Back to Regular Life

I'm back from Disney. We had a great time. I'm so exhausted though. Anyway, while I was in Disney, I picked up a bottle of Mermaid's Tears from OPI's POTC line. I'd been wanting it very badly, and I was so glad it was so easy to pick up there, since it had been sold out locally before I left. Only a true nail polish fan would go to Orlando just to get a Disney polish right? :)

For my first mani back home, I chose Essie Sew Psyched. This is a polish I've wanted for a long time, but kept putting it down for one reason or another. Most people aren't a fan of this color in the bottle, but I did get some compliments on it while I was wearing it. I love it anyway regardless of what people think.

Then, when it got a few days old, I decided to Konad over it. I wanted a tone on tone type thing, so Mermaid's Tears ended up being perfect. Before I stamped, I put a layer of Orly Love Each Other, which is an opalescent shimmer. Then I used the Mermaid's Tears and plaid pattern from plate M60 to complete the look. (Looks better enlarged, so feel free to click it!)

I'm not really sure what I think of it. I'm kind of tempted to take it off already. It's not bad, just not "me" maybe? What do you think?

I also did my toes with Zoya Reva. I really like it a lot. It's a great sparkly summer color. Plus I just adore red on toes!

First Konad

Sorry for the delay in my posting, as I was out of town. I was able to go to my uncle's funeral, which made me feel a lot better. So glad I could be there for my family. Since I was up in Cleveland, home of Zoya, there's no way I could come home without some new polishes.

Here's my new pretties, Stacy, Laney, and Julieanne.

Also, right before I left town, my Konad stuff came in! So first thing I did when I got home was try it out! (If you haven't heard of Konad, I'm sure most of you have, I recommend searching on YouTube to see how it works.) I did have a little trouble getting the whole image on the stamper with dark lines, and no little breaks in the design. So they're not totally perfect. I think I'll try just stamping straight down to pick up the design next time, instead of using the rolling method like I did.

For this mani, I started with Zoya Laney as the base. Laney is the PERFECT silver in my opinion. Shiny but not overwhelmingly metallic. Also, I only needed two coats, even though it looks pretty light and thin in the bottle. Then I used my black Konad polish with the loopy pattern on plate M63, and of course a topcoat of Seche Vite.

I think it turned out great for a first try, even though there are some breaks in the design, it's really not that noticable in a glance. I thought it would take awhile for me to get used to stamping with my left hand, but it was really easy! I can honestly say for once that I'm as proud of my right hand as I am of my left! :)

Also, needed a change on my toes. I used Julieanne, a gorgeous dark sparkly purple. I don't have any purples this dark, so it was definately a great addition to my stash.

I'm also getting close to my Disney trip, so look forward to some more Hidden Mickey mani's!