Wednesday, 21 March 2012
CND Shellac Nail Art - Blackpool and Konad Stamping
Whoa! Long time no post! Oh dear I have been slacking!
Well you'll be pleased to hear I am currently manicuring as I post and have a small back log of other CND Shellac manicures to show you. But for now, the look that I have literally just soaked off!
CND Shellac in Blackpool with Konad Stamping in gold.
This started as an experiment, to see how well I could mix Shellac and Konad - and as it turns out, very well indeed! I will DEFINITELY be doing more of this in the future.
So what did I do? Well I applied as I would any normal Shellac manicure - P.E.P, Shellac base coat, 2 coats of Shellac Blackpool. Then after curing the second Blackpool coat, I used my Konad polish in Gold to stamp a swirly design from the M64 plate. I was initially worried that my Shellac top coat would smear the stamp once applied, but Konad polishes dry so quickly, that I shouldn't have worried. I managed to apply top coat and do my final cure without any hassle at all!
So a very elegant result don't you think? I LOVE it and will certainly be trying out a few more stamping designs soon...
Have you tried CND Shellac and Konad together?
*** UPDATE: I've entered into my first Nail art competition too! After doing this stamping design, I saw Enamel Girl's Spring Nail Art Stamping Contest so I had to enter - check out the other designs here.
It's also worth following enamelgirl.blogspot.com for some amazing nail posts!
omg I love this desing!
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous that I cannot do the same thing!
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Thank you! Of course you can do the same - it will work with any black nail polish and you can get the Konad polish and plates off eBay. It just last longer with Shellac :)
DeleteI use Konad with ordinary nail polish and it doesn't look as good as the special Konad one. This design is gorgeous. I need to invest in Konad's sepcial polish.
ReplyDeleteI have heard about Shellac and seen it on my friends nails and it looks great, but my nails are to fragile to go underneath the UV lamps :(
Great blog, I am following xxx
Thank you Sandra! I have to recommend Konad's special polish, it is just so much more pigmented and works much better than normal polish. Worth investing in I think!
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looks lovely against the black, also been loving reading your blog, followed xx
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Thank you for the lovely comment.
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