Nail Art Stamping

[Tat2dbeauty07]

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Originally Posted by browneyedbaby Konad is sooo much easier than I had prepared myself for... here's my first attempt...

What plate is this ites super cute?

 

[Lovelynuts]

I just spend last night drooling in this thread and this morning I ordered my first Konad stuff from oc. YAAAAY! I got stamper, scraper, image holder, black and white polish, top coat and image disks no: 3, 9, 19, 29, 57 and 70. Wanted two more but they were out of stock so I skipped them. I cannot wait for my goodies to come!! Off to order more polish from Transdesign. I used to order from H2T but since I live in Europe... I guess that's not an option any longer

Oh well, I just wanted to share my happy morning!

 

[luhly4]

by the way [i wasnt aware of this before i got my konad today], the special polishes are in new packaging [not sure how long they have been] and in my opinion it's ALOT better. the new brush is shorter, and a bit wider. giving better control i guess you can say. where as with the old packaging, i felt that i had to put 2 layers of nail polish over the image plate design for it to be fully covered. the new one is larger than the old one, too.

or maybe, it's because i haven't gotten anything from wowsocool.com since my first purchase which was months ago until today. i need to get with the program

new special polish is on the right in both pictures:

 

[User67]

I really need some new Konad plates! You guys are making me broke with all these hot pics!

 

[Tat2dbeauty07]

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Originally Posted by only1angel Here's my mani n pedi using plate m57

Oh ow so pretty I have the m57 plate I should try this I did the zebra in white for when I went to cruefest. I'm a mommy I love my animal prints but I dont want them to loud if you know what I mean so I thought the zebra looked tasteful in white.

 

[malaviKat]

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Originally Posted by luhly4 got my new konad stuff today. kind of messy sally hansen white tip nail polish konad black special polish konad image plate 73 sally hansen clear nail polish i applied the clear n/p too soon, which explains some of the smudges

I love this! It's a really fun print.

 

[Tat2dbeauty07]

Ok so I caved and made my second konad order today which was hard on me because after I made my first purchase which was the double ended stamper scraper plate m57 and black and white special polish. I decided to get acyrlics big mistake my nails were to long to get a good design on so instead of cutting them down I took it in my own hands to take them off my self soaking them in acetone for a half hour only began to soften them those were not going to budge so I used my grocery store membership card to stick under them to pop them off it was a success but I lost most of my real nails they are finally growing back. My ex is on a rant about my nails he owns a barbershop so he had to go through some extensive training even learning how to do nails so their growing back and no more acyrlics.... I never have had long nails unless I've had acyrlics but my konad desings do come out cute on my short nails. I've only used my konad once doing a white zebra print on bare nail with a clear top coat.... So like I said I made my second order today my nails are almost all back I figured Id paint them in mac gee whiz and do a cute design....

Heres my newest order dont forget theirs a 30% coupon code good only through tomorrow at www.WowSoCool.com Konad Stamping Nail Art the code is: wowsocool1

My bill came to 41.96 after coupon under 30!!! with free shipping!!!

Special Polishes in
-Silver
-Pink
-Violet Pearl

Image Plates
- M64
- M69
- M73

 

[BaDKiTTy69]

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Originally Posted by malaviKat

Love it!!! Your designs are always so creative. This orange colors is very pretty.

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Originally Posted by luhly4 got my new konad stuff today. kind of messy

Very cute.

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Originally Posted by Tat2dbeauty07 Ok so I caved and made my second konad order today which was hard on me because after I made my first purchase which was the double ended stamper scraper plate m57 and black and white special polish. I decided to get acyrlics big mistake my nails were to long to get a good design on so instead of cutting them down I took it in my own hands to take them off my self soaking them in acetone for a half hour only began to soften them those were not going to budge so I used my grocery store membership card to stick under them to pop them off it was a success but I lost most of my real nails they are finally growing back. My ex is on a rant about my nails he owns a barbershop so he had to go through some extensive training even learning how to do nails so their growing back and no more acyrlics.... I never have had long nails unless I've had acyrlics but my konad desings do come out cute on my short nails. I've only used my konad once doing a white zebra print on bare nail with a clear top coat.... So like I said I made my second order today my nails are almost all back I figured Id paint them in mac gee whiz and do a cute design.... Heres my newest order dont forget theirs a 30% coupon code good only through tomorrow at www.WowSoCool.com Konad Stamping Nail Art the code is: wowsocool1 My bill came to 41.96 after coupon under 30!!! with free shipping!!! Special Polishes in -Silver -Pink -Violet Pearl Image Plates - M64 - M69 - M73

I hope you will get your stuff soon, so you can play with it and share your ideas with us.

