Franken time!

Today I have a very simple franken to show you, I used WnW clear, Maybelline Acoustic Azure, silver hex glitter and silver holo glitter. AA was a great base to use, it's so pigmented that it holds up well to the addition of clear. I'm a terrible namer, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know.





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Black Cat - holo franken

I know I already swatched this around Halloween, but I was just in the mood. This is my Spectraflair franken I named Black Cat. I just used WnW Black Creme, WnW clear and some Spectraflair (fine grade). I love the result, but it makes me want to get some of the coarser grade from More Nail Polish while it's still available!





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Color Morphing franken - fail

Remember my Revlon Royal post the other day? I mentioned that I decided to franken a top coat using all three of the color morphing pigments mixed together. Well here is the result. I was hoping for some color shifting fabulousness, but instead, it was just a sparkly mess. Not terrible, but it lost it's shifting ability, there was just too much going on.

Shade


sunlight


Oh well, it was worth a try I guess ☺

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Milani: Black Cherry + Color Morphing topcoat

I can't believe how hard it was for me to capture a decent photo of Black Cherry. I wore this mani all last week and don't want to admit how many photos I took of it until I finally got a decent one. I love this polish, it's an amazing blackened burgundy shimmer, which is like the perfect vampy red. So dark, but you can still tell it's burgundy.



So, after a couple of days I decided to add a bit of a kick to my Black Cherry mani. I added the red/green color morphing topcoat I frankened using the pigment I got from More Nail Polish. Check out the colors, red, gold, and green (I should name this franken Karma Chameleon! LOL). Amazing!!







Here's a little closeup:



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Color Morphing Top Coat

So I just got my color morphing powders in from More Nail Polish and I'm currently obsessed with the Red to Green powder. She had the wonderful idea of frankening these into topcoats, which is what I did too. You can view her post on the color morphing colors here on her website. THANK YOU so much for making these available to other bloggers ♥

I decided to wear mine over Loreal Femme Noir and I adore the combo. I actually wore this for a full week and never got tired of it, which is saying alot! LOL.

Look at the color shift in these picks, red, gold, green....love it!










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SpectraFlair holo frankens

So I thought it would be nice to showcase all of my SpectraFlair frankens in one post. I know I've been SF crazy for a while, so I promise I'll give it a rest for a bit after this.


This is my holo topcoat franken I named Starshine:


A W E S O M E over black!


Here is my black holo named Black Cat:


This is my un-named blue franken from the other day:


and these I haven't posted yet. This is a dark purple color, bordering on blurple. It shows much lighter in the swatch then IRL. I haven't named this one yet:


and lastly my attempt at a red franken. It's a bit too pink for me, so I may play with it a bit. I like how the holo effect shows blue in this one. This is also un-named so far:


and that's all of 'em for now. I have one bottle with clear and some pigment in it waiting for me to be inspired. This was all made with only one gram of pigment, and I still have more left in the bag, probably 2 or more frankens worth. I wonder if I should be added a bit more pigment to some of them?

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China Glaze Fortune Teller + Starshine franken

Starshine, you used to be silver, love light love affair, you used to make me shiver........ah, but I'm getting ahead of myself.


First off, I couldn't wait to any longer to use a Halloween background. I know it's early, but I'm just feeling the season lately. I promise I'll wait until closer to October to full on decorate for Halloween. ha ha. But in that spirit, today's NOTD is Fortune Teller from China Glaze. FT was a Sally's exclusive color from a couple of years ago. This is such a brilliant color, a black base with regular and hex orange glitter mixed in. So appropite for the season and it's got a cool name too ♥



Here's a good view of the glitter, make sure to enlarge:


and finally, my holo topcoat franken that I've named Starshine. The recipe is easy, it's just SpectraFlair pigment mixed in clear nail polish. Unfortunately, it's not a great combo with Fortune Teller because it covers up the orange glitter. Still, you can see how cool it looks over black.


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Holo Franken: ??

Hmm, I think this is a franken in progress. It's still a bit too light for me, I think I want a darker blue, kind of like OPI DS Glamour....so I'm giving myself an excuse for not naming it yet! LOL.



