Frankenstein Halloween Nails

I posted this picture on Instagram but decided to post it here as well.  I was just going to do Frankenstein nails but I saw someone do Bride of Frankenstein nails and thought it was so cute, I just had to do it! I can't remember where I saw it though.  Here's what I did :) 

Instagram

I am obviously not very good at this whole blogging thing with my entries being several months apart haha.  I am, however, better at posting pictures of my nails on Instagram.  I'm not sure if I'll still be updating here so if you want to be sure to get my nail updates follow me on Instagram :)  Search for user name @stephmdavid or click on the link http://web.stagram.com/n/stephmdavid/

Exciting news and OPI My Private Jet

Sorry for the lack of posts.  I know I said I was going to try to keep up with my blog this time.  But the reason why I couldn't blog is because I was in Hawaii for 2 weeks. My boyfriend is stationed there so he bought be a ticket to visit him :) It was a fun, memorable trip especially since my sister and two of my really good friends, Lora and Ron came also.  But this trip to Hawaii was the most memorable because he proposed! :) I had no idea he was going to so I was totally surprised. Here are a few pictures my sister took.

So now that you know why I was mia the past few weeks, back to nails!  Here's OPI My Private Jet.  The flowers are from Konad image plate m82 and the color I used to stamp them is China Glaze Millennium.  

That's all for now. Til next time! :)

OPI Ski Teal We Drop

As I mentioned in previous posts, I still have pictures I'd like to share even though they're months old.  This is one I did a looonng time ago, I can't even remember when. I used OPI Ski Teal We Drop then used Konad image plates m37 for the flowers and m36 for the butterfly with China Glaze 2030 as my stamping polish :)

Zoya Harley

Three posts in a period of one week?? That must be a record for me! :P Here's Zoya Harley as my base color. Even though Harley has a bit of shimmer to it, I decided to add a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust for extra sparkle.  Next, I used Zoya Kelly to stamp the zebra pattern from Konad image plate m57.  I couldn't resist and added a large silver rhinestone to my ring fingers.  Although I love zebra print, black and white zebra print can sometimes be a little too bold for me.  These colors give it a softer look.

OPI Rumple's Wiggin'

Purple is one of my favorite colors so I have a lot different shades of purple nail polish!  One of the purples I own is OPI Rumple's Wiggin'.  I liked how light and clean it looked so I decided to use white Konad stamping polish.  I also placed purple rhinestones in the middle of the flowers (Konad plate m29).

Sonia Kashuk Smoke and Mirrors

Here's Sonia Kashuk Smoke and Mirrors with N.Y.C. Starry Silver Glitter.  I also added a few matching rhinestones on my ring finger.

Rhinestones

I miss blogging and reading nails blogs!  School and student teaching kept me super busy and tired this past year.  But now I’m done and have some free time :)  I still have pictures from last year that I still want to post so I’ll start off with those. 

OPI DS Magic

 Zoya Demi

Zoya Moxie

From when we still had our weekly nail nights ..

Quick update :)

I'm finally on spring break! .. sort of.  The school where I student teach has spring break this week but I still have to go to my classes at csulb and do homework.  I wish I could take a break from both at the same time.  This semester has been so busy, which is why I hardly ever blog.  Anyway, here are few pictures from MONTHs ago! :P 

Here's China Glaze Mummy May I?  No konad for this one ..

Here's Essie Sew Psyched, stamped with flowers from Konad plate m31 and white stamping polish.  I also added a small silver rhinestone.

For this one, I french tipped my nails using China Glaze Liquid Leather then used white stamping polish and konad plate m80 for the design.

That's all for now.  I'll try to post more pictures some time this week. If not, the next time I'll probably blog will be about a month from now when the semester ends!

OPI Extravagance

I feel like its been sooo long since I've last signed on to blogger! I started student teaching and I'm taking two classes so I haven't been able to blog or read other blogs.  I haven't even been able to do konad night with my friends :( I just do them whenever I can. Anyway, I'm still really behind and have pictures from last year!  This one is from October.  My friend Ria had a Minnie Mouse themed party for her daughter's first birthday.  I used OPI Extravagance as my base color and used silver rhinestones to make Mickey's head.

I can't believe I didn't post this til now haha. The only good thing about being behind is that I still have pictures to show you even though I haven't had time to do my nails lately. You'll see them eventually :P

China Glaze Flyin High

Im sure many of you know who Thriszha from Fab Your Nails is and how creative her nail art is.  Last year in April, she created a full nail design using a small pattern and stamping it twice.  I loved it so much, I had to try it myself.  Although I read her post about it in April, I didn’t do it til September.  When I did my nails, I remembered the pattern she used but not the color.  I didn’t realize til later that I used a similar color :P Anyway, here’s how mine turned out.

I used China Glaze Flyin High as my base color, China Glaze IX (a dark brown creme), konad plate m9 and small silver rhinestones.  And here's our picture from konad night.

