KoFauxnad + New Children!

            I have only a quick post today, because I have a test tomorrow and I am soo not prepared. I've been studying, but I feel like I know nuftin. LOL.  So first, I'm gonna show my NOTD, and then I'm gonna show the goodies that Jesus, USPS, and Fed Ex collectively dropped upon my doorstep today. And then I'm gonna go run, study, and pray a little. 


  So first, the slight ooglayness:

Yesterday, I didn't have time to do a whole color change, so I just did a quick konad + fauxnad (kofauxnad?) job over Emerald Sparkle. First, I stamped on a full nail floral pattern from BM16, using Nubar Conserve. It looked really good at that point, and I should have left it alone, but noo...not I. So I used China Glaze Robotika to stamp more flowers from Konad S9 at the tip.

Sunlight, no flash.

The little girl from S9 also came out to play. And so did a little bow-shaped gem that I go from Rite Aid. I don't remember the company though.

Sunlight, no flash,

Detail on ring finger.

I stamped her on with Color Club Pretty in Platinum. 

     I kind of like how this came out. The background was my favorite part, and the flower tips were my least. It probably would have looked better on some longer nails...on my little ones, it just looks cramped. Or what would have worked better is if I started the flowers closer to the edge. Whatever though. It wasn't really ooglay, so I'm happy. 

   And any unhappiness I may have felt was washed away at the sight of the emails from the package depot. Look what finally came!

Ahhhhhhh!!!! *swoons*

I do have to say that I'm getting a touch of cold feet about Mash...it's more brown than I expected. I'm just hoping that enough gold comes out to where it doesn't look crazy on me. And Zulu looks like perfection. 

And this is a minor complaint, but sheesh Nars. Tree killers much? They use so much unnecessary packaging...there was like a booklet in each box of polish that had some advertisement about their topcoat and basecoat. And they had the nerve to print that little advertisement in every language known to man (I'm pretty sure they had heiroglyphics and cuneiform too), so the booklet is huge for no reason. And then there was a random square of paper with some quote from Francois Nars about makeup. Okay, whatever, I don't even wear makeup like that, soo....why did I need this? They could have printed it on the box if it was that important. I'm ranting now, but seriously...unnecessary packaging just gets on my nerves. 

And then my swap came in!

Ahhhhhh!!! *swoons again* I had to give up two of my children for this little guy (girl?) but it was worth it!

So pretty! I took these in the dying light of the evening, so it doesn't look all the way right, but in person, it's super spectacular. Love!

And a big shoutout to Steph from Imperfectly Painted for encouraging me to find someone to swap with, because truth be told, I had kind of given up on this one.

What is that noise, you ask?

Ohhoho...tis the death rattle of lemmings. Such a magnificent sound, no? ^_^

OPI Here Today...Aragon Tomorrow + Konad

            I have a test I'm supposed to be studying, so I'm gonna be quick. But in the interest of trying to post once a day, I just wanted to pop in and show what I wore on my hands today. Yesterday night, I only had about thirty minutes to spend on my nails and that wasn't enough time for a full color change. But I didn't want to do nothing, so I did some stamping, which turned out nicely, if I do say so myself. It was supposed to be like a garden at night, and it looked fine. But me being me, I just had to put a gem in there too, which is where things went horribly awfully wrong.

I used Konad Plate S9 and China Glaze Millenium for the stamping. 

The gem came from maytheps-uk on ebay. 

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

Sunlight, no flash.

I think I should have just stamped some more stuff instead of sticking the gem in there. Or I should have quit while I was ahead. The good news is that I don't think anybody noticed.  LMAO. 

Have a great night everyone! ^_^

A Little Bit of Konad!

          Well, yesterday was a great day! I had an exam,which I think went really well. And then my Konad stuff came!! I don't have any pictures of the unboxing (technically the un-enveloping) but it was really exciting. I think there were fireworks are one point. And the experience with the vendor was very positive. Everything that I ordered was there and intact, and there was a cute little note on my invoice! It was like only two words, but whatever. A note is a note, and I appreciate it! So I definitely give ocnailart.com two thumbs up, and will be ordering more Konad stuff from them in the future.
        But anyway, I took out all the stuff, put my phone on silent, closed my doors, (because this was serious business) and started playing. Five hours later, my nails were buck naked. I did not end my little session with a pretty konadicure. At all. But I still had fun and I made a design that I thought was nice....I didn't wear it because I didn't like the base color, but here it is:

It's supposed to be a little girl standing in a field of flowers. I was trying to go for a nice, spring-y type of thing. These came from the S9 plate. 

I took it off, but I think I'm getting a good start with my Konading. I still need to work with it and my timing as far as stamping goes. And maybe finding some good polishes to use with it would help.