Yellow tips...

Hi Ladies.. I just like to share my NOTD.. I just did a simple nail tip design with a yellow base using striping brush.. I hope u like it.. thats all for today...

thanks for looking!! 

happy polishing!!

artificial light

polish used:

base coat OPI start to finish

tips & toes natural french polish

black striping polish

Nubar striping polish white

cnd burgundy foil

essence all access

and here's my winning entry on Onestop Kikay Shop nail art contest (Philippines participants only) this is the first Local nail art contest that I joined.. theres no specific theme we just asked to create a design showing our creativity and talent and here's what my entry.. I did this mani about 1.5 month ago... XD This entry was inspired with my Dad's hometown which they're known for mascara festival...though it took me 4 hours to finish this mani.. Its all worth it... and I like to say thank u to all the compliments and comments...Its so over whelming..

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American Apparel Butter

This is 3 coats of American Apparel Butter. My favorite yellow! I think I could have gotten away with just 2 coats if I had used a little thinner. It doesn't have the streaky issues that most yellows polishes suffer from. Gorgeous!

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April Read Full...

Claire's Yellow Brick Road

This is three coats of Claire's Yellow Brick Road. It's a nice shade of yellow, but the finish is chalky and wasn't quite nice even with a topcoat. This one's going into my stash for frankening, not to be worn again.

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Pink and Yellow

Hi ladies..just a quick post for my NOTD.. i chose the color combi of pink & yellow.. though Im not sure if it would be a great combi I still give it a try and made a quick konading..what do u think?  and I would like to say thank u for following my blog.. a few more people to go and im goin to hit 700 followers... and it really makes me so happy.. again thank u so much my lovelies!!Thats all for today..

thanks for looking happy polishing everyone!!

indoor

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In the Jungle

HI Ladies!! I'm so happy that u like my past pink konadicure, and I'm still looking for some mani that will inspires me and give me some great idea that I can remake or share with u!!
And I want to share something meaningful quote that I had learned from Lisa (GLAMMED UP)

"The mark of a true artist is being able to inspire the work of another."

thanks so much Lisa..

anyways, Just a quick post for my fauxnadicure of the day.. Im wearing essence show ur feet "in the jungle" polish this was included at Maestra's package for me! This polish is supposed to be for pedi but then I much love to use it for my mani and it's pretty green for me and I love the brush, In The Jungle is a medium jade dark green, Maestra made a great comparison of this with OPI New jade on the Black (click here) I think this is a must have for some green polish lovers!!

thanks for looking!!
happy polishing!! XOXO!!

Essence show ur feet
"IN THE JUNGLE"

polishes used:
konad sp yellow
essence ITJ
image plate used:
Fauxnad H22

"Matte"

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Ulta Sunny Romance of St Tropez

Yikes! Not a fan of this one! Three coats. I tried three layers over white on my pinky but it was still streaky. Does anybody else have this one? Read Full...

Tic Tac Polishes and bees

Since the last two Tic Tac polishes I had to post were black and yellow, I wanted to share a some links with you guys. A couple of our friends posted this link on facebook today. It's an article about the continued problem of dying bees. Here's another link from a website called Learn 2 Grow. It's about Sedum plants. If you can, plant some in your garden. We need bees!
Sorry I didn't have a bee manicure to post. I'll try do one one in honor of spring and post it soon.

This picture comes from the creative commons section of flickr and belongs to Brenda.

Tic Tac black. I've never worn black nail polish as a manicure, but I wanted one around to use in nail art. I never would have spent $5 or more on a black polish, so at just $1 this works just fine for me. It took 2 coats and the application didn't give me any problems.



The yellow however was awful. This is 5 coats and it probably could have used another. Typical yellow I guess. I'm gonna put it on our frankening pile. Looking at the pictures makes me want to wear yellow again. I like it a lot and it's perfect for spring.




