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    Bebé Blue

    14th July 2010
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    This is one of my most popular mani’s of late. I got complimented by two ladies at the bank who initially thought they were false nails and were very curious about how I did it, and the lady who runs the Hula Hooping Class I went to.
    I like this pattern because it’s hard to tell which colour has been stamped and which is the base (except on the middle finger where you can see the edges of the stamp!)
    Don’t you find it hard to explain Konadding to someone who has never seen it before?! I’m always saying something along the lines of… ‘Uuuh, it’s a metal disc with embossed patterns and a scraper and rubber stamp and you just transfer it over!’ or something else equally incomprehensible and long winded. People just look at me blankly and pretend they get it!
    Plate: Bundle Monster – BM21
    Base Colour: L’Oreal LaquiResist – Bebé
    Stamp Colour: BYS – Glittering Purple
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    My 3rd Franken

    6th July 2010
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    I made a new Franken! My previous attempts have both been pink so I decided on blue this time. I found a bottle which had practically nothing left so instead of throwing it away I decided to mix things up a bit!
    I used at least 10 different polishesw to mix this colour and it’s a nice creamy, grey-blue with a little bit of shimmer.
    I’m terrible of thinking up names for colours so so far I have just numbered my Frankens but I’m wide open for suggestions 😀

    Konad Plate: Bundle Monster BM02
    Base Colour: Franken No. 3
    Konad Colour: BYS – Glittering Purple
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    Happy 4th of July…

    4th July 2010
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    .. to all of the readers in America!
    I went to see Eclipse today. How good is it??!! I have read all the Twilight books and like them enough. I just haven’t really liked the films THAT much so far. But this one was definitely my favourite of the three.
    It’s a good film on its own, without the ‘Twilight’ thing which is good.
    I put it down to David Slade, the director. It was just so more original than the other two. And the flashback and dream sequences were communicated really well.
    I just don’t understand this Twilight Mania. Well, maybe I do understand it, but I think it’s pretty silly myself. People sometimes take it a bit too far.

    Konad Plate: Bundle Monster BM12
    Base Colour: Maybelline Water Shine – Iced Mauve
    Konad Colour: BYS – Glamourpuss
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    Fields of Pink

    28th June 2010
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    Has anyone had any trouble with their Bundle Monster plates where the design just doesn’t transfer onto the stamp. I know this happens with Konads and you are supposed to lightly file the stamper but I tried that and I think it’s because the designs aren’t engraved ‘deep’ enough into the metal. I’m wondering whether to contact Bundle Monster about it to see if I can get my duds switched.

    Plate: Bundle Monster – BM16
    Base Colour: BYS – 201 Tickle Me Pink
    Plus: One coat of BYS – 38 Tinkerbell
    Stamp Colour: BYS – 14 Glamourpuss
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    Check it out…
    My university was featured on Today’s Big Thing a few days ago. I don’t know how widely known this site is or if any of you know it. I like to check it every few days – some of the videos are really funny.
    Anyway, it’s just a quick video of someone interrupting a lecture in a very bizarre way. And it’s the hall where I had all my Maths lectures this year!

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    Tinkerbell? More like TinkerSWELL

    27th June 2010
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    I discovered a very interesting effect yesterday when I was painting my nails. I didn’t have time for a konadicure but I didn’t want ‘plain’ nails so I decided to add a coat of BYS Tinkerbell on top of the black polish I was wearing.
    Now, this polish looks like creamy pink glitter, and on its own, it is, so I was expecting it to add a very subtle light pink shimmer. But when it was on, it made the black look like a diesel blue with shimmer. And I LOVED IT. So if they have it in stock next time I go to my BYS shop, I will add a bottle to my giveaway.
    So here is today’s konadicure. I went with the Tinkerbell again, this time over navy blue – to get a steely blue result.

    Konad Plate: BM20
    Base Colour: Barbara Daly Make Up – Tattoo
    Shimmer: BYS – 38 Tinkerbell

    Konad Colour: W7 – Black
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