DIY Sheer Tints Nail Polish

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of hype around the OPI Sheer Tints polishes and Sally Hansen Palm Beach (super sheer) Jellies. If you haven’t seen swatches, Frazzle and Aniploish has excellent comparisons of both here. However, I have heard bad things about the OPI formula and the sheerness of the Sally Hansens, so I though I’d experiment with making my own sheer tints.

The Ingredients

They were very, very simple to make. I used red, yellow, and blue NYC polishes I already had (swatched here). You can use cremes or jellies, but make sure that they don’t have a strong white base – that won’t work as well.

I wanted to make small bottles, so I bought inexpensive Sally Girl clear polish (you can use any clear polish or top coat, or use suspension base). I simply poured out enough clear polish so that I could fit 3-4 drops of colored polish in the bottles, added the colored polish drops, shook the bottles, and voilà! Sheer tints!

DIY Sheer Polishes

They are a touch streaky (which could probably be fixed by mixing them more thoroughly), but work beautifully for nail art, which is why I wanted them in the first place.

One coat of each; the red is a little bit more opaque than I intended, and you can see that they’re a bit streaky.

Super easy nail art!

Do you ever franken (mix) your own nail polishes?

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DIY Sheer Tints Nail Polish is a post from Project Swatch.