Fast and Affordable Jewelry With Nail Polish

Making jewelry with nail polish is fast, cheap, and an easy way to add some flare to your jewelry collection. By using crackle nail polish, you can create rings, bracelets, necklaces, key chains, purse ornaments, and bookmarks in custom designs and colors that you choose.

This jewelry is created by painting the flat side of cabochon stones with a gain greatcoat and assorted coats and colors of crunch collar polish. The blueprint is then painted with black crunch polish to give the stone a “ mirror ” finish. The consequence is a beautiful “ pit ” that looks as if it has a beautiful incandescence from within and many compliments for you .

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Great DIY Gift Idea

Nail polish rings look fabulous when you wear them with matching nail polish. Finished pieces make great gifts for you or person extra. Nail polish jewelry is a very playfulness and addictive craft !

Jewelry findings- rings

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Supplies Needed for Nail Polish Jewelry

• Clear Cabochon Stones: Available in jeweler’s grade online at Etsy or at any craft store. These can be made using the floral beads in the floral department at Walmart or the Dollar Store. If using these, check the quality of them before your paint your stone as some of them may be chipped.
• Crackle Nail Polish: In several colors including black to line the bottom of the stone.
• Clear Lacquer Nail Polish: OPI is the leading brand of all nail polishes.
• Jewelry Finding: These can be purchased at craft stores such as Hobby Lobby, AC Moore, and Michaels. Findings are the actual jewelry structure in which you will place your stone such as a ring, necklace pendant, bracelet, or key ring. Jewelry findings come in many styles and quality may vary. If you plan on wearing your piece of jewelry, consider getting a sturdy, high-quality finding for a setting.
• Glue Gun: With high-temperature glue sticks or superglue.
• Tape: To hold the stone in place while painting.

Be sure to paint the flat side of the stone .

Instructions to Make Nail Polish Jewelry

1. Fold a piece of tape around your finger so it is sticky on all sides. Place it on a clean workspace that is prepared for painting.
2. Place the the clear cabochon stone onto the tape so it stays in place as you paint it. Make sure the flat side is facing up. This is the side of the stone that will be painted.
3. Coat the flat side of the cabochon stone with an even thin coat of clear nail polish. Allow the polish to dry for at least ten minutes. If you are using crackle nail polish on your stone, you must coat it first with clear polish. Crackle polish activates when it is used on nail polish,
4. Coat the stone with your favorite shades of crackle polish in any design you desire. Experiment with patterns and abstract applications. This will be the design that shows through your jewelry. (Sparkle nail polish looks exceptionally pretty!)
5. Let the design dry completely. Allow extra drying time for thick paint.
6. Coat the back of the stone with black nail polish. This will help your design to show through and give the stone a mirror effect from the top. This will also prevent the glue from showing through once you glue it to the finding. Allow this coat to dry.
7. When you are certain the nail polish is dry and hardened, glue the cabochon stone to the finding. A high-temperature glue is best for securing the stone to the finding but you can also use craft glue or super glue. Allow the glue to dry before wearing your new jewelry.

