Colour Morphing franken fail

G'day everyone.  

I'm only sharing this polish with you today so that you don't do the same!  Save your precious colour morphing powders and multichrome polishes, cause this one is a fair balls up!

Because I was able to create such an awesome polish when I mixed spectraflair with Ozotic 505, I wondered if I could create something as equally awesome by adding some colour morphing powder.  Buzzzzz Wrong!

Ozotic 505 has an turquoise green base that shifts to purple.  I chose to add the Gold to Green powder (cause that is all I actually have in stock at the moment)  I hoped it would still have the turquoise base, but with little golden sparkles over the top, then on the shift it would turn purple with little green sparkles over the top. 

Maybe I added way to much gold/green powder or maybe the two shifting colours just clashed?  I dunno, but either way it's an EPIC FAIL.

See, you can't really see the turquoise base anymore.

It still shifts to purple, sort of.

But the purple shift is interspersed with green flecks.

Up close like the last picture, it looks kinda ok, but most of the time it just looked BLAH!

Luckly I only mixed up half a 5 ml bottle, so only about 2.5ml.  And at least Ozotic 505 is a polish I have plenty of, and easy access to.

Whoo Hoo Colour Morphing Powders

Saturday mail delivery - look what just arrived!

Off to start packaging it up right now.

Spectraflair should be here next week too (is being shipping as we speak with UPS = fast!).  Please email me at morenailpolish@iinet.net.au if you want me to hold your envelope to include spectraflair.  Please email me quick, otherwise the envelopes will be gone in the post early next week. If you envelope has already been posted and you want spectraflair, delivery will be $2.50.

Spectraflair will be $15AUD  More details for spectraflair payments will be posted here when it arrives. 

*leaves to put on mask and gloves for packaging extravaganza*

Latest update for colour morphing powders and spectraflair

The bottom line is the colour changing powders still have not arrived. 



I suspect that they might be caught up at Customs. 



Because I had to order so much ($1300+ worth of powder), and the $$ amount would have been written on the customs declaration, the the parcel has probably been diverted to Australian Customs. 



I now have to wait for Customs to send me a letter telling me how much extra money I have to pay to get the powders released (customs duty of 5% and GST of 10% - DOH!).  Once I pay that, they will release the package to me. 

You only have to pay duty if the product is valued at over $1000 and it never occured to me when I placed my order that I would have to pay Customs duty and GST because of the amount I ordered.  If I had ordered two seperate amounts a few weeks apart, both orders would probably have come through ok.



Oh well. Lesson learned. Profit margin slashed!



At least the wait and the anticipation will make it that much more exciting for everyone when it does arrive and you can all start frankening.  Also, except for the 13 lucky ladies that got my original batch, no one else has received it yet, so you will all get it at roughly the same time now.



I also believe the same thing will happen (or has already happened) with the Spectraflair. 

Another update on colour morphing powder orders

This is my dining table at the moment.  Envelopes, addressed and ready to go. Those green stripes, they are Australia Post Customs Declarations, each one completed by hand!!   And this is only about half of them.  I am ready to go, I just need the powder.

Unfortunately, emailing the supplier is a painful process because of time zones, I send them an email, they reply during their business hours which is while I'm sleeping. I wake up and reply straight away at about 7.00am, which is just as they are finishing work for the day. They read that email the next day and reply, which I don't get for 24 hours!   The time zones are killing me!

So what is happening?  Well, I had asked whether my first order (paid for more than two weeks ago) had been shipped yet - cause I knew they had to order more.  The latest email received this morning said:

"I was under the impression you wanted all of them to ship together so no it has not shipped.  I'm sorry I must have misunderstood. Do you still need these and the others you wanted? We have plenty in stock now.  If you don't need them now I will refund the amount you already purchased.  Sorry for all the confusion. "

Needless to say, I confirmed with him straight away that I need all the bottles I have ordered and paid for, and he must be working overtime today cause he just wrote back saying they "will get it out as fast as they can" - HOORAY

So now, I'm begging with you to continue being patient.  I have received a few emails asking where their powder is and why I haven't emailed individuals yet with an update.  I just have too many people to write to individually, it is far quicker for me to update you all here.  

Please don't email me asking if they powder has arrived.  I promise I will post here as soon as it does and I'm not gonna run off with your money. Are we good? OK. It's a deal? Sweet.

