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    Glitter, Uncategorised

    Holiday Nails: Frankencherry

    These are the nails that I’m wearing as I depart for my holiday. No doubt, they’ll be off in a few days as the pick factor sets in but I’m taking a few nail supplies with me so I won’t be naked nailed! I have a few posts scheduled for the week, including one I’m very excited about tomorrow, so you probably won’t even notice I’m gone!
    I reorganised my polish collection on the weekend as it had started to spread throughout the room and I wanted to get it all in one place! 28 bottles ended up in the recycling pile. They were either ones that I’d never used, would never use again or nearly empties. The lovely Wendy on Twitter suggested that I mix a few together to create new colours a.k.a Frankens – new polishes made up of the leftovers of others!
    This ‘Frankencherry’ is one of the outcomes. I couldn’t tell you what colours are in here, I just know that the resulting ‘cherry with a subtle shimmer’ is absolutely ace!

    I used Frankencherry as a base and added some glequins whilst it was still tacky using a toothpick dipped in clear polish to make it tacky.
    Finally, I added two coats of Cult Nails Wicked Fast to seal it all in and hopefully make those glequins stay on for a few days at least!

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    Studs, Uncategorised

    Stud Up! Day 4: Pink(Stud)Wednesday

    The base colour I used today is a franken that I made absolutely ages ago after I saw an OPI polish that was pink with a golden shimmer. The golden shimmer in mine is now looking like flakies and I like it!
    Since last week’s framed nails post, I’ve been informed that the outline idea comes from Madeleine Pool. Doing it with studs reminds me of one of those vanity mirrors with light bulbs around the edge. Or those old movie theatre signs.
    The base colour is a franken which needed two coats. I let that dry and cleaned up around my cuticles with a small paintbrush and acetone. Then I added a clear top coat and placed on the studs using a toothpick dipped in clear polish to make the end sticky. Finally I added a top coat of NYC In A New York Minute.

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    Freehand, Uncategorised

    Flashy Franken

    I was having a dilemma on Friday night. I couldn’t pick out a single colour from my 150+ collection which I felt like wearing on my nails. At Marina’s amazing suggestion on twitter, I decided to franken myself a new one.
    I had seen this mani by Erika a while ago and knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted something similar, so I decided to aim for a light pink with gold shimmer much like China Glaze Pink-Rox-E and I think what I ended up with is a pretty good match, if I do say so myself. 
    I mixed this shade from BYS Tickle Me Pink, an ancient, very sheer gold from Collection 2000 and a tiny smidge of BYS Metallic Fuschia.

     

    Then to spice it up a little, I freehanded some gold tips with a little black line to emphasise them. I’ve done this a few times recently with different colour combinations, but they normally turn out really messy though so I haven’t been photographing them. I freehanded the tips with Sally Hansen Amber Chrome and used Rimmel Black Satin for the lines applied with one of these little brushes from Born Pretty Store which made all the difference when it came to keeping the lines neat.
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    Stamping, Uncategorised

    Feathers with a Franken

    This is the 4th franken I have made. I have 6 in total which means I still have 2 to show you! It’s very similar to Barry M Berry Ice Cream but has a shimmer to it which you can’t even see in this terribly lit photo. Sorry about that guys.

    Plate: Bundle Monster – BM15
    Base Colour: Franken No. 4
    Stamp Colour: Nails Inc. – Paris

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