Pearl Nail Art at Home: The Glazed Finish Tutorial

Pearl nails, cat eye nails, velvet finish nails — they look complicated. They're not. You need the right powder and about ten minutes.

Here's exactly how to do it.

What you'll need

• One Step Gel in your colour of choice
• Glazed Nail Powder
• UV/LED Nail Lamp
• Optional Top Coat
• Nail Art Palette (or anything flat to mix on)
• Dotting Tool (for mixing)
• ThinLiner Nail Art Brush
• Round Nail Art Brush

How to do it

1. Apply and cure 2–3 coats of your One Step Gel, then one coat of Top Coat
2. Drop a small amount of Top Coat onto your palette, add a pinch of Glazed Powder, and mix with your Dotting Tool
3. Dip your ThinLiner Brush into the mixture and draw a diagonal line from one bottom corner to the opposite top corner
4. Use your Round Brush to slowly spread that line sideways into a gradient across the nail, then cure
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until you've built up the depth you want
6. Seal with a final coat of Top Coat and cure

Watch the full technique below.