TKB Planetary Sampler Duochrome Pigments – Swatch of the Day

A long, long time ago I promised to post swatches of franken nail polishes made with TKB Trading’s Planetary Sampler – seven different color shifting pigments which can be used in nail polish. The pigments are also sold separately as … Continue reading

Grey Frankens!

I’ve been really into nail polish lately, and especially into frankening my own.  I’ve also realized that while I’m generally not a fan of full-coverage type chunky glitters, I really like big glitter that is more sparsely dispersed through the polish. … Continue reading

TKB Mermaid Collection Iridescent Pigments Swatches & Review

TKB Trading Mermaid Collection: silver white, gold dust, blue diamond, seawitch green, fairy violet, siren red This post is a little bit different; the polishes I’m going to show you are not commercially available.   I mixed them myself using … Continue reading

Frankening Fun

Nail polish frankens Lately I’ve been having fun playing with nail polish – first, I experimented with making a jelly nail polish out of a clear plus a creme, then I started mixing commercial nail polishes to come up with … Continue reading

Nail Polish Frankens!

Nail Polish Frankens I spent a couple hours a few afternoons ago playing mad scientist and mixing up some of my storebought nail polishes into frankens. Some people create franken nail polishes using glitters and suspension base; while I’m potentially … Continue reading

DIY: How To Franken Your Own Jelly Nail Polish

I’ve been playing around with nail polish a lot lately, and I’ve been getting interested in frankening. Thus far, I haven’t gone so far as to buy suspension base & glitters to make my own nail polish from scratch, but … Continue reading