Are Marbled Mugs With Nail Polish Toxic

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Are marbled mugs with nail polish toxic.

Nail polish is toxic only about as toxic as sticking your fingernail in your mouth but still it s also not dishwasher safe so when you re giving it as a gift know it likely won t last long. If you ve accidentally gotten nail polish too close to the lip of the mug or if there are some spots on your mug that you re just not happy with don t worry. Pour your nail polish into the water. So i ve seen a few tutorials on marbling and some of them use acrylic paints.

How to marble a mug with nail polish. I found my mugs for 79 each at goodwill. First fill your container with hot water. Hold the nail polish bottle close to the water otherwise the drops will fall to the bottom instead of resting on the surface.

I used nail polish i already had at home which means i was able to make six nail polish mugs for less than 5. This one however is right up my alley. 2 things happened here i got some crazy abstract marbling which it turns out i love but i also got some bubbles that popped and stuff that gave my mug more texture than i was hoping for. So i bet you ve seen these watercolor inspired mugs hanging out on pinterest and the interwebs but they are all made out of nail polish.

The nail polish dries very fast on the water so the hotter the better. The best thing about these nail polish mugs is that they only costs a couple of dollars to make and even less time to finish. Partly because it s a coffee cup and partly because it uses fingernail polish to make the colors. Just take a cotton ball or swab and clean up those unwanted areas with nail polish remover.