Frankening: The Star Trek Collection
So here’s a fun fact: I love Star Trek. My dad was a TOS fan, so I grew up watching reruns as well as TNG and Voyager. I kind of dropped out of watching it with him through Deep Space Nine (Because we hated it) and Enterprise (Because I was a teenager and too old to watch TV with my dad, ick!).
A while ago, however, Netflix put Star Trek on the instant queue. I mean, after the JJ Abrams reboot, Star Trek was kind of cool again. So I decided to go watch Enterprise, which I missed the first time around, and I have to say that I am one of those fans who loved this incarnation, though it was largely in part because I quickly started crushing on Lt. Malcolm Reed, played by Dominic Keating.
In any case, I was visiting my parents for a while and I was watching Star Trek and making frankens when the idea came to me that space is pretty much one of the best inspirations for nail polish. I mean, who doesn’t like glittery stars? Well, I decided that I had to make a couple polishes themed around Star Trek.
The first one I made was kind of intended to be a Butter London Dark Knight dupe. I tried to be a little bit creative and “duped” it with a dark purple base before, which I LOVE, but I wanted a black base too.
I called this “To Boldly Go.” It just reminds me of warp drive and stars in, of course, space. With a little extra color to be more adventurous.
My dad wanted me to name this after Spock, but I am totally more of a Bones fan girl, so I call it “I’m A Doctor, Not A Nail Polish!” It's a little gritty from some of the glitter that I put in there, but a good layer of top coat smooths it right out.
This is “Live Long and Prosper.” It took a long time to decide what we thought would be a good color for this. My friend pushed hard for green because of Vulcan blood, which I was skeptical about. Who wants blood to be the inspiration for a nail polish? Well, I was mixing a green in hopes of coming up with something Borg related, but I went too dark. Instead of lightening it again, I darkened it and got this really pretty green bottle that pretty much fit what we had in mind for Vulcans...
This is “Zero Gravity.” Remember what I said about blood being a bad inspiration for nail polish? Well, I changed my mind because of my dad reminding me of Klingon blood floating around in zero gravity. My favorite color is pink and what a perfect excuse to mix one up! This isn't a color that I normally reach for when I'm buying polish, but I actually like how it turned out despite how it's leaning towards mauve.
Here’s my little nod to you, Captain Kirk with “Tiberius.” I am not a captain girl, but this was just too good to pass up. This golden orange is a really beautiful shade and no Star Trek collection would be complete without it.
This is “Expendable Crewman.” I did this one mostly because the name and the red shirt HAD to be a part of this collection. It was a very simple formula that I didn’t have to do much to the color. I darkened it a hair and added glitter. Lazy franken! Sorry for the quality on this swatch! As I was painting the first coat, I was thinking that it could use a little thinner, but I was too excited to add some right away and just kept painting.
So here’s a fun fact: I love Star Trek. My dad was a TOS fan, so I grew up watching reruns as well as TNG and Voyager. I kind of dropped out of watching it with him through Deep Space Nine (Because we hated it) and Enterprise (Because I was a teenager and too old to watch TV with my dad, ick!).
A while ago, however, Netflix put Star Trek on the instant queue. I mean, after the JJ Abrams reboot, Star Trek was kind of cool again. So I decided to go watch Enterprise, which I missed the first time around, and I have to say that I am one of those fans who loved this incarnation, though it was largely in part because I quickly started crushing on Lt. Malcolm Reed, played by Dominic Keating.
In any case, I was visiting my parents for a while and I was watching Star Trek and making frankens when the idea came to me that space is pretty much one of the best inspirations for nail polish. I mean, who doesn’t like glittery stars? Well, I decided that I had to make a couple polishes themed around Star Trek.
The first one I made was kind of intended to be a Butter London Dark Knight dupe. I tried to be a little bit creative and “duped” it with a dark purple base before, which I LOVE, but I wanted a black base too.
I called this “To Boldly Go.” It just reminds me of warp drive and stars in, of course, space. With a little extra color to be more adventurous.
My dad wanted me to name this after Spock, but I am totally more of a Bones fan girl, so I call it “I’m A Doctor, Not A Nail Polish!” It's a little gritty from some of the glitter that I put in there, but a good layer of top coat smooths it right out.
This is “Live Long and Prosper.” It took a long time to decide what we thought would be a good color for this. My friend pushed hard for green because of Vulcan blood, which I was skeptical about. Who wants blood to be the inspiration for a nail polish? Well, I was mixing a green in hopes of coming up with something Borg related, but I went too dark. Instead of lightening it again, I darkened it and got this really pretty green bottle that pretty much fit what we had in mind for Vulcans...
This is “Zero Gravity.” Remember what I said about blood being a bad inspiration for nail polish? Well, I changed my mind because of my dad reminding me of Klingon blood floating around in zero gravity. My favorite color is pink and what a perfect excuse to mix one up! This isn't a color that I normally reach for when I'm buying polish, but I actually like how it turned out despite how it's leaning towards mauve.
Here’s my little nod to you, Captain Kirk with “Tiberius.” I am not a captain girl, but this was just too good to pass up. This golden orange is a really beautiful shade and no Star Trek collection would be complete without it.
This is “Expendable Crewman.” I did this one mostly because the name and the red shirt HAD to be a part of this collection. It was a very simple formula that I didn’t have to do much to the color. I darkened it a hair and added glitter. Lazy franken! Sorry for the quality on this swatch! As I was painting the first coat, I was thinking that it could use a little thinner, but I was too excited to add some right away and just kept painting.
This is probably my favorite franken yet and I call it "Resistance is Futile." I'm a greenaholic when it comes to nail polish and this color is pretty much me packing as much pretty green together into one bottle as I can! Aside from going for some Borg and Star Trek themed to fit in my collection =)
That's it for my Star Trek Collection! Thanks for reading!
These are really cool and pretty. Star Trek FTW!
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