Mary's Nails

My Valentine Manicure

2012-02-11T09:47:00.000-08:00

My nails were too long to type so I cute them short . For Valentines day next week I decided to paint them Red and add Konad Image Plate M73 to them.

new nails.

2012-02-06T18:13:00.000-08:00

here is a picture of a new set of gel nails that I did what do you think? I have not stamped them yeet . I just started a new job, so I have to look profession for a while.

I finished my meds !

2012-01-26T21:36:00.000-08:00

I finished my two prescriptions of Medication that the dermatologist prescribed me. My nails are clear now and my nails on my right hand have grown and look so pretty. However my nails on my left hand are clear but growing slowly and ackward . I think I may try doing the gel nails again , however I need to go buy new gel, brush , files and nail polishes.

I really don't want to get this fungus again on my nails again.

They are clearing up.

2012-01-16T11:09:00.000-08:00

My nails have cleared up , now only if they would grow !!! They are almost clear , but I don't see any growth. The doctor said I would have nails by now .. I am having "nail " withdraws lol. I am just itching to do a set of nails . I just don't want to mess up my nails again . I'll give a them a couple more months.

Took another test and found out the problem.

2011-11-23T20:56:00.000-08:00

So there is a fungus on my nails that is why they won't grow correctly. The doctor prescribed Lamisil to me , I have to take it for about 3 months and I should see an improvement. I can't wait to have healthy nails , to be able to polish them and stamp them .

What is it than????

2011-11-08T11:21:00.000-08:00

I heard back from the Dermotologist this morning , there is no fungus on my nails , thats good. But why won't they grow ? Did I ruin my nails for good ? They are begining to get on my nerves they are so brittle and flakey and just wish they were normal. The Dermotologist made me another appointment so we can find out he problem and start some kind of treatment .

I hope it works and I hope it is not expensive !

Theres hope !

2011-11-07T19:43:00.000-08:00

I seen the Dermatologist and he took samples of my nails , I realized that I have let this go on for 15 years and not once did I try a Medical cure . Instead I thought that putting on artificial nails would solve the problem , when they were actually part of the problem.

The Dermatologist says that I will most likely have to take a pill and it should take about 6 weeks for me to get rid of the infection and to start growing my nails . I can't wait , as of now I am waiting to hear from the Dermatologist.

My big dilemma is whether I will try doing my nails again or if I will just leave them alone , I think if I ever get the "Itch " to have artificial nails , I'll do some gel nails on my own , I don't think I will be going back to a salon ever . Especially since I have all of the tools.

1st step to fixing this problem.

2011-10-10T11:58:00.000-07:00

So though the nails I had on looked nice , they too started lifting on my right hand . My had is a real mess my nails are very very brittle and thin , there is basically no nails on this hand . My quick fix to this problem has been trying to do acrylics , gels and glue ons .

I went to the doctors about two year ago and seen my PCP , I was on an HMO than and my PCP basically told me there is nothing they can do . So with that I went on trying to do my nails with artifical nails.

Now that I have a new medical group and a PPO I am able to go to a dermatologist and try and get this pressing problem solved. My nails have become an obsession and are making me depressed and angry. I can wait to see what the Dermatologist says ! Wish me luck . I hope I can get my nails to grow back , so that I can paint them and do my designs .

Orange french tips with a Spider .

2011-10-06T09:14:00.000-07:00

The nails I did , did not last very long , :( , I was really hoping for them to be better. However I read on line about something called "Virtual Nails" they are supposedly a Fancy glue on nail. The closes thing I could think of that would be fast to do. Since I can't get out to a Salon right now , I decided to try out these nails that I bought while back . They are thin and comfortable and I have also read some pretty instresting reviews about them. They are kiss Custom fit nails .

They are all done in French Manicure , but I just painted over them in Orange and added they black Konad spider stamp for Halloween. These were really easy to apply and so far no one can tell the difference !

So my secret is out , I think I'll be using these for a while , we'll see how they work out .

Spidars !

2011-10-01T13:39:00.001-07:00

My first manicure since I had my son. My son was born on September 1st and I have been pretty busy . Having a toddler and a new born is not easy!!! Things are getting back to normal and I had some time so I did my nails !

I think the design on the lower part of my nail M 45 looks like a spider web , My first mani for Halloween hope you like it .

I honestly think that I am going to stick with sculpting my nails , it takes a little longer but the nails look better and last longer to me.

M 65

2011-08-26T11:18:00.001-07:00

sculpted gel nails

gel overlay , over tips .

New manicure for my baby boy. Yesterday we had a false alarm and ended up going to the hospital. After a stress test we were sent home. This pregnancy has been alot different from my 1st pregnancy . I don't remember feeling contractions or being as achey .

I thought maybe doing my nails would make me feel better . For this manicure I used the same blue color I have been using as a base and Konad Image Plate M 65 with Konad special polish in white.

39 weeks today .... I hope he comes soon.

No baby yet , but these nails did not hold up well. So I sculpted some gel nails instead , I did the same design though because I really like it.

Model behavior and Konad Image plate M 69

2011-08-15T17:05:00.000-07:00

IBD gel overlay , over tips . I am kind of fond of this blue right now . I used salley Hansen Model Behavior and Konad Image plate M 69.

Blue with white poka dots

2011-08-09T17:54:00.001-07:00

My new manicure , I've been a little tired lately so I didn't sculpt these , I used tips . I decided to do this design for my upcoming baby shower . I am now 36 weeks and five days .... Just a little more to go and my 2nd boy will be here . I am excited and nervous .

Thesse are IBD gel nails , I used Salley Hansen nails polish in model behavior , and Konad Image plate M 79 and Konad Special white polish.

Konad Ip M 9 blue flowers

2011-07-22T20:17:00.001-07:00

I did fills , and the nails are holding up well . None have broke , none have chiped , None have come loose. For this Manicure I used Ultra pro Pearl for the base , Konad light blue special polish and M9. I think I might do blue nails as I wait for my little bundle of Joy to arrive . I have 6 more weeks to go !!

first set sculptured Ibd gel nails

2011-07-18T13:01:00.001-07:00

I decided to try sculpturing nails . I used IBD pink builder gel and nail forms . Every time I use tips they seem to come off , so I decided to try sculptuing nails . I think they came out ok , I think with some practice they will come out better , so far so good . For the color I used salley Hansen Plum Luck.

IM P M 35 Fairy

2011-07-13T19:16:00.000-07:00

I did a new manicure , I seem to love the Sally Hensen Salon polishes , the base is Plum Luck with Im Plate 35 with Konad special polish in silver.

Blue Stars.

2011-07-06T21:07:00.000-07:00

I did a new manicure , I had to do fills ... any who I used IP M3 with konad blue special polish . For the base Pro Ultra polish from sallys in Pearl.

stars and stripes

2011-07-02T17:25:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July . Hope everyone has a safe one . For this manicure I used IP M3 for the stars with konad special blue polish , and M44 for the stripes with konad special wihite polish .

