It's Not Valentine's Day, But...m83

Okay dear readers,

I know it's not Valentine's Day, but this manicure is all about the love!

I went a bit overboard with this one. In fact, I don't really like it, and I'll probably take it off as soon as I finish this post! My husband wrinkled up his nose and shook his head when I showed this konadicure to him. Ha ha ha!

I kinda like the thumb and ring finger, and wish I did all the nails the same way instead of having so many different designs.

Well, what do you guys think of it?

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Party Time

This is the konadicure I made to wear to some family parties we attended this weekend. I wanted something that would go with a grey dress in the daytime and a fancy black dress for the evening.  This is what I ended up creating.

Here it is with different camera settings.  I'm holding a silver clutch my mom let me borrow.  I used China Glaze "Millenium" for the stamping. It is so awesome for that purpose! I used Revlon Top Speed in "Fire".  The black tips are "Black Out" by Sally Hansen.''

Valentine's Konadicure #2

In artifical light - at night

Konad IP m59 in Special Red and White 

Finger Paints "Art District Delight"

In natural light - it's sunny today!

detail

Here's an all-out Valentine's day konadicure.  I layered various designs from m59 over the pale pink base.  I used Konad Special stamping polish in white and red, so it took a lot of remover and Q-tips to keep the plate and scraper clean between colour and image changes.

As usual, I used Seche Vite topcoat because I find it doesn't smudge the stamped design like many other topcoats do.  I should mention that I started off, as I always do, with Orly Bonder basecoat.  I think it works the best and my manicures usually last even longer than it take for me to get bored and want to design a new konadicure!

To add a little shimmer, I topped it off with Orly "Prisma Gloss" which I like because the glitter is very fine and doesn't take away from the stamped images.  You really need to shake it up first, because the glitter all settles to the bottom of the bottle. 

As usual, I used Seche Vite because I find it doesn't smudge the stamped design like many other topcoats do.

I hope you all have a romantic, happy and healthy Valentine's Day!

Please leave me some feedback!

Black & White & Red All Over

Avon Color Last Plus "Persian Red" #114

OPI "Black Onyx"

Konad IP m54 & m74

Sorry for the silly title, but when I was trying to think of what to call this konadicure, that kids' joke, "What's black and white and red (read) all over?" popped into my head. (The newspaper is the answer, in case you never heard that one.)

For this Konadicure, I wanted to feature mostly red nails with a bit of black and red. I used an old Avon colour which I found in still perfect condition. The colour was so even and opaque that I only needed one coat of "Persian Red" to get full coverage. Then I free-handed the black tip going on a diagonal, with the thicker part closer to the thumb. When that dried, I stamped the waffle-like grid pattern over the black tips. To do that I used Konad Special Polish in White on part of one of the full nail designs from IP m74.

Next, I added a few flowers from m57. On the white flowers, I added a dot of "Black Onyx". To make the black flower, I used Konad Special Polish in black, and then I added a dot of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in "White On". On the opposite hand I did the single large flower on the ring finger and the two smaller flowers on the thumb.

Thanks for reading!