tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14522562676423011912024-03-05T02:28:58.113-05:00Polish and Pigments<center> Everything I wanted to know about using pigments in polish </center>MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.comBlogger216125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-53218234204379326322020-02-01T13:50:00.001-05:002020-02-01T13:52:23.212-05:00Color Shifting Rocks
Glass rocks from the Dollar Tree, painted on the back with layers of Glitter Unique's Color Shifting Flakes, Ultra Chrome Chameleon Flakes, Illusion Flakes, (the different flakes are not mixed up on one rock, each is a different color) SpectraFlair-35 (Glitter Unique sells that too) and a holographic glitter polish I made forever ago. The final layer was black for contrast. The last two MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-88873840907462976292020-01-13T11:35:00.000-05:002020-01-14T09:12:24.694-05:00Glitter Hippo Color Shifting Glitters (for crafts)
It should come as no surprise that I have a massive collection of glitter, enough to fill two empty cat litter buckets (because those things are so handy for storage), one for solvent resistant, nail polish glitters and the other for the crafting variety. The Glitter Hippo glitters are the crafting type but no less fun to play around with, especially the color shifters and I have them toMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-45556687374937179742020-01-03T10:49:00.004-05:002020-01-03T10:49:44.947-05:00New TKB Trading Swatches
Thank you for coming back once again. What I have for you today are swatches of the TKB Trading pigments I purchased in November and for Christmas, an assortment of purples for eyeshadow, wish list items, newer/too hard to pass up items or pigments chosen because of they weren't out of stock due to Christmas.
I bought all sample sizes, either 6 grams or 2.5 grams depending on theMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-35105951591933558962020-01-02T10:03:00.001-05:002020-01-02T10:06:07.612-05:00Nurture Soap: Eco-Friendly Glitters
Hopefully, you came back to check out Nurture Soap’s
Eco-Friendly Glitters,
and I am happy to oblige with more pictures!
Shall we start with what exactly are Eco-Friendly,
Enviroglitters?
Copied from Eco-Friendly
Glitters page:
Nurture Soap offers only eco-friendly and
biodegradable glitter. Plastic-based glitter has a known impact on marine life.
This was not acceptable to us, and we MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-16460286568818891032019-12-31T13:13:00.000-05:002019-12-31T13:15:50.206-05:00Store Review: Nurture Soap & Mica Swatches
Christmas came and Christmas went but it brought me more
pigments from a company called Nurture Soap
and I am excited about sharing them with you. I bought them without knowing
what I was actually going to use them for so I have only dry swatches to show
you, no nail polish, but there are plenty of them.
Although I ended up not using them, I enjoyed pressing my
own eyeshadows in November MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-17971802570345472562019-12-03T18:46:00.000-05:002019-12-05T17:52:02.108-05:00Turning Pigments into Pressed Eye Shadow
I
know I haven't posted anything real in years but I'm back now to share my
recent research and project on Turning Pigments into Pressed Eye
Shadows. Hey, still pigment related!
Warning up front: this is a very long post with a lot of information and quite a few links.
All blue sections are reprinted from TKB Trading pages (with permission)
I
haven’t worn makeup regularly in MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-28799903416537073502019-11-27T13:44:00.002-05:002019-11-27T13:44:15.659-05:00Thanksgiving & Update
To my limited audience, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone gets to visit with family (or be left alone if that's your preference), eat hearty and conclude the day on a high note with pumpkin pie. It will be a small feast at our house (for just 2-3 people) but I'm making all the trimmings along with a nice turkey breast so I expect to be both tired and stuffed (pun intended).
The update: MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-85620534255894163972018-12-25T12:10:00.005-05:002018-12-25T14:01:32.406-05:00Merry Christmas and a mini update!
Well, we made it through another year, Ladies. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years! May your nail polish shine and your nails not break =)
I could tell you the highlights of my 2018 but I suspect it wouldn't be all that interesting. In summary, my dad, cats, home, kids (now 19 and 21), various crafts and more artsy stuff. The one notable accomplishment was I have completed reading The Bible allMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-75426926018984084642017-12-31T10:55:00.001-05:002017-12-31T10:55:21.155-05:00To a New Year...
