Saturday, April 13, 2013

Simple Thistle Konad

I love this color, Thistle, by China Glaze. It looks silver at first, but in different lights, its a shimmery lavender or cream color. Super pretty. I used Mash-27 image plate in Konad Special Polish black for a simple design.


Saturday, April 6, 2013

Shooting Stars

I saw this nail art on Pinterest from the ThatSoFresh blog and thought it was pretty cool.


But after a day, it was way too busy for me, so I toned it down it a bit.

And after another day, it was still too busy, so I toned it down even more, and was much happier. 



Bases: 
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black   
Zoya, Malia (purple)

Star streaks: 
So Easy Stripe Rite (shimmer pink) 
China Glaze, Secret Peri-winkle (blue)
China Glaze, Tree Hugger (green)
Finger Paints, Prints and Printsess (shimmer orange)
China Glaze, Lemon Fizz (soft yellow)
Essie, Mezmerized (blue)

Stamp polish:
Konad Special Black
Konad Special White

Stamp Plate:
BM14







Saturday, March 30, 2013

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. 

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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.



Sunday, March 24, 2013

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.   


Wednesday, March 20, 2013

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.


Saturday, March 16, 2013

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.