DIY: How to cut your own FIMO nail art slices from canes

DIY: How to cut your own FIMO nail art slices from canes

Tutorials Cosmetopia Digest   Wednesday, March 12, 2014

This is not a tutorial as much as a DIY learning experience.

In a moment of inexplicable brain-melt last year, I concluded that it was cheaper and better to buy full FIMO canes rather than pre-cut slices. The canes came in - all 50 of them - one cuter than the other, and I had visions of gorgeous nail art featuring the strawberries, the kiwis, the leaves and the cute butterflies. The first time I tried to slice the canes, I got each round at least a millimetre thick and highly uneven. You can see the nail art I did with those extra-thick slices here. I decided to try again. 

Read on to find out what happened when I tried to cut thin FIMO slices out of the canes.

Fimo manicure on O.P.I. From A To Zurich nail polish

Fimo manicure on O.P.I. From A To Zurich nail polish

O.P.I. Swatches Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Some months ago, I picked up a bunch of Fimo canes from eBay and forgot all about them (here). Then I came across the Falling Through The Rainbow nail art challenge for November and the first one - red - had apples, roses, maple leaves and so on as the options. As I didn't want to mess it up with a freehand manicure, I thought of the apple and rose Fimo canes.

Nail trail: Supply haul from eBay

Nail trail: Supply haul from eBay

Nail polish Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, May 14, 2013

I love picking up nail accessories and art supplies on eBay, it's the cheapest!

These 12 different two-way pens (pen brush and dotting) came for $9 including postage. I also got a free nail polish remover that smells of pineapple and a clear polish with these. They're made in China. Some of the polishes didn't really come through the dotting pen and I had already pricked myself painfully a dozen times with pins in different sizes and shapes. Was about to email the seller when I realised that very thin pins were right under the polishes!