Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Evening Twinkler - An Essie Starry Starry Night dupe

I did it. I finally did it! I made an Essie - Starry Starry Night look alike. I frankened the franken of all frankens. I think I did a damn good job! Sorry to toot my own horn and all but I think it's pretty close.

The idea hit me when I purchased LA Colors - Silver Glitter. It is a clear base with silver glitter. To me it looked like it might be a match for the glitter in SSN. It was small and silver, and not holographic/prismatic, and not too small... it seemed like a match. Now for the blue part. That hit me when I got my hands on the new Wet n Wild Craze colors. I purchased Nocturnal, and it seemed to me to have a bit of a jelly consistency, despite being dark. I didn't think it would work out to well to mix them at first, to be honest, (plus I was concerned about using my Nocturnal since it was so small) so I just layered them. Here is the results:

On the first and middle fingers I used just one coat of Nocturnal and on the ring finger I used 2. I wanted to see how it compared because I was concerned that 2 coats would be too black. It actually looks okay, but nothing compares to how it looks when I mixed Silver Glitter and Nocturnal together:(make sure to click the picture for the enlarged size!)
Yeah.... I really, really have to pat myself on the back for this one. I do not have, nor have ever seen Starry Starry Night in person, but I think this looks pretty darn close. This is absolutely quelling my need for this elusive, beautiful polish. I've named it Evening Twinkler.

I started with an empty mini bottle, but soon realized this would need a larger bottle. After purchasing a replacement Nocturnal, I emptied a full size clear Wet n Wild and filled it with half Silver Glitter and half of Nocturnal. I must tell you too, that this was the best franken I have ever made formula-wise. It is soooo smooth and these two polishes mix together VERY easily and without balls. It took about 5 seconds. I have never seen polish mix so easily and apply so easily after being mixed. I strongly recommend everyone makes this!!! It is so cheap and easy. And if you want it a little bit darker (which I may) {nah. I like it just fine!!} you can a couple of drops of a black creme polish to darken it.

Wet N Wild - Nocturnal can be found in drugstores, and I found my LA Colors - Silver Glitter in a small independent beauty store, but I have also seen it on Cherry Culture.

Happy frankening!

18 comments:

  1. Love it! I have never owned SSN, but from the other pics that I have seen it does look really dead on!

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  2. That is awesome! It looks just like other swatches that I have seen of SSN!

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  3. Thats so pretty! I really want a colour like that! Great job:)

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  4. Great to know about this. As I have been waiting to get the Craze collection since forever, I'm excited to see a way to make Nocturnal work even better. Thanks so much

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  5. Ooooh! So cool! It does look JUST like the pictures I've seen! Congrats on nailing just the right formula!

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  6. That is beautiful! Thanks for the formula. Looks gorgeous on you. Congrats for finding the perfect mix.

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  7. That is stunning, great franken!

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  8. This is a great franken! I have heard tales of Starry Starry Night but haven't seen it myself. I love your polish though! Congrats!!!

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  9. AllYouDesire - Thank you very much!

    contest and such - Thank you! I have never seen it IRL either, but I think I got pretty close!

    gildedangel - Thank you! That is great to hear!

    alexas - Thank you! You should try to make it! I swear it's easy!

    Halifax - You are welcome!I have been seeing the Craze collection more and more so I am sure you will see it soon!

    Nicole - Thank you so much! I am so excited!

    Lucy - Thank you and you're welcome!

    Kae - Thank you!

    beautyjudy - Thank you! It is one elusive and beautiful polish but I think I feel better now that I have this! I may love it more since it is my own!
    :c)

    Nosaby - Thank you

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  10. Hi my friend!
    You don't need to learned portuguese,because I have a translator on my blog.Look there.

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  11. You did a great job! It's so beautiful!

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  12. OMG - thank you so much for doing this, and telling us how to! SSN is my all-time great lemming!

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  13. flinty - Thank you very much!

    KINHA - That is great! I will need it!

    Alexlyndra - Thank you so much!

    nivipa - It's mine too!! And I assume I will never get it! You are welcome!

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  14. I just made it today with the same polishes you did - it's dead on! I love it! Thanks for figuring this out. Considering a bottle of SSN just went for $67 on ebay, this is an inexpensive way to get the same look!

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  15. I know this is old, but I just found it today and wanted to put in my 2 cents anyway. :) Another blue color that would be great for this dupe would be NYC Color - In a New York Color Minute: West Village. It's a deep jelly/creme blue. It's gorgeous. I bought it to use as a base for NYC Color Log Wearing: Starrry Silver Glitter, a clear polish with silver/holo micro glitter and turquoise and light pink hex glitters. It's really pretty and they look great together. :)

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