K's Special Fridays #25 - Cat's Eyes

Hello I was so surprised to find one of my last creation while going through my new polishes. I had mixed it a long time ago so I don't remember the exact recipe, but it's globally a mix of green, black, and spectraflair pigment. It is opaque in 3 coats and pictures show it with one coat of Seche vite on top. Cat's Eyes (named after the manga) is a dusty hunter green linear holo. Hope you like it!

Bonjour J'étais tellement surprise de retrouver une de mes dernière créations dans ma pile de nouveaux vernis. Je l'ai créé il ya belle lurette donc je ne me souviens pas de la recette exacte, mais c'est globalement un mélange de pigment vert, noir, et de spectraflair. Il est opaque en 3 couches et les photos vous le montrent avec une couche de Seche vite dessus. Cat's Eyes (nommé après le manga) est un vert poudré holographique et linéaire. J'espère que vous aimez!

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K's Special Fridays #24 - Miss Dior & Cacao

Hello! Wow this is my 300th post! I remember when I wrote my first article, it was barely 3 lines to introduce my timid self and the bday club collection. Today, I am happy that this 300th post also features two of my beloved creations. Miss Dior was created in connection with my favorite perfume Miss Dior Cherie. Described as the fragrance that inspired love and romance, a sensual blend of Italian Mandarin, Egyptian Jasmine and Indonesian Patchouli. Humm let's translate that into a dazzling lavender linear holo, opaque in 2 coats and that will go with any day and nights outfits. Cacao is a brown linear holo inspired by the fact that Cote d'Ivoire (my country) leads the world in production and export of cocoa beans. One of my brother even planted cocoa beans in our backyard and it grew into a big tree, and most I loooove anything chocolate. Cacao is opaque in 2 coats . Let's go look at the pics!

Coucou! Wow c'est mon 300eme article! Je me rappelle quand j'ai écrit mon premier, il était à peine de 3 lignes pour introduire ma personne timide et la collection du bday club. Aujourd'hui, je suis heureuse que cet article parle également de deux de mes créations bien-aimées. Miss Dior a été créé dans le cadre en lien avec mon parfum préféré Miss Dior Cherie . Décrit comme le parfum qui a inspiré l'amour et le romantisme, un mélange sensuel de mandarine Italienne, de jasmin d'Egypte et de Patchouli d'Indonésie. Humm nous allons le traduire en un éblouissant vernis lavande holographique, opaque en 2 couches et qui ira avec n'importe quelle tenue de jour ou nuit. Cacao est un holo marron inspiré du fait que la Côte d'Ivoire (mon pays) est le leader mondial dans la production et l'exportation de fèves de cacao. Un de mes frères a même planté des fèves de cacao dans notre jardin et ces dernières ont mûri en un grand arbre, et plus j'adooooore le chocolat sous toutes ses formes. Cacao est opaque en 2 couches. Allons voir les photos!

K's Special Fridays #23 - I'm a Princess & Pinky Promise

TGIF! I got two special polishes to show you today but there's one I'm not very fond of so we are going to start with it. I'm A Princess (yep I didn't have any inspiration lol) is a purple to silver duochrome with holo glitter. I just don't like it because it is very sheer even after 4 coats (below). On the opposite, Pinky Promise is opaque in two coats :) Let me know what you think about it and see you next Friday.

Enfin Vendredi! J'ai eu deux vernis spéciaux à vous montrer aujourd'hui, mais il y en a un dont je ne suis pas très fière donc on va commencer avec lui. I'm A Princess (oui j'avais aucune inspiration lol) est un duochrome allant du violet au gris avec des paillettes holographiques. Je ne l'aime pas parce qu'il est pas opaque, même après 4 couches (ci-dessous). A l’opposé  Pinky Promise est opaque en deux couches :) Dites moi ce que vous en pensez et à Vendredi prochain.

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K's Special Fridays #22 - You Blue My Mind & Green With Envy

Wassup ladies, Today I have for you two special polishes that I created some time ago but didn't get to try until now. You Blue My Mind is a dark blue holo polish and was inspired by my boyfriend (blue is his fav color) and I made Green With Envy just because there are not enough green holos so I wanted a unique one (just as Dusty Hunt and Mojito). Hope you like it and let me know your favorite! Pictures show 2 coats of You Blue My Mind and 3 coats of Green With Envy with top coat. Thank you!

Wassup les filles, Aujourd'hui j'ai deux vernis spéciaux que j'ai créés il y a un moment, mais que je n'ai pu essayer que maintenant. You Blue My Mind est un vernis bleu foncé holographique inspiré par mon copain (sa couleur préférée est le bleu) et j'ai fait Green With Envy parce qu'il n y a pas assez de vernis holos verts donc j'en voulais un unique (tout comme Dusty Hunt et Mojito). J’espère que vous aimez et dites moi celui que vous préférez  Les photos montrent 2 couches de You Blue My Mind et 3 de Green With Envy avec top coat. Merci!

