DIY Glitter Nail Polish

DIY Glitter Nail Polish Tools

A good glitter nail polish is hard to find. Typically, the glitter isn't chunky or satisfying enough. When the glitter is chunky, there's not enough of it so I have to glop something like four coats just to get a measly scattering of glitter pieces per nail. Can you relate? The good news is that glitter nail polish is incredibly easy to make by yourself and customize to your liking. Using this tutorial you can make a glittery nail polish that meets all of your criteria for color, chunkiness, and coverage. Oh yeah, let's do this!

What You'll Need:

  • Glitter of your choice
  • Clear or translucent nail polish of your choice
  • A piece of paper
  • Pencil or pen
  • Tape
  • Shoebox lid or newspaper

Making the paper funnel.

The first step is to make a paper funnel. This seems pretty self-explanatory in theory, but I fumbled a little bit with it at first, so please allow me to save you any fumbling. Place a pencil or pen on the paper to secure a hole at the bottom, wrap the paper around and tape the funnel in place. Ta da!

DIY Glitter Nail Polish -- Ready to begin!
Your tools are ready: clear nail polish, paper funnel, and glitter!

DIY Glitter Nail Polish -- In Process!
Use an old shoebox lid or newspaper as a tray to catch any spillage.

Place the funnel over the nail polish bottle and pour in a little bit of glitter at a time, tapping the funnel to encourage it into the bottle. Replace the bottle top and shake! You may want to test it out and see if you're thinking, "Needs more glitter!" If so, add more until you're satisfied. That's it!

DIY Glitter Nail Polish
I'm wearing one coat (yay!) layered over Sally Hansen "Commander In Chic" gray polish.
There you have it... custom DIY Glitter Nail Polish! :D

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Filed in: DIY, Make-Up by Annie Spandex.


21 Responses to “DIY Glitter Nail Polish”

  1. stylefyles, on October 21st, 2010 at 8:31 pm Said:

    Even the paper you are using as a funnel is super rad.

    You are impossibly cool.

    Love this glitter DIY … is it durable too?

  2. maya (byebyesoccermom), on October 21st, 2010 at 8:58 pm Said:

    you are so clever! looks really cute. I have that same polish minus glitter. I wore Commander in Chic all summer and still love it.

  3. Marilyn, on October 21st, 2010 at 9:31 pm Said:

    I love the idea its a great diy

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  5. daisychain, on October 22nd, 2010 at 4:50 am Said:

    Oh hello, I love you for this x

  6. ediot, on October 22nd, 2010 at 5:59 am Said:

    you’re so inspirational dear! man i wanna play with you. both dress-up and diy.
    we should totally hook up! have a great week

    and oh- hope you can get the collection online dear

    xx

  7. jasna, on October 22nd, 2010 at 1:59 pm Said:

    Oooh your nails look awesome babe! Have a lovely wknd xx

  8. Vint Junky, on October 22nd, 2010 at 5:02 pm Said:

    Oh you’re a crafty one Annie ;)
    I think it’ll try it with gold on black
    x

  9. Style Eyes, on October 23rd, 2010 at 1:23 am Said:

    Another great DIY, I wish I had time to try them all out

  10. Grant, on October 23rd, 2010 at 4:59 am Said:

    I love your DIY projects and your love of glitter.

    Xx

  11. Erica Lee, on October 23rd, 2010 at 11:28 am Said:

    Wow..I was totally going to go out & look for some OPI glitter polish today but I have to say that this DIY version sounds MUCH cooler.

    You rock :)

  12. Marta, on October 24th, 2010 at 3:32 am Said:

    great job! love your nails!

  13. Layla, on October 24th, 2010 at 9:52 am Said:

    So simple and I never would have thought of it! This is why you’re the tits, Annie Spandex.

  14. syd vicious, on October 24th, 2010 at 6:06 pm Said:

    Your nails turned out fabulous!! Love how colorful they are.

    P.S. the willoh tees are super cute.

  15. Christel, on October 25th, 2010 at 5:03 pm Said:

    I did that once but with finest glitter and it stays at the bottom of the bottle, very dificult to shake !
    http://selenite.weebly.com/

  16. Annie Spandex, on October 26th, 2010 at 7:03 am Said:

    Stylefyles – It’s origami paper. ;) Durability depends on the polish. I chose Petites which is very durable. However, I will also say that I’ve always found glitter nail polish a pain to remove, so chances are good that most any polish will turn out pretty durable!

    Maya – Like you I’ve been wearing it constantly! I didn’t want to remove it for this post, though maybe I should have to just show off the glitter.

    FishHawk – Thank you!! x

    daisychain – Feeling is mutual :*

    ediot – Total slumber party style!! x

    Vint Junky – Ohh, don’t mix glitter in with black polish unless it’s quite translucent. Gold glitter with clear polish layered over black polish however, that would be brilliant!! Now I want to make gold glitter polish…

    Grant – And I love you!

    Erica Lee – I honestly hate OPI. I know people like it but the ones I’ve gotten have all been awful and overpriced. I think I’m missing something. :/

    Layla – Hehe ;)

    Syd – Thanks for the Wiloh love!!

    Christel – Maybe drop in a ball bearing or something small and metal to help shake it up?

    EVERYONE – Thanks so much!! Ohh, who tweeted? Twitter doesn’t always show me. Lots of love!! xxoxox

  17. Angela Deaton, on October 26th, 2010 at 9:14 am Said:

    I absolutely adore glitter nalipolish!! I love this DIY! I am going to go read up on more of your DIYs!!

    XX

  18. Danielle, on October 31st, 2010 at 11:32 am Said:

    This DIY is Bitchin’ !!!!!

  19. Marte, on November 1st, 2010 at 11:50 am Said:

    I love it! I want to go out and buy me some glitter right now!

  20. TheAL, on November 3rd, 2010 at 9:12 am Said:

    Excellent idea! I’ll definitely try this out. Love the purple color you chose as the base.

  21. TheAL, on November 3rd, 2010 at 9:15 am Said:

    Great idea! Thanks for sharing it. I also love the purple you chose for the base. :-)

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