I checked before trying this, and found craft glues are safe for using on your nails. This technique is great for the day of trick or treating or a Halloween party, as the diamonds will only stay on your nails for a day or so, depending on if you wash your hands….To remove them, if you wash your hands and rub the nail with the fingers from the other hand, the diamonds will wipe off relatively easily. DON’T use Super Glue unless you want the diamonds to stay for a long time….and, I didn’t check to see if it’s safe to use Super Glue on nail polish. Step one, paint your nails whatever color you choose..I always use a base coat and top coat with my nail polish. The polish I used for this hack was from Dollar General store and was $1.50. It lasted as well as O.P.I nail polish, but did discolor my nails a little bit, even using O.P.I. base coat. O.P.I top coat gets really gummy on me, so I didn’t use it on this project. Step two….whatever craft glue you like, I used Tombow Mono Aqua Glue and squirted the glue onto the nail in the pattern I wanted the diamonds to lay in. I did every nail a little differently, and using the diamond tool you get with diamond paintings, I picked up black diamonds and laid them on my nail and then waited for the glue to set up (so the diamonds don’t slide around) before going onto the next nail. You need to add enough glue that the diamonds have glue under and around their edges so they stay on longer. I played around with this and got my diamonds to last three days using this method, losing a few along the way. I hope you give this a try with your kids as it’s a fast and easy way to decorate your nails for any holiday, and especially to make them fun for Halloween. The brighter the nail polish, the better the results. I thought the orange I bought was bolder than it turned out to be, so when in doubt, go bolder for a more impressive outcome.

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