Nail Art Stamping

[leenybeeny]

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Originally Posted by malaviKat ^^ You will love it, leeny!

My husband thinks it looks tacky.. I tell him it's art... He will have to deal with it!!

 

[malaviKat]

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Originally Posted by leenybeeny My husband thinks it looks tacky.. I tell him it's art... He will have to deal with it!!

Ah... my bf doesn't typically pay much attention to what I do with makeup, but he actually thought Konad was pretty neat (as a concept). Even my brother found it interesting (and that's saying something...he's a straight laced engineer.)

 

[Lovelynuts]

Here is my first Konadicure! I will definitely need to practise but it's so much fun so that shouldn't be a problem.

Products used:
"OPI - Over the Taupe" for base
"China Glaze - Admire" for print
"Seche Vite" for top coat
Konad plate nubmer 63

Thanks for looking
-Camilla

 

[leenybeeny]

^^ That looks fantastic! I love the colours you used

I didn't think regular nail polish would be thick enough for the design. How long did you wait for the base to dry before doing the design?

 

[Lovelynuts]

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Originally Posted by leenybeeny ^^ That looks fantastic! I love the colours you used I didn't think regular nail polish would be thick enough for the design. How long did you wait for the base to dry before doing the design?

Thank you!! It was the first time I tried Over the Taupe, cause I just got it, and I had to use three coats to get it opaque, and the formula was very funky. I thought I was gonna have to wait forever for it to dry, but once I got Seche Vite on (also used for the first time and I love it!!) as a top coat, it dried very fast. I'd say 15 minutes and another 5 after I put on the top coat. I painted a top coat in between the base and the design just for it to dry faster. I did have some problems to get the design on right, though, as you can see. But I do love the color combo! In the sun the difference between the cream and the metallic shows up a lot more and it looks very cool!

 

[BaDKiTTy69]

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Originally Posted by Lovelynuts Thanks for looking -Camilla

Great job! Very pretty!

 

[BaDKiTTy69]

I still love me some hot pink!

Soon I will switch to fall colors (maybe

).

China Glaze Rich & Famous
Konad Royal Purple
Konad M65

 

[malaviKat]

^^ Awesome!!!

 

[franken_stein]

I held back ordering from Head2ToeBeauty because of the shipping costs, which I still think is a bit much, buuuut, I'm so glad I did. Because I now finally have some China Glaze and Essie's Matte About You! I am so in love with both already, and I've only had them for a day.

I wanted to get my nails done quick today so I only did one nail on each hand with Konad:

Pretty messy, I know! Sorry. I took the picture right after I finished and usually all the polish around my fingers go away once I wash my hands and right now they look fine.

The base color is China Glaze Midnight Ride. I think you can really see the purple undertones without the matte top coat, but with it, it just looks black, which I am pretty much okay with. Oh, and I took my first nails picture for Specktra with that background, guess I like it! It's a sticker I put on my laptop.

The Konad stamp is with China Glaze Harmony. I love it! I just love the way that looks with the matte top coat on it. It just looks drawn on, almost. Sometimes the Konad looked kind of stamped on when I did them before, and you could definitely feel the way it's kind of bumpy even with a regular top coat on. But the matte top coat makes it so smooth! I just love it so much.

I am quite excited now

Next time I'll be doing all the nails with Konad and the matte top coat, I think it'll look nice!

Also, I keep using that one stamp... I'm looking to get more Konad plates soon, and I just found out there's a place nearby I can buy them! I contacted OC Nail Art and they told me a friend of theirs sells in the area. I only have M57 right now, any must-have image plates?

 

[Lovelynuts]

^^ SWEET! I got Matte about you but I haven't used it yet. Can't wait to try it, it looks so cool on everybody.

 

[BaDKiTTy69]

Ok, all your pictures with Essie's Matte About You makes me want to get it now. Its looks very pretty!

 

[franken_stein]

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Originally Posted by BaDKiTTy69 Ok, all your pictures with Essie's Matte About You makes me want to get it now. Its looks very pretty!

It does look pretty! I hope you do get it

If you do, be sure to post pictures!

I'm the kind of person who usually does nails, and then lets it stay on for as long as possible until the chips start getting really ugly... because I never used to be into doing nails! But now that I got Matte About You I'm already looking forward to changing the polish so I can see how it looks on the other colors I got.

 

[malaviKat]

^ franken, where did you order from? (i may have missed that somewhere)

 

[leenybeeny]

Anyone know where I can get Matte About You in Canada? I can't find it anywhere!

 

[franken_stein]

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Originally Posted by malaviKat ^ franken, where did you order from? (i may have missed that somewhere)

Head2ToeBeauty! Mostly because I also wanted to get some China Glaze from there, and also because I got impatient waiting for Ulta to get them in stock. But as far as I know Ulta stores should have them now, probably both online and in stores.

 

[malaviKat]

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Originally Posted by leenybeeny Anyone know where I can get Matte About You in Canada? I can't find it anywhere!

You can try Trade Secrets. I got mine online from Transdesign.

 

[BeautyPsycho]

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Originally Posted by leenybeeny Anyone know where I can get Matte About You in Canada? I can't find it anywhere!

It would probably be cheapest on ebay

 

[shatteredshards]

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Originally Posted by BeautyPsycho It would probably be cheapest on ebay

Actually, last time I checked Transdesign, they had it for $5.

 

[BaDKiTTy69]

My DH designed these nails for me (picked color and a plate design). I had so many compliments on it, I could not believe it. From now one I will be asking him. hehe

China Glaze For Audrey
Konad Black
Konad M63

 

[malaviKat]

Hey nail gals...

Not konad, but I thought you might enjoy this if you don't already follow Julie...

YouTube - Rihanna Tiger Print Nails