Icy Winter Flower Manicure

Good morning, everyone!  It’s a cold winter day here in NYC as we have just had our first major snowfall of the season.  What better way to spend the day than painting nails? Today’s manicure consists of cool tones to reflect the season. From left to right: Konad Special Nail Polish in Flash Black, Regina by Julep, and Need for Speed by Formula X for Sephora. I first painted all my nails silver…

Review of Konad Special Nail Polish #24 (Flash Black)

If you’re into stamping nail art, you have Konad to thank for that.  It’s safe to say that the original innovator of the technique is a trustworthy brand.  I’ve generally had good experiences with their stamping polish in the past, but I wanted to try one of their newest colors to see if there have been any changes made to the formula. Konad Special Nail Polish in Flash Black. What I love about…

Silvery holographic goodness from Meet Me At the Disco by Sephora by OPI.

Because Meet Me At the Disco is supposed to be a top coat, the density of glitter in the polish is a little on the thin side in order to let a base color show through.  In order to not have 10 layers of polish on my nails, I applied it with a makeup sponge so that the excess fluid would get absorbed by the sponge.  Pretty crafty, eh?  Glitter can get chunky in places with that kind of application, so I did end up brushing on an extra two coats of polish straight from the bottle to even out the texture.

Obligatory out of focus picture to photograph the holographic effect. It’s hard to take pictures of holo polish!

For an accent nail, I stamped a chevron pattern onto my ring finger with Konad Special Nail Polish in Flash Black and plate BM-423 from Bundle Monster.

Easy chevron nail art accomplished!

Hope you’re having a great summer so far!  Happy polishing!