Update on colour morphing powder orders.

A very quick update.  I've had to order about $1350+ worth of powders in the last week to keep up with demand!!  The supplier (The Coating Store) had to order more too.  I got an email reply this morning saying:



"The flakes came in later yesterday and we're set to start shipping again.  Sorry for the delay on getting these out.  Our demand for these has gone up dramatically recently."



I'm guess there must be some people out there who decided to buy a larger amount direct from The Coating Store, thus reducing their stock and creating the dramatically increased demand!!  I'll have to let them know that is was probably my blog post that caused the sudden rush!



Anyway, it's coming, so thanks for your patience!



I'll post a real post later.

What if I mix them all together?

Hi again everyone.  Thanks everyone for your patience in waiting for my email replies and most importantly waiting for some more powder to arrive.

I think I may have bought the guy out!  I definitely have one batch (of all colours) on it's way to me, and I emailed them Tuesday morning to get another order.  He may have to order more too.  Either way, it is coming, you might just need to wait a bit.  I'll be sending it out based on the order paid, if you want to know where you are in the queue, just email me.  I emailed the lucky 13 ladies who got their payments in super fast and got my original stock.  So if you didn't get an email saying it's on its way, your in the next order.

Now for some more pretty pictures.  I'm sure anyone who gets their powders will first make up a layering top coat,  you might then try frankening some dupes of other polishes, but before long you will be wondering, like me, what if I mix all three.  So I did.

It's really quite complex looking.  The main base colour is bronze, but you see four definite sparkles in there, red, gold, blue and green

The shift colour is a mix between green and violet blue.

Here is a blurly shot of the direct sun shot which shows those four distinct colours.

And the macro shot

This was three coats of my new franken over black.  I made this one not as pigmented as my first ones because I wasn't sure if it was going to work out or not. 

So if there is anyone that didn't order and still wants to join the list, please email me.

Colour morphing frankens

An exciting post today ladies...

Today I'm showing you three new franken polishes that I made using colour shifting pigments. As you will soon see, these are just short of amazing.  Its my opinion that these are the pigments that are/were used in polishes such as Clarins 230 and the old Liquid Euphoria.  One of them is also identical to my Avon colour morphing top coat. So please ensure your tray tables are in the upright position and lets go...

First up is the green to violet blue pigment.  This shows two coats over black with photos taken in the sun.  This one starts off green.

The below shot was taken indoors and shows the polish being a very strong duochrome with blue on the sides and green in the centre.

Back in the sun at a different angle you see the green shifting to blue.

Now here is my first ever youtube video.  It's not edited so there is ambient background noise and maybe a cat meowing, but you get the idea!  But I just wanted to try show the colours changing in real life.

Next up gold to green - This one looks exactly like my Avon Colour Morphing top coat.  Exactly I tell you.  Not just distant cousins, or sisters, these two are twins! 

It starts off a bronzey gold with mossy green undertones.

Spinning on the spot it gets greener and greener (and I get dizzier and dizzier).

And finally the turquoise blue flash at the end.

Another video in attempt to display the colour changing in real time.

Finally Copper Red to green. 

Now just like Kang I say "we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling".  Cause when I'm twirling, that's when the red goes green.

Holy crapola, I can't believe it went from that red, to the below green.  This is the kind of pigment I believe is used in Clarins 230 and Liquid Euphoria Bliss.  Now I made my franken really saturated because I wanted a full nail colour, whereas those polishes have a much more subtle colour changing sparkle, but that just depends on how much powder you put in.

Another spectacular video demonstrating my outstanding videography skills.

Here are my bottles pics of each of these frankens.  All I did was add less than a quarter of a gram of pigment to a bottle of regular clear nail polish.  As you can see these end up being a milky translucent polish.  If using regular clear nail polish (and not a suspension base) then it will settle to the bottom after about 3-4 days.  However I have found that these mix up a lot easier than glitter or spectraflair and you only need to re shake the bottle for a few minutes to use it again.

Ok, so now the fun bit about how you can get your hands on some of this pigment.  I was only able to buy this stuff in fairly large quantities, so I'm on selling the stuff I don't need.


What is it?

