Tutorial : Making your own nail polish with pigments

This is how i make my own polishes with pigments / mineral eyeshadows / glitters or even crushed pressed eyeshadow ! I hope this tutorial will be helpful . It's a fun way to use pigments and you can crush pressed eyeshadows to a fine powder and add it to your clear polish . I prefer to use shimmery or mettalic colors ( because i love these the most ) , but you can use matte ones too . This will give you a more opaque / cream finish . I also prefer to use a topcoat at the end ! That gaurantees you a shiny finish . Sometimes i make glitter polishes , but make sure you have polish save glitters . I mean : some glitter will loose their color when added to a clear polish ! You can use these at the way i will show you now , once applied on the nail the color will stay , but if  you will make a complete bottle of this , you have to be sure it don't loose any color. Otherwise it will turn into a translucent glitter or just silver glitter . The color that i'm going to use for this tuto is from Aromaleigh . It has glitter in it , so it's important to add the pigment step by step to the right consistency . I use 1/4 tbsp polish and 1 scoop pigment . If you add too much , your polish will be too thick and the glitter won't show up on your nails . Also , the polish will chip quicker.

Okay ... on to the tutorial now !



What do we need :



a clear polish
a pigment of your choice
a paper towel
a tiny scoop ( 0.15cc )
a mixing palette
polish remover
a top coat
a false nail for a color test (optional , you can use your own nail ofcourse :D)
a base coat
a primer

The color i'm going to use : Aromaleigh Looking Glass (Wonderstruck)

Let's start !

Step 1 : Take the palette and put 1/4 tbsp of clear polish in it ( this is plenty enough to do your nails with 2 coats , even 3 coats ! )

Step 2 : drop 1 scoop with pigment or shadow into the polish

Step 3 : take a toothpick or the brush of your clear nail polish ( this is what i do ) and mix together . Don't do this too fast , you don't want any airbubbles into the polish !

The consistency should look something like this ...

Step 4 : Apply one coat on a false nail (or use your own nails) and this is how it looks after 1 coat

And after 2 coats ....

Now polish your nails !

Use 1 layer primer , 1 layer Base Coat , 2 layers of your homemade polish and finish with 1 layer Top Coat.

Clean your polish brush and palette with remover . Use cleaning gloves after your nails are completely dry , to preventing any removal of polish on your nails when using the remover. Put some remover into the palette and clean the brush , use a paper towel to remove the color product , repeat this until the brush is clean. Now you can put the brush back into your bottle of clear polish !

After 1 layer : 

And after 2 layers and Top coat : 

You can see the glitter showing up on the nail , the picture doesn't show it very well , but in the sunlight it's absolutely gorgeous !

Enjoy !





EOTD : Copy-Cat look : WnW Comfort Zone / Sugarpill Magentric

Today a Copy-Cat look :D I saw this look a few days ago at Amanda's Blog Glitter and Toucan's . I love it , so i decided to copy it , sort of , because my pink is different then the pink she used . It's a fun look .

WnW Comfort zone

Sugarpill Magentric

Yves Rocher Jumbo Pencil Or Soleil

What i used :

Essence Rock Chicks Primer

Base : Beige color from Sleek's I-divine Primer Palette

Inner lid , inner lower lashline : Eyelid color (green) from WnW Comfort Zone palette

Middle of lid : Eyelid color (brown side) from WnW Comfort zone palette

Outer lid , V , Crease , lower lashline : Sugarpill Magentric

Browbone to tear duct : Browbone Color (brown side) from WnW Comfort Zone palette

Liner : Catrice Liquid eyeliner Metallic Black

Waterline : Yves Rocher Jumbo Pencil Or soleil (Jardins des Nymphes)

Black Volume Mascara

NOTD : Essence Irreplaceable and a konad nailart

A summery nail with an accent on the ringfinger .

Essence 50 Irreplaceable

Catrice 440 I wear my sunglasses at night

What i used :

Orly Primetime : 1 layer
Orly Bonder : 1 layer
Essence 50 Irreplaceable : 2 layers
China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat : 1 layer


Before the top coat at did a stamping nailart on my ringfinger . Made with Konad Image plate M57 and i used a regular nailpolish for the stamping ( Catrice 440 I wear my sunglasses at night) .

EOTD/FOTD : Catrice quad : I Want That

This is a super easy look with a drugstore palette from Catrice

Catrice Quad : 030 I want that

What i used :

UDPP
Base  :  LASplash eyeshadow sealer/base on the lid
Lid : the grey-silver color
crease (blended up): the brown color
inner corner : the shimmery light color
Browbone : NYX e.s Pure Skin
Liner and lower liner , waterline : UD 24/7 Zero
on top of it : the glittery black color
Black Volume Mascara


Bare skin
Lips : Lipsmackers lipbalm

EOTD : Aromaleigh Astronomical : Perihelion / Fusion / Event Horizon and Darling Girl Glitter

This is just an experimental eyelook . But i liked it , so i want to share it with my lovely readers :D . You don't see the glitter very well on the pics , but i they are there !

Have a nice weekend ! <3

Darling Girl Glitter Glue

Aromaleigh Perihelion

Aromaleigh Fusion

Aromaleigh Event Horizon

Sleek I-Divine Storm Palette

Darling Girl Pixie Sprinkles "21 Guns"

Yves Rocher Duo khol Bleu Glacier - Violine

What i used :

UDPP

Darling Girl Glitter Glue on the lid and lower lashline

inner 1/3 lid and inner corner : AL Perihelion (Astronomical)

outer part of lid , lower lashline : AL Fusion (Astronomical)

Crease (blended up) : AL Event Horizon (Astronomical)

Outer V , darken the crease a bit : Dark Green from Sleek's Storm Palette (2nd row , 3th from left)

Browbone : Shimmery Nude color from Sleek's Storm Palette (1st row , 2nd from left)

Liner : Catrice LE Liquid eyeliner : Rock the Party

on top of the liner : Darling Girl Pixie Sprinkles "21 Guns" mixed with lining gel

Waterline : Yves Rocher duo khol Violine

Black Volume Mascara