Good day!
A VERY long time ago, I made two frankens. I was desperate to make a gorgeous polish that would not dry work for me and the other was just a matter of messing around. Please enjoy my shame:
Thing One and Thing Two
Let me start with Thing Two because of both, it's actually my best.
Three coats, no base or top, full sun
I don't quite remember everything that went into this. I know it started with Revlon Red which is a beautiful classic red but had terrible wear for me. (This being back when I worked at Ed Wyse Beauty Supply and the most strenuous thing I did was open boxes.)
I know OPI Text Me, Text You is in it as well as Jesse's Girl Confetti which is blue and purple bar glitter. I just don't recall what I added to make it purple. Oy. It looks pretty but it has no shine, applies terribly and takes forever to dry. I am not in love.
Next up: Thing One
Three coats, no base or top, full sun
I had such high hopes for this one. The base is Creative NFS. I loved that shade. It was gorgeous. It would never dry though! Allow me to illustrate: I hurt my back two years ago. Bad enough that I had to lay in bed after work and not move. I painted my toes with NFS. I sat for four hours, applied Seche, waited an hour and went to sleep. When I woke up, I didn't just have sheet marks. I had nail polish tar balls in my bed!
I truly tried everything to get NFS to dry and it simply would not. So, this was my last attempt to at least get some of that gorgeousness on my nails.
I know I mixed this with OPI Peace Baby, a most disappointing white. I'm pretty sure I also used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Lime Light and I know that I used a teensy bit of OPI Text Me, Text You.
The color isn't bad at all. It has nice shimmer and is a bit dusty. Guess what?
IT STILL DOES NOT DRY!!!
For fuck's sake! I learned my lesson with that. What's really funny is I made that franken with polishes that disappointed me in some way or another and they all came together to present me with a clusterfuck of ultimate sadness.
So there you have it. My shame in in all its pathetic glory. *sigh*
BTW, ALL of the above polishes mentioned got sent to Zoya for the 2009 polish exchange.
Have you ever frankened a fail? Tell me all about it!
It's a shame these polishes don't dry. They are very pretty colors. If I saw them in a store I would but them both XD
ReplyDeleteThank you Steffie. That's really very kind of you.
ReplyDeleteI like the colors too but it just does not work. Sad. :(
I would buy both of them if I saw them in a store too! Such a tragedy that neither worked out as well as you would have liked since they're both so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI read on Scrangie's blog that many CND polishes are like that. She said she had CND mani that was still dent-able after four days!
ReplyDeleteHahaha, oh I have so many franken fails. It just never works out for me! Shame, really, because these are pretty colors. Kleancolor is the one I have troubles with as far as never drying - I had the same balls of polish in my bed! LMAO.
ReplyDeleteDanica - At least you have two frankens that are useful. Sorry to hear you have issues too. Now i don't feel so lonely!
ReplyDeleteSprinkles - Thank you!That's very nice of you to say. I guess I'd like them more if there weren't so many issues.
Deb - When I got NFS that's when I learned about the drying issue. That might be why they never sold at Ed Wyse!
My understanding is that the new formulations actually dry though. I will have to try it out sometime.
Niki- I just got a Kleancolor that seems okay. I haven't tried it as a full mani yet, I've only swatched it. Good to know, nonetheless!
These are both Franken WINS! :)
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