Its chameleon colour changing pigment, used in the automotive industry for car paints as well as manufacturing of plastics etc.  The particle size is 90 microns, which is larger than spectraflair, but smaller than ultra fine .004" glitter.  Mixed in nail polish it is totally smooth, no top coat required.

Where did I get it from?

I purchased two different brands from two places.

All three colours, Gold to Green, Copper Red to Green and Violet Blue to green, are Konfusion brand.  You can buy a half ounce tub from The coating store in the US for $45. But a half ounce is a lot of pigment when you talking a few bottles of nail polish.  That’s why I’m keeping some for myself to continue frankening with, but splitting up the rest to sell to you guys. 

Before I bought the Konfusion brand pigments, I actually bought a two ounce tub of House of Kolor chameleon powder in Gold to green from an Australian seller on ebay who had bought it to paint their car, and changed their mind.  This tub retails on the House of Kolor Australian website for $755.92!! 

Is it safe to use car pigment in nail polish?

First, I’m no scientist or chemist, so I have no definitive answer to that. When handling these powders you must use gloves and a mask because it is a very fine powder that will remain suspended in the air very easily, thus can be easily inhaled if you spill it.  Here are the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for the KonFusion pigment and the House of Kolor pigment

It is not cosmetic grade for use in other makeup, however suspended in nail polish it all seems fine.   I have had mine mixed for several weeks and they are still perfect.  No cracked bottles, no explosions, no fingers or nails falling off.  All nail polish contains pigments etc, and these colour changing pigments can only be created a specific way.  Given that these types of effects have been seen in nail polishes before (eg Clarins 230, Liquid Euphoria etc) I suspect these pigments have been used in the manufacturing process before.

However, if you have any concerns, do not purchase it. And I also don't want to hear from people bitching that I am using it and selling what I wont use.

How much is it?

AUD $6.50 per 1 gram pot

AUD $2.50 postage (to anywhere in the world)

I will combine up to three pots (one of each colour) for the same postage.

What will you get if you buy some?

I purchased some digital precision jewellery scales so I can accurately measure out one gram.  The scales measure down to .01 of a gram.

I also purchased some little 3 gram cosmetic pots to put the pigment in, rather than sending it to you in zip lock bags.  While placing the pigment in ziplock bags would be easier for me to do, I find it difficult to get  pigment out of them without creating a mess.  When you open the zip, powder often puffs up into the air.  I think this creates a greater risk on inhalation as well of being wasteful.  Whereas in the pots, you can leave it to settle, then gently open the pot, easily scoop some out and then do up the pot without powder going everywhere. 

So you will get one gram of your choice of pigment powder in a nice little cosmetic pot. Here is a picture of some I have packaged up already.

How many bottles of polish will one gram make?

Of course this depends on the size of your bottles and how saturated you want the pigment.  Do you want to make it a one coater or just a light flash of colour changing sparkle?  I made the above bottles up, which are 13.5ml, using less than a quarter of a gram.  I think mine are very saturated, but make your own mind up looking at the pictures.

How do you make a Franken polish with this?

If you just want a simple layering top coat, all you have to do is mix it with a clear polish.  Start with a little bit, then shake, and swatch it onto a black or dark base.  Keep adding pigment until you get the desired opacity.  Using a clear polish will mean it will settle after a few days.  If you use a very sheer French colour or other sheer shimmer polish as the base, it will generally hold the pigment in suspension. 

Of course you can add this pigment to other coloured polishes to franken up some awesome dupes of polishes such as:

• Clarins 230 – A sheer maroon purple base with copper red to green pigment.
• Liquid Euphoria Bliss – A sheer purpley/maroon base with copper red to green pigment. Check out a swatch here.
• Liquid Euphoria Dreamy – A sheer greenish jelly with gold to green pigment. Check out a swatch here.
• Liquid Euphoria Euphoric -  A sheer purple jelly base with Violet blue to green pigment. Check out a swatch here.

(Note: these are only my guesses at colour combinations and pigments – I don’t own any of those polishes and have based my ideas off pictures.  Please don’t take my word for it.  But I’m certainly going to start with these colour combos to try to dupe these elusive polishes and make easy to follow recipes.)

How to purchase?

I can only accept PayPal.

Send me an email to morenailpolish@iinet.net.au and tell me what colour/s you want.

I will then confirm that I have enough stock for your requested colour/s and send you all the details of how to pay in an email back to you.

