Nail Polish Made with Pigment!!!

Homemade Nail Polish!

What you need:

Pigment (not eyeshadow!!!)

Clear Nail Polish

Popsicle stick for mixing

 Plastic egg carton or any container you don't care about anymore

So, here are my pigments. The only ones I own are a gold and a silver from MAC.

^ Here's the supplies ^

Pour some polish into your egg carton/palette and mix in some pigment.

Use an old nail polish brush to paint your nail. Once it's dry, finish it off with a top coat.

 So, why can't you use eye shadow??? Well eye shadow and pigment have some subtle differences, one being that pigment is a finer powder than eye shadow. So, if you mix the eye shadow and nail polish together, and you paint it on your nail, it will come out lumpy and gross.

Also, as you can see above, the original eye shadow color that I used is a light neon blue. (I love wearing btw!) When mixed with the nail polish, however, it darkens up and doesn't look like the original color anymore. 

So.... another difference between a pigment and an eye shadow is that pigments are far more concentrated in color. Eye shadows are mixed with powder because they are used to blend and be layered, so it makes sense that it would be less concentrated. Pigments react way better when mixed with mixing mediums, water, creme, moisturizer, hair gel, etc. With pigments, the possibilities are endless!

^ Eww. Lumpy.^

Some Nail Art Designs I have collected...

Ignore the writing on the left.

Peacock Nails

These nails are inspired by our feathery friend, the peacock!

Tutorial Here

I used:

OPI in Jade is the New Black (NL H45)

Milani in Disco Lights (#89)

OPI in Suzi Says Feng Shui (NL H46)

OPI in Dating a Royal (NL B70)

Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Top Coat

Newspaper Nails

Aren't these nails interesting? They are super easy to make and will leave your friends amazed!

Tutorial Here

I used:

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White On (4860-21, #300)

Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Top Coat

Nebula Nails

These nails are super interesting but still elegant. It's amazing that you can capture this kind of beauty so easily!

Tutorial Here 

I used: 

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out (4860-28, #300)

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White On (4860-21, #28)

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Lightening (4917-10, #250)

N.Y.C.  in Classic Coral Creme (130A)

N.Y.C. in Skin Tight Denim Creme (115A)
Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Top Coat

If you don't have any makeup sponges, don't fret, you can cut up a regular old dish sponge, or head to your local Sephora (at the makeup booths, there are some that you can just grab). Or you can just purchase them, they aren't too expensive.

Kiwi Nails

These nails look so lifelike, i might just take a bite! 

Tutorial Here

I used: Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Ivy League

Sally Hansen in White On (4860-21, #300)

Sally Hansen in Black Out (4860-28, #28)
Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Top Coat

Panda Nails

 

These cute nails are great for school and you'll get a lot of attention because they are so darn cute!!!

Tutorial here
I used: 

 A super light pink color as a base

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in White On (4860-21, #300)

Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Black Out (4860-28, #28)

Sally Hansen Maximum Growth Top Coat