Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Simple manicure for you today.  I got this gorgeous aqua color from Forever 21.  And stamped little diamonds on it using konad special white.  The diamond is from a fauxnad plate I got from Born Pretty Store.

Flower Bouquet for all my Pink Wednesday Lovelies!

As you all know, on Wednesdays We Wear Pink!  So, today I've got a pretty pretty pink manicure for you ladies!  I pulled out my FAVE pink color: Zoya Portia as my base and then made some flowers using my dotting tools in Zoya Perrie, Keiko, and Areej.  I love how feminine this manicure turned out.

My thumb turned out the best.  I like practicing with my dotting tool, I'm getting some practice wheels in the mail this week, so I'm hoping to work on my skills and new designs really soon! :)  Inspiration for this manicure came from the fabulous Kawaii Nail Art blog.  Check her out if you haven't already!

Fimo Flowers

When I won Let Them have Polish's last contest one of the prizes was a bunch of fimo sticks.  These were my first experience with them, so I looked up some tutorials on Youtube for how to slice them, and Googled some inspiration for what to do with them, and came up with this design:

I split my nail with Zoya Areej (quickly becoming one of my favorite shades) and a basic white polish I got from the dollar store.  I freehanded the dots with my dotting tool with Areej, and then placed my sliced fimo on the line using my Seche Vite top coat, and then added more top coat on top of the fimo slices.

I'll be honest with you guys, even though I LOVED the outcome of this design, it was soooo impractical!  I took it off in less than 24 hours because the little roses were just catching on everything.  I think next time I play with fimo, I'll just use one piece per nail, and put it in a place where it doesn't catch like towards the base of the nail.  It was fun while it lasted though!  What do you think?  Have you used fimo before?

Femme Fatale Nails

Confession Time: I'm a HUGE Britney Spears fan!  I love her!  So, last week when her new album, Femme Fatale, came out I just HAD to do a Britney inspired manicure!  So, I tweeted Zoya and asked them what color I should wear to celebrate Femme Fatale, and they suggested Zoya Freja.  Lucky for me, I already had this color in my collection!  Freja is a dark shimmery gray. 

I stamped the lace print from Konad M57 plate using Sally Hansen Silver Sweep and then stamped the black flowers from M57 on top.  It feels very hard core and FIERCE to me.  Just like Britney! 

Have you heard Femme Fatale yet?  What are you favorite songs?  I'm really digging How I Roll and He About to Lose Me.  *swoon*

Yay Giveaways!

Here are some giveaways you should enter this week:

Top Twenty Nails is having an Opening Giveaway over at her blog.

Get your entries in by April 10th!

Imperfectly Painted is having a 1 year Blog-o-versary Giveaway!  With 3 prize packs up for grabs!

Entries need to be in by April 22nd, so Enter Now!

Spellbinding Nails is having her first giveaway over at her blog and it includes stamping plates!

Get your entries in by May 1st!

Life and Polish is having a 100 Follower Giveaway, and she is giving away the new China Glaze Island Escape Collection!

Giveaway ends April 14th!  So Enter Now!

HUGE GIVEAWAY over at Mon coin a Moua to celebrate 1,000 Followers!

7 winners will be chosen and get their pick of the prizes!  Enter by April 30th.
And last, but certainly not least, Rainbow & Sparkles is celebrating 100 Followers with a HUGE giveaway!

Entries need to be in by April 15th, so Enter Now!

On top of all that, Bundle Monster is running a contest over at their Facebook Page!  You have until April 13th to enter!  When I enter, I will definitely hit you lovelies up for some votes.

*Edited to Add*
Varnish Vixen is giving away SEVEN different prizes over at her blog.  I'm going for the OPI Katy Perry Collection and the China Glazes

Check out the other prizes and enter to win here by April 23rd.

A Polished Life is having a giveaway when she hits 150 followers prizes will include Deborah Lippman's Up in the Air *swoon*

So pre-enter over here.  Giveaway will close 1 week after she hits 150.

Lucky's Nails

Hey guys!
I have an announcement to make about my blog.  I've decided to switch focus from my nails and focus on dog's nails instead.  What dog doesn't love a little POP on their claws?  Sure, there will be a huge decline in konadicure posts because their nails are just too little, but I'm sure we will find a new focus over here.  So, from now on, meet your new nail model, my dog Lucky:

He's ready for his manicure.  Picking Sally Hansen Lightning in Insta Dry of course because this doggie is on the go!  Look at those paws:

Lucky was always destined for nail art.  In fact, one of his favorite things is barking at himself in the mirror of my nail art caboodle :P

So, that's our dog, Lucky!  Hope you guys don't mind the change in focus!  Stay tuned for some hot doggie nails!

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!

Have a great weekend, girlies!

Weekly Nail Blog Roundup

Emily let her chocoholic tendencies get the better for her with this Cadburys manicure

Julie was inspired by the spring and showed us this beautiful butterfly design

Jen showed us how to use our Konad plates in a more inventive way with this manicure

Stacie was in an angelic mood this week with her angel wing manicure

To celebrate her starting a blog Claire is having an OPI Giveaway

Shella was inspired by furry creatures and this lovely little bear manicure was the result

Linda had fluffy bunnies and baby chicks on her fingers this week

If you would like to be included in future round ups please visit here

Handwriting Tag!

I've seen this everywhere, and thought it might be time to do it myself!

Here's what you do if you want to participate!
Just answer these questions in your own writing, snap a picture and post!

1. What is your name? And your blog name?

2. Blog URL

3. Write: the brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

4. Favorite quote

5. Favorite song

6. Favorite band/singers

7. Say anything you want

8. Pass it along to a few bloggers

Emily's Nail Files Giveaway

I love Emily over at Emily's Nail Files.  I'm so excited for her to be celebrating 100 Followers!  You go girl!  Checkout her giveaway and enter now!

I can't wait to have my first giveaway!  Does anyone have any tips for getting more followers?  Feels weird having a WOOOO 18 followers giveaway!  lol.

On Wednesdays We Wear Pink

I've decided to join a group of fetch bloggers who love Mean Girls and pink!  I'll be honest, I used to love Mean Girls, but now it just makes me sad!  Lilo used to be so awesome, and now she is just a hot mess.  Mean Girls just reminds me of all that wasted potential ;) hahahaha!

So, I'm starting pink Wednesdays with an all new pink I just got from Zoya: Hayden!  Hayden is very special to me because my bff who LOVES pink just happens to have a son named Hayden, so I just had to get it during Zoya's BOGO event!

Now Hayden is a bit sheerer than I like.  This is three coats and there was definitely still some visible nail lines, so what is a girl to do, but konad a big white bow over it!  LOL!  I'm really loving this cute pink mani! 

Wanna see what else I got from the Zoya BOGO event?

From their new Sunshine, Summer and Mod Matte Collections: Sookie, Mira, Keiko, Areej, Faye, Apple, Lolly, and Phoebe.  Plus, I got a couple of extra bonus colors I had been lusting after:

Zara, Hayden and Jancyn  I hope this holds me over for awhile because I'm officially cut off!  I told the hubs he wasn't allowed to buy any golf stuff for three months, and I think it is only fair if I do the same with nail stuff!  Luckily, my birthday is in there, so even if I don't buy any new polishes, I might still receive some new goodies!  *fingers crossed*