Beauty Tricks And Tips...by Camilla <3

Make Your Own Custom Nail Polish At Home!

This will teach you how to make your own nail polish colors using eyeshadow and glitter.

It's an excellent way to get custom nail polish colors you couldn't get otherwise. And I love the way this nail polish goes on and the way it dries - it's much more matte and shimmery than regular nail polish.

Plus, making your own nail polish is very cheap and fast - so why not give it a try?

Step 1: what you'll need:

clear nail polish

eyeshadow (I bet blush would work too!)

craft glitter

a couple sheets of paper

a toothpick

Step 2: empty out some of the polish

Picture of empty out some of the polish

Step one and the most important step!

Pour a tiny bit of polish out of the bottles into/onto something you were throwing away anyway. I used a ziploc bag. You'll need extra room in the bottle for the eyeshadow or glitter you're adding.

In the picture, the polish on the left has had a little poured out, and the polish on the right is a full bottle.

Step 3: make a paper funnel

This will help you get everything into the polish bottles with very little mess.

You'll need a new funnel for every color of eyeshadow or blush you use, otherwise cross contamination is going to happen!

I folded a piece of printer paper twice so I ended up with fold lines to cut it into four smaller pieces and then used those to make my funnels.

Step 4: prep the eyeshadow

Use a butter knife or whatever you like to scrape the eyeshadow from the compact and onto a piece of paper. Then chop the eyeshadow up - you don't want any big clumps, because those will be trickier to mix into the polish.

Step 5: funnel it into the bottle and shake!

Unscrew the cap and wipe the excess polish off the brush and set it to the side on a scrap of paper so it doesn't ruin anything. :)

Use the piece of paper you've chopped the eyeshadow up on to transfer the eyeshadow - just fold it in half and tip it into the funnel.

Tap the funnel to get the eyeshadow to fall down into the bottle. If the eyeshadow gets grumpy and starts to clump at the bottom of the funnel, use a toothpick to help push it through. This happened almost every time.

Try to be quick while doing this, otherwise the nail polish brush can dry out and you'll have to get the nail polish remover after it to clean it up.

This polish will settle after it's been sitting around for a few hours, but it is easily remedied by a bit more shaking. :D

If you're unsure about how much eyeshadow to use, see the next step!

Step 6: how much eyeshadow should I use?

The eyeshadows I'm using are 4 oz each. Using the whole 4 oz gave a highly pigmented opaque polish, while using half the eyeshadow gave a really sheer polish (shown on my thumb).

I'm not a fan of sheer polishes, so I went with the full 4 oz tray of eyeshadow.

Step 7: glitter polish!

Picture of glitter polish!

I chose not to mix the glitter + clear polish + eyeshadow because I'm not a fan of colored glitter polishes... but I'd love to know how it works out if anyone tries it!

I used the same method as the eyeshadow - tipped some glitter into the funnel and then lots of shaking. I'd say I used about 1/2 teaspoon of glitter per bottle. You just want it to look nice and full when shaken.

Keep in mind that the glitter will settle to the bottom when not in use - just shake well before every use and shake occasionally while applying too and you'll be good to go!