Lacey Bees and Strawberries

My sister and I were walking through San Francisco on the weekend of her marathon and found this little Japanese cosmetic place that sold makeup, hair stuff, and cutie nail stuff. I bought a sheet of strawberry/flowery/bees stickers. It was pricier than usual but worth the cuteness overload.

What I used:

• Base Coat: Avon Nail Experts Smooth Beginnings Base Coat -- 1 coat
• Nail Stamp: Konad m64 with Konad white nail polish
• Stickers: PA Nail collective Nail Sticker by Dear Laura, 0120-66-9243
• Top Coat: Avon Nail Experts UV Gloss Guard Top Coat -- 3-4 coats to keep the stickers on.

 What I learned:

• Avon top coat smears the Konad stamps if I do more than one swipe across my nail.
• I'm totally gonna do my nails like this on my wedding day. Especially since my sister goes "SHE'S GETTING MAAAARRIED" when I showed them to her. 

Lacy flowers - first attempt at KONAD

Not really my TRUE first attempt, actually. My first true attempt crashed and burned because I have horrible aim and slow reflexes. Discouraged me for a few days and then I did THIS and feel better!

What I used:

• Base Coat: Avon Nail Experts Smooth Beginnings Base Coat -- 1 coat
• Tips: Konad plate M56 with Konad white nail polish
• Flowers: Konad plate M53 and M4 (pinky fingernails) with Finger Paints "It's an Original"
• Sprinkles: Sally Girl #812005
• Top Coat: Avon Nail Experts UV Gloss Guard: Top Coat -- 2 coats
• Drying Agent: Drip Dry by OPI -- 2 drops on each nail 

What I learned:

• You don't have to put that much nail polish on the plate before scraping it off.
• Dark nail polish (like the purple I used) comes out quite light, and light nail polish comes out useless.
• I still have bad aim. 
• I can't clean off the plate, scraper or stamp until right before the next time I use them, or else I'll mess up the nice nails I just finished!

 Fun stuff!!

Next week: Something black and purple dedicated to Hit Girl from Kick Ass and the psycho kitten named after her.