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Sandpiper

Ah, winter is upon us! I though I’d warm things up a bit with a cheery, lively color. As much as I love wearing vampy darks for fall/winter, I need a little pick me up now and then. And today’s polish may give you some creative ideas for using those no-so-desirable Dollar Store polishes.

For Sandpiper, I used NYC Pink Promenade Creme, Revlon Sheer Camisole, and Sally Hansen Spark (the latter two both Dollar Tree finds).

I filled an empty bottle with just slightly less than 1/2 each of Sheer Camisole and Spark, then added about 20 drops of Pink Promenade. I shook my mixture up, and voila…instant summer!

I love the subtle orange glow in this…it warms me right up looking at it!

Thanks for stopping by…I’ll have more coming up soon!

Galaxy Dust

Today’s franken is one that definitely took a surprising turn while making it. As you have witnessed from some of my other polishes, frankens can take on a life of their own and end up looking quite different than anticipated. Now, that can either be good or bad…but in this case, it was a positive outcome!

I used Hard Candy’s Show Girl makeup glitter in Black Jack, Maybelline Colorama in #21 Rock Me, and Wet ‘N Wild clear. You can substitute any shimmery white for the Colorama….in fact, I’ve found many good ones at dollar stores!

I poured the entire contents of the Colorama into an empty bottle (0.5 oz size), then added in 1 tablespoon of Black Jack glitter. I added in a bit of clear (approx. 1/4), some ballz, and shook. To my dismay, the rainbow glitter seemed to fade. I wasn’t disappointed long, though.

What a gorgeous color! It reminds me of Essie’s Starry Starry Night.

Although the rainbow glitter didn’t hold up in polish, it transformed into something even better! I was pleasantly surprised with this franken, and plan to wear it again soon.
Thanks for stopping by…I’ll be back soon with more goodies for you!

Some photos of my new lab!

Hello all!
I have more creations coming up soon, but first I thought I would share with you some pictures of my new room. It was quite the projects…having to peel and scrape through layers of wallpaper (and paint OVER wallpaper). I chose the smallest of our 4 bedrooms, on the first floor, as my room. It has enough space for my desk, polishes, and a few other things…and one of the windows looks out on the backyard, and the woods behind our yard.
Here is my room mid-project…looks like fun, eh?

I went with plain, crisp white for all the walls except one, which I painted a vibrant green. Even the paint attendant at Lowes raised an eyebrow when I handed him to color card to mix the paint. Anyway, I love the color and it totally suits me.



My franken desk was also painted white…but I decided to jazz that up a bit. I always end up dripping polish, pigment, glitter and all sorts of stuff on it anyway…so why not start off with a bang? I decorated the top in various shades of green and blue nail polish.


So there you have it…a peek into my franken-lab! Thanks for stopping by, and I promise you some pretty creations very, very soon!
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Happy Halloween!

As promised, I have a ghoulish delight for you all today! I actually made this franken last Halloween, before I got into blogging. It was always a favorite of mine, so I decided to recreate it for you. I must warn you that my nails are in very bad shape right now. Between moving, house renovations and experimenting with a different brand of top coat…well, you’ll see soon enough.

For our Halloween franken, I used Wet ‘N Wild black creme, and Maybelline Express Finish in Sunsparkle.

I added 3/4 Sunsparkle into an empty bottle, then added in 1/3 of the black. A couple ballz, and some shaking produces a gorgeous glowy shade.

The beautiful orange glow doesn’t show up very well in the bottle picture, but once on the nail it really sparks to life!

I’m glad to be back blogging and frankening! I have much more coming up, and as always, feel free to email me with suggestions!

Special guest, “Dr. Hanna”

I have a wonderful franken to share with you all today, courtesy of my friend Hanna from Finland. Not only was Hanna sweet enough to share her pictures and recipe with us, but she also has gorgeous nails and her franken is HOT! So without further ado, here is Hanna’s creation…

“The recipe ended up being take China Glaze Tinsel, pour like 1/5 out, add ChG Calypso Blue, add Essie Bermuda Shorts (purple neon), add some ChG Seduce Me (dark pink creme, you don’t need this if you don’t put too much blue in the beginning like I did) and shake well.”

Thank you so much for sharing with us, Hanna!
And I know I promised some Halloween frankens, so I have a couple coming up just in time!

I’m Back!

Hello everyone!
It’s been a crazy month, and thankfully, settling down some. We are all moved into our new house, and have gotten a head start on some minor renovation projects. My “franken room” is almost done…it turned out to be a bigger undertaking than I originally though. After stripping off maaaaany layers of wallpaper, we decided it was best to have the walls resurfaced so they’d look nice and smooth. The room really does like a lot better, and all that is left to do is paint it. Hopefully I will have time to do that this weekend!
In the meantime, I’ve been playing around with some new frankens. I’ll post those a little later this week, and I also have a guest frankener coming up with a really cool color to show you!
Thank you all for the kind emails and messages…it’s good to be back! <3

Hi guys!

I just wanted to pop in and say hello, and that I haven’t forgotten you all! I really hope I will be back to blogging/frankening soon!
The house stuff is taking longer than expected…grrrr. We have everything set on our end (and have BEEN ready for almost a month!), and are waiting on some paperwork the sellers need to get together. I will be sooooo glad when this is over! All my franken supplies are sitting in boxes, ready to go. In the meantime, I’ve been pondering what color I want to paint my new franken studio. I was thinking a green, since it is my favorite, but I’m doing green in other rooms in the house. For some reason, I’m also liking teal right now and keep eying that as a possibility.
So what do you guys think? I’d love to hear some decorating ideas!

Whoops!

Eeeek, I’ve been so busy and frazzled with all the moving and such that I forgot to renew my Photobucket Pro Account. :-O My bad!
Thank you to those who messaged and emailed me letting me know about the issue. I’m going to fix it ASAP, so all my pics should be back up soon!

And an update…I am closing on my house in less than two weeks! Yay!

Wishful Thinking (also some news!)

Hello Franken-friends!
I have a really cool glitter polish for you today. I received a ton of compliments on this one when I wore it…glitters tend to have that effect on people.

For the base, I used LA Colors in Amethyst, which is a pretty color on its’ own…but sadly, after I opened the bottle the cap was all wonky and wouldn’t close again properly, so I decided I may as well franken with it while I was re-bottling it.

After pouring the entire bottle of Amethyst into an empty bottle, I added in 1 tbsp. each of Martha Stewart glitter in Turquoise and Lapis Lazuli. You can use less glitter for a more subtle effect, but I wanted this to really shine!

I can see why this was getting so much attention from people…it’s fabulous! I think this one will be going on my favorite franken list.

Up close of the glittery goodness…

Now, I know a lot of you are curious as to what this “big news” I’ve been hinting at recently. Sadly, it isn’t polish related, but it is huge news for me. My fiance and I have been house hunting for our first house this past year, and after what seemed like forever…we finally found it! People told me house hunting and the home buying process was horrible and stressful, and they were absolutely right! But I made it through this all alive, and will be moving into my new house in a month. I’ll be taking a brief break from frankening, but I promise I will be back soon with some cool stuff for you all! Halloween is coming up, after all!
And as always, thanks to all of you polish lovers that take the time to read my blog and leave me wonderful comments…you guys are awesome! <3