Something different and not quite me!

I am so not a neon color type of girl, I tend to stay away from bright neon colors. Orange cone nail polish..Yeah I'll pass. But I bought the roller girl set from Urban Decay a while back and it comes with Woodstock, this intense hot pink color that you can see from a mile away. It set in my nail polish travel case for a while before I said, "ah what the hell, lets give it a go!"

I loved how shocking it was, but It just felt like something was missing so I broke out the konad (actually the faux Konad) and printed multiple butterflies on each nail. Now I have to state the butterfly is the only design I have mastered..OH KONAD WHY YOU SO HARD FOR ME!

And after two generous coats of seche vite, because I'm not to crazy about the matte look that neon colors decide to be, and a splotch of glitter (OPI for Sephora, Its bouquet with me) I was pleased with the results! I think this is a nice push for me to be more adventurous. If anyone is curious I used plain old white for the butterflies, but with the seche it kind of faded off. But that is it for now, time for bed!

VDay Manicure part 3, all finished!

Happy Valentine's Day! Finally, this three part manicure is all finished. If you remember, I didn't intend on making a Valentine's mani, and I originally started with Barry M Buzz Nail Paint. I felt it could use a little something, so I then used the curly heart design on my Salon Express SE18 plate with Konad special white polish, and got this effect:

After realizing this had great potential to be a Vday mani, I topped this manicure with Revlon Blizzard Berry, a Japanese Revlon exclusive. It's a pretty mixed size holo glitter with a pink tinted base. Finally, I put pink and clear stones on the thumb and ring fingers, and sealed it off with Seche Vite. What do you all think?

VDay Manicure part 3, all finished!, a photo by KitaRei on Flickr.

Konad: NYC Royal Foil over Sally Hansen Secrets Frost

Here's the manicure I mentioned the other day, my first Konad success! Only because it wasn't a Konad stamper.. it was the As Seen On TV Salon Express stamper from their kit sold at Rite Aid. And ok it isn't actually my first success, it's my second..but it's the first complete manicure with this kit, my first try that came out well was just some test nails. Since the Konad stamper just doesn't seem to work for me, I'm willing to trade it and the nail scraper to a new home, since some people have much more luck with it than others (like Erika and I.) I really like how it came out, I love the chrome purple/silver glitter combo. I used it in a past manicure as well. The leopard design is from Konad plate m57. As the title states, I used the NYC Foil Nail Enamel in Royal Foil that Erika gave me over Sally Hansen Teflon Tuff Secrets Frost, and I topped it off with Coffret D'or gel look topcoat. I was so proud of myself, nail stamping is actually lots of fun when it actually works!

Konad: NYC Royal Foil over Sally Hansen Secrets Frost, a photo by KitaRei on Flickr.
Royal Foil looks awfully like Sally Hansen Sapphire Chrome (which is actually purple, so I have no idea why they named it that.) This could be a dupe for it, but I'm not sure if they came out at the same time.. this is a vintage NYC polish so it's very possible. I should whip them out and compare them :)

Hey everyone!

I think the title says it all!

I'm sorry for the lapse of posts from me, but you know how the holidays take a hold of everything and before you know it.. two weeks have passed!

But I do have a manicure for you, but before I post it, I just want to apologize to Sarah from Sarahandmike and hellokitty dot com. Her polishes from Julie, must have gotten lost in the mail so, I hope you enjoy the polishes I sent!

Over the break, Renee visited and spent a few days with me ( :D ) Well we were on a mission! And that mission was to find the Coloricons from Wet n Wild. She managed to find some with Julie a few weeks ago.. but alas, nothing with me. IF anyone is willing to trade the red one ( rockin rubies) with me, I would throw you a parade! We did manage to find some other great things, like Klean Color at a dollar store! I will post a haul (I promise!)

Here is the manicure I did last night:

The color that I used is Purple holo chrome by Klean Color, and I love it! I ordered a few more from ebay because I am so impressed with the quality. I really wish I were able to capture a better picture of the quality. The shimmer is gorgeous! I added the white butterfly at the last minute. As you can see my konading skills are getting better, because it's not Konad! It's the 10$ American version that came out.

Yes, after all the money I spent on Konad.. the cheap 10$ worked better. Only me...Only me. And Renee.

But that's it for now, I have to get some ZZZ's and I love sleep. Don't judge me.

Goodies in the mail today (Julie)

today i got my first konad stamp kit! I took it out and started to mess around with it a little but it didn't come out so good. Later this evening my sister-in-law is coming over and we're going to give it another shot. I'll post pics as soon as we're done playing!

Also got a new Zoya swatch called Roxy. It's an ultra glittery color. It's very pretty, reminds me of raspberries. Takes about 3 coats for full color.