Nail art has become a trend these days. Nail art is purely artistic and is a result of a perfect creativity. Unlike the old times, the present trend has shifted from being cute to being wild. The nail art usage includes the waste by-products of various wild creatures. The most popular latest nail art that has obsessed girls is the nail art produced by the remains of snakes. Snake’s skin is clipped and coated, thus turning it into the best of nail art ever produced.
This is a very expensive form of art. The snake’s skin could range from about $150-300 making it available for those who are passionate enough to pay for such a beauty. All you need for this form of art is snake’s skin, which is available in two categories. One, you can go for a natural snakeskin or you could opt for an artificial snakeskin textured sheet. This sheet when placed on the nails, gives you the same elegant and wild look as that of a real one.
The snakeskin has to be applied over your nails with the help of tweezers. One also requires china glaze, ultra shine formula to keep the polished look shining and sparkling on the nails. Scissors are used to cut the piece of skin into a rough shape of the nail whereas nail file and nail clippers are used to trim the skin coat after being applied on the nails.
Steps that are to be followed for getting the best look with the real snake skin nail art are as follows:
Apply a base color to the nails individually. You can also use other colors instead of a base coat but this light and neutral color makes the snake’s skin stand out and enhances the its effect over the nails and immediately grabs the attention of people with a shower of praises by those who love unique and trendy stuff. It must be kept in mind that the nails have to be dealt individually for a better result, as the top coat applied dries up very quickly.
- First, you have to use a scissor to cut the snake’s skin into a rough shape resembling the shape of nail. The size of the skin piece cut should be a little more than that of the nail size so that it can be re-sized and trimmed into a perfect shape that suits best for the nail.
- A layer of topcoat is applied to the nails and the snakeâs skin is applied onto the nail with the help of tweezers. The top coat maintains the inter-molecular attraction force between the snake’s skin and the nail and helps the skin to remain stuck to the nail. Apply the snake’s skin with the help of tweezers on the nail in such a way that the textured part of the skin is on the outer side of the nail, thus reflecting its beauty.
- A nail file of a small or medium size is used to file the excess part of the snake’s skin that is hung around the edges of the nail. The movement of the file should only be in one direction that is from top to bottom. The skin may loose its contact with the nail if the movement is from bottom to top.
- Nail clippers are used to clip the skin around the cuticles. As the finishing of the snake’s skin is not soft but textured, clipping must be done very carefully so that no part of the snake’s skin is cut in excess than what is exact, making it appear awkward on the nails.
- A layer of topcoat is applied over the textured skin of the snake present over the nail for perfect result, making it shine and appear lustrous. The sides of the skin attached to the nail are much focused when a top coat is applied.
- The coat applied over the textured skin coat has to be made dry and another layer of top coat is applied just to make sure that the art is performed to its best.
- The steps mentioned above are to be performed for every single nail.