This Rococo Cupid Nail Transfer Tutorial Will Make You Fall in Love

 Carolyn J. Braden • 3 Minute Read 

This Rococo Cupid Nail Transfer Tutorial Will Make You Fall in Love

This Rococo Cupid Nail Transfer Tutorial Will Make You Fall in Love

I love easy nail art and this nail transfers (also called nail foils) make it even easier to have fancy nails fast! I bought several packs of nail transfers from Temu and started experimenting with my romantic Rococo style cupid and angel pack. Read on to learn how to put nail transfers on your own nails.

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A cute tiny cupid nail transfer

What Is Rococo?

After watching episodes of Emily in Paris and Bridgerton for the second time, I started feeling the romance and it started popping up in my creations. I pulled inspiration from the delicate florals, the love, the pastels and the gold. Rococo style is a period I studied in my art history classes and it’s known for being very ornate. It is also known as Late Baroque. Read more about the Rococo style, which began in France in the late 1730’s here.

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My first round of nail transfers

Rococo Revival

I’ve been feeling Rococo Revival lately and see its features spilling out into fashion, home décor and more right now. I love the ornate details of the period, the gold gilding and the love and romance it portrays. You see this in Emily in Paris (as Paris is known for being the “city of love”) and you see it in Bridgerton.

See my Bridgerton inspired “Something Blue” hair comb in my 1-minute video tutorial below or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden:

Here are some Rococo Revival Style Things I Love Right Now:

Nail Transfers vs. Nail Stickers + Discount

I ordered my nail transfers from Temu. They came in a pack of 8 and if you order from Temu and are a new app user, you can use my link here to browse all their nail transfers and get a 30% off discount at checkout. You can also use my code afe55197 at checkout.

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My nail transfers came with 8 designs

I like nail transfers better than nail stickers because they are thin and lay flat against your nail and mine (so far) have not peeled up. I got mine to last for a week (and they would have lasted longer but I like to do my nails weekly), and usually stickers start popping up on my nails after a couple of days, even on my gel polish.

Now for the tutorial! Here’s what you’ll need:

See my 1-minute nail transfer tutorial above or via my YouTube channel @carolynjbraden.

How-To:

Paint a thin layer of the gel polish base onto each nail and cure. I cured each hand for 1 minute.

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Applying my base gel color

Paint 2-3 layers of the color gel polish onto your nails and cure each hand for 1 minute in between each layer.

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I cut my nail transfers before applying them

Use small scissors to cut out some of the nail transfers. You don’t have to cut them to perfectly fit your nails, especially if you plan to layer some designs like I did. I cut out about 10-11 small designs out and set them aside.

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My cut out nail transfers

 Paint a thin layer of the transfer gel onto each nail and cure for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

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Applying the gel transfer polish

Place a piece of the nail transfer design onto each nail. I used a metal nail tool and a wood orange stick to rub or “transfer” the design from the plastic to my nail. I gently peeled it back to make sure it transferred and if it didn’t, I placed it back on my nail and rubbed it a bit more.

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I layered my nail transfer designs

Not all my designs transferred perfectly, so I took some of the flowers and other pieces of the transfers and layered it over anything that didn’t transfer perfectly and it looked great. You can layer different designs and colors, but you may have to add more transfer gel in between each transfer. I layered a rose over a cupid a little when his legs didn’t transfer and it worked great.

IF YOU ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH YOUR TRANSFER STICKING: try curing the transfer gel for less time. If you’ve used up all the “stickiness” of the transfer gel while trying, apply a second round and cure for a little less time….I’ve had to do this and the next round stuck better.

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Transferring the nail transfer

After I had all my nail transfers looking how I wanted, I applied my gel top coat and cured for 1 minute. I did this with two different nail transfer designs, but they were both very similar. I also purchased a galaxy set and will experiment with those too.

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Applying a rose to coordinate with the cupid

Overall, this process is pretty easy. I was quite shocked after I pulled up the first one and had such a tiny cute cupid looking at me from my nails. I like the transfers that have clear backing so I can pick and choose portions of it to apply to my nails.

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My second round of nail transfers on a darker pink background

The all over nail transfer designs look like they’ll be a bit harder, but I’ll try them soon. It is a lot easier than hand painting my designs on each nail, but I do enjoy that too. See my hand painted designs in my article here.

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Carolyn J. Braden is the owner of Carolyn’s Blooming Creations is a regular contributor and editor for CBC. She has been featured in numerous media publications such as InStyle Magazine, on HGTV, on Bustle.com, and more. She is the author of the books Georgia McMasters in Amethyst Lake Cemetery, How To Be Yourself: 3 Ways To Help You Being You, and the illustrator for the children’s book Bridging Connections. She is a former classroom teacher that now dedicates her life to educating others on how to live their most healthy, creative and happy life. Learn more about her visiting our About Us page.