Emily frankened! Success!!

I call it... Glitter in the Mist. Obviously it's my frankened version of Deborah Lippmann's Glitter in the Air that my tight budget couldn't stretch to cover. I made GITM by dumping two little Sally Girl Polishes (they didn't have names as far as I recall, they were just a silver hex glitter and a pink hex glitter polish) into a half empty Milani Angel Pink bottle. But really any very pale sheer pink polish would work. I am very pleased with the results!

 As you can see it isn't a dead on frankendupe as it has silver hex glitter instead of the light blue but I find it to be a good substitute for GITA anyways.

 I wore GITM over China Glaze Nude to mimic the look achieved by DL Glitter in the Air + Naked. This was three coats of GITM. Much like the polish I was trying to dupe the hex glitter goes on sparsely and you have to play with it to get it placed where you want on the nail. Obviously these pictures are from a while ago because I was still rockin' my falsies! My real nails have grown out again thankfully, I missed them!


Has anyone else tried to franken a version of a pricey or hard to obtain polish?

I have joined Twitter!

 Here I am! Still figuring it out though... maybe I am a moron but I could not find a link ANYWHERE that indicated where I should upload a picture to. :-(

Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?

Oh Harry Potter. Those books are a critical part of my childhood and by far my all time favorites. I little part of me died when the last movie was over. Right now I'm suffering from PPD (Post Potter Depression) as my friend Sam calls it. I'll probably read all the books again to try and cure it. Naturally I did an HP mani before I went to see the final movie. :D I decided to do all the Horcruxes and a couple other prevalant HP symbols like the Deathly Hallows sign, the lightning bolt, and the snitch the ring was hidden in. Zoya Raven provided the perfect black shimmery base, and I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

Left Hand

Thumb to pinkie: Riddle's diary, HP initials, Hufflepuff's cup, golden snitch, Nagini

Right Hand

Thumb to pinkie: Ravenclaw's diadem, the Resurrection Stone, DH symbol, Slytherin's locket, lightning bolt. 

Now that I'm thinking about it I totally should have done the sword of Gryffindor... me thinks another HP mani will be in order for the next time I see DH in theaters. 

Anyone else see the movie? Anyone else sob in the theater? At one point I made everyone around me laugh XD. Without revealing too much (POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT!) at the part where Draco and Voldemort awkwardly embrace I whispered "Worst hug ever." to my friend and everyone around us was cracking up. Anyways. I'd love to hear people's movie opinions, overall I really liked it. I have my complaints, being the elitist HP snob that I am, but I did really like the past two movies a lot more then the first six.

Meteor Shower

 I'm really not sure why a polish as amazing as this one is not a part of their core line. Neither are many of their glorious glitters, like Atlantis, Electric Lilac, Gold Digger, Nova, and Shooting Stars but I've seen all those and more at supply stores! I bought MS at a supply store for a mere $2.50. The base is an inky dark navy blue jam packed with teal, copper, and royal blue glitters. LOVE!

Sunday Holo Pic Spam

In honor of the week of sunny days I have ahead of me I wanted to show some holo swatches! A couple I have featured before in other posts but I wanted to showcase their beauty here anyways. ;-)

First here is a picture of my ChG holos collection! Get out your bibs! 

2NITE, OMG, LOL, BFF, DV8, IDK, QT

Kaleidoscope Him Out, He's Going in Circles, Octa-Gone Wild, Visit Me in Prism, Sexagon, How About a Tumble?, Let's Do it in 3D, Don't Be a Square, Tickle My Triangle.

Awaiting: It's My Turn and L8R G8R coming in the mail!

Grape Pop + Nova (My favorite holo glitter!)

IDK (at the beach! Hence why I'm holding sunscreen instead of the bottle!)

And again!

Sexagon. This one was a super lemming of mine. Bought for $14 from Pretty'n'Polish I don't know where she keeps digging up all the glorious HTF polishes she sells but I've bought a couple beauties from her and have been very satisfied! 

Kaleidoscope Him Out Got it for $6 at a dusty! 

It was also a perfect match for the wristlet I was carrying that day! The Coach outlet store is a weakness of mine!

BFF

DV8

2NITE. Yeah, the clean up leaves a lot to be desired but it was my first OMG polish and I was excited :D

Who else loves holos? And who else is excited for True Blood tonight!

75 Follower Giveaway! CLOSED!

I am pleased and excited to annouce that I am hosting a giveaway to show my appreciation. Just something small, things that I picked up while polish shopping.

From L-R: A franken I've been calling Blue Steel since I made it while watching Zoolander. Revlon Cherries in the Snow, NYC Starry Silver Glitter, China Glaze Atlantis, LA Colors Gold Striper.

So how do you like that old Limited Too polish bottle? Haha it took me ages to clean the petrified polish out of that bottle to make it usable!

So the rules: You must be a follower to enter! There are also opportunities for extra entries. The giveaway will close three weeks from today on August 2nd. Thank you to everyone who reads Polished to the Nines! I have a lot of fun doing my nails and brainstorming ideas to feature on here. Unfortunately due to strict budget restraints (unemployment) I will have to make this giveaway open to US residents only. New and old followers are welcome to enter. :D

CLOSED! Thank you for all those who entered!

ACK!!

I am sorry to announce that the giveaway post was a mistake! It was clearly not ready to post, considering it was missing a few crucial things/editing! My mistake! I will be putting it up sometime soon once I have my life more together. Again, my apologies!

Em

Layered Crackles... I am back!

Hello there old and new followers! I haven't posted in ages! I wish I had a good excuse... an embarrassing one will have to do though. Last Monday I was riding my bike with flip-flops on and my foot slipped off the pedal and before I know it I'm falling off the bike, scraping up my legs and cutting a piece off the tip of my big toe! It was soooo gross, and hurt a lot! :-( Not only have I not been able to change my pedi for three weeks but I've been limping around, afraid to walk like a normal person and terrified I was going to stub my hurt toe! Well now everything has finally scabbed over and I'm back on track.

Alright, enough of the wound discussion now that I have grossed everyone out and on to the mani pictures right? ;-)

I love love loved the way this combination worked out. The base is Misa Coffee Pick Me Up with China Glaze Crushed Candy and Lightning Bolt layered on top. I took a picture before I added the LB over the pointer finger to show how nicely CC crackled! I painted a coat of Priti NYC's 2-in-1 base and top coat in between each color, and I am really happy with how the crackles cracked over it. I have found that they haven't crackled very well over SV for me but that may have been one isolated incident. I was really happy with this result though. 

On the other hand I decided to change things up...

And changed the order of the crackles! I'm quite indecisive XD. Which one do you guys like better? In the pictures I like the LB on top of the CC but my opinion may be influenced by the ridiculous lobster claw hands I'm sporting in the last picture... I have no idea why they're so red!