Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Franken Flub? Crushed Velvet

Hello my loves. We've hit Wednesday, woot! I only feel mildly drained so far into the week so fingers crossed I can finish out strong! Or, I could just completely and entirely fall on my face, whateva!

Anywho, today I have a franken for you that I am teetering on the edge of calling a failure. I will let you decide. I started off with about 2/3 of a mini bottle's worth of Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love top coat. I followed it up with one scoop of TKB True Blue powder pigment, one scoop of Misfits on 8th Neon Green Powder Pigment, one scoop of TKB Green Sparks!, and finally, one small scoop of Star Trinkets fine green shimmer. I was hoping for a matte turquoise polish that looked like it glowed from the inside with green shimmer. I got this




 Bottle macro shot. So much shimmer, so much potential!

Shimmer? You can kinda see it... I guess



I love the color, I'm just bummed at the lack of shimmer and the fact that it made my nails look like CRAP. Of course, that could also be my Elmer's glue base coat which sometimes dries down a little bumpy. Still...meh. What do you guys think? How would you improve it? Swatches show two coats and required a little help with leveling.

Well that's all for today my frankening lovers. See you back on Friday for a showcase of about 1204982626085 types of DOT glitters. Yay! But until then, remember to keep it classy and creative!

xo

Today's Supplies Are From:
* TKB True Blue pigment and Green Sparks!: TKB Trading
* Neon Green Pigment: Misfits on 8th
* Hard Candy Matte-ly in Love: this has sadly been discontinued but might be found on Amazon or Ebay. If not, googling matte top coat should get you some results
* Fine Green Shimmer: Start Trinkets (this web shop is now closed :( )


8 comments:

  1. I don't think it looks like krap at all, in fact it kind of reminds me of Zoya Zuza, mattified. It may not have all the shimmer you were hoping for but it's definitely got something and it is very pretty. :)

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    1. Thanks! Zuza is actually pretty spot on! Maybe I could give it a second chance and top coat it?

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  2. this nail polish just reminds me of a mermaid, gorgeous colour and such an attractive colour!

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    1. Thank you! I appreciate that since I was so unsure of this one :)

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  3. Thank you love! I think it might just be my crappy application but I dunno if I have it in me to try again, lol.

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  4. I think it's pretty! It reminds me of the Pure Ice suedes (http://iamunicorngirl.livejournal.com/278901.html)- maybe add a tad more shimmer? if that's possible? But I think it's pretty great right now anyway!

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    1. Thank you! I am still a little unsure about it, but I am so glad you like it! You can never go wrong with a little more shimmer in my opinion ;)

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