Franken Friday- Galaxy

This franken is a mix of a bunch of glitters (a random silver glitter similar to A-England Merlin, OPI Servin Up Sparkle, Milani One Coat Purple Glitter, and China Glaze Mrs. Claus).  OPI DS Fantasy was added to create the base color.  I thought the rainbow of glitters would be dominant but Fantasy is very pigmented and became the dominant color. 

 

To make it look a little more "celestial", I used NYC Starry Silver Glitter.  I painted it on outdoors while waiting for my daughter's school to let out.  It sparkles a whole range of colors.  I haven't worn it for awhile and was amazed how it sparkled in the sunlight.  Indoors, it just looks silver with large blue and purple round glitter. 

 

 

Franken Friday "Blue My Mind"

It's week 7 of Franken Friday.  This is OPI Blue My Mind with a fair amount of Spark De Triomphe mixed in.  Blue My Mind is a shimmery royal blue. It resembles satin.  I've had this for awhile and the polish level had gone down about almost a third.  Since I didn't like using SDT on its own, I filled Blue My Mind with it.  The gold glitter just added to the beauty of the color.  It reminds me of a starry sky or a wizards robe.  The blue used to be slightly darker but the change is barely noticeable.



This was taken outside on my way to the car.  My neighbors must think I'm crazy since I'm always outside trying to get a good pic of my nails.  I had an additional indoor picture, but it refused to upload.

 

 

Franken Friday Week 5-Facets of Fuchsia

Wow, that was a lot of Fs in the title.  Yep-it's another Franken Friday.  This time it's just a small tweak that was for the better.  Revlon Facets of Fuchsia was a favorite of mine as soon as I bought it last year.  A 3 coater due to its sheer base, my bottle had gone down significantly.  Last December, the formula became so thick and lumpy that the polish wouldn't even dry.  Instead of adding polish thinner, I filled the bottle with OPI Siberian Nights to make the base more opaque and lessen the amount of coats.  The finished result is a major improvement!!  Now it's a 2 coater, less lumpy, and the glitter is spread out and looks "suspended" in the base (which is now black and not sheer).  Facets of Fuchsia still dries matte and slightly lumpy, but it's not anything 2 coats of Seche Vite can't fix.

Franken Friday Week4-Green with Envy

It's week 4 of my 12 week segment.  Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Green with Envy is the oldest polish I own-which is about 3 years old. This was back when I was going through a lot of life changes including a move and polishing my nails was not on my to do list.  But now I'm a polish hoarder who does my nails frequently.  I was quite tired of Green with Envy since I overused it in the first 6 months (I only owned 2 at the time, everything else got tossed before the move-gasp, I know).
I no longer toss polishes.  They get given away or frankened. 
For this franken, I added SH X-treme Wear Disco Ball and Sinful Colors Neon Melon.  The Disco Ball glitter is not noticeable on the nail and just made the consistency of the polish lumpy. Seche Vite smooths it out, but it's still rather annoying. 

I layered Green with Envy with OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear? and Bright Lights, Big Color. The stamp was BM-309.  My heart was not really in it , since I am over this lime green.  I removed it right after.

Do any of you have a polish that you keep around even though you really don't like it anymore?

Franken Friday Week 3-Dark Hearts

Hi everyone, it's Franken Friday again! Today I have a polish I call Dark Hearts.  It is a 50/50 mix of OPI Siberian Nights and Nicole Step 2 the Beat of My <3.  The result is a jelly! A raisin jelly filled with glitter!!! It's a 3 coater for opacity.  The heart confetti is barely there (what's left of the hearts is stuck to the sides of the bottle).  It didn't look like much in the bottle, but on the nail it's a beauty.  Makes me want to create more glitter jellies.

Franken white with nail art

Today, I have the do over of my Friday Franken.  I finally had the time to try it again.  I used 3 coats of my grayish white and 1 coat of OPI Pirouette My Whistle.  I almost wanted to stop there because the delicate sparkles made it look so complete and fresh.  Bundle Monster plate BM-323 was used for all designs with Konad black and OPI Manicurist of Seville (for the roses).  I was really happy with the outcome this time.

Franken Friday and Layering

Happy Friday! Todays franken is a Sally Hansen French Tip stark white that I never use mixed with a bit of "Skull and Glossbones" from OPIs The Pirates of the Carribean.  I've had my eye on "My Boyfriend Scales Walls" from the OPI Amazing Spiderman collection for a time and just can't justify paying $8.50 for a color I will rarely use.  However, I needed this color as a base for a stamping idea I had.  The formula is definitely not I dupe, but I am satisfied with the shade result.  I needed 3 coats to even out streakiness.

The stamping idea I had in mind was an epic fail that is too awful to show you.  The more I added to it, the worse it became.  I needed to remove the entire thing and didn't have time to redo all the layers.

Of course, I can't leave you for the weekend with just one picture of an off white polish.  I had a layering mani idea lined up to do for my Tues post.  I decided to paint it on now and redo my stamping for Tues instead.  This is 3 colors layered. 

• Seche Vite base coat
• 2 coats OPI Siberian Nights
• 1 coat OPI Color To Watch
• 1 coat NYX Dreamy Glitter
• 1 coat Revlon Quick Dry Top coat

The result turned into a frosty blue that kind of resembles "Into The Night" from the Amazing Spiderman.  I was picturing a purple/blue duochrome effect that leaned more purple.  It has depth and looks spacey and magical.  Love it!  Next time though, I'll save myself the layering and just use Dreamy Glitter over Into the Night.

Here is the bottle shots.  The blue flash in Color to Watch became dominant over the dark purple Siberian Nights..

 



Frankenpolish

  I haven't posted anything for this month and today is the day to catch up.  I mixed this color hoping to achieve something dupable to Absolutely Alice (which I missed out on and it is my only lemming). I am happy with the result.  If I never find A.A. it's okay because I have this mix.  I used 2 coats.  Application was slightly thick.  This isn't an exact dupe because the gold gliiter I used was not as fine as A.A, and my version is a lighter blue.

I used Spark De Triomph, Blue My Mind, and Last Friday Night

I added a decal just for something a little extra