Ever since I've seen swatches of OPI DS Glamour, I've been lemming for it big time and I don't see how I'm gonna be able to get it anytime soon so I thought I'd better franken a similar version myself! I used 1 part China Glaze First Mate, 2 parts clear and 1 part DS Sapphire (although any light coloured holo polish would do the trick). I then added a few drops of OPI Ski Teal We Drop and Elianto black polish to tailor the colour to my liking! And in tribute of DS Glamour, I decided to name my franken Glamazon!
Here is Glamazon next to DS Sapphire so you can see the holo rainbow.
This was how much DS Sapphire I used. It's about 1/4 of the franken bottle. I bought a spare bottle of DS Sapphire when I managed to find it, with plans of creating frankens like Glamazon!
It's as holo on the nails as it looks in the bottle!
Sadly, after letting the bottle sit for a while, some holo particles did sink to the bottom of the bottle, making it a very pretty sight so I do suggest shaking your holo polishes up before using them!
Look at all that holo goodness at the bottom of the bottle!
And here's where the spam begins. I'm going to apologize first, for the crazy amount of pictures as I got a little carried away trying to capture this pretty shade!
The colour in the above picture is the most accurate although it is slightly darker irl.
And some out of focus shots to emphasise the holo bits...
Loving how there'a a slight holo rainbow arc in the above pic!
A ray of sunlight shot into my room and I ran to it and snapped this picture!
That's Glamazon on my index in sunlight! (I know I have another 2 much more holo polishes on my other two fingers but I'll show you those 2 polishes in due time!)
That's the end of the picture spam (you can rejoice now)! Glamazon does look more holo in real life but it was hard to capture its full holo glory so you'll have to trust me on this. I do sometimes wish I have some spectraflair to add into my polish to make them linearly holo! There is a lady selling it in the US but it's 10USD per gram plus $5 shipping so I'm thinking hard whether it's worth the pricetag!
Whoa! Love your holos!! Don't have any yet myself, but always lemming for one. And your creation is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteAwwww, thanks so much! I'm abit hesistant to use more of my DS Sapphire because it's so precious so I'm thinking of getting some spectraflair, which is even more bling! Let me know of you're interested cuz the shipping is flat rate!! (:
ReplyDeletehttp://morenailpolish.blogspot.com/search/label/Spectraflair
http://www.gildednails.co/2011/08/another-holo-franken-with-spectraflair.html
http://mylucidbubble.blogspot.com/2011/04/black-linear-holo-franken-and-how-to.html
Glamazon is really pretty!
ReplyDeletewahhhh this is nice! but it does look sheer. this would probably look good for galaxy nails haha!
ReplyDelete@shimmerpole: Thanks so much! ((:
ReplyDelete@Lynn: I thought it was going to be pretty sheer too, cuz the recommended formula required half the bottle to be clear, but First Mate is pretty opaque and I think that somehow made up for it! What you see here is only 2 coats whereas if I were to wear DS Sapphire, I'd need 3! Feel like getting some spectraflair to make it more bling!!