Example of good stamping

Last time I showed you an old mani with failing konad design.

This time I'll show you how a perfect konad must look like.
I always love doing stamping with chrome polishes since they transfer perfectly on the nails.

As a base I used an old polish that's been discontinued and that's why I keep my bottle as if it was made of gold.
I love love love this polish. Murky purple grey that resembles Chanel Particuliere but looks even better on my skin tone.

It's one and only: Catrice From Dusk Till Dawn old version.

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Old mani: Fail plaid konading

I started to go through my old photos of some manis that I liked at the moment, but never had the time to put on blog.

I don't even remember which polish I had as a base on this photo. I know I did stamping with China Glaze Ravishing, Dahling, but I gues that one wasn't meant for stamping... :)
I suppose it's due to its jellyness...

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Trash!!!

Gold + zebra print + glitter = ?

Trash, of course!

My nails are pretty short so I tend to choose elegant and nice looking polishes to help them look decent.
One of those polishes is P2 Next exit: party.
Lovely gold foil, opaque in just one coat.

But then I had to trash it out with black zebra stripes and Milani Gold glitter.

I love the result!

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Essie Topless & Barefoot

My nails are short and round once again. :(
I tried to file them square-ish for the n-th time, but that just doesn't go well with the natural shape of my nails.

After whole three days of enjoying gorgeous long square nails, inevitable happened.

But this pic is before that disaster.

Here I have two thicker coats of Essie Topless and Barefoot.
That polish will literally stay wet for three days unless you put on a fat thick coat of fast dry top coat. That's the only way to dry this polish.

But it's worth it. One of the best nude polishes for my skin tone.

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Blogging again

So, I had my time off because many things happened in my life.
I graduated, worked as a waitress while applying for a real job  (short, ugly, water-ruined nails) and then I finally got the job.
First couple of months I tried to learn as much as I could and all I did with my nails was to paint them (usually in a polish that took 1 coat, and that shortens the choise to 10 of my polishes at most) and apply quick dry top coat and hope they would last for a week, and then do it all over again for the weekend.

As I got used to my new job, there was more and more time for me and my manicures became what they used to be: konading, extravagant polishes and nail art.
Even my colleagues at work (all male) started to notice my nails and I got a number of compliments from the customers too.

So, after quite a while, here I am on my blog, too.
But I certainly won't post more than one mani a week, since I got used to having one from sunday to sunday.

Here I have Pure Ice French Kiss in two coats and two yellow stripes with nail art pen from ebay.

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