A touch of glitter nail polish can make an ordinary nail look go from meek to chic within minutes. Follow these simple steps to recreate the look.
- Choose your favorite base coat and paint over clean dry nails. We used “Nail Foundation Priming Basecoat” by Butter London ($18).
- Next, we painted all nails with a pink coral color called “Kerfuffle” by Butter London ($15). This look works well with any nude to pink nail polish. Just make sure to use a shade that is opaque and not darker than the glitter shade that will be utilized later.
- Once all nails are completely dry, proceed by painting all nails with a matte top coat. Your matte nails will now serve as a muted backdrop for the glitter striped nails to be applied next. We selected Butter London’s “Matte Finish Shine Free Topcoat” ($19) for this look.
- Next comes the fun part. Use a thin to medium size striping brush and dip it into a golden glitter nail polish. If you don’t have a striping brush – no worries. Simply use the glitter nail polishes brush in the exact same way. Our glitter nail lacquer of choice was “West End Wonderland” by Butter London ($15).
- Next, set the glitter polish with a shiny top coat and allow to dry. Be sure to avoid other areas of the nail that have the matte finish. We used Butter London’s “Hardware P.D. Quick Topcoat” ($19).
- Clean up any mistakes with a fine striping brush dipped into 100% Acetone nail polish remover.
- Now…enjoy your new nail look. 🙂
Note: All products used for this look are from Butter London. In comparison to other nails polish brands, these are more expensive. However, keep in mind that Butter London prides itself in never using paraben, formaldehyde, toluene, DBP, or phthalates.