I used Chelsea's Oscar Blue, clear and SpectraFlair pigment. What do you think, should I leave it or tweak it a bit?

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Holo Franken: Black Cat

So is anybody else in the Halloween spirit? I can't wait for September so I can start decorating!!! ha ha. I just got in my SpectraFlair pigment and the 1st holo I wanted to make is a black (ala My Private Jet). I was trying to come up with a cute name for it....I'm lousy at franken names....so I decided it give it a Halloween touch and name it Black Cat.

I used Wet and Wild Black Creme, clear and SpectraFlair.





It's so holo-y!!


I'm very pleased with the results. For great SpectraFlair frankening tips, please visit More Nail Polish. I used her straw technique and instructions at the bottom of the post.

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Franken Friday!

Yikes, I honestly don't remember if this is one I did or if it's a Shmoopy franken. Either way, I adore it! It's an amazing pale blurple glitter holo (blue + purple = blurple) that just dazzles in the sunlight. I used one coat of Gelous overtop and it was smooth as can be. Make sure to enlarge the picks!


Shade:


Sun:


I think the Ikea lamp flatters holos, this is so pretty!


but I had to blur it a little so you could see all the kick @$$ colors!


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Clarins 230 Franken

After a long wait, I finally had some sunlight on my day off and was able to swatch my Clarins franken.

You can find the recipe on MUA here. L8B is a genius! I don't think mine is quite as good as hers is though.

This is one coat overtop another purple franken:






and two coats over Wet and Wild Extravaganza.


I think it's as close as I'm going to get. The secret ingredient is Colorama 40. It has the same color shifting pigment as 230, but not as much of it, so all the colors aren't has vibrant as 230. What do you think?

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Franken Preview! Clarins 230 - Updated

Edit: 2-28-11

STILL waiting for the sun to appear at a time when i can take pictures. I tried using my OTT light, but it just doesn't want to pick up the colors. Here's the best pick I could get w/artificial light:


and a couple of bottle picks:




Unfortunately, I don't think the Colorama is condensed enough to do a proper 230 dupe. But I'm going to reserve final judgment until I can get good sunlight picks.

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So, earlier I hinted I had a cool franken coming up....well, when I hit Colorama jackpot the other weekend, I was able to score a bottle of #40 Frosty Pink. FP has the same color shifting pigment found in Clarins 230.

I'm going to do a full post later this week, I want to wait until I get some sunlight to take proper photos, but here's a quick bottle pick.

Hee!



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Franken: Essie Starry Starry Night

So, today I was decided to try and franken Essie's Starry Starry Night (which is a blue jelly base with silver glitter). I used WnW Nocturnal and Art Deco Silver Glitter, mixing in a bit of Sally Hansen clear.

Here is my result:




I think it's a pretty good attempt. The original I think is more jelly, the silver glitter shows through more. I'm not sure if I should keep playing with it or leave it alone. What do you think?

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NOTD: Wet and Wild Blue Moon franken

Today's color is WnW's Blue Moon. I frankened it by adding some of the Fantasy Makers holo glitter. I swatched it on a nail wheel a couple of weeks ago, but here it is as an actual mani.



and just for fun, taking inspiration from Chloe's Nails again, I added a checkerboard to my ring finger:


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Coupla Holo Frankens

So, I got the idea to franken Wet and Wild Kaleidoscope with Fantasy Makers holo glitter after reading this post on MUA. So I added the glitter to Kaleidoscope (silver), WnW Black Creme and WnW Blue Moon and here are the results.



Click on the pick to check out the closeup, especially the silver:



The bottle of black looks amazing:


But too bad the holo doesn't show up that much on the nail. Overall, I'm happy with my frankening today.

Happy New Year!

A few random NOTDs

Today is July 11th, which mean's it 7-11 and free Slurpee day!

I just have a couple random swatches. The first color is China Glaze Orange Marmalade. I used two coats and still have VNL....yuck! I hate that! I'm sure if I added another coat, it would be ok though....just didn't have the time when I put it on.



This is a berry red colored holo glitter franken (1 coat) topped with Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure (1 coat):



And the last one is Clair's Moodie in Confident / Peaceful. I used two coats, but it never changed colors for me even when I used the cold water trick....still a pretty color on it's own.