One of many...

Update time! Please forgive me for taking my sweet time. I've got lots to show you so please be patient with me!

As always, base coat is Orly Bonder and top coat is Seche Vite.

First here is my NYE Konadicure. Please forgive the state it's in...I took these pictures RIGHT before I removed it to do my next one. This has been about 5 days after I first did it.

Base colour was my highly anticipated OPI DS Extravagance. I had used image plate m72 for my index, middle and pinky fingers and m77 for my thumb and ring fingers. I stamped with my # 1 stamp champ, Sally Hansen in Rave Review Critique. I also used Color Club in gold holo glitter to outline some of the images.

My 2nd Konadicure was done after mine and Puppy's ginormous haul after visiting this lil hole in the wall that sells massive amounts of nail polish for half the price of beauty salons!! Forgive these pictures...I don't know why I was in such a hurry to take them. I'm either too excited to take the pictures or leave it til the end right before I remove the polish!

I used China Glaze in Jitterbug for the index, middle and pinky fingers and China Glaze in Black Diamond for the thumb and ring fingers. I then used the argyle design from image plate m60 and stamped it with Sally Hansen in Celeb City.

Of course after a couple of days I wanted to change it up a little so I added China Glaze Wireless (holographic top coat) on top of Jitterbug. I loved the end result!

Last but not least, here is my "Applause" was heard at "Lincoln Park After Dark". This picture was taken after 5 days of wear.

Base colour is OPI's Lincoln Park After Dark. The image used was the houndstooth design on m63. I used Sally Hansen in Applause to stamp. I used the full nail design on my thumb and ring, but only half of it on the tips of the rest of my fingers.

My current Konadicure has just been updated about half an hour ago, but pictures will be saved for another post. I'm using China Glaze in Below Deck from their Spring 2011 collection for a base colour and stamped with Rimmel London's Pure Silver (a new stamp champ discovery!).

'Til the next Konadicure!

MIA

It's been so long since I've updated that I've got a ton of pictures and Konadicures to show you! 

I have my NYE mani and 2 more after that. Plus my huge haul...11 nps in 2 visits to the nail supply store!  9 China Glaze and 2 OPI nail polishes equals 'Hello, my name is Karen and I'm addicted to nail polish."

I promise to update soon and I'll divvy it up in a couple of posts so it's not picture overload!

Je suis désolé Part 2

Just a word of caution, this post is even more pic heavy than the last one!!

This is the 7th Konadicure I had done on Christmas Day while watching The Big Bang Theory Christmas Marathon!! :)

I started off with China Glaze in Coconut Kiss. Such a beautiful purple but as purples go, they NEVER photograph well!! I took pictures of the swatches with my Blackberry cam and my digi cam.

Taken with my Blackberry cam with flash.

 Taken with my digi cam, no flash, natural light.

As you can see with my digi cam it looks more blue than it really is in real life! The image from my Blackberry cam captured it the closest.

So of course I had to Konadicure it up using Color Club in Worth the Risque and image plate m63. Worth the Risque is another Stamp Champ!

Without flash.

With flash.

This Christmas season has been really good to me in terms of hauls so I just took some pics to show you guys what I got from my friends!

These are all the Christmas gifts I got this year pertaining to nails. :) They are described below.

Swiss Collection by OPI which has:

Lucerne-tainly Look Marvelous 

Yodel Me on My Cell

Color So Hot it Berns

RapiDry Top Coat.

Burlesque Little Teasers by OPI which has:

Rising Star

Take the Stage

The Show Must Go On!

Ali's Big Break

One of my nurse friends has given me a Deluxe Nail Salon with 7 polishes and a hand dryer! The person who was solely responsible for bringing me into the world of Konad had gifted me with OPI My Private Jet to my utter delight!! My loving boyfriend had, along with other gifts, given me a shopping spree at Sally's! I got 3 China Glazes: Coconut Kiss, Avalanche and Reggae to Riches, and a curling iron! Finally, I had also gotten 5 Konad image plates from 2 other friends.

My Puppy has also been kind enough to pick up these marvelous items for me at her recent Buffalo trip.

