Anyways, this is Something Unignorable. Name? From the song "Shut Up and Let Me Go" by the Ting Tings. Love that song, love that band, love the lyric..."You're not adorable, I want something unignorable!" I've been feeling that way lately about a certain person in my life that's been uber-confusing lately...but, ahem, anyways...this post is about my lovely franken. I thought the name was fitting because this polish actually is kinda unignorable, for me at least.
Pictures first or story? Hmm we'll go with pictures.
Purple!! Now for the backstory on it. It started off as my mini bottle of Essie Turquoise and Caicos (now that Essie's gone retail, I have unlimited access to full size bottles of it! Muahaha). T & C is probably one of my favorite nail polishes, if not very favorite. I must've added some kind of red or purple to it...not for sure on that, all I remember is thinking, Hmm, how can I make this a unique color, not just any other purple creme? And then I had an epiphany: foil.
Well, actually it wasn't really an epiphany. I just saw a random bottle of Aerie nail polish (yes, Aerie made nail polish...a couple colors around Christmas). I believe it's called...Wish, maybe? Yeah, I think so. Anyways, it's the standard silver foil. I added a little bit to my color...shake shake shake...and out comes this lovely. Ahh. I love that it's a really nice shade of purple...not too blue or red, actually it's pretty blue but like I said, not TOO much so. It's not a blurple. It's totally purple, for sure.
I love how the foil peeks out just so...it's not overpowering the base, but the teeny flakes aren't all hidden and lumpy looking. Seriously, enlarge the pictures...you can see how wonderful the foil looks in it. Ahh can't even say how much I love this. (Although it doesn't claim the spot of Favorite Franken in my collection!)
My nails are pretty short right now...actually, they'll be short for quite a while to come. I have to start keeping them short now for atheletics right now...but that's a different story so I won't get into it. Either way, I personally feel like I'm able to rock any length, so I'm fine with what I've got.
You know what I just realized?! I recently wore one of my AMAZING frankens, You Can't Handle Me (also known as Soft Hair) and didn't take any pics of it. Ugh. Maybe I'll do that soon. I have 35, I think, total frankens...my goal is to photograph all of them and post them here for my (imaginary) readers. And make more, of course, once I accumulate some more mini bottles. And I still have to photo Real or Not Real...and Glitter Forest...and sooo many others...oh geez, this is turning into a project! ...I love it.
I've been really into wearing my frankens lately, like I choose wearing them over new OPIs and China Glazes and stuff. Wow. I haven't even worn most of my China Glaze Tronicas yet...crazy!! I feel such a sense of...accomplishment when I wear my frankens. Like I've created something truly unique and one of a kind, a little more beauty added to this world. You know what would be fun? Having my own line of lacquer. That would be my dream come true. But anyways.
Sincerely for tonight, Cat
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