Today is the 31st of December and the last day of 2017- the blog survived another year. If you don't know, it's been around now for 7 years and 3 months and in that time I gained 602 followers! I've lost a few here and there but if you're still with me, even once in a while, THANK YOU! Without you, I'd just be talking to myself.
Life just keeps coming and keeps you busy. I still MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-11936299256623556112017-11-24T07:58:00.000-05:002017-11-24T07:58:10.654-05:00Glitter Unique Black Friday Sale
Here, it's 7:55a. You still have 35 minutes to save 25% on Glitter Unique products store-wide.
After 9a, you can still save 20%.
Get it while the getting's good!
MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-10034882142057887092017-10-16T13:12:00.000-04:002017-10-16T13:12:28.270-04:00Adoptable Cats in N. Kentucky & Ohio
Although cats are not the same topic as this blog, many of my readers seem to also be cat lovers so I'm going to share my new Facebook page, Tri-State Adoptable Cats, in the hopes I'll reach a broader audience (beyond those on my "friends" list). Allow me to explain, if you're still here.
I've had cats since 2010, six at this moment, with one that passed away a couple years ago. Of those cats, MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-16880248276359262592017-10-07T13:08:00.002-04:002017-10-07T13:09:16.663-04:00Unicorn Pee?
Slightly after the fact but I'm posting anyway.
"Unicorn Pee" is apparently all the rage these days, right? I'm here to tell you that Glitter Unique, one of my FAV suppliers, has a newer line of color shifting goodies called Unicorn Pigments and #8 is supposed to look a LOT like the infamous Unicorn Pee.
There are currently 9 colors and they sell for $11.50 a gram, 2 grams - $22.50, MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-66167480419285816382017-06-10T15:56:00.001-04:002017-06-10T20:52:00.508-04:00New Illusion Flakes from Glitter Unique
New Illusion Flakes from Glitter Unique... "Beautiful, Colorful flakes with a Holographic Flair!!!"
6 Colors, $12.00 per gram, $20.00 for 2 grams (larger quantities available).
10% off now until Monday on new products.
MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-59279707643938353572017-05-20T08:10:00.000-04:002017-05-31T12:51:31.510-04:00Ultra Chameleon Chrome Pigments...
More swatches and comparisons.
I'm back with four Ultra Chameleon Chrome pigments that I bought
to round out my collection of Supershift Pearls from Didspade. From Glitter Unique, I have Emerald/Blue/Gold and Copper/Gold/Green. From Spectraflair4u, I
have #4 RCGC (Red/Copper/Green/Cyan) and #8 BPCG(Blue/Purple/Copper/Green). Both companies sell these for the same price,
$11.50 per MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-73105295786378259272017-05-19T09:33:00.001-04:002017-05-19T09:33:29.195-04:00Glitter Unique, Color Shifting Pigment Swatches
It probably looks like all I do lately is buy Glitter Unique products and I do have a lot, but with these color shifting pigments I'm not sure when I bought them. I had 5 from last year, not enough to do a full blog entry on and then I found 4 more in my stash recently- which is still only 9 out of 23 that are available. I've listed all 23 below, with the price for the teaspoon sample MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-69310757482879552662017-05-18T07:54:00.000-04:002017-05-18T07:58:15.735-04:00Glitter Unique, Color Shifting Flake Swatches
It's been a busy couple weeks for me but I managed to squeeze in some picture taking of the super beautiful color shifting flakes from Glitter Unique that I was lucky enough to get for Mothers Day. There are 13 colors altogether, too many to fit into one (good) photograph but I did get them in groups of three though so you'll still get to see how they compare to each other. I'll list MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-32349533407896484572017-05-07T11:46:00.001-04:002017-05-07T20:41:39.483-04:00Glitter Unique Color Shifting Flakes
Glitter Unique added a line of color shifting flakes in March/April and I made note of that, updated the supplier list accordingly but didn't make a big fuss over them on here and I should have. I own them now, being part of my Mothers Day gift and I see the color shift first hand. Unlike the Ultra Chrome Chameleon (UCC) flakes, these are transparent but every bit as vibrant and shifty. I'll MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-29651658469017181482017-05-05T13:53:00.002-04:002017-05-07T16:09:07.889-04:00Didspade Releases 4 New Supershift Flakes
New SuperShift Flakes are now live on www.didspade.com and www.didspadeworld.com (International customers only)
Use code SSF15 at checkout for 15% off the SuperShift Flakes.
