I used FingerPaints Aren’t You Glad-iolous for the base. Next, I applied China Glaze Crackle polish in Cracked Concrete, then used China Glaze Recycle to stamp on the Konad design.

As a base color, I chose China Glaze‘s Bermuda Breakaway, which is a nice dark blue with a hint of purple. Like all the China Glaze polishes I’ve used, this one applied easily with no streaking. There was a little bit of staining, so I’m glad I doubled up on the base coat.

I used Sephora OPI‘s Queen of Everything for the Konad design and followed up with NutraNail’s Hi-gloss Top coat.

This look got a lot of compliments over the weekend so I’ll probably wear it again!

After a couple days, I decided I wanted to add a Konad design on top of this vivid color.

I used e.l.f. polish in black. Unfortunately, I can’t remember if I used a Konad or a Fauxnad plate. Anyway, I used NutraNail Hi-Gloss top coat to seal the design.

China Glaze polishes are DBP, toluene, and formaldehyde free.

I started off with two coats of Love Letters by China Glaze:

Next, I used BundleMonster fauxnad plate BM20 with Rimmel‘s Lasting Finish Pro in Violet Metal:

And then I used BundleMonster fauxnad plate BM17 with e.l.f. polish in black for a fancy french tip and Bundlemonster BM08 for with the same black polish for an accent:

In the last picture, I’ve applied a coat of Nutra Nail High Gloss Top Coat.

My konad is a little messy in some places, but I like the look overall.  I actually can’t wait to try a full nail application of Rimmel’s Violet Metal – check out that purple flash you get when the light hits it just right!

I’m hoping this mani will last me most of the week before I have to take it off.

This polish had the same separation/mixing problem that I had with Fairy Teal, but thankfully it didn’t have the staining problem. I was able to get bottle color in two coats and just some edge wear after five days.

The Konad design is BundleMonster plate B21 with e.l.f. polish in black.

Here are some bonus Konad looks I did for friends:

The first is from Konad plate m24. Jessie had already painted her nails that hot pink and applied a clear top coat. Bardi Party wanted the fish bones from BundleMonster plate bm04 on her middle fingers only. They were applied on a clean nail with a top coat over it after stamping.

This color is a very pretty, bright, pastel purple. It took two coats to get the coverage I wanted. With a top coat, there was minimal chipping after 5 days of wear.

For this manicure, I used e.l.f. polish in black to stamp on some stars from the Bundle Monster fauxnad plates.

Do You Lilac It? is a fun color for summer, but between the two, Parlez-Vous OPI is my favorite.

Ki is a really great color. It shifts from a dark purple to a dark green. Very pretty!

I decided to use Sephora OPI’s Queen of Everything for the Konad color. It’s a nice silver color and looks great with Ki.

This wore pretty well with the Essie Three Way Glaze – four days, just a little bit of edge-wear.

Coming up will be my review of Zoya Remove+ nail polish remover.

However, being a bit more money conscious these days, I decided to have a closer look at these inexpensive bottles of color. After a bit of staring, I picked up You Just Wait (pink/green duochrome) and What’s Your Name (black with subtle blue/purple glitter).

You Just Wait is pretty sheer, but two coats got the look I wanted. I decided to Konad using plate m78 with What’sYour Name to see if I could get some of the glitter.

Didn’t really work quite how I wanted, but I like the overall look. You can see the way the color changes in the light at different angles. Very cool!

I think I’ll be picking up a few more Sinful Colors polishes in the future!

For a base coat and top coat, I am trying out Qtica’s Natural Nail Growth Stimulator. After three days of wear, there is a bit of chipping on the index and middle finger of both hands, but I have also been doing an extraordinary amount of washing and cleaning in the last two days. As for stimulating growth, there’s no real conclusion yet, but I’ll keep you posted!

For this manicure, I also stamped on a Konad design using plate m24 and e.lf. polish in Plum.

This is my favorite design so far! There was a little bit of smearing, but I think it was because I didn’t wait long enough for the Konad design to dry before I put on the top coat.

I wanted to jazz it up, maybe add a bit of craziness (like the Red Queen) and decided to just randomly use some Konad patterns. I think I went a little overboard and the white on red isn’t really my favorite.

In any case, I really liked the color. I can’t say anything about the wear because I ended up taking it off to put on a green for St. Patrick’s Day, which I’ll post pictures of at some point.