IKonad Image plate M 77

2011-06-28T19:45:00.000-07:00

My mardi gra nails for a festival that I went to with my family. For this Manicure I used Image Plate M 77 with kondad special polish in purple and Ultra Pro nail polish in Molten Gold .

M63

2011-06-17T20:44:00.000-07:00

I did a new manicure using Ibd gel , Salley hansen Salaon nail polish in City Chic and IP M63 with Konad special silver polishs .

Beige and black

2011-06-05T20:55:00.000-07:00

My nails have been holding up pretty well. it's been about a week and I have no reason to redo them . The are going to need fills by this weekend though.

For this manicure I used a beig color with Opi to Have and to hold as the base and Konad special polish in black with IP M 54.

Happy Memorial Day !!

2011-05-27T15:46:00.001-07:00

How do you like my Memorial day nails? I took a small break for a while and started up again . I just can't stay away from doing them and using Konad.

These are IBD gel nails , base coat is Lavander Cloud , with Konad basic stamping polish in blue and red . IM Plate M14.

It's a boy !

2011-05-08T20:30:00.001-07:00

Happy Mother's day fellow bloggers . Hope everyone had a great mother's day. I am now five months pregnant and we just found out that we're having another little boy. My lil guy is developing well and so far were having a good pregnancy .

I did this manicure in honor of my son who is kicking me in my tummy day and night . I decided to go short this time around . Once again I used my awsome nail forms and of Course Konad .

For this mani I used Sally Hanson Salon nail polish in Model Behavior and Konad special Polish in White with Image plate M 76.

New Manicure .

2011-04-26T19:44:00.000-07:00

I attempted to do another manicure . My red nails were lovely ,non lifted or broke or anything . Only had one problem on two of my nails the gel did not attach and so I ended up picking at them and than ended up just taking them off.

I decided not to give up though and gave it another try . I bought some new tips , applied them like normal . Than took the dual forms and fit them to my nails . I took the dual form put a light coat of gel and cured it for 1 minute with my natural nail with bonder.

I filled the dual form with gel , I did two coats of gel in the form , put it on my finger and cured it for 3 minutes . After 3 minutes I took off the form and shaped my nail . I really love these forms because all you have to do is remove the form , you don't need to file the nail at all , only the sides .

A perfect smooth nail comes out all the time . I painted my nails a nude color and than attempted a double color stamp using Konad special purple and green polish with Image Plate M54. A lovely spring mani .

New nails with dual nail forms

2011-04-17T20:21:00.000-07:00

I had my 20 year celebration with my sorority last night . Of course I had to do my nails , my nails did grow back some , but because of the damage to them they grew back a little deformed. What a great chance to use my new dual nails form ,purchased from Ebay for $6.00.

The nail forms look like regular nail tips but have tabs on both sides and are really flexible and rubbery. The were very simple to use, you can use nail tips or just the form . I had to end up using tips , it is going to take while for me to learn to use the right amount of gel to get strong tips.

What I did was applied clear tips , filed them , added my bonder and than applied a thin coat of gel to the nail form. I cured both by nail with the bonder and the nail form for one minute . Than I applied a good amont of gel to the nail form. I put the form on my nail , held down my nail and cured it for 3 minutes . I made sure to whip away a gel the seeped out the sides .

Once the cure was done ,I took off the form and a perfectly smooth shinny nail. I didn't even have to whip my nail clean with my cleaner. I than painted my nails red pearl by China Glaze and stamped them with Kondad black polish IM 53.

I took them off .

2011-04-06T21:20:00.001-07:00

The nails that I did needed to be filled but I got so busy and had no time to fill them . The gel ended up lifting up , well I picked at them and ended up taking the gel off of my nails. I have been thinking about trying to sculpture them but I'm not too sure. The gel that I had put on my nails did not come off , until I picked it off . If I had not picked at my nails I would probably have the nails on still. I have come to realize that just the gel sticks really good . I really want to try to sculpture a small tip on them , but I know it will take a good couple of hours to do them . Of course I have been going on Utube and finding videos about sculpting nails . In the midst of my research , I came across some thing called "Popits" " dual nail forms on the Coolnail art website. I googled them and I read about them watched tons of videos and confirmed that you can use gel with them . How exciting . I went on ebay and bought a set , they were only $6.00 . I can't wait to try them.

My second attempt .

2011-03-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

My nails were still not looking so hot , So what did I do , spent two nights watching Utube videos on how to do gel nails . Some had directions written down , some had music , some had people talking about how to do the gel nails .

I really really really love gel nails . Anywho , I didn't add any tips or sculpt any tips , I have decided to start out small. I once again put gel on the very thin short nails that I have . They came out really smooth and they look as neat as I could get them with my two year old son bugging me .

In all the videos I watched , I learned that I could possibly have been putting the gel too close to my cuticles . This time when I applied my bonder and the gel I made sure I only applied it to the middle of the nail and made sure not to touch any of the surrounding skin. After I applied the gel and filed my nails , I cleaned them and put tea tree oil and sally hansen nail growth serum.

I am hoping that leaving them short will result in me doing them less than before , and with out tips theres nothing to break off or come off .

Heres a picture of what my nails look like right now . I am hoping that they will grow some .

My plan did not work ... ugh

2011-03-22T18:04:00.001-07:00

So what I did yesterday did not last today . All the gel peeled right off . I know why because there is no nail surface to hold anything . I put a ridge filler on my nails to make them look some what decent . A some nail majic to protect them some .

My nails are a complete mess , it like I just have skin left on my right hand and on my left I have three normal fingers . I read somewhere that it takes about six months for nails to grow . When this baby is born I should have some kind of nails hopefully .

I hope I don't give in and start to do them again or turn to glue ons !!! Wish me luck I really need it !!

I have nubins !

2011-03-21T21:36:00.000-07:00

On Friday I spent 5 hours doing my nails , and today one broke and the others started to lift. I got fed up with them and took them off . I really did a number on my nails though , I noticed I have been doing my nails more often than two weeks .

I was doing them almost every three days or so . I would do them and than one would break and than I would end up taking all of them off and redoing them and than it would start all over again. Thing is my nails are so messed up that when I apply tips they would come off with in a week or less , and than result in me taking them off .

I am finally fed up with this endless cycle and have decided to try and grow them out again and go short . Instead of adding tips this time around I put gel on what was left of my nails . I'm hoping I can leave my nails alone long enough to see what develops . Spending hours doing my nails to have them break or have to be done with in a week is not worth it .

The gel works almost like acrylic , creating a coating to protect my very thin weak , brittle nails . The gel also creates a nice surface to do some konading also . I hope to do some konad signs still .

