Sunday 4 November 2012

Paisley Print

Hey everyone! I'm enjoying (in my opinion) a well deserved break at the moment, so I should hopefully get a few nail designs done!

Today's post is a bit weird, in fact I'll let you see them first...


 ... it looks like I have lots of skill (kind of), but really I just did them with a gel pen, that's right: a pen! I was super bored in my lecture, and I had plain nails from my glow in the dark nails post, and of course I hate plain nails. I normally doodle tonnes on my notes, but for some reason decided it would be a good idea to draw on my nails instead. 

When I was done I took a picture and uploaded it to my Instagram (@onenailtorulethemall) and Twitter (@onenailtorule) because I was convinced they were going to smudge before I got back to my flat (this was in the morning) and before I could get a better picture, BUT THEY DIDN'T. I can't believe it, all the previous times I've done this in lessons I've wiped it off straight away, because I didn't think it lasted. There's a slight amount of tipwear but nothing major, and I even managed to top coat it! Now I have a wonderful new technique for thin and intricate designs, and I can't wait to use it in more posts! (It's not cheating is it?)




I hope you liked this post!
Let me know what you think in the comments, is it cheating?
Alice
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25 comments:

  1. The Sneakerette4 November 2012 at 15:36

    haha nice!! im starting to think you can use any medium on your nails for designs :D

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  2. the style soup4 November 2012 at 15:46

    wow this is great, I thought the design was from a stamper at first

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  3. Unknown4 November 2012 at 16:32

    Wow!! What sort of gel pen did you use?

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  4. Ana4 November 2012 at 16:42

    Look, it sure does take skill to do this, gel pen or no gel pen :) !

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  5. Kirstie at Nail Cake4 November 2012 at 17:10

    So not cheating...it's more or less like using a nail art pen, no? They're still amazing haha - I was sort of hoping they were stamped so I wouldn't be as insanely jealous of your mad skills haha. x

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  6. Nail Girl4 November 2012 at 17:28

    This is so lovely and intricate!

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  7. Jamie @ Polish, Please!4 November 2012 at 17:49

    Wow! This is awesome!! So intricate and pretty!

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  8. Vicky the Nail Artiste4 November 2012 at 21:12

    So amazing what you can do with a gel pen! I'll have to give this a try sometime!

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  9. A British Sparkle4 November 2012 at 23:05

    I can't believe how well this worked out.

    SparkleDust-BeautyUK.blogspot.co.uk

    kate xx

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  10. Figgy Lane5 November 2012 at 01:21

    Wow!!! These are so lovely!! Love the idea of using a pen!! I can imagine it being alot easier then nail pens!!

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  11. Laura5 November 2012 at 01:36

    Who cares if it is or isn't cheating - it's blooming awesome!!

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  12. Sarah5 November 2012 at 06:27

    Love how this looks !

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  13. Whitney at Dressed Up Nails5 November 2012 at 09:31

    yeah these are awesome and so intricate! definitely wanna try the gel pen thing now.

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  14. Jessica5 November 2012 at 13:52

    Definitely NOT cheating! Very cool!

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  15. Claire6 November 2012 at 05:14

    Did the pen stain your nails at all?

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    1. One Nail To Rule Them All6 November 2012 at 05:17

      Nope not at all, probably mainly because I had a base colour but it just wiped off straight away with nail varnish remover and didn't leave any signs of it having been there :)

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    2. Claire12 November 2012 at 04:54

      Great - thanks very much. Must give this a try some time then.

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  16. Anonymous6 November 2012 at 10:22

    I often use liquid eyeliner for nail designs - very easy to use, and if you go wrong, you can remove it without ruining your mani!

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  17. Very Emily9 November 2012 at 13:01

    Totally not cheating you silly! I love these. They are like my favourite nails ever. Seriously hate you for how flippin perfect these are :D <3

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  18. Unknown25 November 2012 at 14:57

    I bought a sharpie specifically for nail art and I was soooo disappointed when it bled as soon as I seche vite'd! But.... My bf uses acrylic pens for his art and I have discovered that the fine liners are perfect!! Have been looking for a pen that won't bleed when top coat applied for ages so will give gel pens a try! Nice tip thanks. Ps love your work and love that your in the greatest of Great Britain toooo! Much love

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  19. Unknown7 December 2012 at 10:17

    Heck no it's not cheating! And what's funny is just yesterday I was wanting to play around with a Cheshire Cat. I use Sharpie Fine tip Pens and it worked great for drawing on my nail! So intricate in a way that a brush cannot replicate.
    Beautiful paisleys!!

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  20. The Nailshow6 January 2013 at 05:45

    This design is very nice! I started doing my nails when I was 12 years old, now I am 14 years old and I created my own blog! This design has been on my list forever, I really want to make this design one day, but I never knew how I was going to do this. Now I've seen this, and I can't wait to try it out! You're very inspirational for me and it would be very nice if you could check out my blog some day? I'm from Belgium so I don't think you would understand what I write, but the pictures and the nails are the most important things, right? (: xoxo

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  21. Unknown13 February 2013 at 07:22

    I can't believe you freehanded that. Definitely not cheating! Love this!

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  22. Anonymous28 July 2013 at 13:42

    They are amazing!! I'm gonna give it a go :D xxx

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