Easter Nails

Easter egg colors of course. I picked all my pastel, springy, Easter-y colors for my eggy nails.  A spring flower stamp and pastel rhinestones in the center of each flower finished it off.

Cover Girl Fawn? for base
China Glaze Lemon Fizz
China Glaze Tree Hugger
China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-le
Zoya Malia
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Presto Pink
Konad Special White Polish
Mash-35 stamp plate

 After the first day, I decided flowers on every nail was necessary. I liked that much better. 

Blocky Konad

Something shiny and edgy.  I didn't care for this design on the image plate and avoided it for a while, but I really liked it on the nail.

Orly Rage base
Konad special black polish
Konad m73

 But after a day, I got bored and did an accent nail.

Polka Dots!

I LOVE the polka dot nails I am seeing so much of lately. So many cool ones. One of my favorites is I saw here. I really liked her color scheme and figured I would copy cat it. But I realized I had NONE of those colors, so I did a more spring seasoned color mix with a more translucent feel.

First hand I tried to do the rows in  straight lines.  The second hand was harder doing with my left hand so I tried randomly placing the dots. I don't know which I like better.

At first I thought I hated it for being too busy, then it really grew on me.

Natural light

Indoor lighting.    Straight rows in the left photo.   Random placing on the right photo.

I used NK Swan as the base.
China Glaze Secret Peri-winkle
Orly Nite Owl
Essie Mezmerised
Wet n Wild Burgundy Frost
China Glaze Unplugged

Natural sunlight.   

Simple Konad

Saw this Konad design on Konad Covered Nails blog.  This was an image I owned that never interested me, but it looked nice done in the simple way shown on this blog.

NK Fantasy as base.
Konad m39 stamped with Konad Special White.
And a purple rhinestone in the middle of the stamped design.

St. Patty's Spirit

After yesterday's quick removal of the green mani, I opted for something more simple with less of the Mint Sprint to overpower.

NK Swan for the French tip.
Konad plate m64
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Mint Sprint for stamping.

Green Week

Wanted to something green for Shamrock Day. But I didn't really have a good shamrock green. Or any shamrock stamps.  This green is Mint Sprint by Sally Hansen. Not really St. Patty's day green at all.  I didn't care for it. I had to take it off after a day.

Base Sally Hansen Mint Sprint
Konad Plate m51
Konad Special Polish White
China Glaze Lemon Fizz for the flower centers.

Ocean Blue French Tips

This blue is more like a blue green and very metallic-ish.  I didn't love it.

Orly It's Up to Blue
Konad Special Polish White
Konad m39

Indoor light at night.

Day light/sun light

Simple Lace

Simple, yet one of my favorites that I do quite often.   I love that it goes with everything.

Naked nail with just a base coat
NK Swan for the tip
Konad Special Polish Black for the lace print
Konad Plate m57

Konad Blue

I saw this on Pinterest from Daily Something blog.  I didn't have the Essie blue that she used. I really liked it but couldn't find it at my local places, so I used what I had at home.   Essie Mezmerised as blue base and Sally Hansen InstaDri  Mint Sprint for green stamp.  Konad plate S6.

Essie Mezmerized base and Sally Hansen Mint Sprint for Konad stamp.

Indoor Light

I had some trouble getting a clear and complete image print. 

         

Sunlight

Copy Cat Pink

I saw this on Pinterest here and really liked it. And it's quick and easy.  No special tools needed.  Everyone has several shades of pink on hand.  I used Milani Paradise Pink as the base, NK Bubble Gum as the middle shade, and NYC Fuchsia Shock Cream as the darkest top corner.

Milani Paradise Pink, NK Bubble Gum, NYC Fuchsia Shock Cream