Designer Tips

Hello, everyone!

I hope all of my American readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving!  I finally have put down the leftovers long enough to post my latest manicure!

I went for something relatively simple since holiday weeks can just be so busy.  This is a base of Orly French Manicure in Sheer Nude.  I freehanded the tips in Wet n Wild Black Creme.  I used stamping plate QA24 for these cute "designer" tips.  It's hard to see the colors because of the cloudy weather, but I used Konad Special Polishes in Pastel Pink, Pastel Green, and Pastel Purple.

For an emphasis, I used a black nail pen to dot some lines on the nails of the thumb and ring finger.  I like the look and I got lots of compliments on this one!

I hope you are well!  I'm so thankful that I get to share my polish designs with you!

Fade to Plaid

Hello, everyone!

We're having sweater weather here!  Brrr....   To go along with my winter sweaters, I created this Fall plaid nail design.  My gradients still aren't perfect...argh...but here's what I used for this one.

This is a base of Sally Hansen Insta Dri Petal Pusher.  I made a gradient with that lovely and strange caramel, L'Oreal The Perfect Trench.  This is stamped with plate QA24 (from eBay), a unique, plaid french manicure design that I've been dying to try.  I used Revlon Top Speed in Espresso to stamp over the gradient.

So...here's my gradient problem (or at least one of them!) - I can't find a good sponge!  I bought the Konad sponging set - which was really expensive to get a few foam sponges.  The sponges worked like a champ, though.  I find I do better when I use eye shadow applicators, maybe because of the small area.  I just haven't had a chance to make it back to Sally's to resupply.  

Also, I figured I should be able to do this really cheaply, so I'm currently using pieces from a replacement mop head (!).  It works, I just can't quite get the color on where I want it.

     Sigh...

          Any suggestions, polish lovers?

Designer Nails

Hello, everyone!  I was not feeling the 31 Day Challenge "based on art", so I opted for a quick and easy mani using plate QA24 (another eBay find!).

It's a base L'Oreal Walk on the Beach stamped with Kleancolor Military Green (I love this color!) using plate QA24.  I added some accents with a dotting tool in China Glaze Passion and Kleancolor Metallic Aqua.

I'm feeling very "haute couture" with his mani!  Have a great weekend, Konaddicts!