Quick Tips: Glitter Burnishing Technique (Cheat Way)

DISCLAIMER: I did not come up with the glitter burnishing technique and only heard of it via Cristine aka SimplyNailLogical

Glitter Burnishing - What on earth is that?

Glitter burnishing is the process of applying loose glitter in a way that all the lovely glitter pieces lie flat on your nail. As a result you get a lot of lil goodies;

- Your nail has a nice smooth, professional finish instead of a jagged, rough surface.

- The glitter appears shinier when the light hits it.

Of course, like with chrome powder application a good way to do this is gel polish.

BUT BUT BUT

Here at TipsforFingertips, I like to find a cheat way to everything mostly because finding the goods in AU is pretty much impossible.

Fellow nail bloggers tell you to invest in a brand of basecoat known as 'Yellow Stopper'. The reason being that Yellow Stopper is a rubberized base coat and admittedly it is SO SO GOOD for Glitter Burnishing

As an Australian, everything is out of reach for us. So basically getting my hands on Yellow Stopper is a wee challenge. But I am determined to not let that stop me!

What have I discovered? You can actually burnish glitter with your normal, favourite topcoat.

SAY WHHHAAATTT?!!

Hear me out ok. The trick is to NOT dunk your nail in that beautiful glitter. Instead, find a tool that you can use to lightly sprinkle glitter with. Here are some suggestions:

- A teaspoon

- The flat end of your tweezers

- A tiny tiny spoon (I'm using one from a Barbie set...)

1. Now use your chosen utensil to sprinkle glitter all over your nail (yes it is probably going to end up all over your fingers)

2. IMMEDIATELY after you've sprinkled the glitter, take your ring finger and lightly stroke/brush the glitter into the surface of the nail.

Why the ring finger?

Your ring finger is the weakest finger on your hand, a lot of skin care and makeup tells you to use your ring finger to lightly apply product.

For us, by using the ring finger you apply enough pressure to flatten the glitter but not enough to smudge your base coat.

Once all the glitter has stuck to your topcoat, take a fan brush and lightly brush over the surface of your nail, all the excess will just fall off your finger.

So why does this technique work?!

Well, glitter burnishing is basically when you lie glitter flat on your nail. Using my cheat technique you are technically taking the glitter that is semi stuck and resting on your wet nail and lightly nudging it into the correct orientation.

Here is a little video from my Instagram account (@tipsforfingertips) showing how puretty burnished glitter looks: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWbopHSBErv/?taken-by=tipsforfingertips

Thank you so much for reading this 'quick tips' post and until next time, stay lovely <3