The ABCs: W for Wild Peacock

Another franken saves the day!

I wasn’t quite happy with how sparse the glitters were in Spoiled Pet My Peacock, so I figured I’d franken something with it since it went so well the last time. I found a purple jelly I had frankened earlier, and in the glitter went! I don’t know if it’s my favorite polish in the world, but it is a lot more interesting than PMP on its own. Oh, and I called it Wild Peacock, you know, just because.

Not too shabby!

What do you do with polishes you’re not crazy about?

The ABCs: Q for Quelle Surprise!

So there I was again, without a polish to write about for the next letter in the alphabet. Now what? Luckily, I went to town yesterday, and of course I had to pick up some polish while I was at it. One of the laquers I found was H&M Confetti, a DL Happy Birthday-inspired number. When I got home, I was looking at the bottle and wondering what I should do with it. I really don’t need another sheer layering glitter, so something had to be done. Suddenly, inspiration struck, and I poured the entire bottle into some sheer white, added 10 drops of NYX Inc, and voila! Quelle Surprise! was born.

The result is a baby blue jelly base with gold, silver, red, blue and green glitter in different sizes. Kinda like another Lippmann polish, Glitter In The Air, on steroids. Oh, and the name? I was just surprised that I actually made something that looked kinda cute.

What do you think of my spur of the moment franken? It’s super simple to make on your own, all you need is a mixed glitter with a sheer base and white, and a color of your choice to tint the base. Or you could leave it white, if you prefer that!

Franken Turkeys

Isn’t it strange how you can go from hating a color to craving it like crazy? I used to hate turquoise polish on me, and I even sold my Orly Halley’s Comet, but suddenly I found myself desperate for a teal creme! I didn’t even have time to order something online, I had to have it instantly, so of course the answer was frankening.

I mixed nailstation haute voltige, IsaDora Vintage Mint and two drops of IsaDora Hunter Green, and my franken Turkeys was born! (You might wonder why the polish has such a random name, it’s simply because “turkeys” sounds like the Norwegian word for turquoise, turkis. Cheesy, I know, I know…)

Of course this blue/green wants to look blue and only blue in pictures, but it’s actually more green in real life. The perfect medium between blue and green, I’d say. A darker version of China Glaze For Audrey.

Have you ever done a 180 and gone from hating a polish color on you to wanting and loving it, or is it just me?

Holographic Frankens

With true holographics becoming harder and harder to find, it’s nice to know that one true holo can give you double the bang for the buck. A while ago, I got OPI DS Sapphire in a swap. Sapphire is a light blue holo, very blah on its own, but it works beautifully for frankens! I split it in half and made two new holos from it, which I’m going to show you today.

The first one is made from about 50% OPI DS Sapphire and 50% Isadora Hunter Green. The result is a deep forest green scattered holo, something I’ve never seen before. I call this one Pan.

The second franken is a deep purple scattered holo which I’ve called Smoke On The Water. I mixed 50% OPI DS Sapphire with 50% GOSH Deep Purple. This one is pretty similar to Color Club Wild At Heart.

So which one do you prefer? I think they’re both beautiful, but I have a soft spot for Pan since I’ve never seen a deep green holo before.
Which colors would you franken with a holographic nail polish?

Winter Blues

I’m sure you’ve noticed the lack of posts here the last couple of weeks, the truth is I’ve been so uninspired lately that I simply didn’t feel like blogging. I’m so sick of winter, so I think the weather has been bringing me down a lot. Last week we had a full-blown snow storm, and now it has already snowed heavily for three days in a row. I just want spring! I have a whole bunch of gorgeous holos in my untrieds drawer, but there’s no point in wearing them when there’s no sun, is there? So please, weather gods, BRING THE SPRING ALREADY!

I did take a few pics of some of my manis these last weeks, though, so this post isn’t all whining! The first is of China Glaze Recycle, which I spruced up with a glitter gradient made with nailstation diamond wedding. I’m not bothering with a review of this one, because it’s an old and well-known polish which I’m sure a lot of you have either tried or read about before. It’s a very nice grey creme, that’s for sure.

Here’s today’s mani, with my franken Grace as a base, stamped with BM 15 and China Glaze Admire.

Gizmo braves the snowy weather just to turn in to a snow-cat.

Cross your fingers for spring, sun and warmer weather, guys! I’m chewing the wallpaper right now, I got to get some grass under my feet! And not least HOLOS on my fingers! Yeah!

I hope I see you soon, guys!
Love, S.