D.I.Y Nail Polish

You may not know this about me but I am big into D.I.Y. Forget the household type, for me beauty D.I.Y is a huge love.

While having a browse on the internet the other day, I decided to google how to make your own nail polish.Turns out it's relatively easy to do so I thought I would give it a bash.

Here's what I did:

• Choose an eyeshadow colour that I thought would make a nice nail polish.
• Use a butter knife to scrap out the eyeshadow into a clear bag.
• Take my frustration out on the bag and crushed the shadow into fine powder.
• Empty 1/3 of my clear nail polish out onto a piece of clingfilm so I could dispose of the nail polish properly. (You can use white polish to get a more pigmented effect)
• Make a funnel out of paper.
• Place the funnel into the nail polish bottle then pour in the eyeshadow.
• Shake! Shake! Shake!

* I actually tipped too much of the nail polish out, next time I will be much more careful*

 

Here is the result

 

 

Once settled the polish does separate a little but nothing that a good shake won't fix

 

Making my own nail polish was great fun, something I will definitely be doing more of but I think next time I will pick up some coloured mica powders. The main reason for this is there was far too much mess breaking up the eyeshadow.

*Competition Alert!! Leave a comment below on what you think about DIY Nail Polish and what your favourite nail polish colour is and one commenter will have a nail polish made up for them. Don't forget to include where you follow me so I can contact you if you win*

I've a couple more posts lined up on the DIY Nail Polish theme so stay tuned.

*If you are having a go at this,please do so in a well ventilated room. Also  just add a little bit of eyeshadow at a time because too much will make a thick unusable polish*