Frankenpolishes - custom mix your own polish!

[el8tedinak]

So I have a couple of 'newbie' questions!

Do you mix them right in the bottles? Or do you mix them and then put them in a bottle? Do you buy new bottles to put your Franken's in?

Thanks!

 

[purrtykitty]

I bought new, empty polish bottles and I mix the polishes in those bottles, along with a couple of little BBs to assist in the mixing. I bought my bottles from Transdesign.com (along with a few cheap-o polishes to do some frankening) and the BBs from Walmart (you can find it in their sporting goods section near the ammo in a huuuuuge container).

 

[el8tedinak]

Thank you!

This looks like so much fun, and lord knows I have lots of 'half-full' bottles of polish sitting around!

 

[littlepickle]

I haven't been able to find any empty nail polish bottles readily available here at decent prices (best I found was $5 each, eep!) and my credit card is maxed at the moment which means no ordering from Transdesign etc :s *blush*
So what I do is buy $2 shop polishes and mix directly into half empty bottles. Helps that I bought a bunch of used and new good quality polishes off Trademe for uni and frankening for $20 (got about 25-30 polishes plus some Clarins glosses, score!). A couple of my Frankens have just been attempts to modify shades that I have bought which looked good in the bottle but just don't look nice at all on my nails. For these I poured about a third of the polish out and then started adding things in

Hope this helps too!
Purrtykitty - Just finished making a nail polish that looks as though it is the lovechild of Cali Girl and a Unicorn/stars/rockets/rainbows/fluffy kitties/cupcake/neon glitter orgy

Will post pictures in a few days depending on how long my current mani lasts - just got a bunch of new stuff today in the post and from my sister and I'm loving it!

 

[purrtykitty]

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Originally Posted by littlepickle Purrtykitty - Just finished making a nail polish that looks as though it is the lovechild of Cali Girl and a Unicorn/stars/rockets/rainbows/fluffy kitties/cupcake/neon glitter orgy Will post pictures in a few days depending on how long my current mani lasts - just got a bunch of new stuff today in the post and from my sister and I'm loving it!

That sounds awesome!!

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

oh man! its been so long since I have done this! I used to do it all the time in High school, all my polishes looked the same because I always tend to go way overboard with it!

 

[littlepickle]

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Originally Posted by purrtykitty That sounds awesome!!

Meet Cali Girl's out of control younger sister, Violent Cupcake!

Here's another completed one, She's Your Cocaine

This one is finished but needs a name...

I'm not sure if this is finished! It just doesn't look quite right yet :s

This is definitely not finished! I don't even know what I'm trying to accomplish here... HELP!

Here they are together

 

[purrtykitty]

Ooh, now THAT is a hot pink!!

 

[littlepickle]

Can you guys help me name this please?

1/5th of a bottle of $2 shop green glitter polish
1/5th of a bottle of Fantasy Makers Vampish Red (don't know what they're talking about, it's so purple!)
A few drops of $2 shop silver glitter polish
All added to half a bottle of Satine by Australis

I love the dusty light purple and the contradictory green glitter. It looks almost holo-like in the bottle.

 

[purrtykitty]

New franken! Loved what Dr. Frankenpolish did here, so I did my own version! I followed the recipe pretty closely, but I also added in Sally Hansen Celeb City. Mine ended up being a more brownish-red...like dried blood, I guess. I plan on tweaking it a bit more, though, but for now, here's what I came up with!

 

[Dr_Girlfriend]

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Originally Posted by trincess slate blue franken, done with black and blue added drop by drop to white =)

Very, very pretty!!!

 

[mizvolta]

This is such a cool idea! I will definitely try and mix some cheap polishes up if I can find empty bottles for an affordable price.

 

[purrtykitty]

Transdesign.com sells them for pretty cheap.