And here is what i have right now.

China Glaze Agent Lavender
Konad Royal Purple
Konad M28

 

[malaviKat]

Thanks.

Agent Lavender is very pretty. I love that stamp. It's very whimsical. I might even be inclined to throw a silvery glitter topcoat over your nails.

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Originally Posted by BaDKiTTy69 ... And here is what i have right now. China Glaze Agent Lavender Konad Royal Purple Konad M28

 

[Tat2dbeauty07]

Ok so I played with what konad stuff I have now until I get my new shipment... This is my first time using the konad black

Heres the materials I used

Konad m57 plate
Konad Special Black Polish
MAC Polish in Steamy
Secha Vie Clear Top Coat (might of misspelled)

Here are my results yes im flaunting my shorties!!! I havent seen anyone else on here flaunt their short barely their nails so I did!!!

Sorry if the photos didn't come out to well I couldn't get a crisp photo with my digital camera so I used my webcam...

 

[franken_stein]

Aw, thank you to everyone in this thread! Everyone's nails are so pretty. Definitely inspired me to try it on my own. I have never been a do-it-yourself person when it comes to nails (I'll admit it, I love the feeling of being pampered when I get them done at the salon) but these are so fun to do, so I can foresee some money-saving in the future! Well, after I'm done buying the plates, of course, hahah.

So, yeah, I love these Konad plates

This is even my first photo-sharing I'm doing on Specktra!

The base color is one of the Espana collection ones from OPI, but I got a box of mini polishes so I can't remember which one that is - the names are printed on the box but not the bottles. Oh well. And the stamps are from plate M57. I loved the fishnet but I decided that I need a base color lighter than that to have it look nice, so I just went with this. Actually, this is my second go - I think the first time around, on black polish, looked nicer, but just wanted to try out the other ones I got.

 

[malaviKat]

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Originally Posted by franken_stein Aw, thank you to everyone in this thread! Everyone's nails are so pretty. Definitely inspired me to try it on my own. I have never been a do-it-yourself person when it comes to nails (I'll admit it, I love the feeling of being pampered when I get them done at the salon) but these are so fun to do, so I can foresee some money-saving in the future! Well, after I'm done buying the plates, of course, hahah. So, yeah, I love these Konad plates This is even my first photo-sharing I'm doing on Specktra! The base color is one of the Espana collection ones from OPI, but I got a box of mini polishes so I can't remember which one that is - the names are printed on the box but not the bottles. Oh well. And the stamps are from plate M57. I loved the fishnet but I decided that I need a base color lighter than that to have it look nice, so I just went with this. Actually, this is my second go - I think the first time around, on black polish, looked nicer, but just wanted to try out the other ones I got.

This looks gorgeous! For your second attempt it is totally awesome.

 

[Kayteuk]

Okay girls I give in...I have to buy a Konad...I haven't brought anything for myself (Besides absolute necessities) for 8 months now as I have been saving for my house... But this I just plain need!! LOL!

I was having a look on eBay for the Konad system and not sure which one to get as I don't want to spend that much... I was going to get the basic kit with 1 plate and the stamp, scraper and 2 polishes for £10. However I noticed it doesn't have the holder...Is this a necessity? Do you really need the holder for it?

Also some plates seem to be cheaper than others on ebay, are there fake konad plates being made??

Thanks again girls I actually needed to treat myself

KONAD NAIL ART IMAGE PLATE No.S2 arabian on eBay (end time 03-Sep-09 11:11:45 BST)
Is that a fake or real one? And which are the best plate sellers for the UK as I really dont want to pay a lot for shipping!

 

[BaDKiTTy69]

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Originally Posted by Kayteuk Okay girls I give in...I have to buy a Konad...I haven't brought anything for myself (Besides absolute necessities) for 8 months now as I have been saving for my house... But this I just plain need!! LOL! I was having a look on eBay for the Konad system and not sure which one to get as I don't want to spend that much... I was going to get the basic kit with 1 plate and the stamp, scraper and 2 polishes for £10. However I noticed it doesn't have the holder...Is this a necessity? Do you really need the holder for it? Also some plates seem to be cheaper than others on ebay, are there fake konad plates being made?? Thanks again girls I actually needed to treat myself KONAD NAIL ART IMAGE PLATE No.S2 arabian on eBay (end time 03-Sep-09 11:11:45 BST) Is that a fake or real one? And which are the best plate sellers for the UK as I really dont want to pay a lot for shipping!

