As I hunted down some supplies to add a bit of Konad to OPI Big Hair... Big Nails, I realized that this has probably been the longest stretch that I've gone without stamping since I first tried it out, and for no good reason! I'm glad a stop has been put to that bleak period.
I settled on Konad plate m83, using a full nail pattern with Konad White Pearl Special Polish. I thought I'd done a really good job and I like how it looks, but as I went through pictures I discovered that I made tiny smudges over all the stamping in applying the top coat. The good news is that it doesn't look smudged at all in real life, the bad news is that you're sitting at home looking at a picture I took, not standing here looking at the manicure in person, so I have no way to show you how it really looks. The best I can do is say that it looks like the picture only without smudges.
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| Konad m83 in White Pearl over OPI Big Hair... Big Nails |
I like it quite a bit, but anything I use this particular pattern for will simply be a substitute for the manicure I want to use it for until I finally get the one I picture out of my head. My mom had some flamboyant taste in home decor in the '70's and '80's, and if I were to double-stamp this pattern on very long nails in gold over a burgundy base, it would really look a lot like the early '80's dining room wall paper I associate with that. For some reason, that makes me really want to do it, even though double-stamping this pattern seems like it would be a bear. For now, white on orange on short nails is the best I can do, so I'm enjoying it just the same.
My coffee is now ready and waiting for me, and the details of this manicure are just about all I know with certainty at this hour without any coffee running through my veins, so I should wrap it up here and get started on caffeinating myself. Until next time, Dear Reader, love and nail polish to you!
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