More Matte!
What, you thought I’d stop with just one?
Armed with a plethora of new pigment samples from wonderful ladies, I set out to come up with some colorful friends for “Cauldron”. I’ve been busy swatching, and today I have the first three to show you!
All of these frankens are made with Nailtek Foundation II as a base.
Grey is a hot color right now…so what’s hotter than a matte grey? This was simple to make. I mixed together 2/3 back polish with 1/3 white to get the shade of grey I was aiming for, then added it to my Nailtek. If a lighter, dove grey is what you want, add more white and less black.
This strange green is reminiscent of Misa’s Dirty Sexy Money, but darker. It’s definitely an odd shade, but I like it! I made this with a teal pigment sample (TY, Miriel!) and a few drops each of plain black and white polishes (for the greyish cast & to give the mixture some opacity).
This interesting blue was just an easy mix of a little pigment (from the brilliant Elma, who came up with the matte franken idea) & Nailtek!
That’s all for today…stay tuned for more!
February 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM
Damn! All of them are awesome, but that blue…. don’t need a left arm, do you? How about a first born?
February 21, 2009 at 12:32 AM
I hear Gabrielle and put an SO + first born on the table! :iz dead: :tud:
February 21, 2009 at 12:51 AM
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February 21, 2009 at 2:15 AM
Wow, I love these matte polishes. You kind of make me wanna make my own frankens now
February 21, 2009 at 3:27 AM
These are gorgeous! Do you know a nailpolish brand, like China Glaze or something, that sells matte polishes? (I’m sorry if my English was bad
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February 21, 2009 at 3:38 AM
That matte green is the hottness!!!!
February 21, 2009 at 4:25 AM
*speechless* I am sorry, but no words can describe how A W E S O M E these polishes are!! You’ve outdone yourself on these ones
February 21, 2009 at 4:26 AM
You can haz my first born for the green!
February 21, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Again you amaze me! Just fantastic and I wouldn’t know which I love better. Do you think using the Nailtek II as a base and then polish on top would work ? It would be nice if I could just do that without mixing polishes.
February 21, 2009 at 1:38 PM
ohhh i like it!!!Ihope i can find some nailtek!!!you are graet at this!!!
February 21, 2009 at 4:34 PM
Thank you all!
The matte effect comes from mixing the pigment with Nailtek. If you use regular polish over Nailtek, it will not give a matte effect…but layering the Nailtek OVER the polish will!
February 21, 2009 at 11:36 PM
*drools*
I can’t believe how awesome these are!!
February 22, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Is there a top coat you can put over one of these and not ruin the matte effect? I’d really like to try frankening my own, but I can’t go without a t/c!
February 22, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Queen…these dry super fast, so I usually go without a TC when I’ve worn them. Orly does make a few different matte topcoats, but I haven’t given them a try yet!
February 23, 2009 at 10:54 AM
the blue and the green look lit up! very cool girlfriend, very cool!
May 26, 2009 at 12:10 PM
what other pigment did you use for the purple matte polish i looooove it!