31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Today, I was supposed to have "tribal" nails.  I turned to Bollywood - as I always do! - for inspiration.  I chose a movie filmed in Rajasthan, a part of India known for its beautiful folk art and patterns.  Instead of picking a nice tribal pattern, I was enthralled (as I always am) with this beautiful wedding costume that our heroine wears - that's her, peeking out from under her bridal veil.

Rani Mukherjee in the film Paheli

Her beautiful saree inspired this mani.

This is a base of Sally Hansen Insta Dri Rapid Red stamped with the lovely palm design on Konad M83.  I useed Sally Hansen Insta Dri Snappy Sorbet for the stamp.   I freehanded the tips with Snappy Sorbet.  My other golds or bronzes didn't stamp well over this combination, so I pulled out my "heavy".  I used the Sally Hansen Gold Chrome Nail Pen and BM 11 to stamp the accents.

Wow!  I love this!  It's simple and surprisingly quick (especially using the fast dry polishes).  Every time I look down, I want to start singing songs from the movie!

If I ever take this off (haha), another attempt at "tribal" nails is next!

See you soon (at least when this wears off!), Konaddicts!

31 Day Nail Challenge - Day 12: Stripes

Hello, everyone!  I wanted to (finally!) post pictures of my stripes nails.

I started this mani with a base of Pure Ice Love - a warm pink.  I stamped the stripes using Cheeky plate CH-10 and Konad Special polish in White.  They're the perfect stripe - not too thin, but also not too crowded.

I decided I would try to spice up my stripes a bit. I've always liked the combination of pink, white, and black so I decided I would give that a try.  I stamped the bows using plate QA-24 - a new (of course from eBay!) plate that just came in the mail.  I used that super cute kitty on Konad M83 for the accent nail.  I used Wet N Wild in Black Creme as the stamping polish.

This has been a fun one to wear but now it's off to work on the next one - animal print!  See you next time, Konaddicts!

Summer Flower Layers

So...this didn't come out exactly like I was hoping it would.  I wanted to do more layers and the intention was to layer flowers over a leafy base. 

Here are the layers:

1) Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mint Sorbet

2) Kleancolor Holo Green

3) I stamped the leafy image from M83 with Finger Paints Sketch n Etch,a sheer green.

4) Finally, I stamped the flowers from Cheeky plate CH14 in Kleancolor Metallics Metallic Pink and Metallic Fuchsia (mixed around a little with the scraper before stamping).   I dotted with Kleancolor Metallic Yellow.

Well...I like the blending in the flowers, but I was hoping to see more of the "leafy" base.  I tend to like clean, crisp images and this pairing makes the flowers look a little like blobs.  I love the almost "hippie" like style of the flowers, but I don't think it worked for my design.

Oh, well...I'll take the "E" for "effort" and make a grab for the remover.  Take care, Konaddicts!

Simple Filigree

Here's a quick and easy mani I pulled together using Konad plate M83.  The base is Revlon Top Speed Stormy and Kleancolor Pastel Peach is the stamping color.  One reason I love Konad is that even when you don't have a lot of time, you can still come up with lovely results!

Take care, Konaddicts!