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Friday, May 20, 2011

Franken Chaos + SH Crackle Fuchsia Shock review

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You may remember a little while back I showed you a little bit of a franken I made- Chaos. I finally made myself a big bottle of this and wore it as a full mani. And then I went to work and saw we had gotten in the SH crackle polishes and I snapped up Fuchsia Shock.

Before I go any further in this review, I want to show you something weird. When I franken I clean out near empty bottles I have around to mix in. I've done this plenty of times, but the last two bottles I used I had this happen with...

...it's like a gluey consistency and won't seem to break down even with pure acetone. It happened to 2 Seche bottles, I've used them before with no issue so I thought this was weird! Any guesses?

Anyways, back on topic...

I quickly applied a coat of Fuchsia Shock over the polish I already had and was kind of disappointed. When I picked this up I have grand visions of it over so many colors- in my opinion pink goes with nearly any color. So when I brushed it on and the pink barely had enough coverage to go over pale blue, I was a little disappointed. I mean, you can see the glitter in my base polish THROUGH the pink. No Bueno!

So on my other hand I decided to try a thicker coat. Now, I want to say that this is not easy. The brush this polish comes with is small (think Essie) and I can only coat half my nail before this stuff starts to dry. Sometimes if you take too long to apply it it gets mad or something and doesn't quite work right- so you have to move fast. The small brush makes this really annoying and I think that OPI has it right (can't comment on others) with the mop like brush that covers (albeit somewhat messy) in one quick coat.

Just to be sure, I did a bunch of swatches on paper. Which, I have photos of but they are kinda on my dead camera at the moment so I will upload them tomorrow and link later. Among them I tried both dark and light colors and decided that this was one polish I would be returning- which I have never done before. Over dark colors it was pretty much useless. You can't tell that it is pink because it takes on the color beneath it. Even over lighter colors (think pink would look awesome over yellow? SO DID I) it takes on the tone of the base (over yellow it appears orange). If you apply it thick enough this isn't so much of a problem- but I had issues getting it to be consistently thick on each finger.

While I haven't tried the other colors, I have discussed the silver one and have seen it used and it also seems to be more on the sheer side (on her nails it went on more like a metallic top coat and had minimal crackles).

As for how it crackles, I can't put my finger on it but I just don't care for the way it does- both thick and thin. I was over all unimpressed. These retail for $6.99 and can be found in most drug stores.

Labels: blue, crackle, franken, glitter, pink, Sally Hansen |

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Monday, April 25, 2011

Frankening: Kacey & Chaos

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I don't do a lot of frankening, although I would like to. I never have empties! I decided to mix up a couple to add to a care package I'm working on. Custom mixed polish should brighten anyones day, right?

First there is the one I am calling Chaos. I found a recipe similar to Deborah Lippman's Glitter in the Air over on the tumblr blog nailingit! I played around with it a little and added a couple of things. Here is what went into mine:

OPI I Juggle...Men (about halfway)

Wet n Wild cheapie white

China Glaze For Audrey (just a drop or two)

Wet n Wild Party of Five

Milani Gems

Kleancolor Fireworks

I did a few drops each of the glitters so I could have a good variety of color and size mixed in. I Juggle Men didn't do what I was hoping, although it had looked different when I was playing around with the combo in smaller amounts. Since these bottles are going to someone else and they are mini bottles I only did test swatches. I really want to make a full bottle of this soon! And try it out in a different base color. Please ignore my cuticles and the mess, this is right after I was done mixing everything.

And then I mixed this one, Kacey. I knew I wanted pink and glitter...

Milani HD

China Glaze Pool Party

Milani Disco Lights

Okay, HD breaks down really awesome I think. It makes both fine holo bits and square glitter like bits. Yum!

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Pre-blog nail art

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Because I am too damn lazy to edit pictures right now and I found these on my computer the other day...enjoy some of my pre-blog nail art :D

Fingerpaints Easel Come, Easel Go (I HATE this brands names) with an Ed Hardy nail tattoo and a little flair added with China Glaze Ink. Look how short my nails were! So weird to me now.

China Glaze Agent Lavender stamped with fauxnad Hello Kittys, bows and noses filled in and holographic glitter polka dots on the other fingers. This is one of my favorite NOTDs ever!

China Glaze (I think it's called...) OMG stamped with konad diamonds and sparkles. Check out my pretty shower curtain in the back ;)

NYC Polyester Pink, China Glaze Bermuda Breakaway tips and silver nail art pen. cute rung from Forever 21.

Franken mint green (Orly Mint Mojito + White) stamped with konad.

A Sinful glitter applied only to tips. Reminds me of a mermaid tail.

China Glaze DV8 on tips, neon pink stamped with konad was a Sallygirl mini and holographic glitter nail art pen.

Labels: china glaze, franken, french, nail art, nyc, sinful |

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

My Valentine nails- Peachy Keen franken & konad

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I rarely create franken polish but this is one of those cases. When I bought Peachy Keen from China Glaze's Up & Away collection I expected a milkier peach than what I got. I still like Peachy Keen but I decided to make myself that creamy light peach I was searching for and couldn't find. Despite being married, I'm not big on Valentine's so no hearts from me, just something pretty and feminine.

What I used for this franken: about 1/2 bottle of Wet N Wild French White, about 1/4 bottle of China Glaze Peachy Keen and a splash of Zoya Sweet to give it a little extra pink tone. Didn't quite make a full bottle but pretty close and I've really happy with the results.

Remember you can always click the photos to see them bigger :) Stamped with Konad m56 plate using China Glaze 2030. I have to say that this was one of the easiest Konad manis I have ever done. Something about the metallics are just great for it!