Nails: Patriotic for 4th of July
Posted by Heather | Filed under Nails, Nails with Konad
Here’s my 4th of July Konadicure. It’s pretty simple, and not perfect by any means. I am awe-inspired by some of my favorite nail bloggers: Scrangie, All-Laquered Up, Steph’s Closet, and NailPhile. But I had about 30 min before I wanted to go to bed, and this is what I came up with. Happy 4th of July!!!
I used OPI Bride’s Bouquet as a base color (3 coats for opacity) and Konad Plate m3 with Konad red and blue special polish.
What was your 4th of July manicure/pedicure??
Nails: Time For a Real Manicure
Posted by Heather | Filed under Nails, Nubar
Since I change my nail polish about once every 3-5 days or so, my poor nails are a little ragged. I don’t take really great care of them, and they’re still growing out the ridges from when I had acrilics. So I caved and got an actual real manicure this time (done at the salon). I am seriously amazed at how long it stayed nice! By the second day, there was still not one chip!! I kept it on for like a full 5 days and it was looking ok. I don’t know how they do it and make it stay so nicely…wish I did!
Anyway, here is Nubar Peacock Feathers - two coats with a top coat. Isn’t it just brilliant under the sun?! You should see the beautiful job they did on my toesies! The flower design is really pretty too!
See a few more pictures of this supper pretty color - hints of blue, purple, pink, silver…ahhhh! Read the rest of this entry »
Nails: Color Club Pure Energy with Konad
Posted by Heather | Filed under Nails, Nails with Konad
This is Color Club Pure Energy polish (3 coats) and some butterfly Konad stamps from plate M36. The color is amazingly bright and beautiful!!
Nails: MAC Mercenary with Konad
Posted by Heather | Filed under MAC, Nails, Nails with Konad
MAC Mercenary nail polish with Silver Konad Special Polish and plate M50. I went with an animal print in honor of Style Warriors. The flash makes it a little hard to see, but hopefully you get the drift!
Nails: Pink with Bow Ties Konadicure
Posted by Heather | Filed under Nails, Nails with Konad
For this week’s Konadicure, I used Color Club’s Electro Candy as a base and Konad plate M56 with black pearl Konad special polish. While I was in Hawaii, I went shopping with my mom and we came across a kiosk that sold Konad stuff!! I was soooo excited that we spent probably an hour there talking to the nicest lady: Deborah Campbell, owner of Island Nail & Body Art in Kapaa, HI. She has authentic stuff, and will match any online deal including things like free shipping over $20 and 20% off etc. She also offers an additional 10% off to special customers. Besides giving us special deals, she was super nice and very informative. If you’ve been looking to order Konad stuff, I definitely encourage you to check her out or send her an email!
Nails: Hawaii Konadicure
Posted by Heather | Filed under Nails, Nails with Konad
I bought Konad plate M29 with lots of Hawaiian stamps on it. Yep, specifically for my trip to Hawaii because when else would I really wear it, right? Good thing I remembered 1. to take it with me, and 2. to actually use it while I was there. I only stamped a few nails with the key symbols, but it came out cute enough…worth sharing. :-) This is Essie Sag Harbor with Konad special white polish.
Nails: China Glaze For Audrey Pedi
Posted by Heather | Filed under China Glaze, Nails
By reading up on my wonderful favorite nail blogs (see links section), I heard about this absolutely to-die-for color called For Audrey by China Glaze. Audrey Hepburn who was in Breakfast at Tiffany’s is the inspiration obviously. Turns out that Tiffany’s has a pattent on their signature blueish-greenish color, but this color does come quite close. I still have a Tiffany’s box and felt jewelry holder from when my now husband got me a bracelet and necklace back when we were dating :-) Anyway, I took this color to my nail salon and got a pedicure with it. The guy did a fantastic design that I will surely miss once it starts chipping and I have to take it off. It happens to be Christine from Temptalia’s favorite nail polish color, so I had to get it! She says she has it on her toes almost all the time.
**Caution** Pictures of toes/feet ahead! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: China Glaze, For Audrey, Nails, NOTD, Pedicure
Nail Look: Nubar Indigo Illusion w/ Konad
Posted by Heather | Filed under Nails, Nails with Konad, Nubar
I’ve been so into nail stuff lately! Like you can’t tell right - almost all of my links are nail sites! Their nails just fascinate me. My nails are short by nature, and about a month or two ago I took my fake nails off, so they’re only about half way grown out. My nails are very soft - they bend and break very easily. Anyway, I painted my nails with Nubar Indigo Illusion (3 coats) which is an incredibly beautiful blue/green/red duochrome. It’s not one of those in-your-face blue colors which I like. The picture washes out my skin and makes the polish look a little brighter than it should. Then I decided to try this Konad stamping thing… I watched a few tutorials on youtube and did the best I could. My local beauty supply store had some plates and special nail polishes (to my surprise!) so I decided to check them out. I used the Konad white special nail polish.
I do my nails like once every 3 days so if I have something that comes out particularly nice or pretty, then I’ll post it, but this won’t be a regular thing :-) I encourage you to visit some of those sites over in my links too! If you’re interested in checking out Konad plates - Scrangie has a coupon code for 20% off plus free shipping over $20 (she’s seriously nail talented!). It’s surprisingly easy to do - this was only my second attempt!
One more picture & a close-up to follow… Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Indigo Illusion, Konad, Konadicure, NOTD, Nubar
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