Nail art chipping after less than 3 hours!

[annasmum]

I have had a little play on my daughter with some acrylic paint. She is an awful nail biter and picker. I thought if she has some nail art on her nails that she really loves she might leave them alone. I put on a base coat (nail envy by OPI) and then did a colour fade with acrylic paints and painted them (pics in my gallery) and applied two coats of top coat (super shiny by CND). I am not sure if she scraped or picked her nail without her realising that she was doing it but one of her nails had a tiny chip and one thumb was pretty much ruined. Before I painted the nails I did a manicure and removed any cuticle oil with acetone. Is there anything I can do in the future or is it just bad luck as she is a picker?

Thank you for your comments - she was really upset and actually cried. :sad:

 

[shedunlop]

Sounds as if you did everything you could do. Her nails will be soft which makes it difficult to keep anything on them and if she is a picker then she will pick. It is what they do, I know because I am one, I love picking and squeezing, that is why I love the beauty business so much lol!!!

 

[user 35377]

That is very true, but using an actual polish instead of the acrylic paints might help more. Sometimes if the art covers the nail to the edge, it doesn't adhere properly and just "flakes" easily. I find it better to cover the nail with a polish and just use the acrylic paint for accent art. Kinda like when you embed something in gel or acrylic you need to have gel to gel contact all around the edges of the nail to ensure proper adhesion.
Does that make sence? It sounded better in my head! lol

 

[geeg]

Lovin the sponge bob square pants theme. The only thing I would say is that the paint itself looks quite thick (say compared to airbrushing) and thick paint chips. Water based paint on an oily surface (even if you cleaned it) does not last. Best to do the background with polish and then paint on top of the polish.

 

[annasmum]

Thank you for your advice. I'll try it on a polish background next time. Have already been told what sort of theme - Fairly odd parents next time I think. Spongebob is my daughter's favorite. Kids in her school loved it.