Deep Space by Two Birds One Store (Sarah from See Sarah Swatch)

Happy Friday! Sorry for the lack of posts lately, I've been super busy and I'm trying to keep up. Today I have a super special indie polish for you, this is Deep Space from Two Birds One Store on Etsy. Two Birds One Store is run by two sisters, one being Sarah from See Sarah Swatch. I've been a follower of Sarah's blog for quite some time and her layering and frankens always amaze me. If you aren't familiar with Sarah (you should be, she's a fellow Twinsie!) you have to check out her blog.

The first time I saw Deep Space swatched on Sarah's blog I fell in love. I've been obsessed with blue glitters lately (mostly sulking over not owning Essie SSN lol) and I've bought a few. This is hands down my favorite. Sarah described Deep Space as "a deep deep blue jelly with purple holo hex glitter and blue iridescent smaller glitter. This is what space SHOULD look like! Blingy, blue, and fabulous." I couldn't agree more. The jelly base on this is gorgeous and the glitter gives it such depth. I'm training a new guy at my job and he even commented on these nails. Formula was smooth and this did not dry gritty one bit. The photos below show two coats of Deep Space and a coat of Seche Vite. This post is a little picture heavy, because this polish shows depth differently at each angle. So enjoy.....

I'm glad I broke my no-buy to get my hands on this. Sarah's frankens are all limited edition with no custom or special orders. The polishes are full size bottles and retail for $8 with reasonable shipping. I also have a bottle of Kiss De Girl which is SO gorgeous, I look forward to posting those swatches. (Even though she is a fellow Twinsie, this review is completely unbiased. Even if I knew nothing about Sarah this polish would leave me more than satisfied with my purchase). She has some amazing frankens up her sleeve so keep your eyes open. Per the announcement on her page, the store will open again in late May/early June with new and permanent colors. She still has quite a few gorgeous polishes available so check them out.

What is on everyone's nails this weekend?
I'm rocking Zoya Wednesday with Lynnderella Shape Shifter and my nails are blinging! lol. I'm hanging out with my bestie tonight (who is also polish obsessed) and planning on going to Bushkill Falls tomorrow in the Poconos with my boyfriend. We went last weekend but missed closing time.
Does anyone have any fun plans this weekend?

See you all soon :)

Nail-Venturous Orange You Unique?

Happy Friday!! I have another indie polish for today's post. I purchased Nail-Venturous Orange You Unique when I bought Floam from Ninja Polish. I had seen a few swatches on this and I really liked just how unique it really is. Unfortunately, this didn't really work for my skin tone.

Orange You Unique has tiny matte yellow, white and blue glitter in a sheer orange base. I hesitate to call the base orange, because against my skin tone this came off as more peach than anything. I saw the clashing when I was putting down the first coat, so I stopped at the second. From a distance the orange/peach base blends into my skin. I am cool toned but I do have some red in my hands.

Thoughts and opinions? I know this isn't the absolute worst, but I feel I can't really pull it off. This would probably look great on someone with a tan.

What is everyone wearing for the weekend? I'm rocking Lynnderella Forget You Not. I have to remember to take photos before it chips lol.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!!! :)

Twinsie Tuesday: Go To Polish (In This Case....Nail Venturous Floam!!)

Well helloooo :)  Today's Twinsie Tuesday topic is our go to polish/mani. The first polish that came to mind was OPI Lincoln Park After Dark. I spent an entire winter a few years back wearing LPAD. I think I have about 5-6 bottles of LPAD, and about 3 bottles of Lincoln Park After Midnight in my stash. I then realized that I can't call it my go to mani, since I haven't worn it in about a year. I have so many untried that I am trying to get to, that I sometimes feel guilty going back to some of my older polishes.

I decided to pick a polish I'm currently obsessed with, since it's my current go to mani. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I recently got Nail Venturous Floam from NinjaPolish.com. Since I got this polish in the mail about two weeks ago, I have worn this three times! Everytime it chipped I would redo the nail. I finally changed my mani last night. Floam is pure amazing in a nail polish bottle. It's tiny tiny green, blue and yellow glitter particles in a clear base.  It dries pretty matte. Even with a coat of Seche Vite it didn't give off the normal shine and it would. Formula is a little thick but not difficult to work with, you just have to go a little slower. It was fully opaque in two coats.

You can get Floam from www.NinjaPolish.com. Nail Venturous also has an Etsy shop, but she is currently closed. From what I've read you have to do quite a bit of stalking to get your hands on a bottle too. (I'm dying to get my hands on a bottle of Humble Bee!!)

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsie Tuesday ladies:

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve

Brandi at The Collegiate Nail

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Twinsie Tuesday: Franken

Good Morning! Today we have another Twinsie Tuesday for you. This week's theme is a franken. I haven't frankened recently, but I had an untried franken sitting in my stash so I decided to go with that one. 

I present to you my franken....Metallic Moment. Metallic Moment is made up of different shades of silver, copper, and brown glitter. The glitter is both hex and bar glitter.  There was a little bit of bleeding with the glitter, so the base of this is brown. I layered two coats of Metallic Moment over Wet N Wild Ebony Hates Chris and topped it off with a coat of Seche Vite.

