Turn your selfies into nail art! Ingenious new app creates custom nail stickers out of Instagram images

By Annabel Fenwick Elliott

PUBLISHED: 17:22 EST, 18 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:38 EST, 19 March 2014

Celebrities including Rihanna, Katy Perry and Kesha have been fans of heavily customized nail art for some time - and now there's an app for you to make your own.

NailSnaps is the much-hyped app that lets you turn your favorite Instagram photos into easily applicable custom nail polish stickers.

If LA-based designers Angel Anderson and Sarah Heering's budding Kickstarter campaign reaches its target of of $47,000, the app will launch later this year.

Self-expression: NailSnaps, the brainchild of LA designers Angel Anderson and Sarah Heering, will let you turn your favorite Instagram photos into custom nail polish stickers

Self-expression: NailSnaps, the brainchild of LA designers Angel Anderson and Sarah Heering, will let you turn your favorite Instagram photos into custom nail polish stickers

The free Nailsnaps app will allow you to pick a photo from your phone or Instagram account, before positioning it exactly how you want it to appear on your nails. Once your design is submitted, you will receive a set of custom stickers in the mail soon after. The stickers can be applied in minutes and are promised to last around a week.

 

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Designer and Instagram fanatic, Miss Anderson, had the idea a year ago, around the time she started wearing nail polish stickers.

'Most of the off-the-shelf designs didn't appeal to me,' she explains on the brand's Kickstarter page. 'Besides, I don't want the same looks as everyone else. Nail art is about creative expression.'

Bird on a wire: The personalized nail stickers can be applied in minutes and are promised to last around a week

Bird on a wire: The personalized nail stickers can be applied in minutes and are promised to last around a week

Edible: Designer and Instagram fanatic Ms Anderson had the idea a year ago, when nail stickers were becoming popular but 'off-the-shelf' designs didn't appeal to her

Edible: Designer and Instagram fanatic Ms Anderson had the idea a year ago, when nail stickers were becoming popular but 'off-the-shelf' designs didn't appeal to her

Angel's partner, digital strategist Sarah Heering, says that when she first heard the idea 'fireworks went off' and she knew she had to make the concept a reality.

The pair have established a high quality printing process and are ready to go with the app - they just need $47,000 in Kickstarter funding in order to hit the market.

And if the overwhelming social media response is anything to go by, they shouldn't have too much trouble: they have already raised $17,000.

Wearable selfies? Miranda Kerr, pictured in her new H&M campaign, is just one of the many avid Instagram fans who may jump at the chance to turns her snaps into nail art

Wearable selfies? Miranda Kerr, pictured in her new H&M; campaign, is just one of the many avid Instagram fans who may jump at the chance to turns her snaps into nail art

'My new obsession @NailSnaps! One heckuva idea!' one tweeter wrote.

'Smudge your nails regularly? @NailSnaps is your new saviour transferring your photos to your fingernails #nosalonneeded #girlproblems', tweeted another.

The NailSnaps Facebook page has quickly gained over 1,334 likes and the campaign has 13 days left on the clock. You can back the project here.

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Now that's very very cool. Beautiful, the design ideas would be endless.

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Boring. Just a printer company.

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How wonderful, brilliant ,

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There is a website that already offers this service.

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I can tell I'm going to have an enormous end of month bill. I have a twelve year old, girly, fashion obsessed daughter.

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Just say no?

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Lovely..

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