Thursday 31 March 2011

Cute Konad!

To do this, I used:
The Face Shop Nail Base Coat
The Face Shop Nail Nutrition Coat (moisturiser)
Yashali Colour 071 (some random cheap nail polish I bought from a bazaar)
The Face Shop Top Coat 04
Konad Plate S10
Konad Special Nail Polish, white

The random nail polish that I bought from a bazaar was really cheap so it's expected that the coverage is not great. It took me three coats for it to get that shade. That purple is nice though, it looks so pretty in the sunlight. This was also the first time I used the 'premium' top coat from Face Shop (the more expensive one). I must say I was quite impressed. It dries pretty fast, and it also smooths out any 'spikes' that you might get if your nail colour gets sticky in the middle of application.

One of the things you have to remember when applying top coat after doing the Konad nail art is that you have to do it as gently as possible. It has been a while since I did Konad nail art, which was why my left hand ended up a little smudged. The trick is, I barely touch my nail with the brush and apply a pretty thick coat.

Because I did this nail art at about 11 at night, I went to bed about half an hour after applying the top coat. There're pillow imprints on my left hand now, so letting it dry for about two hours is suggested, just to be on the safe side.

Friday 25 March 2011

Just the Beginning

Well we all gotta start somewhere I suppose. Today I was bored and decided to try out the new rhinestones that I received from eBay. Because they are extremely cheap, some of them are out of shape (which I throw away) and the size is not exactly uniform but you can't really tell. Awesome stuff.

Rhinestones are so fun! They instantly glamour up your nails and if you use it with a fast-drying top coat you're good to go in no time.
I tried out nearly all of the colours from my nail polish collection for the heck of it.

Sorry for the fuzzy pictures but I was too lazy to get out my Nikon. More quality pics next time!

Till then, watch this space ;)