I've been receiving a lot of positive attention for my collection, and I'm surprised (and thrilled!).
It's only been finished for about four hours, and I've already gotten several people wishing to purchase/swap/insert other way of receiving my polishes here. Everyone has been really kind and supportive, so I'd just like to thank everyone for that.
I've decided that if people are that enthusiastic about my polishes, then I might as well give them a shot.
I wrote and followed strict franken recipes for them, so I feel confident I can dupe them fairly easily.
I haven't decided on a price or anything yet, but I'm really open to any offers you may have- whether it be swapping, buying, ect.. I'm open to suggestions!
If you are interested, please message me on my MUA account (briobobia), or email me at bvicenti@comcast.net.
Thank you so much everyone, all the support means a lot.
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Dun dun dun....
I would officially like to present the (not) Official Harry Potter NP Collection!
Overall I am very satisfied with these polishes.. some turned out to be a tad tricky to apply, and some were very different from my original idea.. but I'm satisfied.
In no particular order:
Wherefore Art Thou Werewolf
My first shade :) WATW is a rich, chocolate brown with a gold shimmer and a small amount of rainbow microglitter. This is two coats, no b/c or t/c.
Duddykins
I love this color, though I'm not sure how I feel about it on me. Duddykins is a warm coral cream leaning a bit towards the orange side. This picture is almost exactly color accurate, except that Duddykins is just a tad warmer in person. This is three coats, but you could get away with two if you were careful. No b/c or t/c.
Half-Moon Spectacles
One of my favorites, Half-Moon Spectacles is a very pretty gray/blue/lavender sheer. It showed up more blue in this picture, but it has hints of purple in there as well. However, it is very sheer and does require three coats. No b/c or t/c.
Lily's Eyes
Amazingly, this is only three coats. This is probably one of the sheerest polishes I own, so those three coats were a tad thick. I think it's worth it for the color though- An almost seafoam green with a (unseen in the picture) subtle gold/yellow flash. No b/c or t/c in this picture.
Catch My Mad-Eye
My favorite name- though I can't take the credit for it. My friend came up with this name while she was helping me brainstorm polishes. Catch My Mad-Eye is an electric blue jelly, with a (extremely) subtle dark blue shimmer. The color is a tad darker IRL, along the lines of OPI's SSFS. This is 2 coats, no b/c or t/c in this pic.
Stupefy Me
I have to admit, I'm running out of commentary. Stupefy Me is a great tomato red with a jelly(ish) finish. Like pretty much every other color, this also has a really subtle flash- an orange one, in this case. Two coats, no b/c or t/c in this picture.
The Chosen One
I apologize in advance for any blindness or mental scarring due to the messiness and grossness of my cuticles in this picture. I kind of lost patience with many nice, neat little swatches.. so I just slapped this one on. A black jelly with green/gold glitter, this went on very nicely. Two coats, no b/c or t/c.
Meet Me At Zonkos
The only one that was really different from my original listings, MMAZ is a crazy green, blue, silver & purple glitter. This picture is two coats over Wet N' Wild Black. I believe you could have it by itself with a few thick coats, but I didn't have the patience to do that today :) No b/c or t/c in this picture.
Overall I am very satisfied with these polishes.. some turned out to be a tad tricky to apply, and some were very different from my original idea.. but I'm satisfied.
In no particular order:
Wherefore Art Thou Werewolf
My first shade :) WATW is a rich, chocolate brown with a gold shimmer and a small amount of rainbow microglitter. This is two coats, no b/c or t/c.
Duddykins
I love this color, though I'm not sure how I feel about it on me. Duddykins is a warm coral cream leaning a bit towards the orange side. This picture is almost exactly color accurate, except that Duddykins is just a tad warmer in person. This is three coats, but you could get away with two if you were careful. No b/c or t/c.
Half-Moon Spectacles
One of my favorites, Half-Moon Spectacles is a very pretty gray/blue/lavender sheer. It showed up more blue in this picture, but it has hints of purple in there as well. However, it is very sheer and does require three coats. No b/c or t/c.
Lily's Eyes
Amazingly, this is only three coats. This is probably one of the sheerest polishes I own, so those three coats were a tad thick. I think it's worth it for the color though- An almost seafoam green with a (unseen in the picture) subtle gold/yellow flash. No b/c or t/c in this picture.
Catch My Mad-Eye
My favorite name- though I can't take the credit for it. My friend came up with this name while she was helping me brainstorm polishes. Catch My Mad-Eye is an electric blue jelly, with a (extremely) subtle dark blue shimmer. The color is a tad darker IRL, along the lines of OPI's SSFS. This is 2 coats, no b/c or t/c in this pic.
