I was recently contacted by Fake Tattoos asking if I would like to review some of their nail tattoos and I of course said yes please! They are a Swedish company working with guest designers to create unique body and nail tattoos. I was sent their Ocean and Red designs.
* Press sample - sent to me for review
These are such cute little tattoos and really handy for adding a quick dash of nail art to your manicure. I decided as it's almost Valentine's Day that I would create a Valentine's design using some of the tattoos from both sets I was sent.
I have used the little paper plane from the Ocean design and then kiss from the Red design to create my sealed with a kiss manicure. First of all I started with a pink base of Revlon in Fuchsia Fever. A bright pink which has to be a must for Valentine's Day! After leaving that to dry it was time for my tattoos. The instructions for applying are very straightforward and the application is fairly fuss free.
- Start with clean dry nails
- Cut around the desired tattoo
- Peal away the plastic cover
- Press the tattoo on to the nail
- (and here is the slightly fiddly bit) Press a wet cotton wool pad on to the back of the nail tattoo until the paper slides away
- Wait for the tattoo to dry and then you can add top coat
Like I said step five can be a little fiddly, but I had a cotton wool pad in a little bowl of water. I could easily get to it and the bowl caught any drips from the cotton wool whilst it was pressed to my nail. Before I added a top coat I used my black Barry M nail art pen to create a dotted line for the path of the paper plane from the kiss. It really makes it look as if the plane has been gliding across my nails.
I really like these tattoos for adding a bit of fun to a design and they are so quick to apply that you could spruce up a tired looking manicure in a matter of minutes! These nail tattoos are available on the Fake Tattoos website http://www.faketattoos.se/en/nail-tattoos/ and are priced between £4 and £6 depending on the design you choose. The two I was sent contain two sheets of the designs which means overall I have 56 tattoo in the Red design and 62 in the Ocean design. But it looks as though there is a sale on at the moment with most of the designs down to £3.80!
What do you think of these nail tattoos? Have you tried them or anything similar? I'd love to see, so leave me a link in the comments!
I just reviewed a pack of these today too! I like!
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They are cute aren't they? X
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