Comments on: Customization: Frankenpolish & The Art Of Layering

By: jennifer

jennifer — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:37:32 +0000

I like to use small glass sead beads for polish mixing especially DUD beads that the hole is missing or jammed

By: Mel

Mel — Mon, 18 May 2009 05:31:00 +0000

I’ve layered before but this frankenpolish thing is totally new to me (and totally genious). I’m a polish novice but my collection is growing with my knowledge thanks to ALU. How exactly does frankenpolish work? Do you mix the different colors into an empty bottle to get your desired shade? How do you get it out of one bottle into another? Is there anything that can be put in the bottle that will mimic a ball? Lastly, how do you get such perfectly polished nails any tips or do I just practice, practice, practice?

P.S. Mixing Mac pigment with clear polish…OMGsh it’s ddouble duty perfection!!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:27:00 +0000

I just started reading your blog not too long ago and I'm LOVING IT!!!
First of all I'm a fellow green lover. It's been my fav color since I can remember, so you drew me right in with that.
I love this post! I actually didn't think anyone else did this.
I mixed my first polish when I was about 11.
I wanted a dark vampy red and couldn't find one (that I could afford at least).
SO I took a bottle of Red and a bottle of black (Both Wet n Wild) and made my own!

By: The Glitterati

The Glitterati — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:39:00 +0000

Hey Michelle, what an awesome post! I’ll definitely have to try mixing stuff into clear polish, that shade turned out to be gorgeous!

How much pigment did you need to get that level of opacity? And do you think it would work with regular eyeshadow? (I’ve got some d/s shadow that is totally mediocre, but that is the EXACT polish colour I’ve been craving and failing to find…)

By: Michele Weitz

Michele Weitz — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:01:00 +0000

I’ve achieved my ultimate neutral nail by layering Lippman Collection’s Sarah Smile and Prelude to a Kiss. Now I’m inspired to find a little bottle and just mix ‘em together!

By: Diana

Diana — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:17:00 +0000

@morgan:

Yup! I did it with clear nailpolish and food coloring. The food coloring does tend to sink to the bottom overtime but you can always add the little metal balls, and, even though the coloring sinks, the color of the polish remained the same.

I did this by just guess and check. I added some food coloring, and then tried it on, added more, tried it on, etc. I did it with red and got this strawberry juice color.

Good luck!

By: Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:23:00 +0000

This is a very handy guide; I’ve blended polish for years but never thought to mix pigments into clear lacquer! I have a question, though: has anyone tried to give clear polish a tint, so that there’s really no opacity but it’s colored, almost like a cellophane look? I’m trying to figure out how to do this but don’t know what I could safely add to achieve that effect.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:56:00 +0000

hey i have the same purple but it is called purple potion, but it is sally hanson xtrem wear purple potion

By: ines

ines — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:42:00 +0000

HI! LONGTIME LURKER HERE!

i tend to go kind of the boring/classic route with a sheer blush, peach or pink (my favorite colors are essie mademoiselle and CND lighten up)... in the summer, however, my fingers look a little too stuffy, so i like to layer CND mother of pearl over the pink so it sparkles a little bit.

my toes however, are always painted an array of crazy colors... my favorite combo being nicole by OPI ink-a-dink-a-pink over CND passionfruit poppy (makes it a nice hot pink) or CND souvenir junkie over rimmel tequila sunrise (bright shimmery orange but not highlighter colored).

last of all,i always marvel at how you keep those cuticles of yours looking so absolutely perfect and how you get the application right EVERY SINGLE FREAKING TIME!

lots of love for your blog, ines

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:53:00 +0000

I just bounced here from a recent post, but I’ve tried mixing clear nail polish and food coloring before. A problem is that the food coloring tends to settle, but it creates a great looking juicy tint. I wanted a clear polish with a tint of red (inspired by red cellophane and strawberry juice tones) and it worked out wonderfully.