Alice in Polishland: Konad

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint

First post in a long time! College has been crazy busy as usual (and kicking my butt a bit, especially biology). I have another two exams this week, and then *slightly* less busy. So apologies for not posting often! I really wish this was something I could do more often, but school does come first of course. I still do my nails a couple times of a week (as time permits), just to have some relaxation time in between all the studying.

I used Konad plate S10 with Essie Licorice over China Glaze Re-Fresh Mint. I love this color! It's very flattering and reminds me of a lighter, greener ChG For Audrey. As you can see (at least with the puppy), I'm still learning how to Konad properly (this is just my second try). A definite improvement from my first time though!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

First Konad Experience

My very first Konad experience can be summed up in one word: DISASTER. I read the instructions and watched the videos on youtube. I felt ready to take on these little adorable plates. When I got these plates today, for some reason I was expecting CD-size discs; however these are very tiny (which makes sense now that I think about it since how else would the design fit on your nail).

Anyways, I spent two hours trying to do this manicure; very frustrating! I've figured it out a little, but I'd still appreciate any suggestions that you guys can give me! My design wasn't transferring onto the stamp at all... I figured out after a while that I was scraping too much of the nail polish off the plate (literally scraping out the design by accident). Anyways, I finally succeeded in making one bunny. I'm not even sure anymore what color I used (either China Glaze Sugar High or OPI That's Hot! Pink) for the bunny. I really didn't like this manicure, but I'm going to post it anyways, as it is my first Konad-ing! Ignore my horrible job with the white polish (I did poorly keeping it out of my cuticles, as always).