♥ Franken "Teal #003" with a little nail art ♥

Instead of using these nail tip guides in the traditional way, I decided to try something a little different. I applied it on the corner of my nail, up-side-down. If I did not cook, blab on the phone and do a bunch of other stuff I shouldn't have been doing immediately after painting my nails- I may have gotten a clean line with the black, as well as not smudging my manicure. But I feel like I disguised all the boo-boos pretty well.

I started with 2 coats of one of my latest frankens 'Teal #003' a very vibrant color that dries to a satin finish. When it was dry I applied the Nailene French Tip guides up-side-down the the corner of my nail, and used the Black french tip pen to color this area in.. This dried super duper fast because it is a water based nail color (and must have a top coat over it). I then added these cute little roses from the bedazzle # 71042 to the black tip area, and disguised the line where the polish meets up Nailene French Tip Pen with a line of a beautiful glitter; Sally Hansen 'Secrets'. I then covered the 'decorated' area with 2 coats of my cheap Billie Top Coat and let everything dry.

I  had originally intended to use China Glaze "Shower Together" for this mani - but went with the French Tip pen instead. Ideally I should be sitting still while my polish is drying, but I fudged this up by doing a bunch of stuff while it was drying. I do hope to re-create this up-side-down french tip look soon as I think this looks really, really cool.

My ring nail is the only nail with a full nail of top coat, The rest of my nails are just 2 coats of Franken 'Teal #003'. It dries to a satin finish which I like.

- stuff I used -

 

 - The stickers I used -

 - Franken "Teal #003"

 

Bottle - Sally Hansen "Secrets"

 

Bottle - China Glaze "Shower Together"

 

- apply Tip Guides upside down to corner of nail -

- use Nailene French Tip Pen in Black to color in area-

- add glitter to the line where polish colors meet-

= Remind self to sit still next time and don't 'F' around while nails are drying =

 2 coats of Franken "Teal #003"

 

 

 

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♥ New Teal Frankens ♥

 The color teal, is essentially a mixture of Blue, Yellow with some white & black thrown in. I didn't really have a plan when I made these... I just had a hankering to do some frankening.The middle bottle above, Is a mixture of Billie 'Electric Yellow' and Billie 'Blue'. On the right, is Billie Electric Yellow, Blue, and some black and white to create a darker color. On the right, I just added white to the Electric Yellow and Blue mix. I'm not totally satisfied with the middle franken, I would like it to be a tad more opaque.... so I may mess around with it a little more.

Most surprising to me is that I actually like this purple/pink shimmer that is showing up. When I have made frankens with this Billie 'French White' polish before, it totally swallowed up any shimmer in the polish I mixed it with. It is very evident on my Middle nail and my Index nail. My PINKY nail in the photo below, is 2 coats of the darker franken with 2 coats of the middle franken over top.

I would love to see someone from the USA whip up some frankens using NYC 'Taxi Yellow Creme' and 'Skin Tight Denim Creme' with some white & clear polish... DANG IT!!!! I regret not buying  NYC 'Taxi Yellow Creme' when I saw it because I cannot find a richly pigmented yellow creme that is cheap right now.

Anyhoo - here is a million photos. All indoors under various florescent lighting. These Billie neon & florescent polish I have used dried to a satin finish. So unless otherwise notes, I have used 2 coats of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat.

 I am in love with all three of these frankens and will be redoing my nails nightly for full mani's. Hopefully with some nail art♥

 

 

 - Above & Below -

My middle finger has no T.C.  and this was 4 coats. Because this polish on my middle finger is only Billie 'Blue' and Billie 'Electric Yellow' mixed together it is very sheer. I mixed the other two frankens with white (RING finger) and White & Black  (INDEX finger)

 

  

Oops! These are in the opposite order that they appear on my nails!

L to R - Billie 'Blue', 'Electric Yellow', 'French White' & 'Black' 

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♥ Latest Franken with China glaze 'For Audrey' ♥

My latest Frankens made with Wet N' Wild 'Caribbean Frost' and a plain white polish by Billie, on my tips is China Glaze 'For Audrey'  2 coats each, with 2 coats of Nailene Acrylic Strong Top Coat. What a  peppy cheerful combo. Just what I needed to cheer me up ~ there has not been any sunshine here for a few days, and I wanted something peppy & uplifting for my nail's.

