Showing posts with label M56. Show all posts
Showing posts with label M56. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Happy (Belated!) Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day to all my fellow Canadians!  Unfortunately, I'm a little late in getting this post up as I spent most of Canada Day either in airports or flying home and didn't arrive home into the GTA until the evening on Canada Day.  I was in Las Vegas for a few days meeting up with some fellow nail fanatics!  More about our getaway will follow in other posts; you can also check out KarenD of Frazzle and Aniploish's post here!  The only nail plates I took with me were to do Canada Day nails for the trip home as I was flying home on Canada Day....but we were so busy out shopping for polishes and seeing the sights and shows.....aka having a great time!..... that I just couldn't fit time in to do my nails while I was away! So better late than never in doing my Canada Day nails so am sharing now!  While this pix isn't the finished mani, I thought it was a kinda cool in progress as it looks like the Canadian flag.

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Started with a base of two coats of OPI Bride's Bouquet and Duri Taming of the Shrew; topped with SV.


Stamped the red maple leaf on middle nail with red Konad special polish using plate OB-M (I bought this plate specifically for this maple leaf image but was a little concerned it wouldn't fit as the images on the plate generally are on the large size; it's a tight fit but it did!)


Added accent of Girly Bits Canadian, eh? on thumb and pinky; topped with SV.


Stamped tips using white Konad special polish using Mash-26.

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How everything looked together at this point.


While I was pretty happy with how this looked at this point, I thought I'd add a little more to it, so added the I Heart Canada using the I Heart image from plate Chez Animaux 01 and the Canada wording from fauxnad m56.  Also added more maple leaf french tip images from Mash-26 twice to fill in the ring finger.  Topped with SV to finish.


Another pix just because I like the look of these three nails together!


Hopefully you had a great Canada Day!  I didn't do any celebrating this year as I was in transit all day.  However, after my husband picked me up from the airport and drove me home, he took the kids to the local park where they watched an awesome fireworks display and my daughter seen Hedley performing.  At least the family was able to enjoy some festivities...I was simply too tired from my weekend away!

Hope you're having a great week....thanks for looking!


**Post edited to correct OM-B to OB-M!
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Ice Ice baby!

Been pouring all week here in Mumbai!! The weather's become soo awesome and is such a relief from the humidity and heat that usually prevails. Saturday morning got me up, searching for a light jacket (surprise, considering the weather we usually have) and running for a hot cuppa chai.
Weather got me thinking I should do a cool shade mani! So here I am :)
Used Lotus herbals's Ocean Love for the base. Its a shinyyy shimmery blinding light blue.

Base: Lotus Herbals Ocean Love
Stamping Polish: Konad Blue pearl
Image plates: BM201, M56



Blings even without flash! Pic taken indoors

 How do you like it?


Unknown Abstract, bm201, M56, Nail Art
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Dainty Pink

Here's a dainty pink mani...China Glaze Innocence. Two coats over one coat of OPI Tickle My France-y (to help cover up visible nail line).



Konad IP m56, Konad black special polish.




A little different on a cold Canadian winter day!

Thanks for looking!
Unknown china glaze, Konad, M56, OPI, pink
Saturday, January 8, 2011

McCreamy

I picked up this beautiful grey polish from La Femme in a £1 shop today. I spotted the display of polishes and zoned in on them. Most of the colours were not really my kind of thing - a lot of metallics and pale shimmery shades - but I spotted this one at the back and bought it thinking it might be good for stamping since it looked creamy and pigmented.
I haven't put it to the stamping test yet but I think it looks great on it's own. It is a gorgeous creamy polish that is perfect in two coats. The only down side to this polish is the brush. It's kind of stiff so it leaves streak marks but they do settle themselves - it's just annoying. Nothing I can complain about considering it was such a bargain.


Konad Plate: M56
Base Colour: La Femme - Grey Cream
Konad Colour: W7 - Black
Gems from eBay (Seller)
Top Coat of NYC


Did anyone make the connection between today's colour and the post title?!
Friday, November 19, 2010

I'm tired of pix that aren't colour accurate.....

I'm going to start looking for a new camera...one more colour accurate and with good macro (as I just don't have time to crop and edit pix...as you can see from my postings!)

Case in point: This is OPI Koala Bear-y...it photos reddish...but is really a deep hot pinkish colour....



As I'm such a fan of pinks...probably my favourite mani colour...so this is great for fall....



Stamped using Konad IP m56 with konad black special polish and a couple of stones...just to add a little pizzazz!



Now that our daytime light is limited as well as not too many sunny days, I also need to hunt down some new lighting sources....will have busy weekend trying to find these...but an excuse to shop none the less!




Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!
Unknown Konad, M56, OPI, pink
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

With a Bow on Top



Konad Plate: M56
Base Colour: Barbara Daly @ Tesco - Purplicious
Konad Colour: Stargazer - White
Gems from Viva La Nails
Top Coat of NYC
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

♪♫ Autumn leaves under frozen souls...


... hungry hands turning soft and old.

This is a beautiful song by Paolo Nutini. If you've never heard it, please give it a listen.
I just think 'Autumn Leaves' when I look at this brown stamping and then the song popped into my head!


Konad Plate: M56
Base Colour: Barry M - Cyan Blue
Konad Colour: L'Oreal LaquiResist - Black Bean
For the Line: W7 Blue Lagoon applied with a paintbrush
Top Coat of NYC
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Side Frenchy

Here, as promised - a brand new post.


Konad Plate: M56
Base Colour: All About Face from Tesco - Soft Lilac
Konad Colour: BYS - N146 Royal Purple
Top Coat of NYC

I don't know if I've mentioned before, but this NYC Top Coat I always use is AMAAAZing because it doesn't smudge the Konad designs like many topcoats. I found it in a store called 'The Original Factory Shop', which is basically a seconds store, for £1 a bottle. I bought a few but they don't have any more and it's near impossible to find anywhere :(