Happy St Patricks Day !

2011-03-15T18:16:00.000-07:00

I did a new set , hope you like them , I picked up the nail color at Target. Sinful colors , in Mint Apple .

St Patricks Day Mani #2

2011-03-06T07:35:00.000-08:00

I did a fill and I learned something new from coolsnailart . I learned how to take off my cuticles , I think it helped make my manicure look a little bit neater . For this mani I use Sally Hansen Jumpin jade for the base , and topped it off with Sally Hansen Lime Light .

I used scotch tape at an angle and stamped IP M 60 using Konad white polish and than stamped my ring fingers with IP M22 with Konad Special polish in White . I am thinking of entering it into the Nail art contest for OC Nail art.

St Patricks day nails #1

2011-03-01T18:14:00.001-08:00

My first attempt for St Patricks day. I used a color called Rise and Shine for the base by Sinful Collections and I used IP M22 with konad special white polish.

Pearls and Roses.

2011-02-18T19:36:00.000-08:00

My new Mani this week. My husband got me a beautiful boquet of flowers for Valentines day and they were delivered to my work . I was inspired by my boquet for this manicure.

I used Opi Pearls night out , and Konad special polish in red with IP M 65.

Valentines mani

2011-02-12T12:15:00.001-08:00

A new mani this week for Valentines!!! I used Konad IP M35. Hope everyone has a nice Valentines day. I have a lot of love to ccelebrate. I am now 11 wks pregnant and things are going well. Heard the baby's heart beat!!!

Valentine /Super bowl

2011-02-04T18:06:00.000-08:00

Two new manis for you. I did the pink one first to kick off Valentines and than the second one is for superbowl this weekend . Can you guess who I am routing for ?

Wined up roses from M35

2011-01-20T08:38:00.000-08:00

First off I will never wear glue on nails again. If you did not notice the nails from post last week were glue ons .

I had gotten really sick and it was time to redo my nails , however I didn't have the energy to get out the gel. So I glued some on , they looked decent . Two weeks of wearing them they lifted and two of my nails had green on them , something that have never ever happened with the gels.

I took off the glue ons and repaired my nails , I disinfected them and filed them . I did a new set of gels , however I have decided to try and always keep them this length .

I decided to start off valentines early and choose this pretty rose design from IM Plate 35 with wined up. Whats better or more romantic than wine and roses !

I love this color .

2011-01-14T20:09:00.001-08:00

I seem to love Coca Crisp by Salley Hansen , I love this color , it's so pretty . My last two manicures have been with this color . This is honestly one of my favorite browns . I haven't used this nail stamp design , I thought it went perfect with the color of the polish . What do you think? I must admit my skills are getting a little bit better . Now my nail polishing skills need some work lol.

Leopard Print #2

2011-01-07T21:51:00.000-08:00

The husband went out and my darling little boy is a sleep what better time to do my nails in peace.

I decided to change the color for the Leopard print nails that I did before. For this mani I used Sally Hansen Insta Dry Polish in Coca Crisp and Konad special polish black pearl and IM Plate M 57.

I really like the way these came out , I applied the stamp Horizontal instead of vertically like I did the other ones. I think this came out a lot nicer . App ling the stamp Horizontally actually did more coverage than applying it vertically . Which set do you like ?

Leopard nails !

2011-01-05T20:51:00.001-08:00

I did a new manicure , Just did a fill today , I was surprised it took a while for me to do my nails over again . I did a gel fill and this time I did not file the nails , the gel settled smoothly all I had to to do was buff them with a white block and it worked great ! I decided to go with a full leopard print , I don't think I ever did this print . This is my 1st time using this design. Thought I would do something fun before I start on the Valentine designs !

New Years Nails !

2011-01-01T09:21:00.001-08:00

My New years Manicure .

Hope everyone had a great time ringing in the new years with their family and friends . I stood home , made some Pezole and rang in the new year with a nice glass of apple Cider .

My family is not very festivel , I ended up being the only person in my entire house that stood up until Midnight . I toasted to myself lol.

I hope that this year I can reach my goal with my nails and with my Konad nail art designs . I just hope that I have the time to do it , we recently found out that we will be having a new addition to our family . I am excited and a bit scared , because of what happened in August . So far so good though .

Items for this Manicure .

* Sally Hensen Xtreme wear in Celeb City

*Konad Special Polish burgundy

*Konad IM Plate M 8

New years nails

2010-12-26T19:46:00.001-08:00

All I would like is to have normal perfect nails again . Seems I have been doing my nails every week , instead of every two weeks which is normal for fills with artificial nails .

I know people say it's easy to regrow your nails after acrylic damage , but my nails seem to be beyond repairable . I can not go a day , a week or a month without doing my nails . My nails actually need the protection that an overlay of gel or acrylic gives .

Since I have been doing the gel nails I have noticed some growth in my nail plate. The problem I have is that my nails lift , and than water gets in them and they get mold , gross !!! How can I fix this problem ?

Doing my nails is no longer fun , it has now become more of a chore for me , almost a necessity in my life . I have been finding that I spend more that 4hrs a week doing my nails . Usually by the end of the weeks my nails have , either lifted or broke . I also notice that my filing job is not that great either, I need help with applying the overlay , shaping and filing . I usually find more imperfections a day after I have completed a new mani. Don't be surprise if by Friday I have a new manicure .

As you can tell this is a new set and I did them a little bit shorter than normal , it makes it a lot easier to type and use my new G2 phone that my hubby got me for Christmas . Any who my husband and I made Christmas dinner and I notice my nail on my index finger was lifting and than I noticed that two other nails were lifting . I manged to glue them , but it didn't work, with unwrapping presents , and cleaning dishes after our meal ,they lifted even more , until once just came right off .

To make things worse I bit off all the nails and they came off so easy , I was very disappointed . However I could tell that a new set was needed . While prepping my hands for my new manicure I did notice some growth , but I also noticed that some nails are getting thin . I just want to do them right for once, I want them to look neat and pretty like every one's nails on the blogs that I follow .

I know I maybe , being hard on myself , but for this mani I did purple nails , ( my son picked out the color) with glitter polish on the tips and stamped each nail with Konad special polish in Silver Image plate design with the wine glass . The sparkle on the tip is so pretty in light .

I hope everyone had a a great Christmas ! Best wishes in the new year .

Candy Cane Nails

2010-12-20T19:09:00.001-08:00

Another new Christmas manicure hopefully I don't change it for a while . I really like it .

Almost all done with my Christmas shopping , just one more present to get for my adorable lil Niece !

For this Mani I used China Glaze Red Pearl with Konad special polish in white , and the candy cane design on Image plate 12 .

Christmas nails

2010-12-10T21:14:00.001-08:00

Here are some christmas manicure that I did . I am currently wearing the red nails right now . Kept it simple for work.

