Nail Challenge Week 14: Striped Nails

Hey Lovelies! Okay! I am now officially caught up with the nail challenge! This week was a striped mani and I felt like the opportunities were endless! I could use Migi Nail Art Pens, Sally Hansen pens; it could be basic stripes, zebra stripes, tiger stripes.... What would I do!??

That's when I turned to my stamping plates... it's been a while since I've done any stamping and thought I might have just the right stamp!

And I did! Shany plate SH23!

So I set out using these polishes:

OPI Base Coat, ORLY Fabfuschia, Konad Special Black, Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

I didn't take as many pictures of the step by step process of this one, but I am really happy with how it turned out! I think using the stamps was probably my best bet, because there is no way I would've gotten such straight (and nearly perfect) stripes by drawing/painting on my own!

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I'm pretty pleased with how these turned out! Very simply, classy, with a little pizzazz!

How 'bout you? Are you doing the nail challenge yet? What other colors would've worked together well for this mani??

NOTD More Stamping

I have been wanting to do this post almost all day, but for whatever reason I could not get the polishes and my stamping to work together!! I know I keep saying how easy stamping is and I highly recommend it, etc. And really, I still do, but there was some major drama today. The stamps kept smearing on my nail. Not sure if was the polish of my base color or the new Konad polish (which worked just fine the other night) or if there's something wrong with my stamper... the polish was staying on the stamper and not going on my nail as right. Might need to look into that.

Anyway! Here we go!

The polishes I used were OPI Natural Nail Base Coat, two coats of Ulta's Tutu Cute, Konad Special Nail Polish white, Sinful Colors Nail Art Fashionista, and Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.

For the design, I used Shany Plate SH23.

And ta-da! Here's how it came out!

As usual, the left hand looks better than the right:) But I keep telling myself it will get better with practice:)

And just for giggles, here's a picture of the mess left after all was said and done:)

New Konad Polish Stamping

As I mentioned yesterday, I was suuuuper duper excited to find Konad Special Nail Polish at a kiosk at the Prime Outlets in Orlando!! [insert "Hallelujah Chorus" here lol] Prior to finding this little gem, I had been getting all my stamping stuff online. This is fabulous though 'cause I'm able to see the colors to pick out which ones I want, there's no shipping, and I get them right away (yay for instant gratification!)

I picked up three bottles each for $8 plus tax:

I was soooo excited to try them, I didn't even repaint my nails (same paint since Friday. Revlon Top Speed 210 Jelly. Pretty color, chips easily.), just grabbed Shany plate SH13 and stamped them all.

They look amazing!!! I still have some trouble getting the design lined up just right on my nail, but overall I am extremely happy with the results.

If you haven't tried stamping yet, I totally recommend it! You can read some of my old stamping posts which talk about the different brands (Konad, Bundle Monster, Shany etc.) of stamping plates and the polish to use (so far, I really do thinkit's best to buy the Konad brand name stuff). It's easier than free handing (I think) and looks like it was professional done! Plus it's pretty fast and doesn't make a huge mess!