Yes, I finally succumbed to peer pressure, and dug out my long-ignored Konad kit. I bought it last year, thinking it would be the greatest thing *ever*, and then proceeded to screw up two manicures trying to figure it out. Then it went back in the drawer (with my “Nail Art Diva” stamping kit). I always knew I’d try it again someday, and that day was this past Sunday night. I went with Sinful “Snow Me White” for the design, so that it would be very light, and my mistakes wouldn’t bug me as bad.
For the manicure, I had to try out one of my new “Moodies” from Nubar – Seafoam Green to Honeycomb. The first picture (all pics today are "no flash") above is what it looks like “cold”…and I have to say, I don’t really think it’s “seafoam”…more of a light green olive color. But I like it, nonetheless – it’s very soothing and peaceful. And while I like the bright colors, I do love tranquil ones as well.
In the transition is when this polish really shines (like most Moodies colors). I’m a little disappointed that this particular color is so translucent. What you see in these pictures is *three* coats…and you can still see my smile line through them (excuse my poor index finger – my polish chipped last week, which facilitated a nail snag, and you know how it goes from there…).
And of course the “warm” phase is the Honeycomb, which is *really* translucent. Honestly, I’m not even sure a fourth coat would have fixed that problem; the polish is just so lightly pigmented. It is very, very shiny though, which does deflect a lot of light (helpful). I’m not terribly fond of the Honeycomb in its totally warm state against my skin, but normally even when my hands are warm, the tips are cool, so I have some of the Seafoam color for contrast.
I normally post pictures of my left hand, because it’s more complicated getting shots of my right (since the camera’s shutter button is on the right side of the camera). I stamped my left hand first, and by the time I got through my right hand, I was definitely getting the hang of the Konad stamper (the designs on my right hand are much clearer and more complete than those on my left, pictured here). So I may be doing a lot of Konad art for awhile, just to practice more with it and hopefully get quicker at it.
In other news, I got paid last Friday, which facilitated a polish splurge at Head-to-Toe Beauty Supplies! I ordered way too much stuff, some of the polishes featured lately on other blogs. More on that when it all gets here in a week or so (I got the shipping notice yesterday)!
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This week, I decided to try my ultra-expensive ($16) NARS Bohemia polish. I love the color, but I think I'd go with something cheaper next time. I'm still not terribly good at the Konad thing, but I'm definately getting better! The picture above is no flash, and true to color, the one below is with a flash, and shows the mica sparkling a little.
I used 3 coats of polish (it was opague in 2) over Zoya basecoat, and 2 coats Lippman top coat over everything. Not too bad - the polish bubbled a bit, but it was before the top coat, so I'm thinking the NARS didn't like my base coat. I think the konad plate is M4.
