Nail Art Pens!

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

Omg have any of you ladies tried these?!

Sally Hansen has several nail art pens in a variety of colors so you can create your own personalized manicures. The only down side is that they're pens, basically, so trying to draw with your non-dominant hand could be a problem. They recommend not applying it directly to the nail so you'll want to apply nail polish first and when it's dry, then the nail art pen over it.

I personally picked up two: one in white and one in black. This way no matter what color nail polish I decide to go with for the time being I can always make it more glamorous by adding a white or black french manicure-style tip to it.

Right now I just tested it out on my pinky since I've had a nude nail polish on for about a week. I drew a little black line on the tip so now it almost looks like a Cuban manicure. Love it!

[Guest CariadsCarrot]

I kinda feel like I'm stepping where no man should go lol

...but I just wanted to say that my partner has some of these pens and we both kinda enjoy me doodling on her nails for her. I've done flowers, tiger stripes...my favourite has to be the time she let me do flames!

It indulges her girly side and my artistic one so we're both happy.

Have fun playing Lizzie.

Gabe

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

It indulges her girly side and my artistic one so we're both happy.

Plus when she gets compliments on her nails she can brag about how you did the art on them.

[Guest Ryan+Reann]

Omg! I need these ! But I can't get them I would have a blast, but you do that for me

Reann

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

After much testing I have come to a conclusion. The black nail art pen is pretty good, the white nail art pen doesn't work for what I wanted it to. Even after letting it dry, when I put on a top coat of polish, the part I painted white starts cracking and separating, so now it's back to just using white nail polish to do a french manicure instead of the nail art pen. The black, on the other hand, seems to hold up better but it could be that since it's black, the flaws of it don't appear as obvious as the white does.

Phooey.

[Guest Robin Winter]

I've not seen the pens, but I have a bottle of nail glitter with a super fine brush for doing fun stuff like that.

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

Well I bought two french manicure kits the other day and I tested one out last night with very positive and pretty results.

Ummm..it's by Sally Hansen. French manicure kit or something like that. Has 3 bottles of polish: white, sheer pink, and a top coat. Plus stickers you lay across the nail in order to do the white tips.

Basically you put the sticker nail guides on first, then apply the white polish to the tips and let that dry completely. Pull the stickers off. Apply 2 coats of the sheer pink. let that dry. apply top coat.

I actually got complimented on how pretty my nails looked today.

(and in addition to saying thank you, I ended up going on about my french manicure woes and how I did them differently last night. I think next time I need to just shut up with the extra details and say thank you and smile.)

..or maybe she figured out I was a girl because of how much I rambled on about them instead of just saying thank you. I dunno....

[Guest Lizzie McTrucker]

Well ladies, I just tested out the second french manicure product yesterday with positive results. I was worried it was going to be just like the nail art pens but I was gladly mistaken. It's a french manicure kit made by Nailene and consists of a white polish marker and a tiny bottle of UV top coat. Works the same as the nail art pen, hold it straight up and down and press the tip down for 30 seconds to get the polish flowing and then draw it on, let it dry, and cover with the top coat.

Well I did just that and I was really nervous the white tip polish would start cracking like the nail art pen did but it didn't! I think the wider pen actually helped make the white tip easier to draw on but maybe I just had some luck today, I dunno.

As before, when you're drawing a french manicure tip on your nails, it helps to either be ambidextrous or have a friend who is good at drawing. My left hand looks awesome since I'm right hand dominant. My right hand looks..pretty good..but it took awhile longer since I'm not as good with my left hand.

So anyway, two good products, two good results. I threw out my white Sally Hansen nail art pen since I now have two great products that can do the job and create better results.