DIY: masquerade mask & matching nail polish!

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I have two DIY ideas that are fun and relatively cheap to do.

The first is an idea on how to easily spruce up a plain masquerade mask. I originally bought this dress because it caught my eye and I thought I could do a rocker chic look with it. I was thinking of possibly wearing it for my birthday next year.

Picture this: ruffle-y purple dress, black leather jacket on top, leather platform boots or stiletto booties. Y/Y?


Enter masquerade party a few months ago. I took a look at this dress and decided I could use it for the masquerade as well! Sorry I have no co-ord pics from the event... it didn't turn out that great anyways, but that's another story...

So for the masquerade party I obviously needed a mask! I decided on a plain silver one.


You'll need some sequins.


Some trim. I really like braided trim for this project but any will do. Lace would look great as well!


You'll need a hot glue gun as well. Now get crafting!!






Add some embellishments. I really like peacock feathers.


I found these awesome Halloween lashes at Winners for 4.99$+tx! Regular price is 9.99$! It even came with a tube of Ardell LashGrip glue and a glitter eyeliner pencil.




It's actually pretty glittery.


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Next I have a nail polish idea that would go well with this set. Or you can just wear this look by itself, it's so pretty!!

I've been playing around with some polish ideas lately ever since finding out about "flakey" nail polish. All of those polishes featured are not easily accessible to me so I thought I'd give a shot at making my own version!

In the end it reminded me of ammolite! so this look will be Flakey/Ammolite Inspired!

What is Ammolite?
Taken from wiki page:

Ammolite is a rare and valuable opal-like organic gemstone found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of the United States and Canada. It is arguably the rarest gemstone on earth, rivaling the rarity of such gemstones as alexandrite and red diamonds. It is made of the fossilized shells of ammonites, which in turn are composed primarily of aragonite, the same mineral that makes up nacreous pearls. It is one of several biogenic gemstones; others include amber and pearl. In 1981, ammolite was given official gemstone status by the World Jewellery Confederation, the same year commercial mining of ammolite began.

What I used:

A bottle of clear nail polish. Something cheap is fine. You'll want to go over everything with a nice top coat anyways.

A package of flakey confetti. I bought this in the craft section of the dollar store. Make sure it's thin and iridescent. Ignore the beads in my package... I used it for something else previously.

Tip: If you have big pieces like the piece pictured above, cut them into smaller pieces so they fit nicer onto your nail.


However method you want to use, get the flakey bits into the bottle of nail polish. If you can get your hands on a mini funnel it would help speed up the process immensely. I couldn't be bothered so I tried a few methods.... ^^;;

Tip: Make sure you are in a well ventilated area when doing this project because it could take awhile to get enough flakey bits into the polish bottle.


Rolling it up seemed easier... I ended up rolling it up and then taking the butt of a small brush to push everything down the hole and into the polish bottle.


It should look something like this.


Now paint your nails. I highly suggest a dark colour in order to fully display the iridescence of the flakey bits.

On my nails: Wet'n'Wild in Morbid (#235)


I love this colour! It's a very dark deep emerald ♥

The finished product! Flakey/Ammolite Inspired nails!! ~~

With flash:

Without flash:







Tip: You can have more densely packed flakey nails if you want. Just get a pair of tweezers and start arranging the pieces the way you want. As well, you can have smaller pieces; just snip, snip, snip away!

Hope you all liked these DIY tutorials and if any of you try it, please show me! I would love to see your interpretations ^^

Ammolite image credits: 1, 2 ,3