Nail Art Challenge: Wallpaper/Background Inspired - Abstract Konad Nail Art & Tutorial!!

Here is a mani that I did a few weeks ago. I really wish that I was able to get a better picture of this beautiful design. I was using my Mom's camera and the pics looked really good, until I got them on the computer and saw that 98% of them were blurry, which is usually not the case with her camera. I also got my camera back from Best Buy!!! So be prepared for regular posting again! I felt so lost without having my camera an updating lol.

I got the idea for this design from a background I had on my cell phone, which I will upload a picture of shortly. The reason this post is titled Nail Art Challenge is because I was debating whether or not I wanted to have contests on my blog. I had sooo many ideas for different themes that I thought it would be way too hectic to organize contests around all of them. So I decided that I would try nail art challenges instead, where I challenge myself and YOU to create nail art designs based on a theme. For this challenge, try to create a nail art design based off of a background on your phone, desktop wallpapers for your computer, or even the wallpaper on your walls. I will post all designs that I receive on this post, so if you have one that works, old or new, submit a link to your design, along with a pic of the background/wallpaper that inspired you and I will feature the design on this page! =) There is no deadline, so even if you see this months from now, feel free to send your design. The only rule I guess is that it has to be your design, not someone elses.

I will do these challenges every week or every other week. I figured it would be something fun to do for all the nail art enthusiasts, or if you are just "stuck" and need some inspiration for a new design. If you have any other ideas too, leave them in the comments and I will definitely consider them.

White Color: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"

Blue Color: Sinful Colors "Loves Nails"

Yellow Color: Sinful Colors "Let's Meet"

Green Color: Sinful Colors "Irish Green"

Black Color: Konad special polish in "Black Pearl"

Konad Plates: M65 & M77

Bundle Monster Plate: BM19

Rhinestones: Ebay.com

The editing for this vid is less than perfect and I had some technical difficulties, but I got it done. There is also an audio swap in progress so I apologize if you have to watch the video in silence until it uploads lol. So now more talking, here is the tutorial I made for this look ...

KONAD NAIL ART DESIGN | Feather Nail Art Designs

This design I did a really long time ago, like before I knew all about pure acetone, Seche Vite, and the importance of a base coat. Yeah, that long ago. But nonetheless, I decided I would still post it. I found these on my computer and I still like the design although I would amp it up if I did it today.

Black Color: Sinful Colors "Black on Black"
Silver Stamping Color: Sally Hansen Chrome Nail Makeup "Pure Chrome"
Pink Stamping Color: NYC Foil Nail Enamel "Foil'er Up"
Konad Stamping Plate: M77

KONAD Nail Art | Heart Nail Art

with flash

This is my nail design from a few weeks ago that I forgot to post. My inspiration was a similar design that was handpainted onto the nail. Since I have no skill what so ever with hand painting my nails, I did my own version with nail stamping. If I can find the original design, I will be sure to edit this post and put it on here.


Base (Gray) Color: Pure Ice "Kiss me Here"
Necklace Image: M77
Black Color: Konad Special Polish in Pearl Black
White Color: Konad Special Polish in White
Big Heart Image: BM02
Small Heart Image: BM03
Silver Polish: Sally Hansen "Pure Chrome"
Pink Polish: Pure Ice "Love'

KONAD Nail Art | Spring / Easter Nail Art

Okay so I wanted to do a nail design for spring or easter that wasn't so literal. Instead of doing flowers, and easter eggs, I just decided to use spring-y colors instead.

What I Used:

**Base Coat - Sally Hansen (Hard as Wraps)

**All over nail - Sinful Colors (Easy Going)

**The colors I used for stamping was Konad Special Nail Polish in (Black Pearl), Pure Ice (Pussy Cat), Pure Ice (Outrageous), Sinful Colors (Innocent)

**Konad Image Plate M76, M54, M77 & M60

**Top Coat - Hard as Nail (From Sally's Beauty Supply)

How To Do:

1, Apply Base coat to nails and let dry.

2. Apply 2 coats of Sinful Colors (Easy Going) all over nail.

3, I started using a green polish, Sinful Colors (Innocent), and Image plate 76 (the image with leaves and stars) and applied the polish to half of the design. I stamped the image on the lower right corner of my nails.

4. Next I used a purple color, Pure Ice (Outrageous), and used Image Plate M77 and applied the polish to only half of the design and stamped the image on the middle-left of my nails.

5. Using Image Plate M54 I took the swirly design under the tulips, (image above butterfly), with a blue color, Pure Ice (Pussy Cat), I stamped the upper right corner of my nails.

6. Next I used Konad Special Polish in (Black Pearl) and Image plate M54. I used the entire design on my thumbs, and just the smaller design for the rest of my nails.

7. Apply top coat and allow to dry.

This is my favorite nail design I have done so far. I will be doing another spring look later this week.

Konad Pedicure

Our feet aren't the prettiest parts of our bodies, so I think it helps pretty them up when you have nicely pedicured toes. This is only my 2nd time using Konad, so if you haven't been able to tell, Konad is very easy to use. When I was doing this design though, half-way through, the bow image did not want to pick up!! I waited for an hour or so and tried again and was able to get it to work. I have also noticed that the small (green) side of my stamper does not pick up the images nearly as good as the big (pink) stamper. Anyway .. heres what I used ..

What I Used:
**Base Coat - Sally Hansen (Hard as Wraps)
**All over nail & for the tips on the big toe- Pure Ice (Love)
**All over nail on big toe - Sally Hansen (Cotton Candy)
**Konad Special Polish in (White) and (Psyche Pink)
**Konad Image Plate M77 (Bow design & Part of Flower design) & M60 (Plaid Stripes)
**Nail Art Striping Polish in Silver. (I bought mine from 5Below)


How To Do:
1. Apply Base Coat to All Nails.
2. Paint all toes, except big toe with Pure Ice (Love) 1-2 coats.
3. Apply a coat of Sally Hansen (Cotton Candy) all over big toe
4. After the polish has dried on the big toe, apply a strip of Pure Ice (Love) to the tips.
5. Once all the nail polish has dried, take Konad's special nail polish in (white) and Konad's Image Plate M77 and stamp white bows on all your toes except the big toe.
6. Using the same plate and white special polish, use the flower design on Image Plate M77 (left to the bow) and stamp only the swirly stem part of the image (everything but the flower) and stamp the image on the corner of your big toe.
7. Now using the white special nail polish and Image Plate M60 use the plaid stripes design. With the image long-ways on your stamper, stamp the image only on the pink tips on your big toes.
8. Go back to your M77 Bow image, and using special nail polish in (Psyche Pink) stamp the bow over the swirly white design you did in step 6.
9. Take a silver striping nail polish, and apply a line below the tips on your big toes. This will also help cover up any boo-boos from not applying the plaid design perfectly on the tip.
10. Wait for the silver stripe to dry, then apply a top coat over all toes.

This is a really pretty, flirty, design for your nails or toenails. Feel free to leave me a comment with any questions.

One of my first Konadicures

I will be posting a Konad review very soon. In the meantime, this is only my 3rd konadicure. These are my beautiful mom's nails that I just did the other weekend..

What I Used:
**Base Coat - Sally Hansen (Hard as Wraps)
**All over nail - Sinful Colors (Forget Now)
**Konad Image Plate M77
**Konad Special Nail Polish in (White)
**Top Coat - Hard as Nails (Once again, I am not sure the brand or price, but I bought it from Sally's Beauty Supply)