Franken Tuesday! Anna's Mistah Bates

It is Tuesday again, and that means the debut of another franken!

 

If you watch Downton Abbey, you will know that Mr. Bates is finally back! This was my manicure over the weekend to show my love for him as well as test out my studs from the Born Pretty Store!

 

 

This polish was obviously inspired by Mr. and Mrs. Bates. I named it Anna's Mistah Bates because I love the way she calls him mistaaah, and draws it out all long. Adorable.

 

 

Cuteness!

 

 

This is three coats of Anna's Mistah Bates on bare nails. On my ring finger is two coats of Pixel Polish black with Born Pretty Store studs on top!

 

Click past the jump for more pictures and how to make your own!

 

 

Anna's Mistah Bates started with clear suspension base and then lots of white and black hex glitter of the same small size. There is also black small bar glitter and a hint of gold hex glitter.

 

 

The huge amount of black glitter in the polish bled slightly (which was what I hoped for) and created this pretty grey jelly base! I love it.

 

Since Anna and Bates are always dressed in their black servants' wear, this was inspired by their monochrome look. It is fun and understated.

 

What do you think of this Tuesday's polish?

 

 

 

Franken Tuesday! Anna's Mistah Bates

It is Tuesday again, and that means the debut of another franken!

 

If you watch Downton Abbey, you will know that Mr. Bates is finally back! This was my manicure over the weekend to show my love for him as well as test out my studs from the Born Pretty Store!

 

 

This polish was obviously inspired by Mr. and Mrs. Bates. I named it Anna's Mistah Bates because I love the way she calls him mistaaah, and draws it out all long. Adorable.

 

 

Cuteness!

 

 

This is three coats of Anna's Mistah Bates on bare nails. On my ring finger is two coats of Pixel Polish black with Born Pretty Store studs on top!

 

Click past the jump for more pictures and how to make your own!

My First Frankens!

Frankening polish is something that has become really big. Indie polish companies are springing up everywhere and I love them! I wanted to finally try my hand at frankening, so I bought the supplies and sat down this morning to give it a go.

Here is my first bottle. I basically bought so clear coat polish, dumped half of it out, added eye shadow pigment and lots of glitter. And I shook the bottle like a mad woman.

This combo was made with antique gold shadow, fine turquoise glitter, turquoise bar glitter, and large round gold glitter. Pretty right?

I'm actually really in love with this one. I have no clue what I am going to name it though. This is an example of a franken that I was just messing around with and it turned out amazing.

Continue reading to find out the other side of the coin...

I was actually looking forward to the result of this franken more...

I wanted an inky base, so I added matte black shadow. I mixed in fine purple and lime glitter and some black bar glitter.

It looks pretty in the bottle, but the effect just didn't come out in the swatches as I hoped it would.

The black one just looks bumpy. The glitter doesn't show up at all...and I put A LOT in. The gold one has more of the effect I want, but after all, this was my first attempt.

Overall, a fun first attempt. When I get good, I want to open my own indie polish store on Etsy. I know I have a knack for fun color combos, but I just have to get the technique down.

Have you ever frankened before? What is your fave creation?

xoxo PrettyPanda

My First Frankens!

Frankening polish is something that has become really big. Indie polish companies are springing up everywhere and I love them! I wanted to finally try my hand at frankening, so I bought the supplies and sat down this morning to give it a go.

Here is my first bottle. I basically bought so clear coat polish, dumped half of it out, added eye shadow pigment and lots of glitter. And I shook the bottle like a mad woman.

This combo was made with antique gold shadow, fine turquoise glitter, turquoise bar glitter, and large round gold glitter. Pretty right?

I'm actually really in love with this one. I have no clue what I am going to name it though. This is an example of a franken that I was just messing around with and it turned out amazing.

Continue reading to find out the other side of the coin...