Been so busy with work and Christmas and my hubby's birthday . Show me your christmas manis .

Chrismas manicure 1

2010-11-27T08:53:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving , lots of food and spent it with family and friends . Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving too.

I broke two nails and had to fix them so I ended up painting my nails a new color. I choose Wined up by Sally Hansen ,I think this is such a pretty color . I topped off the tips with kondad special polish in silver and the flower design from IM plate M25 . Kind of reminds me of Pointsettas .

As you can see I'm having trouble getting good pictures . I used to use my camera from my cell phone and just recently started using my camera instead . I can't get any good pictures though !!!

Thanksgiving nails , brown with yellow sunflower .

2010-11-21T11:53:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving is literally around the corner, I have yet to do my shopping for our dinner this year. Work has been extremely busy , I have been working over time every week and also on Saturdays . I have also come down with a horrible cold this week .

Majority of my free time this weekend has been spent lying in bed and drinking hot tea.... Even though I have been so busy and sick , I still manage to do my nails.

I choose to keep the design simple and just put a stamp on one nail, I also did my toes to match. I picked the sunflower because I made a sunflower reef with a huge brown bow. That inspired the sunflower . Low and behold Konad has a cute one on Image plate M8 . For the nail color I used Mochachino and for the stamping I used Konad special polish in Yellow .

Awesome news I teamed up with my husband's friend , (now my friend) Laurie and were going to be hosting another ladies party in Long Beach. This time it's going to be on a Saturday in the day time. I can't wait to get this product out there again and see what fun designs other people make .

Had to shorten the talons !!!

2010-11-06T16:33:00.001-07:00

I had to shorten my long talons , I liked having them long for a while , but after a while I could not get used to typing with them as long as they were .

So I shortened my nails , I also tried something new , I noticed that when I filed my nails in the past after applying my gel overlay that I would take some of the strength away . I also noticed that the gel levels on it's own.

I did another layer but this time I did not file them . I evenly spread the gel like polish almost , cured them for three minutes , wiped off the tacky layer, when I did this the nails were nice and smooth so no reason for filing . I simply buffed them , than added tea tree oil to my cuticles and than Painted them , Vacation time by Sinful nail color , and add a dark brown leaf from Konad IM Plate M20.

I even had time to do matching toes , since I didn't have to do much filing . The more practice the better it gets . I love my gel nails .

Fill. Fall Nails brown leaves

2010-11-02T20:03:00.002-07:00

I did a fill this week , could not believe not one nail broke !!!! I must have done something right he he he .

For this Manicure I used sinful colors hip hip , konad special polish in dark brown/burgundy color . I used the leaf design from image plate M 31.

How long did it take for you to learn how to use Konad? I have a client who brought a whole bunch of polishes from me and plates and she can't get the hang of using the stamp. She can now transfer the stamp to paper but can not transfer the image to her nail.

I did a small konad class at lunch for her , it was fun . I was wondering how long did it take other Konaders like myself . It took me about two days I think.

2010-11-02T20:03:00.001-07:00

Added silver stars halloween #3

2010-10-27T20:36:00.000-07:00

I added silver stars to my nails . I kind of like having them this long. So far have been lasting pretty good. Usually by now I would have done another layer of gel or would have broken one.

I think the utube videos I found have helped a lot. Perfect nails for my witch costume.

Hallowen #3 new nails

2010-10-22T20:11:00.000-07:00

New Halloween nails !

I didn't like the nails I had before so I did a whole new set .... I even did new tips. These are clear gel builder Overlay , over medium nail tips

I painted them black to go with my Halloween costume I am going to be a Witch. When get closer to Halloween I think I am going to add some silver stars to match the sleeves on my costume .

I think I could really use some pointers on filing near the cuticle and doing a more neater paint job . However I kind of like these I did them longer than I usually do . I guess you could call these Halloween Talons lol.

black and orange pumpkins

2010-10-17T20:09:00.000-07:00

We took the kids , little Richard and Miss Nat Nat to the church Festival and The Pumpkin Patch this weekend . Than Little Ricky and I did the CHOC Walk on Sunday at Disney Land.

I used IM plate M44 and M13 the Pumpkin Design!!! I still need to work on shaping of my nails.

I find that at times I don't use enough gel and the shapes often are off some are longer , some are shorter . The shapes are not very neat .

Know what they say practice makes perfect and I am constantly doing my nails . It's pretty much become an obsession almost . I do hope that once I get to where I should be that I won't be doing them as frequent and that I'll spend less time doing them . I am hoping to produced neater and cleaner nails .

Halloween skulls and spiders !

2010-10-11T18:23:00.000-07:00

Here is another manicure . I decorated my Yard Yesterday and one of my nails broke :( darn Yard work . I had bought some "Happy Halloween " stuff , but ended up doing the Yark in "Spooky Halloween".

I put up awsome tomb stones and skulls on my lawn and I have two scarey monsters. One is hanging in a tree and the other is sitting on my bench . I hope the kiddies don't get scared !

On to my Mani , the broken nail was easily repaired and being in the Halloween mood , I decided to do a Halloween Mani . I bought this amazing orange color at Walgreens for $1.00.

I used Sinful nail colors in Courtney Orange . It's nice Orange and isn't shocking or electic , a nice fall color. I choose the skulls from IM plat M13 and the spider from IM plate M1.

I even did my toes to match . I love my Konad stamps !

Black Rose with red polish Halloween Mani

2010-10-07T21:05:00.000-07:00

My new mani for the week . Saturdy I have my entire family doing the Diabetes Walk at Knotts Berry Farm this Saturday.

My Father is a type 1 diabetic and my husband is a type two diabetic . I am hoping that the walk with educate both the men in my life . We are going to be walking 3 miles .

After the walk , My husband , myself , my best friend and our Friend's son are going to go shooting . It's going to be a busy weekend !!

I did a red manicure to represent the diabetes walk , they call people who walk that have diabetes "red Striders" So I choose the color for them . I choose a black rose because it's Halloween time !!! My first halloween manicure . I can't wait to do more . I got an amazing oranage color I can't wait to use.

pretty bows for a lil girl

2010-09-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

Its a girl .

My very good friend Vanessa is having a baby girl . This Weekend is her baby shower . Seems we all have babies now ... She is the last of our circle .

First it was my best friend , than me than my twin sister and now her . I can't believe how much things have changed and how fast time goes .

I have the greatest times as a single girl with this girl and I know as mothers were all gonna have a blast . I can't wait for her baby shower this weekend and to meet her little girl.

Of course I had to do a manicure for the festivities !! I used finger paints nail color in pen and ink pink and Konad special polish in white with image M 56. Still using the IBD gels , they are awsome .

