I’ve seen vanishing nail art twice now so I’m sure many other nail artists have been playing with thermal polishes in this way. The idea is to purposefully create a design that completely disappears in one state and then take a video of it appearing. I’ve played before with how the nail art changes in different states, but nothing this extreme.
![A vanishing mani using a brown thermal polish. A small herd of deer stamping images slowly appear as the nail art warms up.](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vanishing-deer_02-1024x1024.jpg)
Here’s my sixth or seventh attempt at a video. Clearly I have a lot to learn and need to get some better video editing software, but it works. LOL
I had just about enough deer in forest imagery to cover maybe two and a half nails so I improvised and patched as I tend do.
![A vanishing mani using a brown thermal polish. A small herd of deer stamping images slowly appear as the nail art warms up.](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vanishing-deer_04-1024x1024.jpg)
Nail art products used
- Base Polish:
- KBShimmer’s “All Fired Up“
- Stamping Polish:
- KADS’ “13 Brown“
- Freehand Painting:
- Some clouds, ground and plants painted with KADS’ “13 Brown“
- Stamping Plates:
- Maniology “BM-S178” (mountain scene), “Nicole Diary-153“ (grazing deer), “Qgirl-45“ (resting deer), and “TU-018“ (trees and deer)
Since the thermal polish I used (KBShimmer’s “All Fired Up”) is still available for sale, I thought I’d share a temperature comparison. Totally spaced taking photos before I added the stamping images though. 😬 You should also know it’s utterly gorgeous with a glossy top coat, but I thought it would be harder to take my video if it was shiny.
![A vanishing mani using a brown thermal polish. A small herd of deer stamping images slowly appear as the nail art warms up.](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vanishing-deer_03-1024x1024.jpg)
The sad part about vanishing nail art…they’re less likely to “work” visually when they are in their half and half state. Especially when you do something panoramic.
![A vanishing mani using a brown thermal polish. A small herd of deer stamping images slowly appear as the nail art warms up.](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vanishing-deer_05-1024x1024.jpg)
Vanishing manis are fun. I’ll probably do another one again soon-ish while the temperatures in my room are still reasonable. But, alas, here is the far away photo to mark the end.
![A vanishing mani using a brown thermal polish. A small herd of deer stamping images slowly appear as the nail art warms up.](http://hermitism.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/vanishing-deer_06-1024x1024.jpg)
Until next time! 👋
That is amazing and gorgeous. Big Deer fan here! And OMG loved the video 😀
Thanks! It’s one of those things you just need a video to appreciate. 🙂