Acrylic Paint For Nail Art???

[savannahg]

Ok so i have always used nail polish for nail art and i have been reading that people are using acrylic paint...is that the kind that you buy from a craft store..i have never tried it befor can someone explain please...???

 

[Christine81]

I've purchased mine at eBay. You'll find it under the nail art section, $7-8 + shipping =)

 

[alex53]

I got some from my local supermarket in the kids craft section. About 15 small pots in lovely colours for £3/£4

XX

 

[angel fingers]

a good quality acrylic paint is the best for nail art. the drying speed is so fast , it means theres no dalay between colours of top coat. choose a thin but heavily pigmented paint. i mostly use airbrush paint for my hand painted work , the texture is excellent to work with.

 

[Christine81]

i mostly use airbrush paint for my hand painted work , the texture is excellent to work with.

I've never even thought of that! Will have to try :green:

 

[user 25446]

Agree with Susan - airbrush paint is best.

 

[Bettierae]

Anitas acrylic from from the craft shop are marvellous, and not expensive either! hth x

 

[savannahg]

Thanks...I have airbrush paint just got an airbrush just learning how to use it...

 

[angel fingers]

Anitas acrylic from from the craft shop are marvellous, and not expensive either! hth x

yes, theyre good quality arent they.

so often paints seem great when you see them in the bottle, but when you see them in fine strkes over a small area they just dont have dense enogh pigment to make an impact.

i'd suggest buying just one and testing the quality before buying a whole range of colours.

 

[Bettierae]

I've definately tried loads and loads. I can recommend the anitas, not too thick and gloopy, and the colours stay vibrant for weeks. hth x

 

[Ruthlm]

learning new things here, I am a newbie to the nail industry and was looking at the nail art sets that have the pen nib, and also the striping brush, so am I right in saying that these paints are beter, and you would just buy a nail art brush set to use?? how would you use the paints? on a board of some kind, and how would you clean the brushes, is it accetone or nail polish remover? ruth x

 

[Nail Delights]

personally using paints and a good brush is better than the 2 in one pens, i use a paint pallette for mixing and just clean brushes in water as the paints we do are water based.

 

[Ruthlm]

great! thanks for that!!

 

[lizad14]

do you clean up with airbrush paint the same, just use water?

 

[Nail Delights]

yes if the paint is waterbased which most are

 

[sachi]

I got some from my local supermarket in the kids craft section. About 15 small pots in lovely colours for £3/£4

XX

YEP any craft store will have them cheap! they all work the same and you can get great colors.

 

[Northern Nails]

I apologise if this sounds dumb but the brushed used with acrylic paints, you'd have to clean these in acetone? Am i right? Can you get water based acrylics? I wouldn't have thought water would mix with acrylic??

I'm confused??

Should i buy acrylic paint or water based paint? And how do you clean the brushes for both?