Orly Prince Charming

Just a quick post on nails I did some time in September. Here's Orly Prince Charming stamped with flowers from konad plate m31 and China Glaze 2030.  I can't remember if we had konad night when I did this and I can't find a group picture of our nails either.  Anyway, that's all for now :)

China Glaze Recycle

Hello everyone! I'm finally back with another post :) I'm still trying to catch up so this one is a few months old.  I thought I was done posting the pictures from August but I found one more.  I used China Glaze Recycle as my base color and the flower from konad plate m60.  I also added silver rhinestones to the flowers.  I didn't realize how uneven my application was until I took this picture in sunlight.  And of course, our picture from konad night :)

Cupcake theme party = cupcake nails

I can't believe I let a month go by without blogging :(  It's still the same story .. busy with school.  Anyway, I'm back with a quick post.  I'm so far behind, I'm just now sharing nails I did the first week of September.  A really good friend of mine had a cupcake theme party for her daughter's first birthday.  I didn't have the konad plate with the cupcakes on it so my sister decided to look up cupcake nail art.  Her favorite one was Rina's cupcake nails so she decided to go with that.  I thought they were super cute too so I did it also :)  It was our first time attempting to freehand so we just did accent nails.  Sha used China Glaze Light as Air and Spontaneous and I used China Glaze Something Sweet and Orly Prince Charming.  I felt like it was incomplete so I used my Sally Hansen nail art pen to draw some hearts.  Here are the pictures .. Sha's is on the left and mine is on the right.

That's all I have for now.  The semester is coming to an end so I have finals very soon which means I'm not sure if I'll be able to blog til mid December.  But I'll try to post something during one of my study breaks.  Wish me luck!

Light as Air + Grape Pop

Last week I forgot to post a picture from our Konad night. Going clockwise, mine is at the top, Clare's (Konad), Sha's (freehand using nails polish), and Stef's (freehand using acrylic paint).

I still have some pictures I never posted so I'm probably going to just keep posting them in the order that I did them.  But if I participate in a challenge or do something related to the holidays I'll post them up right away.  Anyway, here's one I did in August.  I used China Glaze Light as Air as my base color, China Glaze Grape Pop for stamping and Konad image plate m78.  I really liked the way this one turned out but it's probably because purple is my favorite color! :) 

Here's our picture from Konad night. Going clockwise after my nail is Jess, Clare, Ria and Sha.  

That's all for now.  Hopefully in my next post I'll have some type of Halloween design on my nails :)

China Glaze Liquid Leather

The other week I joined Thriszha and Mae's black and white challenge.  This was my entry for the challenge.  I used China Glaze Liquid Leather, konad image plate m57, and white stamping polish.  I wanted each nail to look different so I stamped the flowers one at a time and randomly placed them on my nails.  

As usual, this is just a quick post to say hello and update since my last post was about two weeks ago :)

China Glaze Jitterbug

I didn't get to blog last week.  School's keeping me busy.  It's only been a month since the semester started but I already feel like I need a break.  I miss summer! :P Anyway, back in August I went to Vegas for a few days for my cousin's bachelorette party.  I wanted something that would match most of my outfits, which were mostly black, so I chose China Glaze Jitterbug.  I used a full nail design from plate m60 with black stamping polish.  I know it looks like I messed up on my middle finger but I actually messed up on my pinkie.  I started stamping at my thumb and tried to alternate the direction of the design but forgot to turn the image around when I got to my pinkie.  I didn't even realize it til a few days after I took the picture.

 

The picture below is from our second Konad night.  Not all the girls were able to go but the 3 of us still wanted to do our nails.  I haven't been taking note of the nail polishes they used.  Maybe I should start doing that.  But I'm not sure how accurate the colors look in the picture.  My sister, Sha, used her cell to take the picture because it has this auto and touch focus so it turned out better than the picture I took with my digital camera.

Okay, back to homework ...

Essie Splash of Grenadine

A few weeks ago in a post I mentioned that my friends and I were going to start doing Konad night once a week. We've been doing a good job getting together every Thursday. We've only missed one so far. We almost missed it again last week because I was sick for a few days. We cancelled it but ended up doing Konad night on Friday instead.

Anyway, this is actually from the first time we did Konad night. Now you know how far behind I am in posting pictures! I used Essie Splash of Grenadine, Konad white polish and image plate m26. At the time, I didn't own this plate and borrowed my friend's. I ended up liking the plate so much, I bought my own a few days after :) Luckily, I live about 15 minutes away from a store that sells konad. The only time I ordered online was the first time I bought my Konad set. After that, I looked at the Konad website and found a store called JK Emporium in Torrance, CA. I've been going there for over a year now and I love going there. The guy that's usually there is really friendly and very helpful. When a plate you want is out of stock, he'll order it right way and you'll have it within a few days. I also really like the fact that I can see the actual plates and go home with it if I decide to buy it! No waiting for it to be mailed! So if you live in the area, you should go there to buy your plates and polishes :)

Ok, that's all for now. I'll be back next week with another post <3

China Glaze China Rouge

In my last post I said that I don't normally wear orange. Well, I don't normally wear red either. I usually like wearing purples, blues, teals, grays and black. But I thought I'd give it a try. Here's China Glaze China Rouge. I ended up liking it :) It's a nice shade of red .. not too bright and not too dark. I used white Konad stamping polish and image plate m75. I also practiced Konaddict's technique on how to get the mirror image of a design. Learn how to do it here.

I forgot to take a picture of both hands but this picture shows the mirror image of the original design. It wasn't too difficult to do. You just have to be fast. Has anyone else tried to do it?

Hot and Spicy

Yesterday was the first day of Fall semester and I already have lots to do! But I wanted to do a quick post before starting my reading assignments. Here I used OPI Hot and Spicy, a bright orange color. I don't normally wear orange but I liked this one. For the flowers I used konad plate m3 and stamping polishes white, red, and an old bottle of white mixed with yellow. The red is kind of hard to see and the pastel yellow almost looks white in the picture but they're more noticeable in person.

That's all I have for now. I'll do my best to keep up and post at least once a week :)