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Dyeing my nails with Jagua

Hello! :)

I write this post because when I initially had the idea, I tried searching it online, and found literally nothing.

I found results about people dyeing their nails with henna, and the results can be beautiful, but that reddish-orange is one of the only colors that I *didn't* want to use on my own nails, so I'd been thinking about how to dye them other colors. I bought some cheap supplies and did a few vague experiments, but nothing really worked out that well.

However, in my research, I did learn about Jagua: a Central/South American fruit, of which the unripened juice stains skin a blueish black. I *think* I saw an image or two where a person's hands are dyed (much like you see with henna) and the designs extended onto the person's nails, and it looked like it had worked well enough for them, that I decided to try it myself.

The thing about jagua, though, is that once the juice has soaked into the topmost layers of skin and the residue has been washed off, it still takes about 36-48 hours to fully oxidize and reach full color.

That being said, I decided to document the process, and share it just in case anybody else wants to try it. (If you do, share your results! I'd love to see how it goes for other people ^-^ )

I started with clean, dry nails, and pushed my cuticles back beforehand.

The jagua I used came as a gel, and though the juice of the jagua fruit is clear, the gel was black and goopy. It was a bit of a process learning how to apply it neatly (since any skin it touches, even briefly, it *will* stain), but by halfway through the second application, I'd pretty much gotten the hang of it. It helped that I literally didn't have to worry about what the surface looked like, only the edges.

The first photo is of the 1st application, with the gel on.

I left it on for about 4.5 hours (the package said to "allow 2-4 hours to dry completely"), though in hindsight, it probably would have worked just as well if I'd only left it on for about 2 hours (it was dry enough to lightly scratch an itch with by about 2 hours, and it was tacky enough to withstand light touches (like pushing hair behind my ear, etc) after about 1.5 hours).

Afterward, I washed my hands with soap and running water (as instructed by the package), keeping the water lukewarm (the package instructs users to "avoid contact with VERY HOT water". I didn't know how hot exactly "VERY HOT" is, but I didn't want to take any chances that I didn't need to).

The next photos were taken about 6 hours after I washed off the first application.

As you can see, it stained my cuticles far more quickly than it did my nails, but every instruction guide for using jagua says that it takes a couple of days to fully darken, so I wasn't worried yet.

30 hours later, my nails had darkened considerably, but my cuticles were still way darker than my nails, so I decided to try another application.

Again, be *very* careful applying it, any drops or overshots will likely fade (relatively) quickly on your fingertips, but they still stain dark for a few days.

All of those stains on my fingers were wiped off within one minute of touching it (which is apparently still too long).

2nd application, 6 hours and 31 hours later, respectively.

It looks pretty decently dark from a distance, so if I were just doing this for myself, I would've probably left it here and declared it Done.

However, since I'm also doing Science here, I decided to go for one more application.

As you can see, even after 3 applications and 48 hours, the tips of some of my nails didn't want to take the color very well, looking kind of dark brown/whiteish under a bright light and close inspection.

So, I decided to do *one* more application, but only on the tips, since the rest of the nail was already pretty solidly black.

As you can see, 41.5 hours later, the brownishness *near* the tips has gotten better and darker, but the tips themselves still don't seem to want to take the color very well.

I'm not sure why that is (I even put a little bit of overhang on each nail-edge on my 3rd and 4th applications), but I think that this demonstrates *pretty* well that my nails have taken up about as much color as they're going to, and thus, I declare the main part of the project Done.

If you didn't push your cuticles back correctly (or maybe even if you did? I'm not sure how cuticles work, I'm a novice to doing *anything* to my nails), you might get little spots where the skin clings to your nail, and gets dyed instead of it.

I ended up with a couple of those, so I just scratched the dead skin off and re-dyed those spots (since they were close to the nail bed, it only took one application to get them looking as dark as the surrounding nail).

I did one final thing before I put the jagua away for the time being: I (attempted to) make a tattoo out of it, on my skin.

I'd tried to use a stencil and it didn't work well, so I tried to fudge the bottom part freehand (bad idea), and for the top part, I ended up painting a stencil on my skin with Elmer's glue, and then applying the jagua over that.

That didn't work super well, either, but that's not the purpose of this post. I include the image mainly as a comparison between when I leave the jagua on my skin on purpose, vs. on accident.

My cuticles look weird in the previous photo, but it's only because I hadn't pushed them back correctly beforehand. I took another one about 10 hours later that shows more accurately what they look like.

There are still some parts of the cuticles that are stained, but much of those parts have worn away by now. My cuticles also look pretty dry here, but I'm sure if I put some oil or lotion or something on them, they'd look a lot better.

A final word of warning: if your jagua instructions say to wash it off with soap, do it (especially if it has oils mixed in, like mine did).

This stain is from the tattoo I did - it was late and I was tired and I just peeled the majority away and washed it off with water and a paper towel, and then I went to sleep and woke up with this stain, which had transferred from one hand to the other. Oops.

Final remarks:

For anyone curious, this is what the tattoo was supposed to look like. Oops again.

This is the Jagua I used. I'm pretty happy with it, I'm sure I'll end up getting it again when this one runs out.

For what it's worth, the stains around my nails are fading pretty quickly, at least compared to what I'd expected.

I don't know how deep exactly the jagua went into my nail, but aside from avoiding hot water, I've been treating them pretty normally, and they haven't scratched or chipped or anything.

I'm sure I'll find out how deep it goes the next time I have to cut my nails, and I'll update this post whenever I do.

The other reason I mentioned that I used an Elmer's glue stencil for the tattoo is that I think the same technique could be used on the nails to create patterns, with better results (as it's a less stretchy, moveable surface for the glue to sit atop).

I don't have anything else to say here, so until next time, good luck, guys! <3

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$20 Full Set In 20 Minutes!!

Make sure you have a smooth surface to complete your set; If you are in a rush like me try to use the back of your bag or a notebook. A lap can also work, but be careful for turbulence 

Make sure you have everything that you need including… ~KISS PRODUCTS: BARE BUT BETTER NAIL KIT

I personally like to go through all the nails and size them on each of my fingers putting the good ones to the side. Try to trust the process; if the shape looks weird remember that we are going to be fixing that later. 

DOUBLE CHECK; Count all 10 nails and make sure they all align with your fingers. 

Now, we need the Quick Dry Glue!!

On your first nail, place a small drop respective to your finger nail size and quickly but neatly apply your first nail. Make sure that you are applying it so that all of the glue spreads on the nail and don't forget to ADD PRESSURE!!  ~PRESSURE = PERFECTION

BOOM, First nail glued down; now repeat Step 6 for the other 9 fingers…

After, gluing all the nails it's time to file your nails to your preferred shape

THAT’S IT!!! ALL DONE!! IT’S GIVING BADDIE ON A BUDGET!!!

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