Konad is so much fun, you will love it. I personally dont think that you will need a plate holder. I place my plate on papertowel, so this way I dont make any extra mess to clean up. I heared that there is a lot of fakes on eBay, so I would be very careful about buying it there. For example, my friend got a starting set from ebay. First of all they screwed up her order, but in a good way, they sent her a few different sets instead of one. But she never got a clear image from them. She tried all kinds of plates, polishes etc. but nothing worked

I dont know, maybe she just have to plactice more or the whole konad shipment was fake.

 

[malaviKat]

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Originally Posted by Kayteuk Okay girls I give in...I have to buy a Konad...I haven't brought anything for myself (Besides absolute necessities) for 8 months now as I have been saving for my house... But this I just plain need!! LOL! I was having a look on eBay for the Konad system and not sure which one to get as I don't want to spend that much... I was going to get the basic kit with 1 plate and the stamp, scraper and 2 polishes for £10. However I noticed it doesn't have the holder...Is this a necessity? Do you really need the holder for it? Also some plates seem to be cheaper than others on ebay, are there fake konad plates being made?? Thanks again girls I actually needed to treat myself KONAD NAIL ART IMAGE PLATE No.S2 arabian on eBay (end time 03-Sep-09 11:11:45 BST) Is that a fake or real one? And which are the best plate sellers for the UK as I really dont want to pay a lot for shipping!

First off, you'll love Konad...so go ahead and treat yourself.

The start up costs are a bit much, but you don't need a ton of plates or polishes. I recommend a black and a white stamping polish to get started, the two sided stamper and a selection of plates. Throw in the special topcoat if you have the budget for it (but you don't HAVE to have it.)

I agree with badkitty; you don't need the plate holder. I find the plate holder comes in handy when I want to mix polish colours (and I don't want to waste plastic or foil or wax paper to use as a palette), but otherwise, laying your Konad plate on a piece of paper towel works just fine. (Actually, it's imperative, because it will make a huge mess!) The double sided stamper is a necessity in my opinion though as it offers more control and it has a smaller stamp on one end for more precise stamping. In addition, I'd recommend using an old credit card as a scraper; it works as well as the scraper, but doesn't scratch your plates.

I do not have any experience buying Konad off of ebay, but that picture is of an actual plate. (However, since the image was taken from konadnailart.com, I can't speak to the actual product.)

My personal recommendation is to order from OCNailart. She (Kathleen) has everything you need to get started, her prices (from what I've seen) are as good, if not better than most other e-tailers, she offers free international shipping for all purchases over $20US (which will get you 2 plates and 2 polishes) and honours a plethora of coupon codes ("polishpixie"; "scrangie"; "polishorperish" etc.) valid for 20% off your entire purchase. Plus shipping was very fast. I have ordered from her twice and she has been great both times.

Good luck with your purchasing decision! You'll love it.

 

[User67]

I just placed an order for the M73 & M65 plates, I can't wait for them to come! I also just got a bottle of the matte topcoat from Essie. Can't wait to play around with that. Has anyone done a Konad design & then put matte a topcoat? I wonder how that would look?! All the options & possibilities!

 

[malaviKat]

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Originally Posted by Nyla2120 I just placed an order for the M73 & M65 plates, I can't wait for them to come! I also just got a bottle of the matte topcoat from Essie. Can't wait to play around with that. Has anyone done a Konad design & then put matte a topcoat? I wonder how that would look?! All the options & possibilities!

I am looking forward to seeing this! I have been thinking about that matte topcoat for a while...as soon as I can figure out a good company that will still ship my ChG to Canada (waiting on the new collections!) I will buy the Essie topcoat.

I think this might look great with Konad!

 

[franken_stein]

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Originally Posted by malaviKat This looks gorgeous! For your second attempt it is totally awesome.

Aw, thanks so much! It really IS very easy - for any others out there who are thinking of getting this. There's a bit of getting used to but definitely easy to get the hang of fast.

 

[malaviKat]

Okay this is not a Konad related post, but I figure I can trust you ladies to be honest with me. I sucked it up and (against my better judgment) paid $14CAN for MAC's Dry Martini. I've posted elsewhere about what I think... (which, I can say equates to confusion), so I was wondering what you guys think.

Should I keep this polish?!

Shade

Partial Sun

Flash

 

[User67]

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Originally Posted by malaviKat Okay this is not a Konad related post, but I figure I can trust you ladies to be honest with me. I sucked it up and (against my better judgment) paid $14CAN for MAC's Dry Martini. I've posted elsewhere about what I think... (which, I can say equates to confusion), so I was wondering what you guys think. Should I keep this polish?! Shade Partial Sun Flash

I think it looks great! I bought it too, but I haven't worn it yet. I think it's a pretty unique color & definitely worth having.