Old Nail Art :) (Picture Heavy)

I spent time tonight reading through my old blog posts from March and April this year. I always enjoy looking at past nail art, so I compiled a ton of photos from my old posts. I have not messed with nail art in ages. These manicures were all fun, but I have been really enjoying simple layering manis. Which one is your favorite?

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Pink & Silver Sublte Stamping

I loved how OPI Mermaid's Tears looked with silver stamping so I decided to try the same image and polish (Sally Hansen Celeb City) on top of OPI Sparrow Me The Drama. I love both of these manicure looks. If you would like to see what this stamping looks like on Mermaid's Tears you can view my post here.

Mermaid's Tears & Silver Stamping

I love OPI Mermaid's Tears, it is the perfect creme base for stamping. I also love Sally Hansen Celeb City, which is perfect for stamping. This also happens to be one of my favorite Konad plate images. I think this is my favorite non-pink manicure I have tried so far :)

Argyle Silver Stamping

Tonight I added some silver stamping with Sally Hansen Celeb City and Konad m60 to my base of Essie Jamaica Me Crazy. I like this argyle pattern but I had trouble producing a clear image. I think it would have been better with a black polish for stamping. Although this came out a little messy I still like this combination.

Simple Silver Stamping

For this subtle mani I used OPI Strawberry Margarita as a base. For the stamping I used Konad plate M64 (I think this image is adorable!) and Sally Hansen Celeb City. I enjoy stamping with Celeb City but it is a pain to clean up the silver overlap on my fingers.

Pool Party & Stamping

For this quick mani I used Konad plate m60 and China Glaze Pool Party. Pool Party dries quickly to a semi matte finish which makes it great for stamping if you are in a hurry. I decided to skip the top coat because I liked the contrast of the shiny black stamp with the matte hot pink.

Birthday Mani

It is my birthday and this is my Mani :)

I used China Glaze Hologram from the Tronica collection for the base, a black Wet n Wild polish for the stamping, and I added Electra Magenta from the Tronica collection to the spots. Sorry I do not have any outdoor photos:(

Purple Leopard

Sally Hansen Forever Lilac is a medium lavender polish with a microglitter finish. The application is very smooth and even but it did take three coats to achieve near-total opacity. I purchased this during one of CVS's 75% off sales last year.

To make it more interesting I stamped Cover Girl Triple Platinum on top. Triple Platinum is a beautiful silver that I found in a two pack at the Dollar Tree.

I would recommend both of these polishes if you ever came across them for cheap.

Exceptionally Gifted & Konad

China Glaze Exceptionally Gifted is one of my favorite China Glaze polishes. It is a soft pink frost that requires at least three coats. For this mani I layered one coat of Exceptionally Gifted over another favorite of mine, Essie's French Affair.

I experimented with my only Konad plates m54 and m57 but was not impressed with either of their results.

Essie & Konad

This is yesterday's mani using Essie French Affair, with a Konad stamp I bought a few years ago. I have not touched my two Konad plates for at least a year, but now I want to start using them again! I used a cheap white N.Y.C polish for the pattern. I think I would have better results using a nicer stamp polish. Any suggestions?