Acrylic Paint As Nail Polish

The most common product to use to paint your nails is nail polish. But did you know you can also use other products to paint the nails. Ever heard of acrylic paint to polish the nails? No. Well, I’m going to explain how and why to use acrylic paints on your nails.

"Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion."

Why would a person use acrylic paint instead of just regular nail polish? I can think of many benefits. Acrylic paint is readily available and cheap. You can buy it at every craftstore. I got my acrylic kids paint kit and painter brushes for €3,-/$3,90 USD. Acrylic paint is very pigmented, comes in different colors so ideal to use for nail art. You can buy yours in just the primairy colors, neon and even glow in the dark. Other benefits are; The paint dries fast and is non-toxic so great to use as nail polish for kids.

To apply acrylic paint on your nails you need to use a basecoat. Acrylic paint is high pigmented and will stain your nails, just as regular nail polish would stain your nails. When a basecoat is applied and dry, you can apply acrylic paint with just regular small paint brushes. You can buy these brushes in any craftstore, just as the paint itself. When you painted on the acrylic paint, you will see the paint get dry, the paint gets a semi matte finish. After painting the nails with acrylic paint, you need to use a topcoat. Acrylic paint will chip fast. To remove the acrylic paint you can just use a regular nail polish remover, acetone or acetonefree.

I also awnsered three most asked questions about acrylic paint as nail polish:

Can you use acrylic paint on top of regular nail polish?

Yes. If you like to add a small design with acrylic paint on painted nails that already have regular nail polish, you can. Don't forget to seal it with a topcoat.

Is acrylic paint useable for stamping nail art?

Yes and no. You can definitly try using acrylic paint for stamping nail art. It does work, if you let the polish dry in between the stamping. After you stamped the image on the nail and before you stamp it onto the nail, you have to let the paint dry a little before you can stamp it onto your nails without smearing it around. However, the endresult is never as pretty when you use special stamping polish.

How about other nail art and acrylic paint?

You could use acrylic paint for many nail art purposes. You can use the paint for drag marbles designs, just make sure to work as quickly as possible because the paint dries very fast.

Have you ever tried acrylic paint as a polish for your nails? If yes, how do you like it? If no, would you ever consider to try acrylic paint as nail polish? If there are any question, please, feel free to ask them.



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