Franken: Candy Applesque

Hi, it's been a while.

I made a franken for the Chinese New Year. Red for luck. And gold, which is not lucky per se, but it's gold so still good. These were all taken on a cloudy day.

Macro:

The recipe is easy-peasy.

This franken was inspired by OPI Smitten With Mittens. I was originally going to use the two polishes you see on the right. NYC Chelsea and WnW The Gold & the Beautiful, but then I remembered I had an OPI with gold flecks. In theory, companies use the same glitter for the polishes that have that type of glitter. I'm sure there's a better way to explain that. I'm also sure that it would be foolish to assume this of OPI. *snort* And actually, the glitter in both polishes are very, very similar. In any case, I grabbed Rally Pretty Pink and because I was feeling like something brighter, WnW Everybody Loves Redmond. Redmond is a red-orange jelly. I mixed equal parts Redmond and RPP, then a drop of RPP at a time until the franken didn't lean orange at all. I love simple.

And I'm having some issues with blogger right now. I'm gonna update some stuff, see if that helps. See y'all later, hopefully, lol.

Another Franken Skittles Experiment

I don't like Skittles candy but I love nail skittles! Maybe someone has caught on that I also love frankening. Everything is two coats except the thumb and index which are three.

Index is Sally Hansen Purple Pizazz
Ring is China Glaze Ruby Pumps
Middle is a mix of Ruby Pumps and a little Purple Pizazz
Pinkie is a mix of Purple Pizazz and a little Ruby Pumps
Thumb is Purple Pizazz, Ruby Pumps, and OPI Simply Smashing

Lamp:

Natural light, shade:

I love successful experiments. Happy polishing, everyone!

China Glaze Ruby Pumps Plus Nubar 2010 Pt. 1

Nubar 2010 was my first and biggest lemming. I have a confession though. I was really disappointed when I finally bought it. I'm not even sure why. I used up about one-fourth of the bottle wearing it over different colors and trying not to be underwhelmed. That said, I really love it over Ruby Pumps. This is two coats China Glaze Ruby Pumps and one coat Nubar 2010.

Under the lamp:

In natural light, shade:

This is with weak sunlight which is all that came out that day. Probably the most color accurate as well.

Huzzah, contentment at last! I didn't want to flood the post with too many pictures so I'll post my experiment tomorrow.

Ruby Pumps Gradient

 Hi folks! Long time no see. /sheepish shifty

Yarr, I made a gradient with China Glaze Ruby Pumps and Sinful Black on Black.

natural light:

artificial light:

I really, really love how Ruby Pumps looks under the fluorescent lamp. I just wish the combination of red and black didn't remind me so much of The Twilight Saga...

 

 

And I've been playing around with watermarks. Let me know if it's obtrusive or something.