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I know precisely what to make for my little sister now ! She has a TON of different nail down polish bottles and is always painting her nails. Thanks Tammy (author) from North Carolina on December 16, 2012 : These are easy and fun TToombs08. I hope you enjoy it ! Terrye Toombs from Somewhere between Heaven and Hell without a road map. on December 16, 2012 : You constantly have some of the cool and unique ideas on trade ! I ‘m bookmarking this to try future year. Too cool, Tammy ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on December 04, 2012 : These are very easy to make and no two pieces always turn out the same. I hope you will give it a judge. Thanks for read ! Vespa Woolf from Peru, South America on December 04, 2012 : I ‘ve never heard of breeze through polish jewelry, but the pieces are beautiful and I think I would enjoy it, excessively ! How creative. Thanks thus much for sharing. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on November 08, 2012 : Thanks so much Tiffany. This is a capital craft for Moms and Daughters. Mine is 3 so she ca n’t paint them so far, but she loves playing with the finished project. Hope you both enjoy it ! Tiffany Delite from Wichita, KS on November 02, 2012 : thanks for this hub ! my daughter likes large rings, and this sounds like a fantastic project for some quality mother/daughter meter ! blessings … Tammy (author) from North Carolina on November 01, 2012 : Thanks Magdaleine ! Magdaleine on November 01, 2012 : very fresh ! and beautiful : ) Steph on October 23, 2012 : I love this nail polish jewelry mind ! Awhile ago I made a bracelet the very same way ! ! ! You can check it out here ! ! ! I ‘d love to know what you think ! ! ! hypertext transfer protocol : //www.youtube.com/watch ? v=W5VGQqXmDYw Tammy (author) from North Carolina on July 22, 2012 : I hope you enjoy it jezebellamina. This is a fun and fantastic craft ! Jessica from Dallas, TX on July 21, 2012 : This is so great tammy ! Awesome bit-by-bit video ; I can not wait to try this, you have given me indeed many good ideas ! ! Voted up, amazing, & shared. bravo ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on July 09, 2012 : That is a capital theme talfonso. It is a great way to show our stylus when nail polish is n’t virtual. Thanks for stopping by. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on July 09, 2012 : Hi Carol7777. Welcome to Hubpages. I hope you love it here american samoa much as I do. This is a fantastic craft with useful and beautiful results. I appreciate your gossip and your visit. I will check out your hubs. : ) talfonso from Tampa Bay, FL on July 09, 2012 : Wow ! I ‘ve never heard of smash polish jewelry. If I have to work at a job where nails have to be absolve of polish ( like foodservice ), I ‘d decide that alternatively of wasting polish, I ‘d buy a stone and a bezel and paint with it ! carol stanley from Arizona on July 09, 2012 : I just came across this and found it fascinating. I write a draw of craft articles and never hear of doing this. Well done and very interesting. WOuld love to try it. I am a new writer at Hubpages. drop in sometimes. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on June 24, 2012 : Thank you so much Au Fait. These are a bang-up betray craft for anyone looking to make a few extra dollars. I appreciate your visit and your comment ! C E Clark from North Texas on June 22, 2012 : This is truly cool ! I ‘ve never heard of this craft earlier. Saving the instructions. I love crafts that are cheap, easy, flying, and useful. This fills the bill. Voted you UP, and across the display panel for everything except amusing. Will share with my followers. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on June 18, 2012 : Thanks Suzie HQ. I actually appreciate your hold of crafts. This is one craft that in truth pays if you plan to sell them. Men actually buy many of these in red and black and black and silver. These do wonderful on Etsy and Copious. 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Tammy (author) from North Carolina on June 03, 2012 : Thanks for your kind gossip frogyfish. You can find crunch polish at CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart. I hope you have fun with this craft. frogyfish from Central United States of America on June 02, 2012 : This is a delightful new trade, at least to me. Loved your television direction, both of them. I will have to get some crunch polish, which I have never seen because I do n’t wear nail polish, and have fun ! Lots of ideas here. Thanks much for sharing your tips. DragonflyTreasure from on the breeze … … … on May 31, 2012 : Thanks Tammy ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on May 31, 2012 : Thanks Dragonfly treasure ! I love your photograph. DragonflyTreasure from on the breeze … … … on May 30, 2012 : OMG ! I would have never thought of this ! way cool ! ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on May 23, 2012 : Thanks Kalux ! This method acting is cheap and fun. The only real expense of doing this is the crepitate nail polish. Thanks for your sojourn ! Kalux from Canada on May 23, 2012 : very cool ! What an cheap way to get some pretty colorful rings ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on May 09, 2012 : Thanks for your visit and gossip Johanna Baker ! Johanna Baker on May 09, 2012 : Great hub and lovely estimate for creative jewelry … thanks for sharing Tammy (author) from North Carolina on May 01, 2012 : It is very fun forosangirl. I appreciate you stopping by ! formosangirl from Los Angeles on April 30, 2012 : They are reasonably clean. I have most of the materials. Will try it out. Liz Elias from Oakley, CA on April 30, 2012 : right — I was thinking of any possible adverse consequence on the polish itself …. Thank you Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 30, 2012 : Thanks for stopping by DzyMsLizzy. equally farseeing as the rock is taped down to the table ( or set in putty ) a blowdryer could definatley speed up the work. If it is n’t attached, it will blow off the board. Thanks so much for your comment. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 30, 2012 : Thanks for read and commenting Anamika ! : ) Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 30, 2012 : Thanks indeed much for reading and commenting babergirl. I am sure you know precisely what can be done with crackle polish. I appreciate your visit and kind comment. Liz Elias from Oakley, CA on April 30, 2012 : very concern. I would not have guessed breeze through polish from the photograph. I wonder, if you are an impatient sort — not mentioning names, ( **la-dee-dah … looks around and up at ceiling … hum-dee-dum … ** ), whether you could use a hair dry to speed up the nail polish dry time without causing a problem in the finish up objet d’art … .. Voted up, concern, beautiful and shared. Anamika S Jain from Mumbai – Maharashtra, India on April 30, 2012 : Nail Polish Jewelry ? now that ‘s interest ! good Hub, voted up ! Stacy Harris from Hemet, Ca on April 30, 2012 : I love this theme. Being that my profession is a cosmetologist, you can lone imagine how many bottles of nail polish I own. I bet this would be a fun little craft to do with my girls. They are old enough that they could do this, and they are very getting into jewelry ! Thanks for the great mind … up, amazing and pin ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 25, 2012 : Thanks carolinemd21. I appreciate the read and the comment. Caroline Marie on April 25, 2012 : Awesome hub Tammy ! Really unique idea. Love it. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 22, 2012 : Thanks for stopping by Kelleyward. These are easy to make and so unique. Thanks for your lovely comment. kelleyward on April 21, 2012 : Wow Tammy I ‘m amazed at how easy it is, or you made it to be, to make smash polish jewelry. Thanks for sharing your tips ! Take concern, Kelley Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 11, 2012 : Thanks sol much for your kind gossip Brandym2012. I appreciate your visit ! Brandym2012 from PA on April 11, 2012 : beautiful work ! I love your idea ‘s, indeed very unique. This hub has so much data and laid out absolutely. amazing caper ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 08, 2012 : Thanks for your comment Prasetio ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 08, 2012 : Thanks for your inflict Movie Master. These are fun and addictive to make. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 08, 2012 : Thanks for your fantastic comments and for being such a fantastic follower. I appreciate you so much. prasetio30 from malang-indonesia on April 08, 2012 : This was fantastic information and I love your tips. I ‘ll share this information with my sister. Thanks for write and plowshare with us. Rated up and take caution ! Prasetio Movie Master from United Kingdom on April 08, 2012 : What a fantastic idea, I am so stimulate about trying this – my grandchildren will enjoy it excessively ! many thanks and voted improving. SanneL from Sweden on April 07, 2012 : I had no mind you could make jewelry with collar polish ! What a cool idea. I will partake this hub with my nieces, that constantly look for craft ideas. I love the empurpled one on circus tent. so beautiful. Thanks Tammy ! I can always count on you to bring us inspirational hub ! Voted up and sharing of path ! Hugs ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 03, 2012 : Hi