I love how this franken turned out. While I think Wet n' Wild 'Caribbean Frost' is a beautiful color, I wanted to try and franken up some pretty pastel blues and greens. I added 1/2 of the  Wn'W 'Caribbean Frost' and  1/2 of Billie 'French White'. I had planned on adding some nail stickers tot his, but I find that I am changing my nail color on the daily.....

I have a few more awesome frankens to swatch and post. Wet n' Wild is definitely a great polish to franken with. I will be using Wn'W in my next batch of frankens as well ( next month ).

 

 

 

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♥ Wet n' Wild Frankens ♥

 

 Wet n' Wild 'Bijou Blue' and Wet n' Wild 'Caribbean Frost' franken-ed up with some Billie 'French White'.

 - 2 coats each RING finger has 2 coats of Nailene Acrylic Strong T.C. -

I haven't named these yet I think I added a little too much white to these, as I was hoping for a bit more color to show up. These both turned into gorgeous pastels, and although I love these two Wet n' Wild colors, I had a hankering to whip up some frankens. I could not get the colors to show up properly in the photos of my nails.....I am gonna need to get some outdoor sunshine photos. I had hoped to wrangle up some White Wn'W polish but there has not been any in my town recently, so I used Billie brand instead.

 Both of these franken polish's were 1/2 of the Wet n' Wild polish and approx 1/2 of the Billie polish.  So half & half. Viola! This Billie polish totally removed any visible shimmer from these Wn'W polish's and the formula ended up being a lovely, easy to apply creme. I had some clear Sally Hansen polish that I poured into some empty Top Coat bottles.... and used these now empty bottles for my frankens. I am extremly happy with how these turned out.

Since I tend to do frankens in batches I have like, 5 more awesome green and minty frankens coming up.... stay tuned...... also as soon as those new Wet n' Wild collections ends up on Canadian Soil, I hope someone tells me ASAP!!!!!

frankens on the end; Wn'W polish's used, and Billie 'French White' in the middle.

with China Glaze 'For Audrey'

 

 

my two newest Frankens

 

Made from Wn'W 'Caribbean Frost' 

Made from Wn'W 'Caribbean Frost'

 

Made from Wn'W 'Caribbean Frost'

Made from Wn'W 'Caribbean Frost' 

Made from Wn'W 'Caribbean Frost'{ holding ChG 'For Audrey'}

Made From Wn'W 'Bijou Blue'

Made From Wn'W 'Bijou Blue'

 

Made From Wn'W 'Bijou Blue'

Made From Wn'W 'Bijou Blue' { holding ChG 'For Audrey' }

Made From Wn'W 'Bijou Blue'

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♥ GGG & China Glaze Spontaneous♥

 Before I even screwed the cap back onto my top coat, I had already marred and smudged this manicure.I thought it would be fun to add some China glaze 'Spontaneous ' tot his OPI polish ' Gargantuan Green Grape'. Both of these polish's are a nice creme formula. They are two extremely contarsting colors.

WOW - What a combination! I had to take this off because every 30 seconds it seemed that I was smudging this. You know - those times where you paint your nails and end up bumping into things, or inadvertently touching things with your nails..... grrrrr. Literally less than 1 and 1/2 minutes after putting on a T.C. I fudged this up, royally!

I have not done an 'S' curve manicure for a while..... I cut out a gentle 'S' shape from regular mailing labels, and affixed it to my nail. I applied 2 coats of China Glaze 'Spontaneous' over my previous mani 'OPI 'Gargantuan Green Grape'. When I was sure it was dry, I gently removed the 'S' sticker guide, and immediatly applied a thicker coat of Nailene Acryllic Strong Top Coat. Using a thicker coat of T.C. helped to reduce the ridge that usually develops when using nail tip guides or other stickers..... and when I apply a thick-ish coat of any polish, I try to stay absolutly still.... But his time I ended up with some serious damage.

Oh well---- All my photos are indoors under flourescnet lighting. I have whipped up some AWESOME frankens that I am eager to get on my nails ASAP!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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