Franken Danken

I tried to revive my mani for the week, Sally Hansen Loves Me Not, with a little glitter and a fresh topcoat.  Loves Me Not is great alone, but a little glitter took it to the next level. I love how it came out.  

Thanks for stopping by :)

Lollipops, Candy and Ice Cream

Happy Saturday! I hope you have lots of fun planned for the long Holiday weekend. I'm in such a great mood today and I believe its because of my new vitamins. I feel so alive!

My nail of the day is a candy and ice cream nail design stamped over a lilac franken. They will go great with the carnival I plan to take my girls to. The image plates used were M14-cupcakes, QA12-dots, FUN2-candy and BM20-lines. I stamped using Sally Hansen insta-dri in Flasy Fuchsia.

The base I made is a franken (Lollipop) inspired by a Flickr Goddess, Penelope Luz. I'm not sure if she has a blog or not, everything is in Portugeuese. I came across her lovely nails and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw her gorgeous franken.  Her version is a million times better than mine but this will do until I can buy her version :)

A closer view.  

I hope you like this mani. Thanks to Penelope for the inspiration!  Have a long and fun weekend :o)

Deborah Lippman Lady Gaga Edge of Glory Franken

Hello beauties! I hope you're enjoying the Thanksgiving weekend so far. I've been having a ball shopping online for Christmas presents. It's a lot more relaxing than fighting through the feisty Holiday crowds. I've gotten most of my girls Christmas gifts and a few polish goodies for myself :)

Yesterday while browsing online I saw a swatch of Deborah Lippman's new Holographic Duo. I was wondering if it was a true holo although it looked like a flakie in pics. Since I didn't want to spend so much on the set I attempted to franken it.

I started out with a base of Wet N' Wild black creme.

To make the franken I added 1 part Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure with 2 parts Sinful Colors Grean Ocean. Throw in a couple of balls and shake. Super easy!

I layered 1 coat of the franken over black. I don't own the duo set but I think it turned out pretty good using the polishes I already own. I didn't have to spend anything and I have a hot new look for tonight. Here's a swatch of the actual set. According to pictures, the franken flashes more green and red/gold vs. the Lippman's blue and red/gold. Green ocean also has tiny glitter that is not found in the Lippmann but it's not very noticeable (or at least not to me).

The result appears more dense than the Lippman but clear polish can be added to thin things out a bit.

And that's it! A super easy franken. I hope you enjoyed :)

NOTD: Jelly Sandwich

A quick post to share my NOTD. I got this idea from NailsandDriffs. Her mani is much prettier. You should go check it out!

I didn't have Hare A Positive so I used a red jelly franken and topped it off with Correction Tape and Pretty in Pink.

Gotta love a quick and easy mani!

Random Frankens

A couple of Frankens I made last week. I guess the first doesn't count as a Franken since I decanted Nic Sticks. I couldn't get the holo to show up in this pic but it's there.

WnW nocturnal + WnW clear + SpectraFlair over MaybellineBlue Jean. One of my major lemmings is DS Glamour so I tried to create a similar look. It's not as holo as I wanted but still pretty.

A more recent Franken. Konad green is a little too dark and mint green a little too light so I mixed them both for a grassier green. If you try this out I recommend adding at least 2 balls because these polishes are extra thick.

A few bottles I cleaned out yesterday.

That's all for now. Have a great Sunday!