Hideous Franken polishes - Rusty and Zombie Pearl

Gawd, I'm so bad at making franken polishes. Amanda and Brooke are good at it. I am not. I think the main reason is that I don't use "the good stuff" to franken. Instead I use crappy leftover stuff that I'm never going to use, but feel bad about throwing out.

Here is my first franken: Rusty. Rusty is made from a horrible clear Max Factor polish and a brown loose eyeshadow. I don't use loose eyeshadow, so I figured it would be cool to make it into a nail polish. The eyeshadow was really pretty. Warm brown with blue sparkles. The frankenpolish looks like rust. I didn't put any mixing ballz in there, since I'm too lazy to go buy some.

So today I decided to try my luck again. I used my awful Nivea Satan polish and a sample eyeshadow called Mesh and Ice from The She Space. Sorry about the dark pictures, but you can sort of see.
The result is infinitely better than Rusty, but almost anything would be. The blue sparkles are actually quite pretty, but the polish is still sheer and it still has the disgusting yellow undertone. I named it Zombie Pearl. I might wear it after I cut my nails a bit shorter. I don't like sheers on long nails.
swatches (note the unmixed pigment in Rusty):

NOTD: Sally Hansen Fuchsia Flare + Diamonds

Well look at this hot mess!

Today provides another proof that I just do not learn. You'd think I'd have given up on Sally Hansen now (except for the awesome nail prism which she discontinued... bitch), but NO. I keep buying them. This one was from a lot I bought on ebay. I don't think it's available anymore, at least not in this style of bottle. If it is discontinued/reformulated I don't consider it a great loss since this polish sucks. Application is terrible. The brush sucks and it appears to scrape polish off when you're applying subsequent layers, sort of like what some holos do if you don't let layers dry in between. The finish just looks gross; it's somewhere between glossy and matte and it doesn't appear to be even. I guess the correct term is "slimy". Pigmentation sucks. The picture is 3 coats and it's still not opaque. It also made some disgusting looking bubbles that don't show in the pic.

Looks like crap. But we all know what cures crap, right? Glitter does! So I digged out another Sally Hansen polish. This one is Diamond from the reformulated/rebottled Diamond Strength line (should be named the Satan line instead if you ask me). It actually sort of surprised me by being not ugly and decent to apply. I guess I can live with this manicure for another day.

NOTD: Sally Hansen Royal Romance - Frustration in a Bottle

Well hello there, nail polish from Hell. Can't believe this is my Valentine's manicure.... A least the boy friend got me a big red heart filled with LUSH stuff. Awwwww.

This polish sucks really bad. I can't believe I paid quite a bit for it (Sally Hansen is expensive here). It's pure crap, really. Application is terrible: tip pull, streaking, brush marks, smudging. I just wanted to throw it in the trash. And the color isn't even that pretty. I can't wait to take it off.

That'll teach me to fall for a pretty bottle.....

To make me (and maybe you) feel better, here is a picture of one of my cats breaking into my gerbil's cage with the gerbil watching from a safe spot. My gerbil's name is NomNom btw, and he is the star of the house!

NOTD: Nivea Beauté 83 Pastel Rose - Yellow Nails in a Bottle

I'm leaving for London today. I'll be back on Sunday. I have saved enough posts to keep you entertained while i'm gone, but I won't be able to reply to comments before I get home :)

I have a treat for you today. One of the most hated polishes I own: Nivea Beauté Strong and Pastel #83 Pastel Rose. I've owned this beauty since around 2001, and I don't even know where to start. Should I tell you about the sickly yellow color with just enough pigment to make my nails look gross? How about the wonderful streakiness? I might also touch on the name "Pastel Rose"... raise your hand if you think that is a good name for this bottle of goo.

In case you want to buy this wonder, I think the line has been discontinued. What a tragedy.