m83 Konadicure for small nails

Hi,

Remember my rising hearts konadicure? I recreated it now with different

colors & on smaller nails. What I got was awesome!

I started with two coats of my peachy franken and a thin coat of

Sequins Ruby Purple glitter above it. I stamped the rising hearts design from

m83 image plate with Konad Special Black. Finally, I applied a clear top coat.

What do you think?

Glitter Gal-Dark purple + m29

Hi,

Today I'll show you a pretty summer-holiday manicure. I created a

sunset on a tropical island. I strted with two coats of Dark Purple holo. I applied

a little piCture pOlish - Citrus to create the sunset effect using a needle.

I applied Claire's Lonely/Loved on the tips of my nails. I used the palm tree

design from m29 Konad plate and I stamped it with Special Black.

Finally, I applied a clear top coat.

This is how Dark Purple holo from Glitter Gal looks like, applied in two coats. This color

is opaque after a single coat. It dries very fast. After I painted the second hand's nails,

the first one's were already dried.

Check out their web site, they have a lot of pretty shades and they ship internationally.

Mint franken

Hi,

Today I'll show you a pretty minty manicure.

I started with two coats of a mint franken that I made.

I stamped over it the design from A31 image plate from Chez Delaney

with Special White. I applied a mauve rhinestone on the circle on each nail

and finally, I applied a clear top coat.

This is how my mint franken looks like. I created it using piCture pOlish - Marine

and the Matte Dull White from Born Pretty.

What do you think?

DAY 7 - UNIQSO giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

In this giveaway you have the chance to win some nail products from UNIQSO.

You can chose any 2 nail polishes from their web site and a top coat. They have a lot of pretty shades, glittery nail polishes and water-based nail polishes.

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

The giveaway will be opened until August 5th and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

DAY 6- Chez Delaney Giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

In the 6th giveaway you have the chance to win 6 image plates

at your choise from Chez Delaney. You can see some of

my manicures with their plates here.

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

The giveaway will be opened until August 4th and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Mauve flowery manicure

Hi,

Today I'll show you a pretty mauve manicure.

I started with two coats of S-he #375. I like this one a lot.

It has some very pretty reflections and it dries really fast.

Then I stamped the design from A31 image plate from Chez Delaney with special white.

I cut and applied some flowery nail fimos. You can get them from the Born Pretty store.

Here's what I finally got. What do you think?

DAY 5 - Apothica giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

Today you have the chance to win a $25 Apothica gift card.

This giveaway is opened internationally, but make sure that Aphotica ships to your country.

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

*like Apothica on facebook (+1)

*follow apothica on twitter (+1)

The giveaway will be opened until August 3rd and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

DAY 4 - Essie giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

In the fourth giveaway you can win 4 essie nail polishes at your choice.

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

The giveaway will be opened until August 2nd and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Kitten paws manicure

Hi,

Today I'll show you a funny manicure with kittens and paws.

I used Konad m83 for the kitten design and the essence image plate for the paws.

I stamped them using Special Black over the white base color from Born Pretty.

I applied a red rhinestone on the kitty's tail for a stylish effect.

At the end, I applied a clear top coat.

What do you think?

DAY 3 - piCture pOlish giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

In this giveaway you have the chance to win 3 piCture pOlish shades at your choice.

They have a lot of pretty colors. You can see my reviews for some of them here.

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

The giveaway will be opened until August 1st and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

DAY 2 - Glitter Gal giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

In the second giveaway you can win 2 Glitter Gal nail polishes at your choice.

They have a lot of pretty glittery and holographic nail polishes. You can read my reviews here.

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

*like Glitter Gal page on facebook (+1)

*follow Glitter Gal on twitter (+1)

The giveaway will be opened until July 31st and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

DAY 1 - Deborah Lippman giveaway

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

Hi,

The first giveaway will start today. You have the chance to win:

You must be a follower of my blog to enter the giveaway.

For extra entries you may:

*post about this giveaway (+2)

*comment one of my non-giveaway posts (+2)

The giveaway will be opened until July 30th and everyone in the world can enter.

[*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED*]

1 Year Blog-anniversary Giveaway(s)

Hi,

Great news! Today will start the marathon of giveaways.

The first blog annyversary is coming. The celebration date is July 30th.

The time passed very quick. I'm very happy to share my manicure passion with

you all my 1500 followers. Thanks for supporting me all this time!

A new giveaway will start every day at 5:00 PM(my time) and will be opened for

two weeks. You can enter one or all, it's your choice. You will need to go to the

giveaway's post to eneter it. I hope you will like, enter & share them with

your followers. I prepared them all esspecialy for you.

