I created this fun metal nail art manicure as part of an I Heart Nail Art sponsored post for Collective Bias®. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
My teenage daughter, Kennedy, and I had some fun mother/daughter time earlier this week. We went a little wild and gave Kennedy a heavy metal nail art manicure. Picture a french manicure with metal tips instead of white tips … cool, huh? We used jewelry supplies to make this fun manicure and it definitely added a neat heavy metal style!
I used my Balance Rewards card to buy some Sally Hansen products at Walgreens. I gleaned a little inspiration from the Street Style display in the store then went home to try my hand {excuse the pun} at a fun manicure.
I bought four different bottles of Sally Hansen polishes in shades of gray. I only ended up using two of the Insta-Dri polishes for the heavy metal manicure but my girls have been having a lot of fun this week with the other polishes.
In addition to the polish, I needed a few other supplies for this heavy metal manicure. I wanted to use something different for our nail art and I decided to take my inspiration from an aisle at my local craft store. I bought metal bead caps, cut them in half {scissors work fine on these thin jewelry findings}, and bent them a bit to fit the shape of Kennedy’s nail.
I painted Kennedy’s nails in alternating shades of light and dark gray then used nail glue …
… and tweezers to adhere the bead caps to the tips of her nails.
I bent the bead caps flat along the bend of Kennedy’s nails and made sure the glue held them firmly in place, especially at the sides {if they aren’t glued properly at the sides, they’ll catch on everything}.
Kennedy and I both love the outcome of this heavy metal manicure … the metal tips add such a fun and unexpected element.
Would you ever do a metal manicure?
Oh fun! My daughter would love this.
How much fun are these! My 13 year old would absolutely love this. What a great idea to use the jewelry findings….fabulous Randi!
SO “Rock-n-Roll Princess”!! Love it Randi!! Yet again, you have created an adorable and fun craft! Brilliant!! 🙂
Oh my gosh! These are so edgy yet cute! My 13 year old would love this. I’m going to have to go find those polishes for her. Who am I kidding, I would love them too! lol 😉 I still have a little bit of a “rocker” lingering in my somewhere. ha!
Heather
So cute! I love the Sally Hansen metallic nail polish. I got some a while back and me and my nieces painted our nails. They loved it too! Love the caps you put on the tips! xo, Kimberly
What a fun idea! My babysitter would love this!
Anna
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What a fun idea! I love the color and it looks so heavy metal! You are such a rock star Randi!
This looks awesome, I love how creative these are! Definitely a crafty girls kind of nail art 😉
That’s SO cool! I never thought about adding bling to nails! Those would look great if you were doing a princess theme since they look sort of like crowns and you could use a pink Sally Hansen nail color!