Frankenpolish - lilac/duochrome/holo

Hi all :>

This time, a franken of mine, better: a FAIL of mine...

Remember this post, when I received half of a bottle of "Let Me Go" by Sinful Colors? I wanted it because I liked it in the bottle :D, but I also always read terribile reviews about it: it's straky, FROSTY, too much sheer... So I immediately thought: what if I add some scoops of Specktraflair holo pigment?

(artificial light)

Well, I got a little fail :D

Infact, frostiness remained, which is the worst side of this nailpolish...

I layered, I think, two coats over two coats of Essie's "Lilacism", and I didn't like this result AT ALL, I removed all after taking these pictures, almost never happened to me before :D

(artificial light)

Maybe it looks better from pictures, and someone may like it, but I don't think I'll wear it again, see that green frost reflection? >.<

(natural light)

All in all, colour it's not that bad, but I thought the holo pigment would have dulled the frost side of "Let Me Go"...

I was WRONG :D

(natural light - and horrible cuticles >.< )

* bleah *


Have a nice day/night/whatever and thanks for your attention ;¬)

Blue-holographic-slightly-duochrome franken :D

Et voilà, my first frankenpolish :>
(Edit: not the first I ever made, but the first I show here :P)

Ok, it's blue, but it was totally unintentional, I swear.
These are two coats of Essence "Cool And The Gang" and - boh? - one or two coats of my franken (I don't remember :D):

(early full sun, around 7:30 AM)

Again, in the sun *________________*

Daylight:

This is the other side of this polish:

Under artificial light ♥


This franken was the result of a broken bottle :D
Together with the other polishes I pictured here, I wanted to show you another Essence auto rip-off: "Caribbean Sea".

On the right, the older version, on the left the newer, do you see something different?

(Essence "Caribbean Sea": left, new version; right, old version)

The new version contains that slightly duochromy metallic pigment Essence seems to own in a container-like quantity, so they use it like sugar in a bakery shop.

Well, after taking some pics, I moved bottles, but the new version suddenly crashed on the floor; since I couldn't keep a blue metallic blot in my kitchen, and given that bottle broke in a way it was impossible to keep it (brush remained screwed in the neck of the bottle), I poured the leftover in a semi-empty Essence clear nailpolish, add some of Specktraflair pigment, few drops of Essence "Cool And The Gang" and this is the result:

Unfortunately, no sun for bottle shots >:^/

What about the formula?
TERRIBLE, I should've used a rolling pin to apply it instead of a brush :D

That's because I used an aged clear nailpolish base, I think, plus the "Caribbean Sea" is pretty dense itself (these Show Your Feet are meant to be one-coat polishes), so adding new pigment makes it even heavier... I tried to dilute it with thinner, but I hadn't any more space in the bottle, lol.
In a few hours, holo pigment settles in the bottom of bottle, it takes a while to re-distribute it, even if I added four steel balls.
I'll add more thinner in the future, now that I've used some for this mani, hope it will get better :D


Have a nice day/night/whatever and thanks for your attention ;¬)