Day 1- Deborah Lippman giveaway (ends on July 30th)

Day 2- Glitter Gal giveaway (ends on July 31st)

Day 3- piCture pOlish giveaway (ends on August 1st)

Day 4- Essie giveaway (ends on August 2nd)

Day 5- Apothica giveaway (ends August 3rd)

Day 6- Chez Delaney Giveaway (ends on August 4th)

Day 7- UNIQSO giveaway (ends on August 5th)

UNIQSO -Black Marble

Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute sparkling manicure.

I used two coats of Sweet Color - Black Marble as a base color. This is a very pretty

dark grey glitter. I like its application and the dry time.

Then I stamped the flower design from Born Pretty Hello Kitty plate.

I applied a red rhinestone on my ring finger and thumb.

What do you think?

You can buy this from Uniqso website for $6,90

Also, Uniqso gave me a special cupon code for my readers. Use mar5 for 5% discount.

It All Ends: Harry Potter VS Voldemort

I'm a huge Harry Potter fan and I had to do an honorary manicure for the last theatrical release of the series. I am pressed for time, so am doing a condensed version of materials used in order to the the photos to you on this day! I marbled the house colors of Hogwarts and hand painted my version of Harry and Voldemort. In my opinion, Harry looks like he's been stung with a stinging jinx, but I've never claimed I could really draw very well.....

Right Hand:

Left Hand:

Left Thumb:

Right Thumb:

Griffindor colors: Zoya Paris and China Glaze Passion

Slytherin colors: Ulta Envy and China Glaze Platinum Silver

Hufflepuff colors: Zoya Pippa and China Glaze Liquid Leather

Ravenclaw colors: OPI Yoga-Ta Get This Blue and China Glaze Ingrid

Harry Potter: From Zoya: Skye, Paris, Dove, Tamsen, Kelly. From Ulta: Envy, Black Diamond. From China Glaze: Below Deck and White On White.

Voldemort: From Zoya: Dove, Kelly, Tamsen, Paris. From Ulta Black Diamond. From China Glaze Liquid Leather and White On White.

Aquatic summer manicure

Hi,

Today I'll show you a very cute summery aquatic manicure.

I started with two coats of Vollare #334.

On my index finger I stamped the birds design from P19 image plate from Chez Delaney.

Around it, I put some blue glitter.

On my middle and pinky fingers I stamped the shells from H20 image plate from

Chez Delaney. I added some gold glitter around the stamping.

I stamped the herbs from H20 image plate on my ring finger and then I stamped

the fish from Konad m82 image palate. I did the same thing on my thumb.

Finally I applied some clear top coat.

What do you think?

Giveaway from Born Pretty

Hi.

I have a new giveaway for you, sponsored by Born Pretty.

They offer 200 pcs of Hello Kitty & Chanel nail sticker for four days starting now. That

will be 50 stickers per day.

The only rule to enter is be a follower of my blog. Anyone in the world can enter.

The special cupon for the giveaway is KonadAddict.

How to get it:

1. Go to http://www.bornprettystore.com/hello-kitty-chanel-logo-nail-sticker-p-1365.html

and click "Add to cart"

2. Sign up or Log in then chose Airmail Paravion $0.00 for shipping

3. Chose paying method ( in fact, you don't have to pay) and enter the cuppon

code (KonadAddict) and you will see that the total amount is $0.00. Click continue

4. You need to login PayPal to check out the item, but it will charge you nothing only

if you entered the cupon code.

Please feel free to post about this giveaway on your blog or other websites.

Hurry up, the giveaway ends in 4 days!

Beauty In Darkness

I painted this manicure purely experience and mood based. I don't get into too many personal details on this blog, but I will share a small piece of me in this post. I have been on a bit of an emotional roller coaster this weekend/week due to a death in my family. Today my aunt lost her battle with cancer. It was expected, but death is always sad no matter what you think you are prepared for. Yesterday I had just come from what was, as I know now, my last visit with her. My family was in a state of wait as we did not know when her last day would be. As I sat thinking about what to paint on my nails when I came home that evening, I was overcome with mixed emotions. Sadness over an upcoming loss and what it means for my family, her children, her husband but a desire for relief of her suffering and an overwhelming sense of beauty and gratitude for the life that she lead as my second mom. Death can be both: dark and beautiful. This was my reflection of that.

Unfortunately these pictures don't do this manicure justice. I really love it, it's very beautiful. However, these pictures were taken after a full day of wear (and a long swimming pool adventure) so you can see some wear.

I painted three coats of Zoya Kelly and then added nail decals from Sienna Diamond Nails sheets NA-04 and NA-10. I then used my new Bundle Monster plate BM-224 with Konad Special Nail Polish in White. One coat of Seche Vite was used for the top coat.

