How to: franken polish

Still on the franken polish subject, i have said before that i will be making a post on how to make your own franken polish. It's really very simple. The idea behind it is to just mix different polishes to come up with your own unique polish. This is a good way to put the polishes that you don't reach for anymore into good use. Who knows, you might be able to come up with something really unique (which most often happens!)?

I have several franken polish that i had shared with you. One of my favorite is my first franken called Midnight Fantasy & of course the last one, which i used to join a franken contest called Island Cocktail. Speaking of which, i am really grateful for all of those who had voted for me. As what i said on our nail art group, as long as i don't have a zero, i'm already happy. I'm so overwhelmed with the positive feedback that i have been getting because of my entry. So thank you again for the support, ladies!

Honto ni Arigato!
^_^

Now i'm going to share with you how i made this really cute franken polish using polishes that we have here in the Philippines.

This is one of my franken that i call Flakystein!

Kirei de sho?
Beautiful,right?

I'll give you better pics later so that you'll be able to appreciate its awesomeness! hahahaha!!!

On we go to the tutorial...
I used polishes that i bought here in the Philippines.

The 3 flaky polishes are 24k polishes that i bought at SM Fairview & the glitter polish at the far left is the one from Beauty & Butter. You can substitute any glitter polish that you have, or you can entirely skip it & it would still be beautiful!

Here are some pictures for a closer look.

This is called Pacific Opal.

Then my favorite, Rose Quartz.
Love this one! It changes from orange to green then blue depending on the angle.

Then Teal Glass.
Sorry, i didn't realize that i don't have a separate swatch for this.
You can just refer to the swatch that i had on the cap. It changes from green to blue.

So, i just mixed all 3 of them in an empty bottle like so...

Another important thing when you franken is to use stainless balls so that you will be able to mix them nicely.

Then you shake it vigorously!

Et voila!
You have your own flakystein!

Time for more swatches!
Flakies show best underneath a black base, but you can use other colors as well.

Blurred swatch so you can see the play of colors from the flakes & the glitters.

See the different array of colors?
It changes depending on the angle of your nails! By the way, i do not have a top coat but look how glossy it is!

Flaky polishes are L-O-V-E, ne?
My Galaxy Glam was also made from the 24k flakies.
I just added Spectraflair 14 to have that extra oomph!

There are lots of blogs out there that has a few tips & techniques when it comes to frankening. You can research more to know what finishes would suit what you have in mind.

So, now that you know how to franken polishes, be creative & start making your own!
I would love to see your own franken polishes too!

Hope you all are having a great day!
Jaa ne~!
^_^

nail polishes again?!

I am really so into nail polishes & nail art these days.
I guess it's good because i am not able to do much nail art posts last year,ne? I have been into frankening polishes & let me tell you that it is so fun to come up with your very own unique shades!

I spent the whole morning yesterday making these...

This looks a bit like Color Club's Worth the Risque on the bottle but when swatched it looks a bit like OPI DS Shimmer. I'll be providing separate swatches for everything.

Kirei desho?
I so love holographic polishes! I'm sure you are too,ne?

Next is my Galaxy Glam...

A holographic flaky franken. This is swatched over a black base.

I have received tons of name suggestions but the name Galaxy Glam somehow fits this,don't you think?

Then next is just a simple flaky franken i call Flakystein!
It still looks amazing when swatched over black...

I'll make a post about how i made this one. I just used local polishes in making this.

Then last but not the least would be my Party Party franken.

Again, i will make a separate swatch posts for all the polishes that i made.

Speaking of polishes, I went to SM Fairview last sunday & i found out that 24k got duochromes...
This one is named Crazy Green...

While this is Indian Bronze...

I know that i still have 2 more 24k duochromes on my stash but i can't seem to find them. haha.
I'll try looking for it again so that i can post about this. I have been loving duo/multichromes, flaky & holo polishes lately that i seem to have put them all around the house. LOL!

Then last but not the least...
I have been eyeing the glitter holo polish that i saw from Wet N Wild when i passed by the department store. I'm just so lucky that i was able to buy one from our Fab Ur Nails Shop for half the mall price. Whoopee!

Though i have to say that i'm not enamored with the shade because it's sheer & the holo glitters doesn't really show unless you are under the sun or on a dim room. But this is still pretty nonetheless!

I also bought Milani 3d in Hi-Res & i have it on my toenails but i don't want to show a pic of my ugly toenails..hahaha!

Expect more nail polishes & nail art posts for the next days to come!

Hope you all are having a great day!
Jaa ne~!
^_^