Wednesday, July 4, 2012

First-Time Frankening!

My Indie drawer is super-full!  I have my faves: Lacquistry, KB Shimmer, Darling Diva Polish, Windestine, and Pretty & Polished, and I have collected quite a few of these ;-).  Then there are others I order from to try based on pics, reviews, or just browsing Etsy.  I usually order 2 or 3 of their polishes at a time, and have fallen for Rainbow Honey, Utopia's Polish, Lacquer Convention, All that Glitters, Lush Lacquer, Feenix Polish, Whimsical Ideas by Pam, Aphrodite Lacquer, and Amy's Nail Boutique.  And I have 1 Dollish, and 1 Nailventurous, but that's because they're so hard to get a hold of.

The top box is where my Indie's live.  It's kinda full :-/


Anyway, I still browse Indie stores, but I'm starting to say "hmmm, I think I already have one like that" a lot more often.  So, of course, I figured I'd try my hand at making my own, since I could then customize my polish.

So, I ordered some supplies:

To begin my foray into this uncharted territory, I started pretty easy:   I added some Spectraflair powder to bottles of "Out the Door" fast-dry top coat.  I've got 14 & 35 "fineness".  Sorry, no pic though.  Just looks like a grey polish, but it's magic!  So far, so good!  :-)

But then I got down to the business of making polishes I've been wanting.  I made a matte black & white polish, with different sizes and shapes of glitter, including bars & squares (sound familiar?)  There are a TON of different versions out there, but none that I really loved.  I'm so happy with how mine came out.

I then needed to see how glitter behaves in the bottle, and how much I need, etc, so I figured I'd just add some pink, blue, & silver along w/silver bars for interest.  In the end, I added more blue than pink, and more bars than I thought I had needed.

Ever since seeing Lacquisty's custom "Watermelon", I've been wanting a glitter polish reminiscent of that sweet, summer fruit.  I started with pink glitter & added enough small black matte glitters to make it happen!


I also got some flakie-like pigments.  I had no idea how these would look, so I threw in equal parts blue, violet, and green.  I think it's fantastic over black.


I'm really happy with how these came out, especially since they're my VERY first tries!!  It was super-fun, too!  I'm sure as I go along I'll have some serious fails, but maybe I'll have some serious outrageousness!  I already want to order more glitter!! ;-)

Frankening looked so fun, my boys wanted to try it out too!

They came up with "Glitter Bomb" and "Glitter Party"

Have you tried Frankening?

9 comments:

  1. Amazing! Where did you purchase the glitters???

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    1. TKB Trading. They really didn't have a whole lot of selection as far as colors go, but I figured this would get me started. ;-) Their website is http://www.tkbtrading.com/. Have fun!!

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    2. Have you had any problems with the TKB glitters bleeding or curling yet? I want to start making my own polish... but I'm hesitant to just buy glitters without knowing if they curl/bleed!

      I look forward to reading more about your frankening experiences!

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    3. Hi Joy! The labels on the packages actually say "solvent resistant glitter", so I'm hoping they'll be fine. My frankens aren't even a day old yet, so I can't tell if there will be any problems...I'll be sure to post if there are issues, though!

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  2. P.S. I love that blue glittery one! So pretty!

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    1. Thanks!! I actually added more blue, cuz I like it better than pink :-)

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  3. Oh, this must have been so much fun, lovely results!!

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  4. I love the spectraflair! I know it isnt cheap or I would have ordered some myself lol. My favorite is the flakie one :) Hope they all stay great!

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  5. OMG I love Glitter Bomb! Your boys have a future in polish design ;)

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