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Finger Paints Yellow Bikini

So far this is the only yellow in my collection. I tried China Glaze Solar Power which is beautiful but not with my skintone. Yellow Bikini works well though. This is 3 coats. It was a little thick and goopy but I hear that is how most yellows behave. The ring and pinky have Nail Tek Foundation II for a matte effect. Doesn't look so great with this polish. I was wearing this and I put on a red skirt and a blue shirt. I kept looking in the mirror trying to figure out what was so strange, when I finally realized that I looked like Wonder Woman going in for a day at the office. I changed clothes.
Thanks for reading.
April
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N.Y.C. Taxi Yellow

This is a really pretty yellow, but was a pain to apply.
This is 4 coats and it was still very streaky. It also took a long time to dry.
I think I had to re-do this manicure because I messed it up.
It was also the base I used for my first Konad.
-Ashley

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"CORALINE"

hi there everyone.. im really lemming for a coraline stamp but sadly theyre are only available in US =( i also try to join in a contest were i can win a coraline stamp kit but i didnt win.. but im not losing my hope.. who knows 1 day i would find a person who's willing to swap coraline kit to my own nail art stuff...
waaaaaaaaaaaaa... so just to feed my lemming to coraline i made my own coraline design...
what do u think about my work??
thanks for reading..

heres the image plate that i like on the kit i copied the pattern of button and crossbones i just stamped a cat design on my thumb nail...hehehe (6_6)

IMAGE PLATES USED:

OCTAGON M71 for the "cat"

OCTAGON M42 for the 'cross bone"

konad M16 for the "buttons"

POLISH USED:

my own franken "ROCKSTAR" (black)

enchant "yellow"

my own franken "baby blue"

konad special polish black

konad special polish yellow

konad special polish pastel blue

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NOTD: "TROPICANA"

hi there everyone...i know in some part of the world... summer season has ended.. but here in Abu dhabi the capital city of United Arab Emirates (UAE) its always sunny day!! hahahhahha... oh well i just miss my country.. i miss the foods, the beautiful beaches & i miss my family & friends... anyways as for my NOTD i made a tropical design...
for my base i sponged "ENCHANT YELLOW" (its a nail polish made in china) as my base then i sponged a bit of my own franken baby blue nail polish ( as a represent of blue sky) then i put a fashion victim nail polish to add a little shimer... konad M29, M35 for my nail art stamping & konad special polish green, red, pastel pink, gabrini "brown" for stamping...

have a great sunny wednesday...

with artificial light

(L-R) my own franken "BEBE BLUE" enchant yellow, essence fashion victim

for stamping: gabrini "brown" konad special polish green, red..ooppss.. i forgot to put the konad pastel pink hehehehe

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KOTD WITH MY OWN FRANKEN POLISH

HI THERE...wooooooo.. yesterday when i open my blog accnt. i read about "PAINTED TIPS "blog about on her new page section & its called "MFB" my favorite blog.. im so glad & happy when i read her blog about my first blog post...i cant explain how happy i am that there's someone who appreciated ur own work...thanks so much "ALLYA" ur such a sweety...
btw.. just wanna share my KOTD i used m70 & konad yellow special polish plus my own franken polish....im not really good in stamping nail art...


this is my own franken polish i called it "ARMY"

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First Konad!!

April ordered us our first Konad items last week! Konad is an ingenious stamping system for nail art. I never ever thought i'd be doing nail art, but this is a lot of fun. This is their website - Konad USA.

We got our Konad items just in time to enter a contest from the KonADDICT blog. Which you can check out here. We found her blog on one of Getcha Nails Did's, New Blogs on the Block posts. The owner of the KonADDICT blog does really awesome and unique manicures with her Konads. I love her super detailed photo instructions!

These are the plates April picked out. The one with the zebra print is mine. Which is what I used this time.

Here is my first Konadicure (as most people call them).
I used N.Y.C.'s Taxi Yellow for the base and Icing's Ice Queen for the zebra print.



You can see on a few of the nails that I didn't cover the whole thing. It's really fun though. We both have lots of ideas for new ones and can't wait to show you guys!
-Ashley Read Full...