Hi Kids!
I've been saving something special for the last post of 2010 here in Glammed-Up. It's a franken I made last year that came thisclose to being dumped in the trash can.
Although I make a lot of frankens, most don't ever get showcased in this blog. The majority of them are nothing really special...mostly a doctoring up of dupes so they're slightly different and frankening lacquers solely for stamping.
Last year, when I was on a quest to franken RBL Scrangie, I put together the franken I'm bringing you today. It's made of WnW Clear, minerals and/or pigments- no other polish. I was going to dump it out when the pigment used for the base color refused to mix properly even with 3 ballz in the bottle. Having made so many Scrangie fails, I lost interest in making any more and being too lazy to salvage bottle, brush and ballz, I just put this one aside and forgot about it...
Until my daughter, Amber, called me from work one day to to gush about how extraordinarily pretty the polish she was wearing was and to ask me where it had come from. I was confused until she described it to me...it was my franken! Catching her excitement, I took down the bottle and swatched it on a nail wheel. After months of sitting on the shelf, the base pigment had totally dissolved into the clear, and it was just as pretty as she said it was!
It's unfortunate that I cannot remember how I made this. The 2 ingredients I am 100% sure I used were WnW Clear and Manganese Violet pigment. I have no idea what the tri-chrome sparkles are...something I have from TKB, Aromaleigh, a mix of the 2 or something else. I don't recall seeing this effect when I first made it, so maybe it's in the process of sitting/marinating that aligned these sparkle particles this way, or maybe they *were* there all along but invisible to my eye due to the base color problems.
My un-named franken is a sheer red purple with sparkle flecks that travel from blue to pinkish purple to (camera elusive) turquoise. It would take 5 to 6 coats to reach bottle color, however, since I have only 2/3 of a bottle, I chose to layer my franken over 2 coats of Rimmel Violet Metal.
I am very proud of this franken and love it to pieces. It deserves to have a name...and that's where you come in, Readers. Since I lack the skill it takes to come up with a fitting name, I'm leaving it up to one of you.
Name my Franken Rules;
1.) Open to USA only (sorry)
2.) You must be a Follower (show me how)
3.) It must be clever (as an example this post from Body and Soul. I LOVE the name You Sleigh Me from Forsythe)
4.) Enter as many names as you can think of!!!
The winner will receive; Sally Hansen Hidden Treasure, Opulent Cloud, Mystic Lilac, Purple Gala and a small decant of my franken. (Picture at the end of this post)
Contest ends January 9, 2011
After all that, I guess I should show you my pretty....
Pictures taken randomly- with top coat, without, before clean-up after, and in different light conditions. Shifting colors are so hard to capture, so please excuse the 15 + or - pictures I'm about to post. For some reason, my camera made the blue look super dark and saturated. In rl it is lighter like the second bottle picture. Anyway, since there are so many, I've kept them small and leave it to you to click for the larger versions.
I think I remembered to post everything. If I've forgotten anything, I will add it later.
Good Luck everyone...and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Winnings;
(Small bottle is for reference. It does not contain my franken yet)
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24 comments:
wow, very pretty. It;s like Scrangie on steroids or something! Great Job :)
That is one lovely franken. I've read on other blogs that the minerals always have to be shaken to mix in the polish. I guess it is a good idea to put it away until it all comes together. I love the shimmer in this. I'd like to name mine "You Melt My Heart". I Follow you on Google Friend Connect. Thanks so much for this wonderful giveaway.
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Call me cheesy but the first name that flew to mind was Raging Violet. I did a google search and can't find another polish with that name so maybe I'm onto something :) I follow via GFC.
Oh. My . Goodness!!!! I am in LOVE! I think I have a rockin name for it - "You're So Vein" =) Whaddayathink?
You did an awesome job, & lots of great pics!!! I'm a new follower, and have come across your blog through links on other polish gal's blogsites. I follow with Google Friend Connect - I'm Crystal. =) Just a really lovely color, perfection!!!! Thanks for sharing & have a beautiful new year!
Very pretty! I follow via GFC as Zara. And it's super cheesy, but the only thing I can come up with is Don't Be Violet. :) Happy New Year!
wow -that is pretty. so after it sat around for a few months this happened? I will have to re-visit all the frankens I have made over the last few years and see how *they* turned out!
I think you should call this glammed-up - after your blog. I think it is a great polish I looooove those flecks and the multi-crome and I love the story behind it. Sorry I cannot think of a macabre name for it ♥♥♥
peripatetic33 - GFC follower
peripatetic33athotmaildotcom
i would name it seren-dippity
not because of the color but because of the way the color came to be and because you don't remember the precise recipe because you dipped a little bit of this and a little bit of that but your will to create a scrangie prevailed magnificently
actually as soon as i saw this post and the colour Siouxsie's "Spellbound" popped into my head! i think "spellbound" would be a perfectly fitting name for it :)
<span>Following the footsteps
of a rag doll dance
we are entranced
Spellbound</span>
I've got too many ideas bouncing around in my head. I'm reminded of wisteria in the purple and blue that shows. But it's so fun and edgy that I'm thinking Amped Up Wisteria, or maybe Warped Wisteria?
Then again, I'm reminded of the colors that show in the sky at dawn, as the sun creeps toward the horizon and suddenly the sky is all blue and purple velvet. Eos is the goddess of the dawn, which would be a simple name that works for me.
Or the simple truth... Accidental Magic. :D
The sparkles seem like a
"Cosmik night"
I'm a follower through google friend connect
Hi Lisa! I follow your blog through GFC.
My name for your Franken would be "Of Corset's You!"
Ooh, so pretty!
the first name that came to mind was "Back to the Fuchsia"
i follow you on google friend connect
Your Nails are beautiful .
I think this is a lovely franken, and as always, I really appreciate this opportunity to win even if I don't. I think this polish should be named Purple Burn-Out, because of the way the blue reflects look among the purple. I follow via GFC, through the name "Allecat100". Thanks again, and I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
AAGGHHH i love this franken! I would call it "Spun Out".
I follow thru GFC as kelliegonzo.
kg@kelliegonzo.com
Ok,since there's no limit on names, I want to edit the earlier name I gave you. I thought about it later,and wished I had called it " Of Corset's Yours!" So there!
Thank you,Lisa!
You're from South Jersey?! Me too! SoJo power!
I follow via GFC as malkatz.
Names:
-Purple Nurple
-Grapes of Wrath
-Witches' Brew
-Violets on TV
Some more:
-Mrs. Roger Rabbit (since this reminds me of Jessica Rabbit)
I follow GFC As MissMidnightBlue
I'd call this Purple Magick. ;) Its such a lovely color! I can not think of anything else.
Another:
Sugarplum Binge
Sort of the same thing, but another:
Sugarplum Overdose
Also-
Ariel's Shell Bra
Wow this is amazing. First thought you had done some sponging. But when I saw it was the polish SO COOL
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