I changed the picture ,the previous picture I messed up my nails and used the wrong gel , because of this they were weak and broke so easily. How did I find out I used the wrong gel. Well I thought maybe I did something wrong so I looked up a vedio on how to do gel nails step my step.

The directions state to use builder gel , I looked and seen that I have two clear gels , One is clear gel and the other is clear builder gel. I also learned how to do them and not touch the cuticles , which is a reason why they were lifting so much . So far they have been standing up really nicely , I think I need more practice on my filing techique , I do have an electric drill but read that used a 180 grit file is better . I still love my gel nails !!! Utube rocks big time and IBD gel is a great product .

Fall nails and my new tattoo .

2010-09-18T18:41:00.001-07:00

I did a new manicure , IDB gel nails , I still need to perfect my filing and get my applying technique down .

For this Manicure I decided to use a nice brown color for fall. I used Cocoa Crisp Sally Hansen Instra Dry , and Konad special polish in a dark brown with Image plate M2.

My first Tattoo!

Today the family and I went to our local tattoo parlor in Long Beach Ca, to get my first tattoo.

The hubby and I have been talking about me getting tattoo. This week we celebrated our third wedding aniversay and decided to celebrate by getting Tattoos . He already has two . He he he now were even !

Getting a tatto was quite an experience , yes it hurt !!! But it was well worth it , and the place where I got my tattoo made it an awsome experience . I got tattooed in one of the oldest tattoo Parlors in Long Beach ca, . It came out better than I could imagine .

I added a better pic of my nails !

Espresso with Silver Flowers M 4

2010-09-05T11:14:00.000-07:00

I did a new set of nails ,I had a set back with gels for while , but I am slowly getting a hang of them . I need to learn how to not be gel shy ,,, I need to put more than one got on . Some thing I have learned from trial and error .

For this Manicure I used Sally Hansen espresso with Konad special polish in silver with the cute delicate flower image on Plate M4.

Red Racer

2010-08-20T21:07:00.001-07:00

Go speed racer he he he. My adorable little boy is going to be turning 2 soon . We are having a small pool party for him at a friends house.

His theme is going to be cars , I decided to do a red mani with Racing checks tips ...What do you think .

I did fills to my IBD gel nails and painted them China Glaze Pearl Red , I used Konad special polish in black pearl.

It's a boy , blue poka dots

2010-08-14T20:56:00.001-07:00

First the bad news . I am not having a boy , I am no longer pregnant . Last Sunday I suffered a miscarriage :( It has been pretty hard getting over this .

My family and friends have been here for me so much and have been so supportive and understanding . Especially my husband.

went to my cousins baby shower today , she is having a boy . I decided to do a blue manicure with white polka dots . My nails caught peoples attention and I sold a small kit !!!

Hip Hip

2010-08-12T21:12:00.001-07:00

I did a new manicure and put on new nails . I did them a little longer this time. Yes they are the IBD gel nails. I love gel nails so much .

For this manicure I used Sinful collections in Hip Hip and IM P design 08 with Konad Special Polish in dark brown . Tomorrow I have another nail Party and my friends Boutique . Lauries Little Secrect in Long Beach , If you live in Long Beach Ca, come on by and check us out :)

Blue nails

2010-08-01T11:01:00.000-07:00

I did a nice light blue and dark blue manicure . Reminds me of a swiming pool .

I have to stay on bed rest and stay relaxed . I have had some complications with my pregnancy this week. Wednesday night I started spotting and than on Thursday I got these awful cramps!!

My doctor had me take a test and do an ultra sound , so far everything is fine. I just have to stay on bed rest and relax no work as of yet , waiting until Tuesday for my next doctors appointment and hopefully find out what caused this and what lies in store further .

For this manicure I used Salley Hensen blue streak and konad special polish is dark blue with one of the new plates M80.

Red with black flower M35

2010-07-22T20:12:00.000-07:00

I painted my nails a new color, I have a wedding this weekend and I am wearing a black dress with red flowers and beads .

I got some really cute black silk shoes to wear with it . I had to do a matching manicure :)

My painting is not that great , I need some practice as you have seen .

For this Mani I used a Salley Hensen Salon polish in Hollywood Scarlett and I used Image Plate M 35 flower design .

I only did one nail this time to keep the nails simple for the wedding . I am so excited cause we all get to get away for the weekend and go to San Diego !

I'm back to stamping ... new gel nails

2010-07-17T18:54:00.000-07:00

My new gel nails that I did my self . I am totally in love with the gel nail system that I bought so far .

The nails were so easy to do and yes they have the strength of acrylics and they were easy to mold , unlike the old light less gel system that I used to use.

It's almost like using acrylics , but it's a gel you can use the gel to build up nails but you don't have to deal with the liquid and the powder and trying to get the correct ratio and having to deal with fumes . Gels are orderless the only down side would be that you need a UV light .

You can do the process over natural nails or tips and you can also sculpt a nail like with acrylics . I applied tips and buffed them , I put a bonder on the nails cure under the UV light for a minute. I applied a thin layer of builder gel to my nails cured them again for 1 minute.

I put the tip of my gel brush in the gel and lifted it , When the brush is lifted there is a string of gel that follows . I put that on the stress area of the nail and build up the nail, the gel levels on it's own. I cured the nails for 3 minutes . Than I cleaned each nail with the cleanser and buffed them a little and tada they were finished.

I painted them with finger paints nail polish in Pink ink , and used kondad image 61 with konad special polish . I chose this design as a tribute to my new niece who graced us with her presence yesterday afternoon ! She is so cute and reminds me of a little flower !

Gel nails

2010-07-12T19:29:00.000-07:00

I purchase this kit and a UV light , I have yet to attempt to do them though . I am going to let them grow out a lil more , and than try them with natural tips . I need to find time to do them as well I've been tired and busy.

I truely miss konading my nails and as a result of not doing my nails , my nail stamping business has not been happening. I have been reading the instructions and watching tons of U tube videos . I really want to do this right . I hear these are pretty permanet and before attempting to do them , I want to make sure I do them right .

Any one out there do gel nails , any pointers ?

I took them off and I'm starting over again ...

2010-07-07T18:01:00.000-07:00

I took off the artificial nails and began my regimen again. I wish I hadn't caved , but I'm going to try to get my nails back to a normal state and hopefully I won't have to continue doing them or attempt to get them done .... Wish me luck ...

I caved .

2010-07-02T20:51:00.000-07:00

I have an extremely eventful weekend . Tomorrow I'm going to Glen Ivy a day spa! and decided to do my nails I did the quick dip acrylics , they came out okay. I had to use to French white tips and because my nail bed on the right hand have really flat nail beds and they look a lil bumpy. blah.

I painted them red and sadly I did not do konad stamp did not have time after spending a large amount of time on my nails ..... I know these are going to be coming off soon...