Blogroll update

Hi,

I was having some problems with my layout (I tried to fix the the

Followers gadget - it still doesn't work but I hope it will be fixed soon) and

I lost my Blogroll list by mistake.

Please leave me your blog link here if you want to be in my blogroll.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Thanks for understanding.

Pineapple konadicure

Hi,

Today I'll show you a cute summery manicure.

Firstly, I applied Essence - Glisten up. I needed 4 coats for this because it

isn't really opaque.

After that, I stamped the pineapples from Konad m29 image plate. For this, I used

Konad Special Green and Special Yellow.

I finished with a clear top coat.

What do you think?

Sweet color nail polishes

Hi,

Today I'll show you cute white and purple manicure.

I started with two coats of Sweet Color - Dream Purple. It is actually a very pretty

holographic nail polish.

Then I stamped the design from an essence image plate with special white.

I finished with the Sweet Color top coat.

I also got another holographic grey from Sweet Color (Black Marble) and two top coats.

This is how Dream Purple looks like on nails (two coats).

You can buy Sweet Color nail polishes from UNIQSO for 6.90$

New nail polishes

Hi,

I've recently won Colorful bottle's giveaway.

I received a lot of cute nail polishes, two stamping designs from essence,

some lipgloss and a cute necklace.

Thank you very much! I like them all.

I just don't know what to try first. Maybe you'll help me.

Beware Of Snakes

I purchased the latest Bundle Monster set and had to try them out. What has improved with this round of plates is the size of the design. Previously the designs on each plate were pretty narrow; now they have widened and I find them much more user friendly. Besides wider images, they now have a paper backing, which in my opinion makes them easier to hold and seem more sturdy in their composition. Back to the manicure, it turned out well! It's bright, shiny and looks like snake skin.

Attempt to show the sparkle:

I first painted three coats of Zoya Pippa. I then sponged a layer of each Orly It's Not Rocket Science, China Glaze Kiwi Cool-Ada and Pippa. I stamped with plate BM-215 using Konad Special Stamping Polish in Black. For added shimmer, I coated the entire manicure with China Glaze White Cap and a top coat of Fast Forward Top Coat.

China Glaze giveaway winner

Hi,

My giveaway ended and I'm very happy to say that there were 599 eligible entries.

Here are the lucky winners, chose randomly:

Zusska (with lucky number 186) is the winner of Island Escape collection

SAIDAridiculous (with lucky number 391) is the winner of Crackle Glaze collection

Congratulations! I will send you an email right away.

Don't be sad if you didn't win. A huge giveaway is coming!

(hint: did you notice that at the end of July will be 1 year since I started posting?)

♫ Piano nails

Hi,

Sorry for posting so late, I've been on a seaside holiday last week.

Here's my new Konadicure did with m73 image plate.

I started with two coats of Zoya - Malia and then I stamped diagonally the

musical notes with Special white.

On the opposite side I painted my tips with Illamasqua - Gamma and stamped

on it the piano keys with Special Black.

I got inspired with this manicure from Spooky Nai's post.

What do you think?

Summer giveaways

Here are some giveaways I found and you should enter too.

Ends on July 6th

http://polishfreshie.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-double-dose-of-birthday-fun-giveaway.html

Ends on July 29th

http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/07/trace-face-philes-600-followers.html

Ends on August 4th

http://www.paintedladyfingers.com/2011/07/lets-get-cracking-color-club-fractured.html

Ends on August 19th

http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/07/trace-face-philes-1000-followers.html

Ends on August 26th

http://deucebeauties.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway-my-100th-post.html

Ends September 9th

http://deucebeauties.blogspot.com/2011/08/giveaway-600-followers.html

Ends on September 10th

http://www.witoxicity.com/2011/08/giveaway-catriceessence-papagena-muse.html

Ends on September 18th

http://nailderellanails.blogspot.com/2011/08/200-follower-giveaway-catrice-le-out-of.html

Ends on September 23rd

http://the-trace-face-philes.blogspot.com/2011/08/trace-face-philes-because-i-can.html

Ends on September 30th

http://crystaliciousss.blogspot.com/2011/08/30th-b-day-giveaway-extravaganza.html

Stars and Stripes

Time for another holiday manicure. It's Independence Day here in the U.S. and to be patriotic, I am going with a "stars and stripes" motif. It took a few attempts on color combos and what worked with marbling, but I very much like how it turned out. So if you are celebrating with me, enjoy the fireworks and have a safe and happy holiday!

Right Hand:

Left Hand:

Left Side:

I first painted three coats of China Glaze Cheers To You and and then stripe marbled (aka not swirling marble colors) with Go Crazy Red and Midnight Mission On top I used Bundle Monster plate BM21 with Konad Special Stamping Polish in White, then coated it all with Seche Vite.