Last weekend my husband and I had the pleasure of attending the wedding of a girlfriend of mine from work. The wedding was really lovely, and the dinner afterward was just delicious. It was at a nearby winery and renown country smokehouse called The Poacher's Pantry. I'd heard great things about it, and it totally lived up to my expectations.
Prior to the wedding, I created two polishes specifically for my friend. After working out the recipe in a mini bottle, I made her two full size bottles, one of each colour. I put them into cleaned out Nfu Oh bottles (from some Nfu Oh polishes I scored for $2).
This first one is what she has named 'Fiona's Wedding'. She wore a classic french polish on her fingers for the wedding, but I noticed that she wore this one on her toes!
In the sun it's a magical metallic holographic gold. Below in the shade, it is a lovely neutral cool toned gold.
I'm so in love with the polish. It's a 100% me colour too, in fact I made myself a full sized bottle of this after I made hers. I made it using TKB forged gold pigment, TKB gold sparks, 1500-35 spectraflair and suspension base.
Next up is the second polish, which my friend named 'Fiona's Honeymoon'. Maybe she is wearing this one right now? I wanted to create another metallic holo, and I wanted it to be pink. I'd remembered seeing her wear a Sally Hansen pink chrome polish once, so I thought she might like this.
Again I mixed a mini bottle first, then made up the full sized one once I had worked out the recipe.
I made this one with TKB metallic white pigment (which I never would have bought, but it came in their sample pack where they choose the colours). I love the metallic white pigment cause it turns whatever colour polish you are making into a metallic finish, and it also tones down the colour. So it's great if you are going for a pastel shade. I also used some of my magenta liquid tint,1500-35 Spectaflair and suspension base.
I don't want to call these polishes Frankens, because they were not created from other polishes. They were created from scratch with all raw materials. I think I will just call them custom polishes when I haven't added another polish to it.
They are amazing! Especially the gold holo, divine...
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic and beautiful present! :)
ReplyDeleteOh! That gold! I'm saving this one to make it myself. So pretty!
ReplyDeletewow those are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteVery lovely indeed!
ReplyDeleteI really like the gold. Sometimes gold holos come off garish. Not this one. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteBoth are so nice!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
I love the polishes you made! I'm sure the bride enjoyed it too!
ReplyDeleteAmazing combinations!!
ReplyDeleteI`d love it if someday you record a video,teaching us how to make it...you`ve got talent,amd it`s just a suggestion...
Kisses,
www.maosglamourosas.com
Kitties Kreations!!
ReplyDeleteNow where do we send our orders? LOL Thanks to your generosity with the recipes and resources, I know we can make our own - thank you.
I know that you are studying and I am willing to wait LOL. I was wondering how you made your nail polish. Can you possibly do a tutorial on how you make your pretty holo colors?
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