Easy Glitter Polish Removal (tutorial)

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Good morning, lovers! Today I have a really fun tutorial to share with you that may blow your mind.

You know glitter nail polish and how it kind of makes you want to chop your finger tips off when it comes time to remove it? What if I told you that you wont ever need to worry about removing it again and it will only take you a minute or two to get it all completely off? The best part? This method uses absolutely no nail polish remover.

Yes, you are seeing correctly. Elmer's glue with a dash of water, creates a base coat that makes glitter (or any polish) removal absolutely hair-pulling-free! 

First, I emptied a bottle of polish and filled it just slightly with a splash of water.

Next fill the remainder of the bottle with glue and shake to mix.

Polish your clean nails with the glue mixture.
*do not use any other base coat - only the glue mixture*

Very important - Let the glue dry completely. You will know it's dry once your nails appear bare again.

Paint your nails normally and top with your favorite top coat.

I used Party Rockin' by Lush Lacquer - which would typically be a horrendous task to remove.

When it came time to remove my polish I used an orange manicure stick to gently peel it off. Much to your surprise, and mine, it came off almost with zero effort at all. 

And that's it! Zero issues, zero scrubbing and scraping, zero damage to the nail! I plan on using this method of polish removal from now on... under all polish, not just glitter. This should really cut back on my acetone bill, too.

I promise you that the most difficult task of this tutorial is the cleaning out of the polish bottle. The rest is a breeze! Go give it a try and tell me what you think.


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Weekend Escapades.

Monday, 9 July 2012

Happy Monday! Yes, I'm overly cheerful this morning. Mostly because the boyfriend and I went to bed ridiculously early last night - I'm talking grey hair status. We needed it after our weekend, which turned out to be a little more eventful than usual. In a good way!

Saturday morning was a hot one. Seriously though, I melted.

We had to take a little road trip to Gainesville to turn in the boy's old apartment keys and, of course, wave goodbye to his old bachelor pad. I got the pleasure of tossing out some scrumptious looking frozen meals, one that comes to mind is spaghetti and meatballs. Mmm... so. appetizing. Really though men, how hard is it to boil noodles and dump sauce on top?

[Color Club - Modern Pink stamped with Wet n' Wild - Black Creme]

Shocking enough, I rocked these rose nails all weekend and am still rocking them today. Bundle Monster really knocked it out of the park with these last plates!

Saturday, when we got back from our mini road trip we had a little dateski night. First up was a little nosh and vino at Wine Room. I savored it because soon after I found myself in a sports bar watching men beat the shiz out of each other. Girlfriend points, fo sho. At least it was a place where it's socially acceptable to drink multiple whiskey cocktails, yeah?

Sunday I had a little lunch and retail therapy session with one of my besties. I picked up this fantastic bow ring from, where else, Forever 21. Leopard, bows, awesomeness.

We spent the latter end of last night hanging out on our front porch grilling and having some brews. That boy of mine made some OMGKILLER boneless BBQ ribs on the grill. He's going to wish he never sprung those little bits of heaven on me because I'm going to be requesting them on the reg now.

Me and my girly hanging out, watching the grill master at work.

[Urban Outfitters - Smush, Urban Outfitters - Sea Dust, Love & Beauty - Fuscia, Lush Lacquer - Birthday Cake, Party Rockin, Lite Brite, Models Own - Purple Blue, Aqua Violet Beetle Juice, Golden Green Beetle Juice]

Lastly, I figured I'd share my weekend polish haul. Mostly because the last 6 bottles in this photo make me incredibly happy. I've been so obsessed with Lush Lacquer lately and these are my newest additions to my LL collection. I found the Models Own polishes at Urban Outfitters for $4.99 a piece, which is a total steal considering they're normally $10 a bottle. Score! 

I hope everyone has the least Monday-like Monday possible!

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