Purple Holographic Glitter Custom Polish

This week has gone by so quickly. To me today feels more like Wednesday then Thursday. 

Last October I posted a haul that included some holographic flakes. I thought that the flakes might cure my Spectraflair lemming but they didn't. They are much larger. I've got a comparison picture below. One of my readers asked if I had made anything using the flakes and I realised I hadn't really tried them out. So I decided to make a polish to show them (and you).

 3 coats

I used blue and red tints and an untinted lacquer base from Beauty World then added a few scoops of the holo flakes. It turned out a much deeper purple then I was going for but I like it. Here's a comparison of Spectraflair and these holo flakes.

Left: Spectraflair 1500-35 Grade

Right: Specalist Paints Holographic Silver (M)

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Shatter Me Claire Franken March Competition

Claire from Shatter Me Claire is having a franken competition. The entries are closed but you can now vote on your favourite! I used this competition as an excuse to make me create a franken. I bought a heap of frankenpolish supplies from Beauty World a few months ago and didn't really get around to making anything.

Here's my entry:

Dare to Wear - Peacock

2 coats

Peacock is small purple, blue and green hex glitters in a blue jelly base. The name peacock didn't really come to mind until after I had put it on. I used two coats of Seche Vite and it's still a little bumpy. This is my first real franken, before this I've only created disasters. I couldn't picture what it would look like in my head before creating it but I'm happy with how it turned out.

Ingredients (5ml bottle):
(I used the large end of a sea monkeys spoon to measure out the dry ingredients) 

6 spoons of Fuschia Solvent stable glitter 0.015 Hex

4 spoons of Blue Solvent stable glitter 0.015 Hex

2 spoons of Green Solvent stable glitter 0.015 Hex

10 drops of Tinted lacquer Base Ferric Ferrocyanide ( dark blue)

Fill the rest of the bottle with Untinted Lacquer Base

 

Make sure you have a look at all the entries and vote on your favourite one here. Voting closes 30th March.

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