Konad Stamp M66

I've had this design loaded in my camera for a while, it's just been needed to be downloaded to my computer from there, but of course that is the most difficult part. I've also been going through Midterms for the last couple of weeks and that has been taking up a lot of my time! 

But now I should be back to posting on a regular basis and I have a bunch of images that still need to be posted because I was still doing my nails through Midterms, I just didn't have time ot upload them or write a whole post about them. 

But now to the actual post. 

I finally used my Konad plate! And let me say that it was so much easier to use than the MASH plates, all the little lines came out perfectly the first time, I was so amazed with the difference! But I still love my MASH plates, even with their fickle-ness. 

I did stamp using m66 on both of this designs, the red design is my left hand, while the green design is right hand. 

I love the little lotus flower! It is so pretty and delicate! 

With some more practice I'm sure the cherry blossom branches would come out better.

I tried stamping twice onto my middle finger, here, and that's why it's all messed up.

Polishes Used:

Red: ORLY Moonlit Madness (Bought for around $7-8 from a local beauty salon)

Green: Sinful Colors Last Chance (Bought for $1.99 at Walgreens)

Grey: Sinful Colors Slate (Bought on sale for $.99 at Walgreens)

Pink and Grey Tips

Something a little different, I don't usually go for really light colors, or when I do I offset it by a darker color somewhere.So I figured why not! What do I have to lose? If I don't like it, I can just take it off. 

I used Sally Hansen Wet Cement and OPI Hawaiin Orchid to make this design. 

And let me just say, I've had the OPI for a few years now and I've never used it... I don't really know why but with my experiences today I cannot blame myself. It was very watery and took about six coats to fully cover the grey. I don't know if it was like that when I bought it, I can't remember, but it is a very pretty color in the bottle. But so impossible do deal with. 

Any tips to thicken a nail polish?

OPI - I believe that this one was about $6-7, but as it has been so long that I've bought it I really don't remember. I bought it from a local beauty salon. 

Sally Hansen Xtreme  was Buy 2 for $5 or 1 for $2.99. 

Sponging for the first time

So I tried sponging today, and it didn't come out exactly how I wanted... 

My base coat was Sally Hansen's Wet Cement, which is a light grey and I sponged a gradient of Sally Hansen's Celeb City, which is a silver. 

It didn't quite have the impact that I wanted because they were both so similar in color, so I added Sally Hansen's The Real Teal to give it a little bit more of a pop. So then basically now my nails are just a blue-ish silver..

I really need to work on sponging because I am no where near that good. The colors basically took over my whole nail and you can't even tell it's supposed to be a graient anymore.

Tutorial I used:

Link

I bought the Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear for Buy 2 for $5 or 1 for $2.99, so these were on sale when I bought them from Walgreens. I did buy them in a bundle for the cheaper price, so that they were only $2.50 each.