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to check out the other fantastic ladies taking part in Twinsie Tuesdays. We also have 2 new additions so check them out:

Amanda at Amandalandish

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Ashley at Art Evolve

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Jenn at All That is Gorgeous...

Jenna at I'm Still Thinking...

Katherine at Haul of Fame

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

My Economy Ticket - (My Private Jet Franken)

Happy Friiiiday! It's the best day of the week-days! Weeee! 5:30pm today I will be running from my desk to my car, and not thinking about work until Monday morning.

Today I'm showing you my My Private Jet franken. My Private Jet is another polish we all know. I have a dud bottle, and I've been lemming the real thing. I've been watching them sell on Ebay for $50-$75 and I've been thinking about it....but I just couldn't. Then I read on MUA that some girls were buying the "Original MPJ holo", and they turned out to be just duds with SpectraFlair added to them! I don't know how people can do things like that :::shaking my head:::

So, I picked up an extra bottle of DS Original and decided to franken it. I checked numerous blogs, and they also suggest you can use DS Sapphire. I used 1/4 of OPI Black Onyx and 3/4 DS Original. In the bottle photo it looks like only half, but the DS seemed to push the Black Onyx to the sides of the bottle.

Due to the fact that I'm practically broke, I decided to make this comical and call it 'My Economy Ticket'...because we all know the closest I will ever get to a private jet is an airport parking lot LOL.

It's not exact, I'm not even sure if it's close....but it's mine :)
This is NOT my idea, I'm not even sure where it originated, but they are a genius.
What do you think?

My Third Franken: Peacock (and a FAIL pic)

Hi! Today I have my third franken. After Emerald City I wasn't sure if I could top it, and this kind of turned into a fail. I was using various blue hex and bar glitters (all by Recollections, purchased at Michaels) when I decided to spice it up and add a few pieces of purple. Within second, the purple literally took over and caused a mess. This is not what I envisioned. To make matters worse, I added some of the loose WnW holographic glitter that has shown up on Halloween displays and it took it over the top. I'm unhappy with this, too much holo and too much bar glitter. Oh well, you live and you learn.

Here's another fail pic of another franken. I did mostly magenta/pink glitter and wanted to add a few black, and it also became a mess. Damn bleeding glitters. And even though I'm using Confetti Tiara (which I read on MUA was good for frankens) my glitter is still sinking.
Help! Any frankeners have advice?

YUCK!

My Second Franken - Emerald City

Hello! :)  Here is my second franken. I was walking through Michael's craft store when I came across a package of multi colored hex glitters. I instantly thought of frankening my own creation while I wait for my invoice from Lynnderella. I'm actually in LOVE with what I came up with!  I named in Emerald City. I put it over 1 coat of Color Club's Artsy Craftsy which is also a great polish.

Side note - I'm also playing with where I take my photos. The first two photos are in my new spot, the second photos are where I normally take them. Thoughts? I'm really feeling the first two shots! I like the lighting, but is it too dark?

Hare Polish Brisbee

Good Morning! Today I have another polish from Nikole over at Nailing It! This is another gorgeous one and I recommend you check out her shop on Etsy.

Brisbee is a gorgeous teal jelly with golden hex glitter. It totally reminds me of gold coins in the Caribbean sea. Not that I've ever been to the Caribbean, but this is what I imagine lol. You can see the glitter more in Brisbee than in Pegasus due to the base being a little more sheer.

This is three coats of Brisbee and a coat of Seche Vite.

Hare Polish Pegasus

Today I have something truly special to show you, something that I had been lemming for quite some time -- my first Hare Polish!!! If you aren't aware, Nikole from Nailing It! on Tumblr (http://www.nailingit.tumblr.com/) makes her own frankens and opens up her shop every few weeks. I missed the last sale but definitely got to this one. She sells on Etsy.com and they went up at 11pm and all 80 bottles were gone by 11:03? I had all 4 polishes that she sells in my cart and when I went to check out at 11:03 A Positive had been removed from my basket and sold already, but I will get it next time!

Up first for review is Pegasus, which is absolutely gorgeous. The first time I saw photos of this I new I had to have it. It's such a beautiful lilac purple with hex glitter mixed in. In the polish the hex glitter looks silver and white, but upon removal I found it was all silver. I did three medium coats. I am going to try layering this over next time, because by the 3rd coat I lost the glitter that went down on the first coat because the base is pretty opaque.

This is three coats of Pegasus and a coat of Seche Vite. Please excuse the ring finger, I smudged it and tried to fix it the best I could.
On a side note, could the bottles be any better? The hare labels are aaaaaaaaaamazing!

My First Franken!!!

Happy September! Today I have my very first franken for you. I had bought some nail glitter at Sephora ($5 for a small tub) and decided it was time to use it. I wanted to try to recreate Essie's 'Starry Starry Night' but half way through decided I wanted a lighter blue and this is what I came out with....

I impressed myself and I'm completely in L O V E with this polish. <3 <3 <3