Valentine's Day Mani

Here's my Valentine's Day mani. Sweet & simple; not so crazy & not too boring. 

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Tips: NYX Hot Pink

Silver Lining: Milani Nail Art- Art of Silver

Design: Konad Image Plate m73 w/ Orly-White Tips

Konad Image Plate m56 (small heart) w/ Orly- White Tips

Top Coat: CND Effects-Sapphire Sparkle & Seche Vite 

Thanks for looking! Have a LOVE-ly Valentine's Day!

♥, Kristine

Milani Digital & M57

Milani Digital, a medium holographic pink stamped with Konad's m57 image plate.

Base Color: Milani - Digital

Konad IM: m57 with Essie Licorice 

Top Coat: Seche Vite

I also used this design on Pure Ice Kiss Me.

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Thanks for looking! 

♥, Kristine

Guest NOTD: Gold and Leopard

Here's a quick post. I have a guest nail of the day; my niece Kyra (3yrs) who requested me to do her nails. I thought it'd be cute to do a leopard print on her since her mommy's a big fan of the pattern.

Base Coat: Nail Envy

Base Color: OPI Bling Dynasty (2 Coats)

Konad IP m57 w/ Essie Licorice 

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Little fingers are fun to polish...especially when they're willing to cooperate. =)

Isn't it cute? Love it!

♥, Kristine

Pure Ice Kiss Me Here, m57

Happy September everyone! How's the weather in your area? It's weird as always here in Hawaii...it's cold, then hot and humid, then rainy, then cold and rainy. If I can't control the weather, then it's at least a blessing that I can control what my mani will be like =)

Indoor, Flash

Indoor, Natural Light

Indoor, Flash

Pure Ice Kiss Me Here is a medium grey creme. This would be my first grey polish. I was wanting to get China Glaze's Recycle but didn't want to go through the hassle of ordering online, so I went to Wal-Mart in search of a similar grey and I think this comes pretty close imo =). What do you think? At first I thought--should I get a grey polish or not? Looks like a boring color; but it actually looks pretty good on me (or so according to my husband. hehe) and I like it too...especially with the design on it =) Hope you like it too!

Base Coat: Nail Envy Dry and Brittle (Review coming soon)

Base Color: Pure Ice  Kiss Me Here

Konad IP m57 with Essie Licorice (lace);  Konad special polish in Pastel Violet (flowers)

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Have a great weekend!

♥, Kristine

OPI DS Glamour IP m39

I've been on a blue streak lately I hope you don't mind. Whenever I buy polishes, for some odd reason, I tend to buy blue one way or another. It's not like I think it looks great on me or anything; I think I buy them because blue is just a pretty color period. So I need to at lease use my untried polishes and make use of them. It would be sad to seem them collect dust. Here's a quick mani for you:

Indoor, Flash

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Base Color: None

Tips: OPI DS Glamour (French Chevron)

Konad IP m39 w/ Konad Special Polish in white

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Hope you liked it =)

♥, Kristine

OPI Ogre-the-top Blue with IP m71

Hi all! I'm finally back to stamping! After my son lost my konad stamper, I've been slacking in purchasing a new stamper but I finally got one here's what I used it for:

Indoor, Daylight

Indoor, Daylight

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Base Color: OPI Ogre-the-top Blue

Konad IP m71 w/ OPI Yoga-ta get this blue

Embellished with rhinestones 

Enjoy =) Have an awesome weekend!

♥, Kristine

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the mother's out there! This is for you!

As for me, I already have it all! My little bundle of joy who never seizes to amaze me! The only one who notices the different nail polish on my fingers and tells me "wow mommy, pretty" lol. My little one who is such a handful but so good when I'm doing my nails. I am truely blessed!

"Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother."

My Kingston Lee ♥

On another note, here are my nails today.

China Glaze-For Audrey

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Konad IP: s9

On the tip: Milani Nail Art in Art of Silver 

Top Coat: Seche Vite

For Audrey was opaque at two coats and a beautiful cream color. It was a little too bright for my liking but otherwise a beautiful color especially now that summer is on its way. =) By the way, my cuticles love CND's Solar Oil.

Happy Mother's Day. Be safe and enjoy it with the people you love!

♥, Kristine

NYX Girly

Just a quick post here. I here's a swatch of NYX Girly. For the price I paid ($1.59 at our local grocery store, yes, grocery store) for this polish, I say that its pretty awesome! The application was smooth and opaque at two coats. For this swatch, I did three coats.

NYX Girls: Girly

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Photo: Daylight, Indoor, No Flash

And now to Konad it out...

Konad IP m79 & m26

Glitter: Milani Nail Art Polish in Art of Silver.

Top Coat: Seche Vite

What colors do you lean towards when buying polishes? Pinks, Reds, Blue, Purples, Sheer, Glittery, etc...I'd love to know what everyone is wearing now days. I lean on buying the blues...I don't know why, I just do. =)

♥, Kristine

Date Night

Ok, with all the excitement with the Hard Candy haul I just had, I overlooked how beautiful Date Night really is. After all the swatching and picture taking this morning, I decided on wearing Date Night because it was an overall pretty color and its been a while since I wore something glittery (besides my first holo). So this is what I sported today:

It's like looking at a new diamond ring under the sun!

Photo: Daytime, Outdoor, no flash

This is just to show you how sparkly it is.

Photo: Afternoon, Indoor Window, flash

A smooth application with really fine glitters. I can't tell but I think it has a clear base. This polish has so much glitter packed in there that it is it's own color. I needed more than 3 coats to make this opaque (I stopped counting after 3 hehe) but it looks beautiful even when it's sheer. This is something I would definitely wear on a date night ;)

At the end of my day, these nails were screaming Konad!

I kept it cute and simple and added a little bling to it. 

I used Konad's white special nail polish and IP m56.
Added rhinestones and topped it with some Seche Vite.

Photo: Evening, Indoor, Artificial lighting, no flash.

Hope you like it!

Any suggestions on my next post? Color, konad, you tell me...I'll be glad to give 'em a try.

♥, Kristine

Konad m39 & m36 on Fierce Purple

I absolutely love this purple. NYX Fierce Purple, a cream finish and a lovely shade. This was 3 coats. You could still see streaks at 2 but it evens out at 3. I topped it with konad IP m39. (note: the pointer finger was stamped with a different design also on the m39 plate. I was experimenting ;))

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Main Color: NYX Fierce Purple

Konad IP m39 in white special polish

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Photo: indoors, daylight (window), no flash

Here's another design with the same Fierce Purple being the main color.

Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy

Main Color: NYX Fierce Purple

Konad IP m36 in white special polish

Top Coat: Seche Vite

Photo: indoors, daylight (window), no flash

♥,Kristine

My first Holo

This is Milani's Hi-Res Holographic 3D nail polish and I love it! This is my first holo polish and my first with the Milani brand. At three coats, it did me good. The color is so pretty I couldn't keep my eyes off of it! Look at the glittery goodness on that! The polish is true to its color on the bottle and was a breeze to apply. Btw, this was taken indoors, with artificial lighting, with flash (to show the holo effect).

I kept this on for a good three days and no chipping. Of couse I used Seche Vite top coat (I love this stuff!). I didn't want to wait another day to give it the chance to peel or chip so I decided to make it a konadicure (is that what you call it?) i'm still new to this.

Konad Image Plate m63 with Sally Hansen Lacquer Shine in Flair.

Hope you liked it!

♥, Kristine