Dragon Lady Nails: m65

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Valentine's Mani - part 4

For this one I reattempted my earlier (part 2) mani using different colors. I think this one is definitely an improvement. My oldest daughter picked the colors out. I used Orly Au Champagne again, but this time used China Glaze Harmony and Cherish for the stamp.

Decided to put a matte top coat (China Glaze Matte Magic) over it to see how it looks mattified.

What do you think? Is this an improvement over this one?

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

Valentine's Day Mani - part 2 (FAIL)

Ok I wasn't going to post this one but figured "Eh, why not!" It "looked" so much cooler in my head. I started off with Orly Au Champagne (2 coats), one coat of Seche Vite, then stamped with Konad Special Polish in red and green using m65. Excuse the crappy lighting, I didn't like it enough to haul out the lightbbox.

I am calling it a FAIL because even though it turned out okay, it reminds me of Christmas rather than Valentine's Day. So, I may try this again later using different colors and maybe it will work better for V-Day.

Much Love, The Dragon Lady

P.S. If you noticed the band-aid, I got a pretty nasty cut from a fauxnad plate as I was removing the protective plastic cover. I'll be doing a review of those plates soon and will go into detail then.

Week 6 - Half Moon Mani

Ok, confession time. I really don't (didn't) like the way half moon manis look. I really can't explain why I don't like them but I don't. Or at least I didn't. I'm am once again glad that I am participating in this 52 Week Manicure Challenge. Without it I am not sure that I would have done a half moon manicure.

Lightbox

For my half moon mani I used China Glaze Emotion (metalllic pink) and Harmony (metallic purple) for my two main colors. I also used Konad stamping polish in black and the whole nail rose pattern from m65, and Sally Hansen's Celeb City which I dotted along the line with one of my new dotting tools.

I really like it with the konading on one of the colors. I like the black roses on purple, kind of reminds me of some vintage damask pattern!