Around a week ago, I bought an Art Deco nail art stamping kit off a blog sale. I've always fancied trying a bit of Konad and this kit is basically the same.
It includes 4 Konad plates, a scraper, stamper and 3 special Art Deco polishes.
I decided it was best to keep it simple for my first time, with a nice easy design. A flower ha! Although it does look easy enough on tutorials Ive watched, I thought its best not to try and get too creative and just end up making a balls up of it.
So anyway, Like I was saying it looks easy enough on all the tutorials, but seriously this shit is not easy! I had a hard time picking up the design on my stamper, then its friggin hard to actually get the design in the position I wanted it on my nail. Basically its going to take some practice. So yeah, here's the finish results... be nice :(
I used Eyeko's new rain polish as my base, then stamped using the Art Deco white polish. As you can see, the design came out better on some nails more than others. Pictures were taken pre clean up, because Im not actually keeping it on my nails cos well... its shit!, so no point cleaning up ha.
I guess practice makes perfect eh.
i think this looks pretty darn good for a first try, maybe i'd actually be able to do it!
ReplyDeleteThat is not shit! It's a good attempt, and you are right, practice will make perfect! :)
ReplyDeleteI think that looks fab!!
ReplyDeleteNice design :)
Konad does take practice but I do it so often now that I can do it in a few minutes now x
Oh come on Jo, I'd hardly call that a fail! If I didn't know that was your first attempt, I wouldn't have thought it was. Don't forget I've got a Konad FAQ on my blog, I posted it in January so it'll be there in my archive :) xo
ReplyDeleteI'm RUBBISH at stamping, yours are miles better than my attempts (I gave up in the end - nail stickers and Minx all the way for me!
ReplyDeleteI ordered a Konad from the USA and it never arrived! I saw that as a sign it woud be too complicated! x
ReplyDeleteDon't be so hard on yourself, that's a great first attempt! And I love the colour combination, very elegant :-)
ReplyDeleteI think it looks great! I think you did really well for your first try. I really want to try konad.
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I wouldn't say you failed at all hun! My first nail art was shocking, much worse than your attempt! But practise does make perfect (even though I gave up after the first attempt :D) x
ReplyDeleteI don't see your problem. I really don't. It would stand out more on a brighter base but you sure are a perfectionist if you think this is cr@ppy.
ReplyDeleteOk I looked as hard as I could I do NOT see any fail. It is a beautiful manicure and the Konading is perfect.
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For your first go it's really good. I'm still learning to get mine straight and neat, and I've had mine for months!
ReplyDeletePractise makes perfect hun =). x
For your first go it's really good. I've had mine for nearly a year and I'm still learning to get mine straight, neat and not press to hard that I smudge it into a massive dot of nail polish lol.
ReplyDeletePractise makes perfect hun =). x
What are you talking about?! There's nothing wrong with that design, looks beautiful to me. I don't see any reason to remove it!
ReplyDeleteLove the Eyeko Rain polish as well
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I don't see a fail there! I love it! You stamp like a pro :) Btw i love the eyeko rain polish xx
ReplyDeletehey those look fab! i want to try konad but it does look so hard. but then i see some amazing patterns people have done! also thanks for following my blog it means so much to me ;) x
ReplyDeleteI think that looks really good. Great job =)
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I've never tried stamping but i dont know why you would take it off i think it looks really pretty. If i did that i would be really chuffed x
ReplyDeleteNo, it looks great! Nothing terrible about it!
ReplyDeleteI have a Konad set and it's really easy to pick up the colour on the stamper. Perhaps you can try pressing harder??
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Thats not shit! My attempt at nail art was horrendous lol no one deserved it inflicted on them, don't be so hard on yourself, I think for a first attempt they are fab hun xx
ReplyDeleteThat's not a fail at all, I think the flowers look really good x
ReplyDeleteHow is that shit? I'd love my nails to look like that! Well done you xx
ReplyDeleteyou did a lovely job hun! I have had artdeco's kit for a while and its useless for me as I can't get to show it on my nail :( You are correct, lots of practice!
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