Your probably right about mixing it with white. It will probably come out a lot brighter. When I need a color to come out brighter or more neon I will put a coat of white polish first and then a coat of the color polish. I do that with any frost color that just doesn't want to cover well too. I will find a flat shade that matches close enough and put it on first then the color that the client wants. Angie Wingerter
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 8:24:24 PM Subject: NailTech:: Re: Making yor own color gels works!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Angie, The gel turned our very shiney! very pretty! I was surprised that this hairbrained idea actually worked! The small amount of food color paste didn't change the way the gel worked, or cured to my knowledge. The color was a little sheer, I did a burgundy, and a teal, way pretty! I bet if you mixed the color paste with white gel it would turn out more of a true color. I think the sheers would b very pretty with a french look though, and the burgundy turned out a real nice shade of "sheer red"! lol! I did 2 coats, but if you liked the sheer look, you could do just one. The second coat deepened the color. The thing is, you needed SO little color paste! A teeny tiny amount made the gel a very nice shade! I used finishing gel because it was on sale at Sally Beauty ($1.99 for a 1 oz size! I think it was ESN brand gel) And I figured it would be best to experiment with something "low cost" instead of using a more expensive product. lol! Pam Nail Designs Frozen in Ohio -----Original Message----- From: Angela R Wingerter <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 9:13 pm Subject: NailTech:: Re: Making yor own color gels works!!!!!!!!!!! Pam, Cool idea. When you say finishing gel do you mean the last shine coat ? How do you know if your gel didn't cure all the way? Is it not shiney? Angie Wingerter ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 5:22:07 PM Subject: NailTech:: Making yor own color gels works!!!!!!!!!!! Ok Teks, I took a small amount of finishing clear gel, and then mixed in a tiny bit of paste food coloring (the kind you use to color frosting, Wilton makes the kind I have) So... this really works! I used it on a nail tip, and the colors were gorgeous! I might try experimenting a little more with this, there are dozens of food coloring choices, and the gel was beautiful! I'll let you know how it goes! Pam Nail Designs Frozen in Ohio ________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! ________________________________ A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