I miss my nails

2010-07-01T19:28:00.000-07:00

I am so torn , I miss my nails so much I want to do them again. I miss painting them and doing the konad designs . The miracle nail gel that I am using flakes (cause new nail is growing) but I end up peeling my polish and fear I am further damaging my nails .

I just don't know what to do anymore. I am seriously thinking about taking at stab at traditional gel nails , I'm thinking about going out and getting a UV Lamp and gel builder and trying to do another set.

In my nail box , I have acrylic quick dip nails, Lightless gel nails , and nail wraps all were not strong enough . I did try to do traditional acrylic nails and was happy with the results ,but not happy with mixing of powder and liquid and the smell , my husband especially did not like it , I was band from doing them in the house and it's been cold outside .

I need something that I can create a artificial nail out of . Anyone do gels out there? any pointers? I am leaning towards gel nails because they are odor less ( me being pg and all) and I read that they help with nail growth. However I am really thinkig about this carefully it will cost me about $100 for the UV lamp and a kit with all the trimings .

About two weeks almost quit ....

2010-06-28T19:04:00.000-07:00

It's been about two weeks and I see a lil bit of an improvement , I am so tempted to try and do my nails again . I have been researching how to do acrylic nails and researching which are better , acrylics , quick dip acrylics or gels . I know it takes a while for nails to grow back , from my research it's about six months . Although I am hoping that the nail magic and sally Hansen nail growth formula help speed this up a bit .

I also hope that the prenatal vitamins that I now have to take help too. Yup my fellow followers I'm pregnant !!! Just found out on Friday that I am about 5 weeks pregnant . I have to make my appointment to confirm it and start the process . I am excited !!!

Almost one week

2010-06-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

It's been almost a week, I just changed the polish last night and believe it or not I see an improvement , where there was once no nail a nail is starting to form . My nails are really starting to look better than before .

I think this time around may actually be successful.

Gonna try one more time .

2010-06-14T21:07:00.000-07:00

I was inspired once again by the progress of nail growth for a Polish problem . She was very helpful and directed me towards my favorite store Sally's Beauty Supply.

I checked on line first and after reading 36 positive reviews for this product I decided to give it a try . Lets see what happens !

It looks pink , but it goes on clear and forms a protective shield over your nails . I am way too ashamed to show you pics of my naked nails . I will describe them to you instead . My left hand is pretty much okay . My middle finer and pointed finger are missing half of it's nail only.... I have noticed some growth though. My right hand is the problem hand . All nails except my pinkie have no nail bed. There is a very very thin and flaky nail plate , not at all attractive .

I am really having a problem trying to do my nails and to have them look decent , and going to the salon is horrible for me ,,, I hate when they look at me and than have to converse to see if they can actually do my nails . I really hope this works and brings them back to life .

Purple and Pink Mani .

2010-06-06T17:57:00.001-07:00

My pink and purple Mani , in honor of my soon to be Niece Natalie . One more month and she'll be here, I am so excited to hold a lil baby again.

For this mani I used Finger paints nail polish in Pen and Ink Pink . I use Konad special polish in Purple. I am not too excited for this manicure though . I think I might change it for the shower.

I tried everything and I think I am just not good at doing my own nails , so I think I might be heading back to salon for a while . I won't stop konading though . But for putting the acrylic on my nails I think I am going to just get it done .

Doing them myself is a lot of work and takes up more time than me going to the salon .

Blue and silver french mani ...

2010-05-28T23:18:00.000-07:00

I had to add blue tips , practicing with the M 19 Plate . I think I am getting a little bit better. I am totally loving my gel nails , so far so good .

I know it's only been two days , but with the other nails I usually already have Problems and with light less gel no problems at all. The nails came out smooth and neat ... Have a Great Memorial Day Everyone !

Memorial day designs .

2010-05-26T23:10:00.001-07:00

I have two designs for you today . The nails on the right are quick dip acrylic and the nails on the left are ASP light less gel . I decided to do a Memorial day design . The design on the right did not come out like I had hoped it was kind of sloppy and I broke some nails :( ...Lately I have not been too impressed with Quick Dip Nails . So before deciding if I should just give up on trying to do my own nails I did some research and decided to try ASP light less gel nails . They were so easy and came out smooth , all I had to do was file them a lil and than buff them , they came super smooth , So far they seem to be working pretty well.

Hope you all have a Great memorial day !!

Gold with purple flowers

2010-05-20T18:12:00.001-07:00

I did a purple and gold mani for my Los Angeles Lakers !!! They have been doing pretty good.

For the base I used Salley hansen salon manicure in Guilty Pleasure and topped it off with a stamp from IP M31 in purple . Hope you like it , I'm a little late with the pics , this is after three days !

Shooting star purple and silver.

2010-05-12T19:16:00.000-07:00

Four of my nails broke , so I did four new nails and filled the others with my Acrylic dip system . I think they came out a lo better than the last set, as I said practice makes perfect. However they are not as perfect as I would like them to be.

So as some of you know I have become a distributor for Konad , and I had my first nail party this weekend , where I discovered how to use the sponge kit . The sponge kit is awesome creates an air brush look and it's so easy to use.

I decided to do a purple and silver mani , (gold wasn't showing up :( ) I use used Sally Hansen pronto purple and use Kondad Special polish in silver . I sponge silver on the tips and than stamped the star design from IP M33.

Mothers day nails/french tip with flowers

2010-05-10T19:17:00.000-07:00

I hope you all had a great Mother's day . Mine was very nice , left the husband at home and took my son , my Mom and my twin sister to Down Town Disney . We ate at the Rain forest cafe , which I was not too impressed with . I expected more out of Disney .....the atmosphere of the restaurant was Okay as well , the workers seemed bothered . The restaurant is beautifully decorated though , with huge fish tanks and huge fish ...My son love them . However he was not to fond of the fake animals and rain forest show they have every 20 minutes , the lights flicker on and off and they play the sound of thunder . My poor baby did not like it at all. We did have a great time walking around though .

Now on to my Mani . I did a french manicure with flowers , I used Konad special white polish for the stamps , I used M 19 (still need some practice) and M 36. For the base I used OPI for sephora , Non fat soy , half caff. I love using this color for the base for my french manicures it looks so natural . I did my own acrylics again , sorry there a bit messy , need more practice on that too.

Happy Cinco De Mayo

2010-05-05T19:30:00.001-07:00

Happy Cinco De Mayo !!! I did a new manicure and a new set of nails. I did my favorite Acrylic Dip nails again . I used a Pearl color from OPI , I think Pearls night out . I used red and green special polish with IP M 54.

Hope you like it , sorry it's not so neat ....I need some more practice.

Lilac swirls with Rhinestones .

