Review and NOTD new konad plate m85

I haven't had time to play with my konad stamps for a long time, but recently I got the chance to try this brand new design and had some fun with this plate.

New Konad plate m85:

m85 includes 5 images for stamping with. There is a cute star design, flower/swirl pattern, interlocking rings/hoops pattern, abstract flower pattern and my favorite, sort of a tribal abstract design.

To test out some of the patterns I started with two coats of OPI la positively hot matte. This color has sat untried on my shelf for months, but whoa it is really sexy!

First, I tried the tribal abstract design. I love this one! It's awesome.

Please forgive the messiness, it's been a good 6 months since I have done any konading!
On my other hand I tried out the interlocking hoops/rings design. I didn't like this one as much as the tribal.

I found the design a little boring so I added another stamp of the hoops using white konad polish overtop. This looked pretty cool, even though I didn't do the best job I liked the result.

I can tell you I think this plate is really unique and fun to play with. I tried the star design as well, sorry no pic but it turned out great.

The one thing I didn't like was that the hoop design was hard to pick up on the konad stamper. This is very common with very thin designs. It just takes practice and patience to get it right.
The other thicker designs are easy to work with and come out looking great.

rating: 4.5/5

price: $8.75 CAD

This and other new konad plates are available at nailpolishcanada,com in the konad nail art secton. They have loads of plates to choose from and free shipping!

*** This product was sent to me for consideration. All opinions and ratings are genuine and would be the same if I bought this product myself. ***

NOTD: crazy zebra mani using sally hansen lickety-split lime

I was daydreaming about how well purple and lime green go together the other day.. then I had a creative surge of energy and the crazy zebra design was born.

I didn't have a lime nailpolish in my stash (gasp!) so the hunt was on for a decent one.
It had to be a fast dry to use with KONAD, so my options were slightly limited.
I really wanted to get Revlon's new scented top speed super bright chartreuse color but it was all gone :(


I settled for SH insta-dry in lickety-split lime and it turned out alright. I don't think I would ever use it on it's own for a full mani. Maybe a pedi?
Also, I wanted to mention that SH Insta-dry polish works great for KONAD stamping!

The purple color is sally Hansen hard as nails Violette (super old color!) and I used KONAD image plate M57 for the zebra pattern.

Do you have any ideas for a crazy creative manicure? share!

NOTD: Sally Hansen HD DVD (with stars)

I've had a really rough week! Minor surgery Monday and a migraine since Tuesday, I'm not feeling so hot. I needed a little pick me up, and what better way to do that than with some glitter and stars?

Enjoy the glittery star spam :)

This is my first Sally Hansen high definition nail polish, and it's really pretty but also extremely sheer. I used 3 coats and you can still see my natural nails under.

I like the deeper blue/purple flash DVD gives off in certain light, you can sort of see it here:

For the stars I used konad special polish in white, and a fake konad plate m08:

Image from Ebay.

I hope everyone is having a better week than me!