Easy Fluid Painting (Waves & Cells) DIY Nail Art Tutorial 

Thank you so much! I'm far from being the nail queen, though. :)

Thank you so much! I replied to your other comments - sorry it took me so long, for some reason RU-vid didn't send me a notification about your comments, and I only just saw them now when I was scrolling through.

No no it's fine, I probably commented on each one thinking what I don't know. But thanks for replying! I'll try your different techniques, thanks so much for helping!!!

I'm sure it is possible to just pour it onto the mat and make decals, but I think it would take a lot longer to dry since the paint would just be pooling on the mat. But if you could get the paint thin enough, it could probably work, although the decals would be more fragile than the fluid painting decals everyone has been making with polish. In my opinion, it's just a lot easier to pour the paint directly over your nails, but I'll give the decals a shot next time. :)

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Thank you! I'm really glad that you like this design! I've seen a lot of nail artists doing fluid painting nails lately, but most of them have been making decals with nail polish, and I thought it would be a lot easier to just pour acrylic paint over my nails. :) And thank you for your suggestion! I don't currently have a microphone to do voice overs, but it's something I'm working on, so hopefully it'll be something that I'll be starting soon.

Hi! The medium that I add to the paints is Liquitex Glazing Medium (you can also look for products that say they're pouring mediums or fluid mediums), and you can buy it at Michaels, Walmart, and other stores that sell paint. They do also sell fluid acrylics that have the medium mixed into them, but it's a lot more cost effective to just buy the clear medium and add it to your existing paints. And this effect is very similar to the Sinful Colors transforming topcoats! :)

Thanks! It's so weird that the paint thickened after you added the alcohol. From what I've read, the floetrol should have worked and is frequently used for fluid painting, so I'm not sure what went wrong. What did the paint look like before you added the alcohol? If it looked fine, then it might be that there was something wrong with the alcohol itself. Glue-all and Mod Podge wouldn't work, since the purpose of the medium is to just thin down the acrylics so they can flow better. You might be able to try using a paint thinner or clear gloss acrylic paint instead, but I haven't tried either so I can't guarantee it. You could also try water, although you'll have to be careful not to add too much, or it'll cause the acrylics to start breaking down. And the paint dried in only a few minutes on my nails, but I waited a bit to topcoat it to prevent smearing.

Hanni Baloo thanks for asking this question +nailblitz thanks for answering as I'm not familiar with acrylics & this will help once i begin making purchases so i can attempt this wondrous creation of art! My daughter is extremely artistic at 9yo & saw this, she wanted to try it out not only on her nails, but on a canvas of sorts too. Have you tried this out on any other format other than nail art? Would it work, say on a canvas, plain white cheap boat shoes, or any other platform? Quite liked my daughter's suggestion of trying this out on the plain white but beautifully crafted dresser & I think this will look amazing on it! You've blown my mind on the endless possibilities of colors & uses with this! Just watched your other video on using the Sinful colors hypnotic transformation top coat, which I cannot find anywhere & I missed my chance, so I'm grateful you made this tutorial, will definitely be attempting it once we begin investing in acrylics! Of course if we succeed, we'll be tagging you most likely on Instagram. Sorry for the very long comment, I'm just extremely excited to try this out!!!!! I'm going to explore "how to's" with regular nail polish too, as that's what I'm limited to, unfortunately we're not able to build up our supplies, but they're on the must have eventually lists! Thanks again! Have a great day!

This absolutely works on canvas - that's actually the typical medium for this, and a bunch of nail artists have started adapting it for nail art because it looks so cool. :) You might want to look up some fluid artists on RU-vid, if you haven't already, because there are a lot of different ways to do this kind of fluid art to get different results (I know the most common is using a blowtorch, which you obviously wouldn't want to use on your nails and might not be the best method for a 9yo, but I've also seen people use silicone oil, and there's even a newer method where you swipe a wet paper towel over the paint to create the cells). I also paint canvas shoes, but I haven't tried this technique with them...it might work, but since the surface won't be flat, the paint might just continue running down and ruining the design - you could always try it, though! If you're planning on doing a larger scale project, you could also just invest in fluid acrylics (they already have the medium added to them), or you could just buy regular acrylics and the fluid medium to mix yourself. And of course I'd love to see whatever you and your daughter end up creating! :)

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Thank you! The idea of this is to use really thin acrylics. If you don't have the medium, I think you could try mixing the acrylic paint with water, but you have to be careful not too add too much water, or it will dilute the paint and break down the binders and it won't stick properly to your nails.

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Thanks! Unfortunately, I only speak English and German, so I'm unable to do Spanish subtitles myself.