Promotion ends tomorrow @ midnight (M.S.T.)
$46.00 for 5 grams, making it $9.20 per gram. The four colors are:
Congo
Space Berry
Grave Digger - an homage to my favorite monster truck of the same name?
Tiger
The 15% MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-90811958742833632662017-04-21T16:56:00.001-04:002017-05-08T07:26:00.814-04:00Spectraflair4u Chameleon Pigments
Note: Everything in this entry is based on a single order dated 5/5/16 from Spectrflair4u so it goes without saying a review is long overdue.
Spectraflair4u is an etailer located in the US that sells most things a hobbyist or indie polish maker would need, including an impressive array of color shifting materials. Today's post will feature 17 (out of 38) of the chameleon pigments available in MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-6466842543408648632017-04-20T16:28:00.000-04:002017-05-08T07:28:03.683-04:00Glitter Unique UCC Flakes
For today's post I have for you more duochrome pigment pictures- a LOT of pictures. 14 of the available 17 Ultra Chrome Chameleon flakes from one of my favorite stores, Glitter Unique that I bought throughout last year- but they are all current inventory so don't fret, I'm not going to show you something you can't get.
Below is the list of current products and prices, the asterisk MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-17766050927564768452017-04-18T12:00:00.000-04:002017-05-08T07:28:41.194-04:00Didspade Supershift Pearls (Part 2)
Even though it is almost a year later, I'm going to consider this a follow up to my original entry, Didspade SuperShift Pearls & Store Review. In that post I reviewed the store, their product line-up and their Supershift Pearls with pictures of them in bottles and the sample bags. If you haven't seen it before, I encourage you to do so. What I hadn't done was swatch nail sticks or MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-88566684749120661582017-04-17T16:20:00.002-04:002017-05-07T16:12:29.475-04:00A few posts coming...
It's obvious by now that my interest in polish making and polish collecting has waned and my supplies are gathering dust- it will be a hell of a yard sale- but I have two or three posts planned for the coming days. Duochromes, specifically photographs of color shifting pigments from SpectraFlair4u and Glitter Unique, Didspade's Supershift Pearls (comparable to the UCC pigments from the other twoMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-4195806479277127632016-12-21T09:29:00.000-05:002016-12-21T09:29:41.858-05:00Merry ChristmasMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-34229100949681662602016-10-27T10:23:00.001-04:002016-10-27T10:23:16.708-04:00Check Your Old Frankens
I end up going through my collection of frankenpolish, bottle by bottle, to make or update a list and I usually find a few that have gone bad, mostly due to the old zinc plated BBs we used before we knew better. If they corroded at the same rate, it would be an easy thing to pluck them all out but they don't and instead, you pick up a bottle, see the tell tale orange/brown discoloration and knowMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1452256267642301191.post-983959573298938392016-10-25T10:11:00.000-04:002017-05-08T06:45:47.566-04:00Franken #394 SF Laser
Surprised to "see me" again? I am, and I'm even back with another manicure.
I got close to a week out of the last paint job before I whacked a nail, taking a big chip off the side (but at least it didn't break) so it had to come off and another put on- after having painted nails for three weeks, the naked ones were decidedly ugly. I had trouble picking a brand or even a color because 99% MKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16815882603574227881noreply@blogger.com0