I know in my last post I wrote that I am using nail art as a way to look at something else beyond words (to get my mind off of reading). It was an on/off love affair for a while (I have not always been consistent), but nail art had its resurgence in my life a few weeks ago when I was knee deep in my reading halfway through this quarter. I was going stir crazy sitting in one place all Sunday and just reading. To take time off, I went for a walk by Lake Michigan. (One of the best perks of living in Hyde Park). And I am so glad I did because it was a gorgeous fall day, and fall foliage had finally arrived. I was walking around to to take my head out of the reading. It turns out though that I couldn’t take the reading out of my head. I suddenly remembered the newspaper print technique my friend had shown me a couple of years ago. (It was part of her halloween costume one year where she dressed as a leather bound journal–a super cute & successful costume I should add!!). You paint your nails with a base color, and when it dries, put a piece of newspaper on top. Then you dab on rubbing alchol, and the ink comes off the newspaper and onto the nail. You add a top coat once it all dries and voila! (My only warning would be for those who have OCD. The text comes off the newspaper as a mirror image. But who will be reading your nails, anyway?) The next time I do this, I want to try it with a Hindi/Urdu newspaper. It would be cool to see how different scripts will look on the nails.
Textual nails with fall foliage by Lake Michigan pictured above
Color: OPI’s “Going Nude, eh?”
Text source: New York TImes
Back to the reading I go!
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