouring the alcohol slowly over, makes the paper adhere where you want it, and thoroughly soaks it at the same time. You only need a capful of rubbing alcohol ore less than half a shot of vodka/rum.

  30. Desiree says:

    When applying the clear coat be sure just to dab the 1st coat on and then you can go back and redo it.

  31. Tiffany says:

    My polish keeps getting pulled off but I Promise it’s dried!!! D:

    • Kathryn says:

      Same thing happened to me! I think it happens if you hold it on more than 30 seconds or press way too hard for too long, cause when I actually timed the 30 seconds it worked perfectly.

  32. ToneY'a says:

    it looks great i used a light purple as a base coat ……Its better to use vodka instead of achol and i didnt do a top coat to avoid smearing it stayed on perfectly!!!! <3

  33. nancie says:

    do you have to use rubbing alcohol or can you use something else?

  34. Thalia says:

    Work really well with mine took no time at all and you can really see the letters…of course their backwards but….:D

  35. mkc says:

    do you use a base cost or no

  36. idil says:

    lovely idea! had to try it and it was super easy and looks really cute!

  37. Karie says:

    I mean I luv this idea so much

  38. Hannah says:

    that looks soooooo kool i cant wait 2 try it

  39. Kayla says:

    Every time I take the newspaper off it takes the color off too. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong…

  40. kay says:

    make sure the newspaper stays wet, if you let it get dry while you’re pressing it to your nail, the polish will stick to it. (:

  41. Autumn says:

    Love this idea excited to try it! :)

  42. sarala says:

    it came out gr8!! thanks alot!!

  43. Meg says:

    Hey, I am just wondering how you get the newspaper print to turn out so great. I have tried rubbing alcohol and i cannot seem to press hard enough on the bottom and sides of my nails and then it looks like one line of good words and the rest of the nail is barely visible ink. I am just wondering how you press down on the paper to make it go onto your nails so well, or what do you do to make it turn out so clear. I have a very very light grey color on my nails and I used rubbing alcohol. I cannot seem to get it to show up so well. Please let me know I would appreciate the help :D Thanks.

  44. Caroline says:

    Does it with magazines?

  45. izzy says:

    thanks so much for posting this! my nails look so cool! :)

  46. Melaina says:

    Looks soooo cool, and wine works really well too guys! :D

  47. Becca D says:

    Try nail varnish remover instead of vodka or rubbing alcohol

  48. Daisy says:

    I didn’t have rubbing alchol or vodaka, so I used gin and I found that it works just as well. All of my friends love It and I haven’t told them how to do it, and now at school it’s ‘my’ look and if anybody else does it, everybody asks them why have you ‘copied’ daisy. I love this design so much, as it’s really unique, I do it all the time now, and just changed the coloured underneath it!

  49. madi says:

    with a yellow undercoat this is AMAZING

  50. Alana says:

    Beautiful… love it… I love newspaper :D

  51. Millymoo says:

    this is the best tip everrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So unique! I did mine with vodka and they came out amazing =] =] Thank you so much!

  52. lalalaa says:

    do you need the clear coat on top?
    or will it work just as well with out it?

  53. noelle says:

    Tried, nail polish is totally dry (like for an hour or so) we didn’t have rubbing alcohol only medicinal, worked great the first time but moved the nailpolish so I tried again and now it’s not coming out…. :(

  54. ronadelle says:

    This is so cool! I like it!

  55. friend2 says:

    it didnt work at all for me. when i let my nails dry it didnt work. when i left my nails wet it didnt work either. i even tried different ways of putting the newspaper and alcohol on and i even tried different articles like some from magazines, some from newspapers, and some i print out myself

  56. Zing says:

    My nails came out wonderfullll<3 Thank you~!

    I have newspaper writing and pictures from the travel section on my nails now :)

  57. Joslin says:

    its so easy if you just get the newspaper wet and put it on your nail. that way when you take the paper off you dont get left over paper residue! and be careful with the top coat, does smudge little! but turned out really cute<3

  58. Melanie says:

    Mine will not work even though I followed the directions exactly. I am kind of getting frustrated.

  59. Casey says:

    It didn’t work for me! Any tips?

  60. Sophie says:

    Worked well but think I need more practice!

  61. Asia says:

    After some practice i got it it came out smooth and straight you must use rubbing alcohol. I tried vodka and rubbing alcohol works the best!

    No More trips to the Nail Salon and now i dont have to pay for my kids i do them myself and they love it. Thank You olivecocomag.com
    Sincerly
    Asia

  62. whitney says:

    I did it with lavender nail polish and a spanish dictionary and it turned out great!

