Coca Cola/Diet Coke Nails and The Foil Method

Hi! So, I decided to try doing some coca-cola and diet coke themed nails, after seeing some fast-food ones online. Now, they're not brilliant, because a) I'm a beginner and b) I didn't have a red nail pen, so the red is done with a cotton bud - not easy! But I thought I'd share them anyway, and will definitely be trying them again once I've got a red nail pen (I'm slightly addicted to diet coke!) The gold ones are caffeine-free diet coke since I now have to drink that!

Colours used:

• Barry M Red Glitter
• Nails Inc Wembley
• Nails Inc Greenwich Park
• Andrea Fulerton Dot and Flick, Black
• Barry M Nail Art Pen, Silver
• Barry M Basecoat, Topcoat and Nail Hardener

The photo's not great, and I didn't do close ups as it looked better further away!

I would take more, but this was a few days ago so I've taken it off. Which leads me to another photo... I've been struggling for a while with getting glittery polishes off, and today a friend of mine (Katy from platypus nails) told me about the foil method. First you soak quarters of cotton wool pads in nail polish remover, then put them on your fingers and wrap them tightly in foil for a few minutes. 

quarters of cotton wool

Foil wrapped fingers

The final result

It worked really well! There was a bit left down the sides but I think that was mainly due to the thin cotton wool I used. It was far easier and less messy than my previous attempts! My only tip would be to rip the foil before you start - it's not easy once you have a hand full of foil fingers!

Off to redo my nails in a summery theme since the weather's so nice today, so more pictures soon!