Change of Pace - S9

Hey everyone,
for this manicure, I felt like keeping it simple. I used Finger Paints "Curator's Coral" which is a bright reddish/orangey/pinkish colour.  I only stamped a design from S9 on the ring finger and added a small green rhinestone I got from the free sample package Viva La Nails sent me.

If you're a nail blogger, go to this link on the Viva La Nails website, and simply request the sample package. They sent it for free and it came pretty quickly!

I put a dot of Seche Vite topcoat in the centre of the flower and placed the rhinestone on it.  I sealed the stamped design in Konad Special White and the rhinestone with a thick coat of Seche Vite.

The weather here in Toronto is so awesome the last few days, and this manicure seems to match the hot, sunny weather to me.  Hope it is sunny where you are! Have a great weekend, everybody!

Viva La Nails - Rhinestone Sticker Pedi

Well, I usually don't post pics of my feet - they just looks weird, to me.  I got a free trial pack of nail goodies from Viva La Nails and I just decorated my toenails, so I thought I'd show you how it turned out.

These rhinestone stickers are really cute, fit perfectly on my big toenails, and are super fast and easy to use.  Let's face it - sometimes it can be pretty hard to Konad on your own toenails.  You gotta be pretty flexible to do that! :-)

I used Finger Paints, "Easel Come, Easel Go"as the base colour.  I love this light silver metallic colour, and it looks great with all colours of sandals and clothes!

So, if you like glitter, rhinestones, stickers or water decals, check out Viva La Nails. They shipped quickly and their stuff looks great. I'll post more images when I use other products they sent.

Have a great day, and thanks for looking!

Blue on Blue - Konad m78

NYX "Titanic" (2 coats)

Konad IP m78 in Avon Mirror Shine "Glisten"

I just love this pattern from m78 - one of Konad's new plates.  It reminds me of that pattern when you swirl two toppings together, like on top of a mille-feuille pastry!  

I ordered the metallic blue "Glisten" from Avon after I'd read that it worked well for stamping, and it really was amazing - though you do have to work fast! It reminds me of the Revlon Top Speed Chromes that were out years ago. I'm still waiting to get a purple Mirror Shine that I also ordered, but it was out of stock.  

I added rhinestones on the ring finger and thumb.  I used a pale blue one on the ring finger and a cobalt blue one on the thumb because I had both colours and just couldn't decide which colour matched best.  These rhinestones are a bit too lumpy, though, but I got a bunch of them at the dollar store, and I can't resist using them!  They have adhesive on the back which makes them slide around a lot if I don't glop on a ton of topcoat, so I ended up picking off the ones on my thumbs soon after I snapped these pics.

Hope you enjoy this konadicure.  Please leave me your feedback!

Purple Bling

         China Glaze "Spontaneous" (2 coats)

I was in the mood for something different from my usual konadicure, so I used some rhinestones instead.  I actually picked these up at the dollar store while my son was at his breakdancing class.

This is 2 coats of "Spontaneous" which is actually a bit more reddish violet than it looks here.  For some reason my camera made it look more bluish no matter what lighting I used.  There is a bit of drag near the cuticle on some nails that you can see in these close-up macro shots.

I added some rhinestones in circle, flower and triangle shapes, in white, yellow-orange, lilac and bright violet on the thumb and ring finger.  All but the flower have self-adhesive backs, which makes placing them easier.  I used tweezers to grasp and position them.  For the flower, I dabbed a bit of Seche Vite topcoat on the nail and placed the rhinestone.  Then I coated the gems and the whole nail generously with topcoat to seal them in place.

My older son was not impressed with this manicure.  He said it wasn't very fancy and missed my stamped patterns.  That cracked me up!

Oh well, it's been a couple of days and this mani is starting to chip - I did a lot of cooking and washing dishes yesterday.  There's just the excuse I need to plan another manicure!

Hope you enjoyed this post.  Please leave me your comments.

Black Lace & Rhinestones

Design from Konad IP m73 with Special Black Polish

I decided to try this out after seeing a lot of "model hand" and nude polish looks online. Of course, I couldn't stop after painting my nails with a nude taupe colour I "frankenpolished". It looked pretty nice, but I tend to always want to add more. So I added the lace floral pattern. That was probably the time to stop, but then I went for the glitter - thus the name of my blog - glitterM. I added some rhinestones that I bought at the dollar store. One is black, one clear and one pearl. Slapped on a thick coat of Seche Vite and away we go!