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    31DC2015: Psychedelic Animal Print

    18th September 2015
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    I was rifling through my stamping plates a few weeks ago (during my ‘nail art equipment’ Periscope) and I got very nostalgic when I saw my Konad plates. This M57 plate, the one with the zebra-tiger and leopard print, was the very first plate I ever lusted after and pretty much kicked off my nail art obsession. I vowed to use it again soon and I think Day 13 of the challenge, animal print, is the perfect opportunity.

    The Nail Art

    I created a gradient using Barry M Blueberry and Barry M Guava. See the tutorial here.
    The leopard print design is stamped from Konad M57 plate with Models Own Chrome Cerise.
    It’s all topped with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

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    31 Day Challenge: Animal Print

    14th September 2014
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    Leopard Print Nails // The Nailasaurus

    For my my animal print nails, I’ve gone pretty simple with a true classic leopard print stamp from Konad. This is the first stamping plate I ever owned so I have deep feels for the patterns that are on it! 
    This gold polish from NYC is really great for nail art as it’s good and opaque with a foil finish, rather than chrome, but it is a bit of a nightmare to clean up! I think it’s because it’s sort of like a lgitter in that there are trillions of tiny particles of colour in there which get away from you. I used my DIY Peel Off Base Coat around my nails before stamping in an effort to protect from the worst of it but you can still see little bits around my cuticles that I couldn’t get rid of. I could have scrubbed with a nail brush but I didn’t want to risk scraping off the stamping, since there’s no top coat over it.
    I started with a base of Barry M Espresso.
    I used a coat of Rimmel Matte Finish to even out the surface as I find the Barry M mattes can sometimes look a bit streaky.
    Finally, I stamped the leopard design using NYC Full Metal Jacket with Konad Plate M57.
    31 Day Challenge: Animal Print
    Matte and Glossy Stamping Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
    Konad M57 Stamping // The Nailasaurus
    Konad M57 Nail Art // The Nailasaurus
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    The Lacquer Legion Glam: Lace Trim Nail Art

    28th April 2014
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    The Nailasaurus | The Lacquer Legion Glam | Lace Stamping Nail Art
    For today’s Lacquer Legion Challenge, Glam, I knew I wanted to do something lacy. Depending how you wear it, lace can be seductive or demure but either way it’s definitely Glam! At first I thought it would be a great idea to freehand something but I quickly chickened out of that and started looking through my stamping plates to see if I had anything suitable. I decided on Konad Plate M71 to give my nails a neat lace trim.
    If you’re posting your Lacquer Legion mani today, don’t forget to use #LLGlam and share it on the Facebook page!

    The Nailasaurus | The Lacquer Legion Glam | Lace Stamping Nail Art

    For this nail art, I used Lacquer Lab Dita as my base. See what I did there? *winky face emoji*

    I stamped on the lace pattern from Konad Plate M71 using W7 Black.

    For the red details, I used Rimmel Heart on Fire with a small nail art brush to fill in the gaps.

    It’s all topped off with a coat of HK Girl top coat.

    The Nailasaurus | The Lacquer Legion Glam | Lace Stamping Nail Art
    The Nailasaurus | The Lacquer Legion Glam | Lace Stamping Nail Art
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    31DC013 Day 22: Inspired by a Song… ROAR!

    22nd September 2013
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    The song that inspired this manicure was Katy Perry’s Roar. I think Katy Perry is one of the best pop stars ever and she’s well known for her love of nail art so I wanted to create something that would do her justice. This actually turned out way nicer than I expected. With animal print in a busy manicure I always worry about going over the top but I think the background is subtle enough not to overpower the whole mani. I used a lot of different techniques here and it was fun to mix and match within one manicure.
     I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter, dancing through the fire
    Cause I am a champion and you’re gonna hear me roar

    I started with a base of China Glaze Dandy Lyin’ Around. I painted some Liquid Palisade around my cuticles to prevent a big mess and created a gradient using that and Sally Hansen Sun Kissed. There’s a gradient tutorial here.

    Next I stamped on the tiger print from Konad Plate M57 using Barry M Gold Foil.

    Then finally I freehanded on the letters using black acrylic paint and a nail art brush.

    It’s all topped off with two coats of No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat

    Day 22: Inspired by a Song 2012
    Day 22: Inspired by a Song 2011
    See what’s coming next in the 31 Day Challenge 2013!

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    31DC2013 Day 3: Yellow Nails

    3rd September 2013
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    Today’s post is quite a bit later than normal because I got cold feet about the first yellow look I came up with. It involved pastel yellow with gold glitter and although I was happy with it at first, the more I looked at it, the more repulsive it became to me! So at 8 this evening, I decided to scrap it and start over. I’m very glad I did because I LOVE these nails. I remembered very last minute that I had a neon yellow and I always forget how good neon shades look when you mix them with something subdued.
    The neon is only visible under certain lighting so I think you could totally get away with these at work or anywhere else you have to wear sensible nails. It would be like your dirty little secret that you actually had the craziest nails in the room!

    I used Barry M Lychee as my base colour and stamped on the fishnet design from Konad Plate M57 using Models Own Luis Lemon. It’s all topped with one coat of Sally Hansen Dries Instantly.

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    The Nailasaurus is 3!

    1st April 2013
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    3 years ago, on this very day, I sat down at my computer, signed up to Blogger and created this blog. I didn’t have big dreams for it at all, at the time it was just my little contribution to the very small online community of people who were passionate about polish and quite honestly a great way to procrastinate on my school work! 
    Today it’s a huge part of my life and I could never have imagined it would become what it is today. I feel like I owe a lot to this blog and I know my life would be very different today if I hadn’t spent the last three years diving head first into my nail art obsession! Of course, I owe all of this to you guys. Thank you so much for reading, commenting, sharing and just generally being an awesome bunch of readers!
    I thought I’d take a look back through the archives and dig out an early mani to recreate it and I’ve gone with the ‘Mint Mesh‘ from July 2010, about 3 months in to my blog. Back in the day I used to post exclusively stamping manicures on a daily basis. I didn’t start experimenting with other nail art techniques for months and it was almost a year before I tried my first freehand nail art. It’s good to see the immense improvement in the photography and my neater nails and cuticles.

    This time around I used Sally Hansen Green Tea as my base colour, then stamped on the fishnet design from Konad Plate M57 using Barry M Gold Foil.
    On my accent finger I used one coat of PVA Glue before applying three thin coats of Sally Hansen Gilded Lily. I used one top coat of No7 Stay Perfect.

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