2010-04-28T21:09:00.001-07:00

My new manicure for this week. I used OPI "do you Lilac it" I think that's what the color is called and Konad special polish in Purple. I can't remember what the IP is . I can't look for it at the moment ,Hubby has the lights off and is watching his show . He has been so helpful with the konad business , I have to be nice to him , he made me business cards and is "Pimping out the Konad products to everyone he meets ....

We are going camping this weekend , I can't wait!! Until next week .... Take it easy guys .

Jungle theme baby shower nails !!!

2010-04-23T20:47:00.000-07:00

I did this mani for the baby shower that I am going to tomorrow. The couple does not want to know the sex of the baby until it arrives. There theme is jungle.

I chose to do a mani , I used Sally Hansen Presto Pink for the base and Konad Sp in light blue . I used Image Plate M 57. I even did my two big toes to match .

Thanks for stopping by !

Rose a go go Mermaid

2010-04-18T19:59:00.001-07:00

I did these nails for my sorority formal last night . I got fed up with my nails and the state they were in . In case you haven't notice the last couple of pics have been with glue on nails. I just was not liking the way they were looking . I caved and went to get them 'professionally done', I was not very impressed with the way my nails came out. I seriously think I do just as good a job when I do my "Quick Dip Acrylics " . So I think I will go back to that once these are in need for a fill or if one breaks . I have looked up a utube video on how to apply Quick Dip Acrylics , and I was doing them wrong . Once these nails give up I will be attempting the Quick Dip Acrylic nails.

As for the mani I used Sally Hensen Rose a go go and Konad sp in white with IP M 34. I choose the Mermaid because that is my Sororities mascot. I love my college years and it was partly because of my sorority . It was so great to see all of my sisters and hear about their families and lives .

News , I am having a private Nail party at Lauries little secret , a fabulous lil dress shop in the city of Lakewood CA . If you would like to attend drop me an email . MaryannMailhot@gmail.com.

Zebra nails for vegas vacation.

2010-04-05T21:09:00.000-07:00

What do you think of my wild zebra nails ? what other design would be perfect for a trip to Vegas !

I used OPI Pearls night out , special black polish and IP M 57 zebra pattern. I received all my product and now I can get ready to start selling !!! I am so excited . If you live in the Long Beach Area come visit me . I'll be posting my location soon .

Thanks for looking !

Easter Nails .

2010-03-29T19:56:00.000-07:00

Easter is this Sunday , I can't believe it . I decided to do a lavender manicure . Lavender is such a nice spring color .

For this mani I use OPI Done out in deco and Konad White special and I used IP M 60. I think this Image plate screams Easter don't you ?

This was my first time using this plate , the design didn't come perfect but I'm still learning . I just purchase all of my product today . I am so excited !!! Soon I will post where I will be selling .

hoe down nails !! Yee haw !

2010-03-26T20:02:00.000-07:00

Yee haw ... My lil guy and I are invited to a 1st birthday tomorrow and the theme is Barn Yard . Theres going to be a petting zoo , and pony rides !! Can't wait to see my lil enjoy it . Plus he'll get to be around kids his age .

I just had to do a theme manicure . I used Salley Hansen Insta dry nail polish in Rapid Red for the tips . I used IP M19 again and doubled it . ,I used my favorite base color Sephora for OPI Non Fat Soy half caff. I used Orly french tips . Rapid Red for the tips and the flowers IP M3 and Orly french tips for one of the flowers in IP M3 and topped off the red tips with French tip plate M56.

Hot pink daisey french manicure

2010-03-25T20:04:00.000-07:00

I seem to be into the color pink these days ! Pink seems to be a spring color to me . I did my Mom's nails last night and I decided to use the dreaded M 19 french manicure plate , her nails came out very nice , the design came out straight on her nails .

So I thought hmmmm if I could do hers , I wonder if I can do mine . I tried it out and it worked . I did two strips to make the french manicure thicker . What do you think? It was a lot easier than painting the tip , getting a brush dipped in polish remover and making the smile line. It didn't come out to straight , but you can hardly tell.

For the colors I used my new favorite , sephora OPI polish , Non Fat Soy Half Caff and for the tips I used Salley Hansen Insta dry polish in Rose Riot . I used IP M 19 for the french tip and IP M 32 for the daiseys.

spring nails and News !!!

2010-03-23T19:38:00.001-07:00

I did a new manicure for spring , I had to keep it conservative we have visitors at work . This weekend I took a trip to the mall, I got a new polish from Sephora . Apparently OPI makes nail polish for Sephora. I used Sephora by OPI in Non Fat soy Half caff and for the stamp I used French tip Orly . I used Image plate M 56 and for the butterflies I used Image plate M 78.

Now for my news , I love konad so much , and I just got approved to become a distributor. I will not be doing online sales . I will be selling in the LBC , Long Beach at one of our local crafts fairs . If you live in the Long Beach area come by and see me !! I will post the location soon. Right now I am working on getting my inventory together . You can help me by letting me know what is your favorite Image Plate ? Don't forget you can order online from Kathleen at OC nail art and You can stop by Konadidicts salon in the OC as well. Happy Sping and Happy Stamping !!

Traditional acrylics

2010-03-16T20:24:00.000-07:00

So quick post, I decided to break down and do traditional acrylics , instead of these kits that sound simple but end up as a waste of money. So decided to stick with asp products , and learned how to do Traditional acrylics . I noticed that the traditional acrylics are lasting a bit longer.

I did traditional acrylic on two fingers , two acrylic dip nails broke , so I redid them. They have lasted longer than the acrylic dip nails . I still have some more practice do before they are perfect , but am hoping to be doing my nails less , my husband hates that I practically do them every week . I always end up breaking one or two or they start to peal . So I have to practice doing acrylics and getting my nail art to look a lil bit more neater. I am so glad that we have all the wonderful nail polish and nail art blogs !!! Thanks girls .

St pattys day #2 Gold coins or floating beer bubbles !

2010-03-13T17:13:00.000-08:00

Another St Patricks day Konadicure. I used Salley hansen Jumpin Jade for the base and for the stamp I use Salley Hansen Gilty Pleasure , I used IP M60. The dots remind me of gold coins , the ones that are good luck on St Patty's day or of carbination bubbles you see in your beer glass which is a famous drink for St Patrick's day.

I would also like to mention the contest that Painted lady fingers is having on her blog . Check out her blog for some inspirational nail designs and to enter the contest !!!

St Patricks Days nails !!

2010-03-05T20:04:00.000-08:00

I am starting St Patricks day early .

This design reminds me of a good luck charm.

I used Sally Hensan Jumpin Jade , for the base I used hevenly from China Glaze and than I used Sally Hensan Lime light over the design ,,, You can see a really good green glow to the nails . I used IP M 63.

Its a girl !!!!

2010-02-27T09:31:00.001-08:00

It's a girl .... My twin sister is 5 months pregnant and we just found out that she is having a girl , of course I had to do a pink mani ... saddly I didn't use my new konad Im plate .... I did do a new konadicure in honor of my new niece !!! I can't wait for her to get here .

