DIY projects, we all love them. Some of the materials can be quite pricey though. A good tube of acrylic paint could cost a hefty bundle, especially if you use it all the time. A good alternative for painting a small decal on your jacket, or the like, is nail polish. I love acrylic paint as much as the next person, but a decent sized tube that you won't use all of at once, is around $3-20, depending on the brand. The thing that will really cost you, is if you need more than one color, which can add up pretty quickly.
Nail Polish Pros:
1. It's more affordable. Most nail polishes are between ninety nine cents, to four dollars. You can buy as much as you want, without breaking your bank.
2. There are thousands of different nail polish styles, and you can come up with more than a few ways to incorporate them.
3. Applying clear nail polish over fabric paint or acrylic paint, makes whatever you paint on seem shiny (and sparkly, if you use the glittery kind).
4. It will never wash, or fade off of your clothes or accessory.
Nail Polish Cons:
1. Because nail polish jars aren't very big, you can only use them for painting small decals, unless you buy more.
2. Like with just about every other paint, it smells bad, and should mostly be done in open areas.
3. Like the fourth pro, once it's on your clothes, it's there forever. You make a mistake, there's nothing you can do about it.
Because I feel like such a show off, I'll show you a finished piece that I did with sparkly green nail polish.
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