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K's Special Fridays #21 - Océane

Hello ladies, K's Special Fridays are back with a polish that I already wore as a base for nail art but I also wanted it to have its own spotlight. You know I started this serie because I wanted to share polish recipes with you, but time has flown and I don't remember the recipes of the upcoming posts. I used to do them the same day and write the post and I didnt think of keeping a recipe book. I present to you Océane, a turquoise holo packed with holographic glitter. It was opaque in 3 coats and dried a little gritty so I added top coat for a smooth finish. Hope you like it !

Coucou les filles, K's Special Fridays est de retour avec un vernis que j'ai déjà porté comme base pour nail art mais je veux qu'il soit à l'honneur aujourd'hui. Vous savez, j'ai commencé cette série parce que je voulais partager avec vous des recettes de vernis, mais le temps a filé et je ne me souviens plus des recettes des articles à venir. J'avais l'habitude de les faire et écrire l'article le même jour et je n'ai pas pensé à tenir un livre de recettes. Je vous présente Océane, un vernis holographique turquoise rempli de paillettes holographiques. Il est opaque en 3 couches et sèche un peu comme du gravier donc j'ai ajouté du top coat pour un fini lisse. J'espère que vous aimez!

Let It Snow Challenge #2 - Inspired by Holiday Movie/Song/Carol

Wow lovelies I missed you! I know it's been a long time since I talked to you but time with family and friends has kept me from blogging, For this holiday season, I wish you moments full of joy, happiness, sharing, and giving with your loved ones. The polish I have on my nails is another creation of mine and inspired by my favorite holiday movie, Love Actually. It is a reddish pink linear holo and the following pics show 2 coats of it with top coat.

Wow vous m'avez manqué mes chéries! Je sais que ça fait longtemps qu'on s'est parlé je passe du temps avec ma famille et mes amis, ce qui m'a empêché de bloguer  Pour cette saison des fêtes, je vous souhaite des moments pleins de joie, de bonheur, de partage, et de don de soi à vos proches. Le vernis que j'ai sur mes ongles est une autre de mes créations et est inspiré de mon film de Noel, Love Actually. C'est un vernis holographique rose/rouge et les photos suivantes montrent 2 couches de celui-ci avec top coat.

K's Special Fridays #20 - Pure Gold

Hey lovelies,

I'm sharing this franken with you, even though I'm not sure if I like it. I wanted a gold holo but added too much spectraflair and ended up with a washed out gold. I used OPI Glitzterland and TKB suspension base with 6-7 straw scoops of spectraflair. I will have to perfect the recipe to my taste when I have some free time. Hope you like it!

K's Special Fridays #19 - Dusty Hunt

Hello!
Let me present to you Dusty Hunt, my favorite holo creation! I named it after my constant search for a good green holo. I wanted a good dark green, I'm so proud of it. It has so much depht, and it's opaque in two coats. I used half suspension base with Nubar Greener, a couple of drops of OPI Yoga Ta Get This Blue and black, then added 4 straw scoops of spectraflair. Let me know what you think about this one :)

K's Special Fridays #18 - Violetta

Good morning!
We continue with another polish made out of this magic pigment that is spectraflair. The first time I received it, I went overboard and made 16 holo polishes. As I told you before I don't remember the recipes of these so I'll go directly to the basics. Violetta is a blurple linear holo, opaque in two coats. I mixed blue with purple, few drops of black to darken it, then added the suspension base and 4 straw scoops of spectraflair.

K's Special Fridays #17 - Pour Me Some & Mojito

Hello holo aficionados!
I'm showing you two creations today because their names go well together. Both of them were made to satisfy the need to have some holo colors that I did not have already. I'm super proud of them. On to the pics!

Pour Me Some is a sparkly burgundy linear holo. I mixed Illasmaqua Scarab and a NYC fuchsia polish in a clear suspension base, then added 4 straw scoops of spectraflair. This is two coats without top coat.

K's Special Fridays #16 - In My Skinny Jeans

The story is simple. I wanted to dupe OPI DS Glamour and failed to my original goal (and to others as you will see in future posts lol) but I still like the result. In My Skinny Jeans is a light blue denim holo (the name tells it all). It covered nicely in two coats and I didn't add any top coat. I don't remember the recipe as I mixed almost every blue in my stash but give it a try and have fun!

K's Special Fridays #15 - Don't Blush

Hello!
TGIF! It's almost the week end and it's time for another franken post! This pretty and the ones I will show you during the following weeks were created way before I did the birthday club collection. I do apologize in advance because I do not have the exact recipes of all of them but I'll do my best to direct you the right way if you want to recreate it :) Don't Blush is a nude with pink undertones holographic polish. I was aiming for a more brownish tone but I guess I added too much holo pigment :) which I don't regret at all.

