Glitter help?

[kylz]

For a while i have been buying glittered acrylic, some pre mixed and others you have to mix....im wondering if you can use normal glitter from the newsagency? I tried with my daughters glitter and it worked out just the same (and is alot cheaper).

Have people been doing this for years? Or is there a special reason why the proper nail glitter is used?

 

[Saucygirl]

I tried regular old glitter from the dollar store and mixed it in to my acrylic powder.

It took a few tries to get the ratio correct, but they held up perfectly.

 

[Nail Delights]

Just be carefull colour doesn't run with really cheap glitter otherwise there should be no problem

 

[princesspugpug]

i do this all the time...its far cheaper than buying colour acrylic powder. You just have to be careful when filing as sometimes colour glitter is silver with a colour coating on it and the silver comes through if filed to much.

 

[loubylou]

Arts and craft stores are good places to get your glitters from hth

 

[Bagpuss]

I have got glitters from all over...even WHSsmith's...but the best by far have to be Nail Graphix...Fiona on here sells them...AOL Search

 

[tracey louise]

ive acually bought glitters from a cake shop so you can eat them as they are edible,im not sure that i would want glitter stuck in my teeth though:lol:.they work perfectly fine and work out a lot cheaper.you can see some pics in my album of these glitters.
ive also found that in the cake shop i go in you get sooooooo much more choice of colours.x

 

[Bev Rose]

I've tried glitters from ASDA, Hobbycraft and lots of places, but to be honest, they can be mind numbing tedious as, as someone else said, if you file too much, they go silver!

Have a look at Nail Graphix as Angie (bagpuss) has recomended, Fiona has some fantastic colours and you won't go far wrong with those.

 

[suzie49]

I was having a conversation this conversation earlier with another geek, I have spent a fortune on Gel glitters, only to find that most clients want me to add more of my dry glitter I always carry in pots, so I just give up buying it now, so much cheaper to buy from art shops, Asda and even cake shops lol..I didn't know about that one

 

[loubylou]

ive acually bought glitters from a cake shop so you can eat them as they are edible,im not sure that i would want glitter stuck in my teeth though:lol:.they work perfectly fine and work out a lot cheaper.you can see some pics in my album of these glitters.
ive also found that in the cake shop i go in you get sooooooo much more choice of colours.x

LOL that would be no good to me, i dont allow food at the nail desk so i would be breaking my own rule by eating more than i applied to the nails lol :lol:

 

[Vanish]

Interesting thread...
I use everything I can...-
collection 2000 "dazzle me!" about £4.00
"Mega sparcle" by Makwins is about £2.50
and plenty of other stuff from Boots.. I found that microglitter or glitter dust give the acrylic powder and gel very nice colour if you mix them together.. I like experiments... not on clients though... trying everything on myself first...

 

[Doorie]

For a while i have been buying glittered acrylic, some pre mixed and others you have to mix....im wondering if you can use normal glitter from the newsagency? I tried with my daughters glitter and it worked out just the same (and is alot cheaper).

Have people been doing this for years? Or is there a special reason why the proper nail glitter is used?

didn't read the answers so they may of been given...

the glitter that are already added to your powder have been tested as not to warm too much when the l/p cures.

the one you obuy from anywhere CAN get violently hot and it hurts lots. like Gel, but hurts more as you cannot take it out of the lamp since there's no lamp.

so you have to check before, apply a thin layper of clear on a form or paper, then your glitter mix on it, and on your skin, and see what happens.

the other thing you have to pay attention to is that some glitters may discolor in your monomer... so again, you have to check.

these are the 2 main problems I've had with homemade mix...

so the lesson I learnt was: either buy already done mix, or use Make Up glitters, there are not made the same as the ones you can find in an art shop and then usually are too tiny to get silver if you file them.

hth