Cloverleaffarm, I am not indisputable if you can crackle a pit that is already colored. If it is a translucent stone, you can apply crackle to the back of it and it may show up. It would n’t look the like. I will experiment with that and let you know if any thing works. Thanks for understand ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 03, 2012 : Thanks daisydaz. It is addictive and so much fun. You can make one for every outfit ! Thanks for commenting ! Healing Herbalist from The Hamlet of Effingham on April 03, 2012 : I saw this stones in colors the early day. I wonder what you could do to ‘crackle ‘ those ? Chantele Cross-Jones from Cardiff on April 03, 2012 : What a great mind ! How simple and slowly ! I would never have thought of this Tammy (author) from North Carolina on April 02, 2012 : Thanks thus much for those kind words coffeegginmyrice. I hope she enjoys it ! Marites Mabugat-Simbajon from Toronto, Ontario on April 02, 2012 : Nice one, tammy ! My daughter who is fond of nailpolish and jewelry will love this creativity. Will share ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 30, 2012 : Thanks for the comment alifeofdesign. This is a fantastic trade. It can be done in the time it takes polish and glue to dry and it looks perplex. I appreciate you stopping by ! Graham Gifford from New Hamphire on March 29, 2012 : My nieces would love this theme. Thank you, tammyswallow, for sharing. I had n’t seen this craft idea before and it ‘s particularly good because it cane be an good afternoon craft. All besides frequently, I ‘m inspire to craft a much larger project that takes weeks to complete. It ‘s refreshing to make something you can wear that night ! Best Regards, Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 29, 2012 : Thanks therefore much myawn ! It is great fun. myawn from Florida on March 29, 2012 : never would have thought of this excellent jewelry hub.. I love making jewelry will try this. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 28, 2012 : Thanks for your gloss creativelycc ! These are beautiful and they look stunning on all sorts of ring bases. Walmart, CVS, ( the Sally Hansen mark ) and Sally Beauty sell crackle nail polish. It is a coarse look and I do n’t think I would wear it on my nails, but it brings this jewelry to life. You can put even nail polish on top of it and it shines through. I appreciate your visit and wish you the very well angstrom well ! Carrie L Cronkite from Maine on March 28, 2012 : I love this, they are then beautiful. They would make great Christmas gifts. I never hear of crackle pinpoint polish, I ‘ll have to look for some the next time I ‘m at Walmart. Thank you very much and the best to you ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 28, 2012 : Thanks sol much for your fantastic comment Ms. Stephanie. This is a playfulness craft and the combinations of colors are endless. I appreciate your visit. Stephanie Henkel from USA on March 28, 2012 : What a great room to use nail polish and those floral stones I have tucked away in my closet ! Love the idea of having rings to match your nail down polish ! Voted up and pinned ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 28, 2012 : Thanks for inflict and for your kindness Ruchira ! That is not me in the video at the bottom. You can hear and see me on my Ghost Hunter ‘s Interviews though. I sound very country. good to see you ! Ruchira from United States on March 28, 2012 : Tammy your daughter will be golden to have this talented and creative ma to help her dazzle amongst her friends. loved this idea and btw, is that your video/voice ? cool lady ! you rock ! ! voted up and sharing it ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 26, 2012 : Thanks for reading and commenting poisonx3girlx3 ! Hope you have lots of fun ! Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 26, 2012 : Thanks theLyricwriter ! : ) poisonx3girlx3 from Cottage Grove, Oregon on March 26, 2012 : Beautiful. I am, without doubt, going to attempt this soon. Thank you ! Richard Ricky Hale from West Virginia on March 25, 2012 : Voted up, utilitarian, and amazing Tammy. This is a great article. It truly is a very good idea and very creative. beautiful examples american samoa well. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 25, 2012 : Thanks for stopping by Learner365. This is a great starter craft and bang-up for girls. It is so much fun. I appreciate your inflict. Tammy (author) from North Carolina on March 25, 2012 :

That is so sweet of you ishwaryaa22 ! I hope to start a business one day. My front-runner jewelry to make is still the resin jewelry. It is nice to meet person else who enjoys it besides. Thanks indeed much for reading and sharing. I appreciate your sojourn !