Name: Don't Blush

Recipe for a 15ml bottle = 1/4Brown + 1/4Dusty Pink + 2/4TKB suspension base + 4 straw scoops of spectraflair 35

All swatches are two coats of Don't Blush without top coat

K's Special Fridays #14 - Magic Potion

Hello again!
It's been a time since the last K Special Friday so I'm back with a franken that really came out of nowhere. I had some franken in round bottles and wanted them to be in my signature square bottle so it started from there. I just poured the extras into another bottle and Voila! We have Magic Potion. It was born from the mix of Rose, Candy Explosion, Hollywood Glam I, and Midnight Party. It is a squishy magenta jelly with round holo and small glitter. This is two coats with one coat of Seche vite. Love it!

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K's Special Fridays #13 - Moon Dust pigments remixed

Hello franken aficionados!
This is a follow up of my Moon Dust post from two weeks ago. I added spectraflair and drops of black polish to those pigments and there you go from top coats to multichrome holographics! I didn't make them at the same moment so they are all different, some are more holos, others are too dark because I added too much drops of black. I would advise to go with 5 drops of black and mix it with a clear suspension base, followed by 3 straw scoops of the pigment, then 3 other straw scoops of spectraflair. It gives you room for error. I wasn't feeling like removing my mani, so I swatched them on a nail wheel. What you will see is two coats without top coat.

1. Luna Blue SF (shifts from cyan, blue to purple with holo finish)
2. Aisha Gold SF (shifts from gold, green to blue with holo finish)
3. Crescent Crimson SF (shifts from copper tones to purple)
4. Indu Rose SF (shifts from indigo, purple, copper with holo finish)
5. Lavender Luz (shifts from copper, purple to blue with holo finish)

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K's Special Fridays #12 - Candy Explosion

Hello!
I'm back at experimenting! The polish I created is called Candy Explosion. It is a pink jelly holographic with round holo glitter. I love the mix and how discreet the holo is so much that whenever I have a free time, I will do a clear glitter/holo top coat that I can layer over different colors. Let me know what you think about this one, it was really easy to do. I used two coats without top coat.
Name: Candy Explosion
Recipe: Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope + Wet N Wild Lady Luck + Spectraflair 35

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K's Special Fridays #11 - Moon Dust pigments

Hello lovelies!
I have another cool pigment collection from TKB Trading that is so great for frankening multichromes! The Moon Dust collection is comprised of five color shifting pigments. It is also made with smaller particle sizes than the Star Bites that I reviewed last week, so it has a smoother finish. I mixed half Wet N Wild Clear + Luster base + 4 straw scoops of each pigment to create those beautiful top coats. All swatches show two coats of each polish layered over Wet N Wild Black, without top coat. The following color shifting descriptions were taken from TKB's website. Let's see!

K's Special Fridays #10 - Mauve There!

Hello!
I love pastels, but sometimes find them too light against my skin tone. I had an old purple pastel and wanted to darken it so I added a couple drops of Wet N Wild Black to it. I like it better this way and I think it suits me well. It's a mauve creme that I'll be rocking a lot on my toes this summer. I can't to try a gradient with it :) On to the pics!
All swatches are 2 coats of Mauve There! without top coat

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K's Special Fridays #9 - Black Gold & Amour

Afternoon lovelies,
While looking back at my franken posts, I noticed that I showed you a lot of jellies, so for the following weeks, K's Special Fridays will be more about cremes, shimmers, multichromes and holos (my favorites!) Today, I'm wearing Black gold, one of the first franken that I made from a shimmery golden/olive eye shadow pigment.  I really like it because of its opacity and I have no other color like this in my stash. It dries so shiny that I didn't use any top coat. On to the pics!

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K's Special Fridays #8 - Star Bites

Good afternoon lovelies!
Today's frankens were made out of raw materials that I bought on TKB Trading, the go to place for any indie polish maker. I was interested in the Star Bites collection after seeing it on More Nail Polish blog. I caved in and ordered a sample of Shanika Sun, Marinda Star, and Cherika Moon in order to make some cool color morphing top coats. According to TKB, the Star Bites are "extra bright, small glittery iridescent color additives which appear as a white, semi-irridescent powder until rubbed on the skin, or set against a dark color."
I love them! They have a multichrome glassfleck finish and the color shift is so strong.
The following recipe is for a 15 ml bottle: Luster base (you can get it from TKB) + 8 straw scoops of each pigment. I made them super pigmented so you might want to use less. All swatches show two coats of each polish over Sation Black, without top coat.

K's Special Fridays #7 - Hollywood Glam I

Morning!
Today's post will be quick because I'm getting ready to travel for the week end! Don't worry I have schedule automatic publishing for two days :) Now back to bizzness
Hollywood glam I (or 1)is a dark burgundy wine jelly with holographic and red glitter that I made during a boring Saturday afternoon. I'm a fan of vampy colors and didn't have one with glitter so I got in my *lab. I hope you like it and thanks for reading ! See you soon xoxo

Name: Hollywood Glam I
Recipe: Revlon Red + Wet N Wild Black + Wet N Wild Kaleidoscope + fine red glitter
All swatches show two coats of Hollywood Glam I without top coat

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