GLAMOUR Tries: I tried the TikTok hack which simplifies coloured French tips – this is how it turned out

There’s no better pastime than testing out the coolest new skincare/makeup/hair trends and snazzy innovations in beauty tech from the comfort of your own home. That said, there’s nothing more frustrating than spending upwards of £100 on a new at-home facial system or snazzy pair of hair straighteners, only to find out they don’t *actually* work.

Enter GLAMOUR Tries: the weekly Instagram series which sees GLAMOUR editors do all of the time-consuming (and expensive) work for you.

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Yep, we’ve been busy trying out all of the wacky and wonderful beauty crazes to take the internet (read: TikTok) by storm – from Dyson’s Supersonic Flyaway Attachment (the smoothing hair tool of dreams) to Dr. Harris’ Anti-Wrinkle Sleep Mask and Dr. Jart+’s Cryo Rubber So Cool Duo face masks. These are the products every influencer/gen-Z beauty slueth/beauty editor is talking about on the internet – but that you want to be sure about before parting with your money.

Thanks to GLAMOUR Tries, Beauty and Entertainment Assistant Sheilla Mamona decided to try a TikTok hack which simplifies the coloured French tip nail trend *everyone* is donning. Using none other than Peacci nail polishes, of course.

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“For this hack, you are going to need nail polishes and any kind of soft surface,” Shei said. It could be a foam, a sponge or a beauty blender.

“I’ve already painted my base coat and I’m going to do the French tip with this Peacci nail polish.

“So TikTok is telling me I have to pop some nail polish in the sponge and dip my finger in and swizzle it around a little bit and it should give me the perfect French tip.”

The result? “This is the thing about me. I’m really good at a lot of things in this life, but nails just isn’t one of them. From a distance? She’s cute, y’know? But when you get up close it wasn’t giving the perfection that TikTok sold to me. I probably should’ve given it a couple more tries, and had my nail polish remover on deck… and if I was going to do that, then your base colour would have to be gel so you could just remove it and go again.”