Cute Nail Design

This super cute nail design was a bit of a pain to master at first. I could not get the stamp straight by "rolling" the stamper across the nail. It kept veering to one side or the other making a crooked line. However, In the end (after several attempts) I finally figured out a great way to do it and it turned out to be a really cute design.

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Konad Special Polish in White
Konad Image Plate m71 for French Manicure Design

I figured out the trick to hold the tip of my nail perpendicular to the stamp to align the placement, then to roll from the top of the nail to the bottom. I put a good deal of pressure to get good coverage on the sides (to the point of bending my nails, be careful). I suppose someone with more experience with Konad french plates would not have as hard a time. I still wish I made the stamp higher on my nails to look more like a cute french tip and less like a design mid nail...

The Sunflower was done with Konad plate m54 and Sky Pearl special polish

I finished with a blue sunflower design on the middle finger. Give or take, it looked very nice either way. I love the color of Sky Pearl polish by Konad however its sparkles do not show on the stamps.

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I love how the design looks like I placed lace on my nail, it would be a lot of fun with a true sheer pink. Right now my poor nails are stained STILL from my Earthly Harmony swatch! I've tried everything to remove it and this time nothing is working. I think because the Mavala nail hardener causes more cross linking in the nail it also holds onto the yellow pigment. I wish I had de-stained with baking soda and hydrogen peroxide before using it.

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Coach Poppy nails and an E.L.F. polish Konad

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I'm really liking the Coach Poppy project. It has connected me to many blogs I might not have otherwise stumbled upon! So I did a little Konad tribute. I can't tell you the name of the polish, its completely unlabelled. I think it came from a Nail Color Institute kit I got for Christmas. I'm not wanting to win the $2500 Coach gift certificate, I just like being involved.



After I cleaned that off I wanted to do a white Konad with review. E.L.F. white nail polish is OK. I mean, it's streaky and sheer. It took me 3 coats to get this look and it was still streaky, luckily the Konad nail stamp hid it well.



For the stamping I used Konad image plate m71 which is a really vintage looking girly plate. It's one of my faves so far and I nabbed it on an Amazon sale for about $4 or so. Woo!



The stamp color is Konad Sky Pearl special polish. I love this color - it's a medium sparkly blue but the shimmer isn't overbearing. Really lovely.



My stamping didn't come out perfect. I was OK with that. Unfortunately after adding a top coat it wouldn't dry! *SAD* So I had to remove it. I need to find a really good opaque white polish, any suggestions?