KOTD: Light Blue Tone-on-Tone

Hi everyone! How about another tone-on-tone manicure? I am really loving this one, it reminds me of summer and fun and vacations and awesomeness. I used China Glaze For Audrey, China Glaze Metallic Muse, and the m57 plate. I like to imagine that the flowers are just falling down my nails. Do you like this mani too?

I apologize in advance that I won't be able to check comments all day today. As you read this I am at a conference presenting my research project (my first of 3 conferences this spring, and they are all within a month). I am really nervous because I have yet to present my research to anyone outside of my research lab (who I present my progress to every week), but I think that I will do well. I like to think that I am a pretty good presenter! We'll see how it goes, wish me luck! In case you are curious, I am wearing OPI Kreme de la Kremlin on my tips and OPI Dulce de Leche on my toes for the presentation. My nails look SO boring lol!

KOTD: Jade Tiger

Hi everyone! So I have been obsessed with Konading a little bit lately and this is my latest combination, and I am loving the contrast in color and finish. I used the m57 plate with OPI Jade is the New Black and China Glaze Devotion as the stamping color. I really should think about getting some more Konad plates, which ones do you guys recommend?

Valentine's Day: Deconstructed Lace

Hello everyone! Today I am bringing you another fun Valentine's Day manicure. *Please ignore the massive amount of bubbling I got, they appeared after my top coat was applied. I have never had bubbling problems before.*

I decided that I wanted to try multiple stamps on my nails. So I used the lace pattern on the m57 plate over and over again at different angles. I love how it turned out, to me it looks like ripped up lace. I used OPI Alpine Snow as a base, OPI Tutti Frutti Tonga for the pink, and Art Deco Red for the red stamping. Do you think that it looks cool too?

KOTD: Naughty Barbie

Hello everyone! Today is the second and last post in my Barbie series, and I am showing you Naughty Barbie. I used Essie Forget Me Nots, Art Deco Black, and the Konad m57 plate.

When I think of naughty Barbie, I think of the doll that you dress up in fishnets, a black leather miniskirt, and a skimpy tubetop to go to the club in. She drives a sleek car and isn't afraid to drink a little a dance into the early hours of the morning. Then maybe she will go home with a guy who is not Ken (gasp!), who knows? How do you interpret naughty Barbie?

KOTD: Leopard Print + 6 Month Anniversary!

I love how this turned out! I haven't done a traditional leopard print before, but I like this one!

For this mani I applied Wet 'n Wild Shield and matted it with Essie Matte About You Topcoat. I then used Art Deco Black and the konad m57 plate for the leopard print. To finish it off I added dots of OPI You Don't Know Jacques for the brown parts. Do you love how this turned out too?

BTW, today is Naive Nail's 6 month anniversary! Yay! It is hard to believe that I have been doing this blog for half a year, and how much I have learned in that time. I can't believe how welcome I feel in the community; it really feels like a family. Well, a family whose members I have never met in real life yet. (I plan on meeting one in real life pretty soon!)

It is really funny to go look at my oldest posts (feel free to go check some out!). I can see a lot of improvement, especially in my pictures! What would you all think of me going back to revisit my early posts and reswatching and re-reviewing polishes? A lot of them are from well before I became known in the community. My tastes in polish have changed a lot and I have learned a lot more about what makes a good polish. Plus I know that I can take WAY better pictures now! ;)

Holiday Nails: Ornament

Hi everyone! Today through Christmas Eve (December 24th) I will be doing a holiday mani everyday! And then on Christmas Day I will be posting the amazing present that I recieved from the Nail Polish Bloggers X-mas Exchange. Today's mani is supposed to be an ornament. It looks like one that my family used to hang on the tree. It was a red satin ball with a gold mesh over it, so this one is nostalgic for me!

I used China Glaze Ruby Pumps, the konad m57 fishnet pattern, and China Glaze Twenty-Four K as the stamping color.

You may notice that my nails are nubbins now. I had several nail breaks within a day, and frankly I was tired of all of my nails being uneven because I didn't want to cut off the ones that were just the way I wanted my nails. But my nails were in such rough shape that I figured it was time. A lot of my swatches and such will be posted with pictures from having my long nails, but for now I am stuck with nubbins until they grow back out.

KOTD: Oranges

Hey everyone! I have been a suffering from the winter blues a little bit, so I decided to do a really fun mani inspired by oranges!

I didn't really know how to make it look "pitted" like oranges do without denting the polish, so I konaded a gold onto the orange so that it would be more subtle. I think that it turned out super cute!

I used m57's leopard print to make the oranges look pitted. The orange I used was OPI Brights Power and the gold is China Glaze Twenty-four K. Do you think that it looks like oranges, or am I simply delusional?

KOTD: Indian Lace

Heya everyone! I have been on somewhat of a french tip kick, so I decided to try it with a Konad design again. I don't know, whenever I think of dark red and gold or bronze, I think of India. I have never been there but I have always found the culture to be fascinating!

I used OPI Bogota Blackberry as the base color, the m57 plate, and Sinful Colors Bronze as the stamping color. This color works really well for stamping because it is metallic and very opaque. This isn't my favorite mani ever, but I do like it. I think that I can improve on the theme!

KOTD: Reverse Blue Leopard Print

Hey everyone! Today's post is a Konad design. I used OPI Russian Navy as the base color, China Glaze For Audrey as the stamping color, and OPI Alpine Snow for the dots in the leopard print. I used the leopard print from the m57 plate as well.

It didn't turn out quite how I expected; but I got lots of compliments on it. I know that one of my most popular posts is a pink leopard print nail that I did a long time ago, so I wanted to revisit the theme. It looks a bit strange though lol. People thought that I had snowflake nails!

KOTD: Zebra Tips

Hello! Today's post is a variation of the popular zebra print, I Konaded the tips of my nails with the m57 plate. I used OPI Black Onyx as the base color and OPI Alpine Snow as the stripes. I like how it turned out; and my boyfriend LOVED it! I will be playing with this pattern more! I got lots of compliments!

I flew home last night! This is my fall break so I am finally back in my home state at my parent's house and it is so nice to be home! I really needed the break! I will be on my computer a lot this week just lounging in front of the TV and being lazy for a week! I even got a week ahead on my homework so that I have nothing to do all week! Sigh...perfect!