  63. britt says:

    So creative & fresh, love it! <3

  64. NYCBABY98 says:

    Is it possble to do this with a magazine???

    • monique says:

      no ive tried magazines, for some reason, im guessing the glossy print, it just wont transfer, I wish it would tho :)

  65. Jo says:

    This is soo cool…works beautifully!!!!!!!!

  66. Destiny says:

    Love this! I just finished doing it and my nails look great! Thanks!

  67. eimear says:

    I tried it with almond extract IT DID NOT WORK!!! please tell me why

  68. Kate says:

    Mine didnt workkk :(

  69. Aqueeah says:

    this , is so cool i wish i can really make this when im go home today im going to try . i just dont want to make a mess im in school and and i think this is going to br my science projesct but not the same thing thou (:

  70. Isabella Shields says:

    It worked really well with gin :) thank you, this has allowed me to prove a point to my english teacher :L

  71. Joanne says:

    This was so easy, and it turned out great! Thanks!

  72. maria says:

    mine didn’t work :(
    I used rubbing alcohol and printed some pictures i wanted on it….is it possible for the paper to be too thick?

  73. Chelsea says:

    :D this was pretty chill, although on like two or three nails the paper came off with it and ruined the letters. but hey the rest looks amazing(:

  74. Tori K. says:

    omg this works i did it it was so cool, i used green print on top of red polish for christmas colors! If your naikls smudge, then use a toothpick for touch-ups, or use nail polish remover to get it off your skin and no the paper cannot be too thick.

  75. Jordan. says:

    Mine sucks all the nail polish started to come off with the paper.

  76. Melissa says:

    I love this! They turned out really good, but the one thing that came out bad was the ink’s visibility. Is there anyway that you can get the newspaper ink to be darker?

  77. Amber says:

    Didn’t work /:

  78. Jess says:

    Does it come of??

  79. blondiex says:

    Fantasticcc!! was watching videos on youtube on how to do this and it was no good but here its brill :-) ! easy steps!! xx

  80. triX says:

    i am going to spell out awkward ransom notes on each of my nails…”if i don’t have my money by 5pm this nail’s gettin clipped…and filed!”

  81. karen says:

    I tried it twice now & the newspaper keeps sticking to my nails with the print. Maybe I need to get the paper wet too, as someone suggested. Then, when I try to scrape off the paper, the letters get rubbed off or smeared, so it doesn’t turn out right. I guess I’ll just have to keep trying different things. :/

  82. Renee says:

    I first tried this with rubbing alcohol and the letters were barely visible. Following the advice on another website, I tried almond extract instead and it worked great! Get a cotton pad wet with the extract, stick the paper to the pad, then hold the paper and pad on the nail for about 20 seconds. If you go too long, the words from the opposite side of the paper will transfer as well.

  83. Brooklyn says:

    I also just wrote on regular paper what i wanted on each nail and it worked PERFECT! So if you want something on your nails thats not in the paper make sure you just draw it on paper!(: I lost my cousin and i wanted to do something creative with his name.. so i drew the letters out on paper and put them on my nais.(:

  84. fred says:

    i love this

  85. She girl says:

    I loved this i just did it. I used vodka because i didnt have any rubbing alchohol and it worked great. The first few i did smeered a tiny but after that it looked great. I LOVE THIS TECHNEQUE!!!!!!!

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  87. Raja says:

    umm this didn”t work at all for me and my friends it works a lot better if you dip the strip of newspaper first then put it on your nail and not for a long time just about ten seconds!

  88. Care says:

    DID NOT WORK…

  89. Hannah says:

    it worked really well!!!! <3

  90. Morgan says:

    Can you do this with acrylic nails? Does the rubbing alcohol effect the acrylic?

  91. Morgan says:

    This did not work. i tried and tried but the words were not transferring. Help!!!!

  92. Kristine says:

    i used a neon pink for base. Does that work?

  93. Kristine says:

    OH NO! i just took off on strip of newpaper and nothing works!

  94. kate says:

    My friend did it on me – looks AWESOME!! I used a gay-blue as the base. Very cool!

  95. Sam says:

    Love the vodka thing. Haha. XD

  96. mickie says:

    i love my it came out good thanks

  97. Molly says:

    Mine came out pretty well. A few nails are hard to see, and one smudged the nailpolish, but the rest are great! Can’t wait to show them off.

  98. monique says:

    Ive done this several times, and i’ve found that it works much better if you dip the strip of newspaper into the alcohol for a couple seconds, then place on nail and hold firm.

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  100. LOVE THIS! super easy! I didn’t put a top coat on because it always makes the nail polish chip off faster. I love this look! But be careful not to hold the newspaper on you finger more than 30 sec. or it doesn’t work. :)

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