On to the mani , I used Sally Henson Insta Dri Presto Pink for the tips ... I free hand the tips !! I was lil impressed with myself . I used IP M 20 with OPI French tip White . I used Spun Sugar for the base Insta Pro nail polish from Sally Beauty supply.

Konad haul

2010-02-21T19:51:00.000-08:00

I was checking out the Konda Usa website , and found that the Sanrio (Hello Kitty store) store in the mall by my house sells kondad !!! I went and checked it out , the store did not have all the plates avaliable and the konad products are not displayed very well. They are behind the checkout counter . However the owner of the store was really sweet and she had the new plates . How could I resist Konad , I bought three plates and the nail polish remover bottle . I bought plates M 38 M40 and M78. I can't wait to use them !!!!

Green french mani with two butterflies .

2010-02-20T10:11:00.000-08:00

Hello , I'm getting ready for st Patrick's day early . I decided to do a green Mani , but keep with a fun almost madi gra design .

I finally got around to making a second attempt with the french manicure plate M19 after reviewing some utube videos and some practice . They are not quite a straight as i would like ,but they look pretty decent .

For this manicure I used base color Satin from Sinful colors , and for the tips and design I used Sally Hansen Insta dry Jumpin jade and IP M19 and M23. Hope you like it . I think my manicure are getting a lil bit better than what they used to be. Practice makes perfect. Practicing is so fun with Konad !

Mardi gra full cover design

2010-02-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is Fat Tuesday , Mardi Gras whooo hooo. Being half cajan French Mardi Gras is a part of my heritage . I noticed that everyone is doing valentine designs , but I haven't seen any Mardi Gras . Here is an idea I had , I used a Sally Hansen Complete Salon manicure in Gilty Pleasure for the base and Sally Hansen insta dry Pronto purple and Jumpin jade with Image plate M60. The argyle design kind of reminds me of the pattern on a Jesters hat . I am still a novice with konad . I still need some more practice , it's not as neat as I would like. Hope you like it ..any one have any pointers on how to get the deigns on straight please let me know ..

floating hearts red french manicure , quick dip acrylics

2010-02-13T00:09:00.000-08:00

I did a new set of nails . I like red during valentines and christmas . I decided to try out quick dip acrylic nails again . This time I got a kit , ASP Aspire Quick Dip Acrylic kit . It was so easy to use and the nails came out nice and smooth, better than they have with the other systems I used . I must say that I am now a huge nail fan of ASP products .

Now to the mani . I did red tips and hearts in Sally Hansen rapid red , I did the tips free hand. I used Nina Ultra pro (brand at Sallys ) in spun sugar and IM plate M3.

Have a happy Valentines Day !!!

I had to cut down my nails .

2010-02-10T21:26:00.000-08:00

I cut my nails , I can't have long nails anymore :( I really like the way long nails look. Not supper long nails though . I got contact lenses and it is hard to put them in and take them out with long nails. So I will be sporting shorter nails for a while until I get the hang of putting in my contacts . Any one have any pointers on doing your own acrylics ?

Valentine konadicure 2 pink with white hearts

2010-02-06T19:47:00.000-08:00

New konadicure . Hubby and I are just about to go out with My best friend for a night on the town ... For this manicure I used Salley Hensen Rose a go go and OPI french manicure white . I used Image plate M 56and M 3.

First valentine konadicure

2010-01-30T13:47:00.000-08:00

As promised here is new konadicure i did . I played around with stamps for about two hours today . Trying to perfect the french manicure plates saddly I was unsuccessful , however I did manage to do a good free hand french tip , I didn't even have to use nail polish remover to do the smile line .

For this manicure I used Sallyhenson beige blast for the base and for the tips I used Sally Henson Rapid Red for the tips and hearts which I used from plate M3. If anyone has any pointers of how to use the french plates successfully please send me your tips.

Thanks for looking .

I am sorry

2010-01-30T09:47:00.000-08:00

My husband said he knew I would not be able to stop. I just could not help it ladies , I did my nails . I am sorry to those who gave so much support . I guess I am just so obsessed with doing them . I have to draw the line some where though I have to learn to just leave them alone and do them every two weeks. Your all probably thinking this lady is a weirdo . Yeah I am . I promise to keep you entertained with some new designs . I see that I have 24 follwers!!! It's pretty cool. I love everyone's designs !! I will post a pic of a new design soon .

Day Three

2010-01-26T19:33:00.000-08:00

Hey guys thanks so much for the positive words. I am really going through withdrawls lol. I guess you can say I am in Nail rehab . I really do hope this works this time. Polish problem is really an inspiration to me and I just hope I can bounce back like her. I really wish I had realized this a lot sooner than now. I enjoy all your designs and can't wait to post some of my own. Thank you to everybody !!

Day two of no glue ons

2010-01-25T18:51:00.000-08:00

So it's day two with out nails . I can type easier , he he he. I can't lie I do miss my nails . Seeing everyone's bloggs and all their beautiful designs with Konad make me want to put my nails on and do a design ,,, I think in a couple of days I will be able to do a simple design . I'm looking forward to the day I have long beautiful nails.... Thanks to everyone who joined my blogg I will do my best to post some designs . I noticed that I now have 20 followers !!! Yay ... Happy konading !

Trying something new .

2010-01-24T07:37:00.001-08:00

I was motivated by a Polish Problem , I follow her blogg everyday and she decided to grow out her natural nails and do away with the artificials . I took off my glue on nails yesterday and I had some pretty bad damage to my nails . My nails are supper thin , brittle and dry . My tool of choice is nutra nail , nail care system . I am using there 5 to 7 day growth treatment . I am on a new journey , not acrylics , gels , dip systems , and glue ons , but the journey of trying to grow my nails .... wish me luck . I have added a pic of my nails right now they are painted . I am way to embarassed to post a naked pic of them ...

Just thinking.

2010-01-18T20:54:00.000-08:00

Almost everyday I look at all the blogs I follow . Some of them use koad in all their post and others show swatches of nail polish colors. I must say I love all of them . I don't have a lot of China Glaze colors , or OPI or the high salon brands. I have practically the whole collection of Sally hansen Insta Dry colors !! I seem to love Sally hansen .... Any who no konadicure this week , our company's CEO is coming for a vist and we have to look professional so I did a simple french manicure . I used sally heson beige for the base and opi french tip and the light pink tint from OPI. I do one nail at a time. I paint half of the nail , dip a q tip in nail polish remover and created the smile line. I'm getting a lil bit better and I'm trying to be a lot neater. I guess I need to start wearing my glasses when i do my nails .... There are some post that I am so embarassed of . Here is my pic of my french manicure . Please share the way you do yours.