Because of the outrageous PayPal fees, I will be asking you to send your PayPal payment as a "Personal" amount of "Payment owed", rather than sending money as "Purchase of goods". I will also ask people, where possible, to please use funds from a bank account or PayPal credit, rather than using their credit card.  I still get charged fees for all international transactions but doing the above two things helps to lower the percentage they take.

How much profit am I making?

After taking all costs into account (specifically PayPal fees) I’m making about a buck fifty for each lot, which I think is reasonable for the hours (upon hours) of time and effort involved in packaging and posting.

Why not sell through ebay?

It costs too much! I just want to share the awesomeness of these powders so others can have some fun like me.  If I were to sell through ebay I would have to pay insertion fees, final value fees and full commercial PayPal fees, plus spend more of my time to make eBay listings.

However if that is what people want (so they can receive PayPal buyer protection) I am happy to do it. But the eBay price will be AUD$8.00 per gram.  I will create individual custom listings for people who want this.  I'll then email you the ebay item listing.

I just want to do this as cheaply as possible for everyone, so you can experience this fun with nail polish.

What if it doesn’t arrive?

I will take photos of every order I send off to prove I have done it.  If the item is lost in the post (and I addressed the envelope correctly) I can’t take responsibility for that. Sorry.  If this is a concern for you, I’m happy to do registered post, although that costs $13.20 which you will have to pay.  If my photo shows I sent it to the wrong address, I will resend.

I'm happy for you to ask any questions in the comments, or if you would rather send them by email you can to morenailpolish@iinet.net.au.

WOW, so there you have it.  I'm exhausted.

Avon Colour Morphing over LA Girls Groupie

Something a little fun today.  I thought it about time to pull out my AVON colour morphing top coat and try it layered over a different polish.  I chose LA Girls Groupie from the Rock Star collection.  There is so much going on with the mani, first the purple flecks from Groupie, then the amazing shifting shimmer from the top coat, going from gold to green.

I was amazed how easy it was to see both gold and green shimmer at the same time, but I wonder if this would have been better over a creme polish rather than a glass fleck one, because the shine coming from groupie started to hide the other two colours.

The green and the purple looked so awesome together.

Aaahhhhh, Colour Morphing top coat, I really love you. We shall never be parted.

Also - received an email from piCture pOlish last night saying they have 10% off Ozotic polishes at the moment (until 6:00pm 5 July Aussie time), as well as saying they have cheaper standard mail for international orders.  I have no idea how much cheaper it makes the international postage, but I thought I should let you know, as they are the only place you can get Ozotics that post internationally (even if their Ozotic prices are a bit higher than some other resellers).

Five colour mood polish?

Last year, when I purchased my Artform holographic nail polishes, also found on their website a few bottles of five way colour changing mood polishes under the brand name of Dare2Wear.  I ordered all five at the time, but two were out of stock, and sorry, they don't seem to have them at all any more.  But I still thought I would share.

So, these polishes are meant to have five colours.  A cold colour indoors, warm colour indoors, cold colour in the sun, warm colour in the sun and glow in the dark.  How awesome do they sound!!  They had me, hook, line and sinker.

Unfortunately, they didn't quite live up to what I had hoped.  This one is suppose to be Luscious Lavender on the nail, and Baby Blue on the tip indoors, then change to Mystic Beige on the nail and Lime Gold on the tip in the sun. Finally, it's suppose to go Neon Green in the dark.

So here is the indoor pick.  I guess you could call this Luscious Lavender.  It's a nice metallic finish, not streaky and quite a pretty colour, but there isn't any difference with temperature.  I tried hot water and cold, but no changes.  I wonder if these mood polishes lose their effect over time?

Here is the sun picture.  As you can see there was a definite colour change to the Mystic Beige, but again no sign of the Lime Gold on the tip.

Finally, was it neon green in the dark?  Well, although it was the hardest picture to capture, YES.  It was really cool and kinda freaky.  I remember laying in bed after all the lights were out and giggling to my husband "tee hee, look my nails are glowing".  Although I couldn't see, I'm sure he rolled his eyes in his head as he said "that's nice darling".

I have another two bottles with other shades. I have tried one, and it is the same as this one with regards to the temperate changes.  Maybe the last one will show all five colours.  Either way, I love the two colours in this one, and the fact that it glows at night is just a fun bonus.