Konad WIN :)

After I peeled off that last Konad fail-icure (bad habit, I know!), I decided to give the Konad another try and actually came up with something GOOD! Not necessarily creative or unique, but it's not ugly! Yay!

Of course, I used my old reliable combination of black base + holo design. Can't really fail with that.


I intentionally blurred the last to to get some of the holo effect to show up. You might need to enlarge it. The stars are holo and they look really 3-D against the black background! Pretty sweet. I'm actually still wearing this. I like.

Which reminds me, I don't think I ever posted the Casey/Gold mani I did a while back. I know I mentioned it on Twitter... I get distracted so easily. I have thousands of pictures I never remember to post... The minute something new and shiny crosses my path I forget about everything!

The base is Zoya Casey, which is arguably one of the most sexy yet classy and posh vamp shades in existence. But, it is a creme, and after wearing it for a day I needed to embellish it a little. The color for the design is Milani Melt In The Sun, also an amazing color, very glass-fleck sparkly sorta like Nubar Venetian Glass but sparklier. Yet another thing I have forgotten to post. I used a Bundle Monster plate for this, so it's technically not Konad, but it's still nail art stamping.

My pictures didn't pick up the design very well, but it reminded me of a rich brocade tapestry type of thing. Something you'd see in a museum or a castle. The glass fleck finish of Melt In The Sun makes the edges of the design soft and irregular so it really looks woven or embroidered!

And one more Konad from last year... Pretty damn cheesy but I must admit I liked how it turned out!

I remember that I did this one the day Liebe Ist Für Alle Da was released. The base is Sally Hansen Red Carpet, a Ruby Pumps clone but still incredibly hot, the fishnet is Konad Black and the stars are China Glaze OMG. Konad over glitter is one of my most favorite things ever. The way the glitter flickers through the lines... ah, so gorgeous.

On another topic, someone just asked me why I stopped posting nail polish... I haven't! I'm just not super excited about anything nail polish at the moment (at least until Zoya and China Glaze winter/holiday come out!) and I'm really having fun posting more makeup things. I'm not just a polish addict, I'm a super beauty product junkie! It's been really refreshing for me to switch up my posts and I'll keep doing it until it's not fun anymore :) So don't worry, I haven't abandoned polish. I know I have a million things I haven't posted... I feel it looming over me all the time... all these polishes and swatches and pictures... like I'll never catch up on things I want to post or photograph... But I'm trying!