Stupefy Me
I have to admit, I'm running out of commentary. Stupefy Me is a great tomato red with a jelly(ish) finish. Like pretty much every other color, this also has a really subtle flash- an orange one, in this case. Two coats, no b/c or t/c in this picture.
The Chosen One
I apologize in advance for any blindness or mental scarring due to the messiness and grossness of my cuticles in this picture. I kind of lost patience with many nice, neat little swatches.. so I just slapped this one on. A black jelly with green/gold glitter, this went on very nicely. Two coats, no b/c or t/c.
Meet Me At Zonkos
The only one that was really different from my original listings, MMAZ is a crazy green, blue, silver & purple glitter. This picture is two coats over Wet N' Wild Black. I believe you could have it by itself with a few thick coats, but I didn't have the patience to do that today :) No b/c or t/c in this picture.
It's about time!
Well, I did it!
I finally made my HP Franken Collection.
I'm very proud of it.
There's a range of colors and finishes, and they all apply very well.
Almost every color is how I imagined it, too!
Great stuff :)
I'm swatching them now, the collection will be in the next post!
I finally made my HP Franken Collection.
I'm very proud of it.
There's a range of colors and finishes, and they all apply very well.
Almost every color is how I imagined it, too!
Great stuff :)
I'm swatching them now, the collection will be in the next post!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Well... that didn't work so well.
After lemming my own HP collection for a few hours. I felt the need to make a polish. Unfortunately, I have no polishes I want to mix at the moment.
So, I decided to take a tip from Josh (petrilude) on youtube, and make my nail polish using pigments.
AKA four year old drugstore eyeshadows.
I'm not a makeup girl.
Nails... love!
Makeup... No. Don't care.
So I went into my bathroom, took out all 3 of my 6-color eyeshadow palettes, and went to work.
I ended up with what (in my mind) is hopfully going to be 'Half-Moon Spectacles'. It's a very shimmery and pretty (but very sheer) periwinkle color, more on the blueish side than the purple. It does flash purple though, and silver in the perfect light.
I'll post pics soon!
Overall, not bad for my first eyeshadow polish :)
So, I decided to take a tip from Josh (petrilude) on youtube, and make my nail polish using pigments.
AKA four year old drugstore eyeshadows.
I'm not a makeup girl.
Nails... love!
Makeup... No. Don't care.
So I went into my bathroom, took out all 3 of my 6-color eyeshadow palettes, and went to work.
I ended up with what (in my mind) is hopfully going to be 'Half-Moon Spectacles'. It's a very shimmery and pretty (but very sheer) periwinkle color, more on the blueish side than the purple. It does flash purple though, and silver in the perfect light.
I'll post pics soon!
Overall, not bad for my first eyeshadow polish :)
A HP Franken Collection :)
Hello guys!
I was bored the other day, and was discussing future career options with my friend.
I realized that my (temporary) life goal was to become one of the OPI color namers.
So, in order to practice for my future, I decided it would be fun to create a nail polish collection based on the Harry Potter series, by the wonderful JK Rowling.
I haven't created them yet, but here are a few of my concepts.
If you have any ideas, I'd love some comments or input on them, I haven't decided some of the colors.
Lily's Eyes- Lime green creme, maybe slight forest green shimmer.
The Chosen One- Black jelly with bright green/silver microglitter.
Wherefore Art Thou Werewolf- I liked this name, but I have no idea what the color could be- input?
Diddykins- A bright peach creme
Meet Me At Zonkos- A bright purple base with yellow and green hexagonal glitter.
Half Mooned Spectacles- A pale gray/light blue/purple duochrome
You Stupefy Me- No idea what to do for this one, perhaps something red?
Catch My Mad-Eye- Electric Blue shimmer, almost neon.
I was bored the other day, and was discussing future career options with my friend.
I realized that my (temporary) life goal was to become one of the OPI color namers.
So, in order to practice for my future, I decided it would be fun to create a nail polish collection based on the Harry Potter series, by the wonderful JK Rowling.
I haven't created them yet, but here are a few of my concepts.
If you have any ideas, I'd love some comments or input on them, I haven't decided some of the colors.
Lily's Eyes- Lime green creme, maybe slight forest green shimmer.
The Chosen One- Black jelly with bright green/silver microglitter.
Wherefore Art Thou Werewolf- I liked this name, but I have no idea what the color could be- input?
Diddykins- A bright peach creme
Meet Me At Zonkos- A bright purple base with yellow and green hexagonal glitter.
Half Mooned Spectacles- A pale gray/light blue/purple duochrome
You Stupefy Me- No idea what to do for this one, perhaps something red?
Catch My Mad-Eye- Electric Blue shimmer, almost neon.