The 60's called and they want their nails back?

My latest Konad creation.  I was going for retro.<3

 I started with 2 coats of Zoya Angella, then stamped the pattern from Konad plate M61 and the french tip from plate M19 both with Konad Princess White, and topped with China Glaze Fast Forward. I really like how this one turned out!

Nails of the day!

So the other day I painted my nails with OPI Brisbane Bronze, and while it was a nice colour it was a little plain for me. So today instead of taking it off I decided to pull out my stamping stuff and fix it up a little. I wanted something pretty, and a little bit girly, but subtle.

I used the Dandelion Pattern (thats what it reminds me of)  from plate M61, and stamped it with Color Club Antiquated. I LOVE the results, exactly what I wanted.
Hope you like it :D

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OPI Brisbane Bronze

This little bottle has been rolling around in my nail polish box for a while. Technically it's my sisters, and definitely more of a colour she would buy. After my unexpected love of Warm 'n Fozzie, I decided to try it. This is 2.5 coats Brisbane Bronze ( I say 2.5 because it would have been ok with 2 but my bad nail painting required a couple touch ups) with Revlon Speed Dry top coat.

Outside Daylight

In the Bathroom

Its a nice metallic bronze, more on the reddish side than the gold, with a hint of shimmer. It was pretty streaky when I applied it but it smoothed out as it dried. Overall I like this colour and will definitely wear it again.

China Glaze Glittering Garland

Well seems like I cant escape the red and greens of the holidays, but since Christmas is my favorite holiday I can hardly complain :D

Here is China Glaze Glittering Garland.

 You can see where I shmucked my pinky >.<

It's a really great deep green with lighter green sparkles. The base colour is a shade darker than its cream counter part Holly-days, and the sparkles aren't your usual super light reflecting sparkles, but they add more of a textured effect which I love. This colour was pretty enough on its own that I didn't even Konad it :P

Nubar Holo Glitter

I am a HUGE holo fan.... I would give some of my husbands body parts to get a hold of some of the polishes from the China Glaze OMG collection, lol.

Today I was wearing Nubar Hologram Glitter.

 2 coats Billie Black, and 2 coats of Nubar Hologram Glitter, and 2 coats Seche Vite to smooth it out.



I don't know how I managed to get pic with almost no rainbow shine, oh well. I tried to get a macro shot of the glitter, it really was amazing, especially in the sunlight. Although next time I think I would just use a light coat over top of my mani instead of making it the main attraction, but I couldn't resist.


Anybody have an tips or tricks for taking nail pics??

Holiday Nails of the day!

I wanted a holiday-ish manicure, so I pulled out China Glaze Poinsettia. Going through my Konad disks I actually found a design that reminded me of poinsettias. So here you go.

Two coats China Glaze Poinsettia, Stamped with Konad Gold, plate M74, and one coat of Seche Vite.

 ^^Just finished, messy, and I definitely couldn't see the nail lines, they look so dirty and they totally weren't >.<

  2 days later it started chipping so I put a coat of Essie Matte About You, and I like it WAY more. I'm totally into matte finish, and the Konad Special Gold looks really good. Red and Gold is my favorite colour combo ever. I know the pics are horrible sorry =\