From left to right:  OPI Designer Series in Extravagance (which I am so excited to use!), Seche Restore (which I sorely needed) and Color Club in Electronica (a dupe for the OPI Ink I gave her).

I will also be receiving an Etude House Dear Darling Bling Bling nail polish sometime in the next 2 weeks thanks again to my Puppy! It's a gorgeous pink! I'm super excited!

This should learn me to update my blog more often! Sorry for the overload!!

'Til the  next Konadicure!

Je suis désolé Part 1

I'm sorry to the handful of people who read and follow my blog. I have been very neglectful and have not updated you all!! Since I've got so much to share, I've had to divide this into 2 parts!

I have 7 Konadicures to show you! 5 of the 7 belong to my friends who have wanted me to do a make-over on their nails. 6 of us nurses from work got together and had a sleepover and of course I brought my kit with me! I did 5 Konadicures in one night!! 

Here is a picture of the finished product! Ignore my poor nails on the right.

I was exhausted but happy that the girls liked their manis. :)

Now because of this...my own Konadicure took a beating and did not last until Christmas day.  So I was inspired to do another Christmas mani!

I used China Glaze in Long Kiss as my base. Here is a swatch of it with flash. Such a gorgeous polish and the application is dreamy!

I had done a Christmas gift wrap inspired Konadicure using Color Club in Rule Breaker, Sally Hansen in Gilt-y Pleasure and Sally Hansen in Celeb City for the stamping on my index, middle and ring finger. All 3 are Stamp Champs!! That's what I call nail polishes that stamp very well, no re-doing the stamp because pieces of it didn't stick properly etc. :)

The bows on my thumb and ring finger were stamped with Color Club in Worth the Risque which was supposed to be holo but I really didn't see it. :( 

Sorry for the tip wear and such...this picture was taken right before I removed it.

Part Deux up next!

'Tis the season

I've been thinking and thinking and thinking of what I could possibly do to make my nails feel like Christmas. Red and green...red and green...BUT HOW?? Then it hit me!

I started off with Color Club in Rule Breaker. Very good for stamping tips! I used image plate m19 for the tips. Then I added flowers which I was hoping would pass for poinsettias! I used Maybelline Salon Expert in Cherry Sin and image plate m57.

Here's the finished product!! 

I tried to be artsy fartsy and take pictures with the poinsettia as the background. 

Now the only problem is keeping this until Christmas which is 9 days away. =| As you guys know I've never kept a Konadicure longer than 5-6 days, lately it's been a max of 4 days. This will be a feat for me...and my friends have already no faith in me. But I will try to prove them wrong! 

'Til the next Konadicure!

Organized!

Thanks to Chel I can finally organize my messy nail polish kit!

My two kits!! The one on the left is from Chel and I bought the Caboodle kit on the right months ago.

In the kit on the left, I've divided my supplies in the different bags. The plain pink bag has all my base coats, top coats, stripers, etc. The small black and white bag has my Konad supplies. 

Here are my nail polishes!! =) I've got 3 more coming my way so I'm gonna have to take some out when I get them!

I'm off for the next two days so tomorrow I'm gonna do a new Konadicure. Thinking of using Color Club in Rule Breaker as a base. Not sure yet what design and which polish I should use for stamping. I guess we'll see tomorrow!

Puppy and Kitty gift exchange!

YAY! Our long-awaited gift swap has finally passed and we took lots of pictures to commemorate! (Warning: another pic heavy post!)

My Color Club Holo glitters in the forefront with my OBI nail polish remover and kit in the background.

My haul!! My kit, OBI nail polish remover, 3 Color Club holo glitters, Sula nail polish trio in Teal,Royal and Moss and glass nail files.

Puppy's haul! Seche Recondition and Dry Fast Top Coat, LA Colors Art Deco stripers in silver and bronzey gold glitter, Color Club Wild at Heart kit, Konad image plates s6, m64 and m65, OPI You Don't Know Jacques and Ink.

Kitty and Puppy!!

Christmas tree and the ornaments!

Fun times! Thank you so much Puppy for my gifts!! I love them all and I can't wait for my CG Wireless and my CC Revvvolution and Worth the Risque!