Twinsie Tuesday, Gifted Polish

Good morning fellow polish lovers! Happy Tuesday! I'm so happy to be back to almost normal... hopefully I'll be posting regularly very soon. I'm feeling better, just sleepy and a little sore from surgery, but much better. So today's post will be short. (And I actually mean it this time.:))

For my gifted polish choice I picked a handmade "franken" polish that the lovely Elena from ecklipsedbycolor made for me. This was one of 2 colors that she was sweet enough to make for me for Christmas. I'm sad that I haven't had a chance to try it until now! 

This polish is called First Frost. There is a cute label on the front with the name, but I didn't get a pic of it. For those of you that don't know, a Franken polish is a polish that is made by mixing other polishes, glitters, and pigments to get just what you want. I don't know how Elena does it, although I suspect there is some sort of magic involved. 

I treasure all 3 of these polishes, even though I haven't been able to wear them much. It's amazing to think about Elena sitting in her home concocting polishes together until she comes up with something that makes her think of me. And they're one of a kind! 

Be sure to follow Elena on Instagram to see all of her awesomeness! 

Also please be sure to check out the other Twinsie's blogs below for more gifted polishes!!!!

Thanks for reading!

~casey

Alaina at The Little Canvas

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Casey at CaseyLane Loves Polish

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Erin at Paint Those Piggies

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Stephanie at A Little Polish

Tiffany at Polished To Precision

Traci at DrinkCitra

Casey Lane Loves Hogsmeade's Honeydukes

Good morning everyone! Today I have one of the most perfect polishes ever for you! And a little lesson in polish terminology.

The beautiful Elena over at Ecklipsed By Color is one of the very sweet friends that I've made since falling into this nail community. She has a great sense of style (that I seriously envy), a great attitude, and as I've recently learned a gift for frankening polishes.

So here is the lesson part: What is the difference between and Indie and a Franken? An Indie is a polish that is hand made using suspension base, pigments, glitters, and all kinds of other magic that I can't come close to understanding. There is no magic formula or recipe out there for it, the people that make these polishes experiment and build recipes until they find the formula they like. Frankening on the other hand is mixing polishes together. You take polishes that you already have, maybe add in some glitter (like Elena did) and keep blending until you get what you want. See the difference?

Personally I've never done either, both seem daunting to me. I stick with polish as it comes and just go with with that. But the lovely Elena made me my very own special Franken, just for me. It's truly one of a kind and I love it. She told me that it is Casey in polish form, and she is totally right. How about some pictures?

Elena named my polish Casey Lane Loves Hogsmeade's Honeydukes. She knows of my deep and intense love of all things Harry Potter, so the name is perfect. 

Elena mixed colors, glitters, and love in this bottle and it turned out a lovely polish. 

And seriously, check out how adorable these labels are!

Elena successfully made the first bar glitter polish that I actually like, so another win!!!

Isn't this great? I love having this special polish that was made just for me. Its so pretty and it wore really well! 

You should all head over to Elenas blog (here) and her Instagram (here). Did I mention how awesome she is? Because she really is. I've made so many great friends through this community, it's amazing.

I hope everyone is having a good week!

Talk to you soon!

~casey