Internet Haul, BundleMonster Plates and Konad Stamper

So I woke up this morning to something that made me very happy! I ordered both the BundleMonster plates and the Konad stamper and scraper. I was surprised when they arrived how small they were, I don't know how big I imagined they'd be but they were so tiny and cute. I already had a matt blue mani on that was a bit old so I decided to test it over that. They are all so gorgeous and shiny! Sorry the picture's not very good =/

Ok so my first attempts didn't go so well, I didnt realise how fast you had to be! Once I'd got the hang of how fast you had to work I had a few more goes and found that it's very difficult to get the full image to transfer. I had more luck with the smaller images but the patterns I couldnt get to transfer fully =(. More practise needed I think. However I'd read somewhere that if you had a topcoat on you could sometimes get the konad off and leave the polish in tact if you were gentle. this was by far the most useful tip i've read. ill have to try and work out where I read it. The colour I used for this was Barry M Matt White, over the navy manicure I showed in the last post. That's about it for today, I definitely am going to practise a lot more! Cat xox

Navy Matt Nails

So this is my manicure of the day, the colour's Nails Inc Denim with GOSH matt effect top coat. I really quite liked how subtle this manicure is. I also love the feel of the matt top coat its so silky! I put a coat of Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in between the matt coat and the blue because I think it evens out the surface so the matt looks better. 

On the matching pedi ive done the same but added glitter, Models Own Juicy Jules, on my big toes for a little extra sparkle! Cat xox

NOTD blue daisys

My dotting tools finally came! =) No sign just yet of my little nail beans, but they're estimated between now and the 10th so hopefully they'll be early! Here are my dotting tools;

Sorry it's not a very good picture, but I was away all weekend and so didn't manage to take decent pictures. I think they cost about £3.50 including delivery from Ebay. So not too bad, and it's much better than using the end of a paintbrush! I decided to do something different than just dots, but I only had two shades of blue and a topcoat with me over the weekend, and my wheel of rhinestones. This is what I came up with...

I used Barry M in Blueberry Ice Cream which is a gorgeous colour, and Nails Inc polish from the Diet Coke promotion in Delicious Denim. Then I put yellowy/orangey rhinestones in the middles of the daisies and sealed it all with Insta-Dry. I actually really liked the design, I only intended to do one or two flowers but then I liked it so much I ended up doing daisies on all of them. 

Cat xox