Using Glitter Dust.. Not good!

[Miss_Biscuit]

Bought some LUSH glitter dusts at Excel and tried to use them on myself.. I could not get them to "work" (LOL!)

The consistensly wasn't smooth enough and the beads wouldn't stick to the nails very easily... I ended up with lumps of neon pink glitter in place of my french... Filing them made them look worse and now my nails look a mess!! Good advert huh?!

What did I do wrong? Are glitter dusts hard to work with or is my mix ratio with the clear powder crap?!

Help!

 

[Bryony]

Hi,

Try a ratio with more powder to glitter than you've got at present. I tried glitter mixing recently and got too much glitter in the mix ratio and experienced exactly what you've described, once I'd added more powder it was fine and worked a treat!

Try doing a search, as there are various previous threads that give suggested mix ratios. Also, look at www.christiesnails.com, she has some lovely examples of glitter work and gives some recipies too.

 

[Lellipop]

Totally Agree with the above Less is more with glitter dust lol

 

[Miss_Biscuit]

Thanks ladies!