NOTD: Snowflakes!

I love doing my nails. Especially around Christmas time when it's ok to do Christmasy designs! I'm gonna try and do a few different designs up until Christmas, but in the meantime...
This is what they look like today!

And here's what I used:

First I applied Milani One Coat Glitter in Gold Dlitz. I then started stamping using Konad white special polish and the snowflake designs on the bundle monster plates: BM14 and BM319. To finish it off I drew some little stars and dots with the dotting tool (Btw I used my OrlyWhite Out for that!)

To seal the design, I made sure to apply the Konad special Clear polish!

Hope you liked this quick look at my nails, be sure to check back soon for more nail art designs.
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NOTD: Forgotten Nail Art

I haven't done a NOTD post in a very long time, so I thought I would post some photos of the nail art I have been rockin' lately. Let me know which one you like best!

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NOTD: Summer Nails!

Here's a few nail looks I've been wearing lately - let me know what you think!






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NOTD: Nudey Rose

This is most definitely my favourite Konad stamp. I can't help but love the way it looks with everything, it's so pretty! It also livens up an otherwise boring nail polish, haha.



The base colour I used is Revlon Peach Smoothie. It was the first time I'd actually used this, and it was a bit of a disappointment. I could not get it to apply smoothly - it went on streaky, and what's worse is that it smelt disgusting... I should've known that scented nail polish wasn't a good idea.
On the plus side, the colour is quite nice and summery and you can't really notice how streaky it is when you Konad on top of it.

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NOTD: Pink Leopard!

I've been pretty lazy with my nails lately - actually pretty lazy in general, I'm not gonna lie! Well enough is enough, so to liven up my hands I decided on hot pink leopard print.

Here's what I used:

• Two coats of Milani Neon nail polish in Pink Hottie
  
• One coat of Kleancolor Chunky Holographic nail polish in Chunky Holo Candy
  
• Konad black with the leopard print from m57
• Clear nail polish as a top coat
  

I actually really love this combination. It's so girly and cute. Something about pink reminds me that summer is on the way.. such an exciting thought!

On another note, tonight is the Rugby World Cup 2011 final!! GO THE ALL BLACKS!!

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Swatch Watch: OPI Pirates of the Caribbean - Mermaid's Tears

I’m going to be honest here, I think OPI nail polishes are a huge rip off. I’m not sure how much they are overseas, but here in New Zealand, they retail for around $26NZD. Who in their right mind would pay that much for a nail polish?! Ugh, apparently I would.

The OPI Pirates of the Caribbean Collection appealed to me because I don’t actually own any pastel nail polishes, I do have to admit that the fact they thought pastel colours are pirate-y is ridiculously strange to me. But they’re beautiful pastels nonetheless.

I bought two colours from the collection, one of which was Mermaid’s Tears.

This is two coats, and I can honestly say I am not impressed. The colour itself is beautiful, but the application was horrible! I can’t believe I spent $26NZD on it, when the quality is of something that should cost $2NZD. Disappointing. The colour really is gorgeous though, and I have to keep telling myself that to justify how much I spent on it. Hahaha.

Because I’m on such a konad high, I of course had to stamp something over it, just to see how it looked. The result? Freakin’ amazing.

I had SO many compliments on this design. Everyone seemed to adore it, and I have to admit that it’s definitely one of my favourite combinations to date.

So all in all, I really don’t think OPI nail polishes are all that wonderful. If you shop around you can find cheaper nail polishes that are far superior in quality. What do you think??

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Some NOTD goodness!

Hey all!
I'm getting so bad at posting my NOTDs every week, so here's a few of them to catch up on!

First up is pink/black checkers:

I used:

• Santee Rainbow Pink as the base coat
• Konad Special polish in Black
• Konad m56 plate
• Hello Kitty bow stickers (only on ring fingers)

Next is my ultimate FAIL, the nail polish I used was this old 90 second set Revlon one... I can't even tell you just how OLD this nail polish is. The only reason I'm letting you guys see this, is because I'm dying to find a good dupe for it, the name is Revlon Tidal Wave. Can you help me, know of any good dupes??

I used:

• Revlon Tidal Wave (failfailfailFAIL)
• Konad Special polish in Dark Purple
• Konad m64 plate

Lastly, we have what my sister named my 'Picasso nails':

I used

• Santee Blue Flash nail polish
• Konad Special polish in Black
• Konad m64 plate

Hope you enjoy! I'm going to try and post a few times this week, I've got lots of reviews coming up, one in particular that I'm extremely excited about, so stay tuned!!
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NOTD: Lacy French Manicure

Hi guys,
Here's a quick NOTD I did the other day. I think I need to do something a bit brighter next time, but I like how this turned out!

I used:

• Pinnacle French Twist as a base coat
• Santee White with the lace pattern from the m56 plate
• Santee Silver Blue for the polka dots (done with my awesome dotting tools)
• Kleancolour Clear as the top coat

Thanks for viewing guys, watch out for my Sigma brush review coming up soon.
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NOTD: Hello Kitty!

I've been playing around with nail art stuff lately, experimenting and trying to get better at it. I did this one the other day:

I used:

• Santee Nail Polish in Rainbow Pink (all over) and White (for stamping)
  
• m57 plate
• The Hello Kitty plate from BornPrettyStore
• Tiny little silver rhinestones from The $2 Shop
• KleanColour clear as a top coat

Thanks for viewing, check out my Purely Cosmetics review if you haven't already! And don't forget to enter my giveaway!

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NOTD: Konad – My first try!

It has taken me months to finally give in and buy a Konad Stamping Nail Art ‘system’. I’ve been putting it off, mainly because I couldn’t afford it and because I wasn’t entirely sure that I’d ever use it.

I finally gave in when I was browsing trademe and came across an auction for a Konad ‘Set’ containing 2 special nail polishes of your choice, an image plate of your choice and a double ended stamper/scraper set. All up it was $20 (NZD) which I thought was a pretty good deal. I chose black and dark purple for the colours and the m57 plate.

It arrived today so of course I tried it out as soon as I opened it. And I have to say I’m completely in love with it!! It is so much fun and the results (once you’ve had a few practice goes) are fantastic!! Now I’m going to have to buy more image plates because I can see this becoming addictive!!

Here’s a pic of what I did today:

I used the Santee nail polish pictured as the base colour. The colour is M30 – Silver Blue. I seriously love these nail polishes, and at only $3 (NZD) they’re cheap as chips. The Konad special nail polish I used is dark purple.

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