Have You Read Today's Headlines? Newspaper Nails Are So Easy to Do!

Tools and materials:

• Base coat
• White nail polish
• Magazine or newspaper
• Rubbing alcohol
• Shallow dish
• Tweezers
• Top coat
• Rhinestones and studs
• Scissors

1. Paint your nails

Apply a base coat and then paint your nails white.

2. Cut magazine pieces

Now, take an old magazine and cut about 10 square pieces. As you can see, I cut just enough to fit the whole surface area of my nail. 

3. Soak in rubbing alcohol

Pour rubbing alcohol into a small dish or a wide cap. Then, soak each newspaper piece in the solution for around 20-30 seconds. 

4. Apply newspaper to nails

Apply the soaked newspaper piece onto your nail and press it with your finger so that the ink transfers through. 

Next, slowly remove the paper from the nail. 

Repeat this step on all the other nails. 

For the ring finger, I decided to use something different. I cut out this lovely gray marble background to transfer onto my nail. Remember, newspaper nails don't have to only be with text. 

I repeated the same process and look at how stunning it came out. 

5. Apply a top coat

Next, apply a clear top coat to seal in the newspaper nail designs.

6. Add embellishments (optional)

If you want to make your newspaper nail art fancier, go ahead and add some studs and rhinestones! Simply apply the topcoat to the area where you want to put the embellishments. 

Next, place your rhinestones as shown. Take your time with this step - you want it to look symmetrical. 

I placed a few studs on my pinky finger, too. 

Lastly, reapply a top coat to both nails, and you’re good to go! 

Newspaper nails tutorial

Here are my impressive newspaper nails! I love the result; it’s so different and unique from other nail art, don’t you think?

I hope you enjoyed my DIY newspaper nails tutorial and now you know how easy it is to do a newspaper nail transfer. See you next time!