Hello dear readers!
Very, very long time no post, I am so sorry!

Due to my new job I am in the middle of working on a new blogging schedule and also picture set-up. During the week I only can take pictures in the evening or early in the morning but the lighting often is still or already too dark.
I hope the lighting will bear with me in the future but at least the weekend can always be full of nail polish fumes deliciousness.

On Friday I did my MAC To The Beach haul *in love* and I got a little inspired by the packaging. I was already wearing ModelsOwn’s Green Grass so today I decided to play a bit with this manicure. I don’t have any sea shell stamping motif so I had to pick a flower haha.

When I finally got my hands on Sephora by OPI’s 212 I knew with which nail polish I’d like to try a konadicure: p2′s Glory (247). Glory is in the same color family – it is just lighter.
Because Glory isn’t a one coater I knew that the stamping would be subtle but I love subtle stampings.

Something about 212 and Glory make me think.. royal. Like the colors of clothes you would wear on a royal hunting trip? If that makes sense.
The perfect full nail motif for this look is the plaid pattern on Konad’s m64.

This manicure was a rush job so the pattern and rhinestone are not perfectly aligned but I love how this subtle stamping looks. On my ring finger I first just wanted to stamp the crown from Konad’s m40 image plate but because my nailbeds are pretty narrow I had no idea how to place it properly. Then I thought.. why not stamping two crowns to create a new shape?

I must confess.. I am not a fan of spring or summer. The heat? I don’t like it. The insects? The horror! I am a late fall and winter kind of girl. But with Nubar’s Greener on my nails and the craving for a new konadicure I thought.. why not a spring inspired konadicure?

Sigh.. how much I adore Milani’s Black Magic halloween collection. They are my favorite base nail polishes for layered Konads.

When I thought about which Valentines Day inspired konadicure I could do I thought hmm.. how about a vampy Valentines Day manicure? It was a no-brainer that Milani’s Whimsical with its pink glitter would be the perfect base color for Vampy Valentine.

I wanted the rose pattern from the m65 image plate to be very subtle so I picked Zoya’s Drew for the first layer of stamping. The hearts from Konad’s m3 image plate needed to stand out more so I picked China Glaze’s Admire for the second layer of stamping.
Pink heart shaped rhinestones from a rhinestone set by Essence (the German brand will be available at Ulta in the US soon) on my ring finger and thumb completed the look.

Today it was time to take off my Hello Kitty manicure and to make something new. I am impressed that I still had no tipwear but the manicure was already growing out what doesn’t look so nice with a black nail polish as a base color.

When MAC’s Love Lace collection was released here I wasn’t sure if I wanted to buy the one nail polish Light Affair that was released with it. However after seeing swatches the lemming came back and I am glad that I caved.

A Love Lace konadicure was the second MAC look that came into my mind when I thought about which MAC collections I could use as an inspiration for a konadicure. In contrast to the MAC Hello Kitty konadicure I wanted to something more simple and classy.

The m71 image plate includes my favorite Lace motifs and instead of using the Konad special polish in black I used the black creme nail polish from p2. I just don’t like how the Konad special polishes smear when you add a layer of top coat. Not pretty.

But now to the pictures.