My Saturday nails with a nail polish from Asda!

I didn't know that Asda have their own cosmetics range until now! I picked up this blueish-lilac nail polish called Ultra Violet as I really liked it's color in a bottle. When I applied it, I wasn't very keen for it. Therefore I used it with 1 coat of Barry M Grey underneath and Instant Nail Effect on the top together with 1 coat of Seche Vite. The result was great and I was finally happy :)

The 2 pictures below are showing the real color of this polish. I used the following:

•  2 coats of George - Ultra Violet 
• Konad plate no. M45
• Konad Special Black Nail Polish 
• Seche Vite top coat

 To be honest I don't really like the final result (and my index finger nail is terribly short)... I've put these pictures up just to show the real shade without any base coat :)

NOTD - Mr. and Mrs. by China Glaze

When I first time applied this nail polish I didn't like it at all because it was too sheer and as you might know I'm a big fan of opaque polishes. Then I applied some white tips and it changed the whole look completely. I love it now! It's perfect for french manicure with light purple/pinky undertone.

•  Nail Tek base coat - Foundation II
• 2 coats of Gina Glaze - Mr. & Mrs.
• Konad Special Nail Polish in White
• Bundle Monster plate no. BM11
• Seche Vite top coat 

 

And 2 pictures with different white tips using a Konad plate no. M62. Sorry for not taking closer pictures but I was too lazy to clean after konading and I hope it's not too visible from this distance :)

My new Konad set

I wanted to try Konad for a long time and I finally got it from my husband for Christmas :) I've chosen a French Manicure Kit as I thought it'd be good to start with.

The whole set looks like this:

And there are some picture instructions on the back of the box:

You'll get:

• 3 plates (M19, M45, M62) with french manicure designs:

• 2 special nail polishes (very neutral black and white):

• stamp and scraper (scraper can be easily replaced by an old credit card - it'll do the same job):

• eraser (corrector) pen, which I didn't take a detailed picture of.....

I'd recommend to use the special polishes (at least on your first try) as they are thicker than normal polishes and easier to transfer to the stamp. But I think it will work well with a thicker normal polish once you gain some practice. 

From the beginning I struggled to transfer the design from the plate to the stamper and I was very disappointed. But after searching some tips on the Internet I used my nail file and filed the stamp 2-3 times. It really helped and the designs started to transfer very easily and clearly. 

Now I just need a little practice on how to place the designs into the right place. But I think my first attempt is quite nice :)

I've used the plate no. M62 with this little cute bow:

And Barry M - Chocolate as a base colour: