The Newbie Files: Konad

As a newbie nail polish fanatic, I’m pretty much on a reading binge of all the great nailpolish blogs out there. So when I saw Neglelakkmani’s numerous excellent konadicures, I was floored. I just had to find out more about this cool form of nail art.

I figured out that the technique is kalled Konad stamping nail art, that it involves image plates, a scraper, a stamper and special nail polishes for stamping. And it’s awesome. After checking out this informative video on konading, I was convinced that this was easy enough even for a newbie like me.

I headed over to OC Nail Art and ordered a C kit. It contains two image plates (m2 and m3), a stamper, a scraper, and red, white and blue konad nail polishes. Just minutes after the kit dumped into my mail box, I was konading. It’s really that simple!

C Kit

Here are some of my newbie konadicures. This first one is done with Bourjois dark purple over Gosh Wild Lilac. Oh, yeah, you don’t even have to use the special nail polish. Just try out your other nail polishes, some are quite great for konading.

Gosh Wild Lilac with Bourjois konad.

This is a grey shimmer with white special polish.

Bourjois grey with konad.

Here’s an experiment with a double stamp. The base color is China Glaze Harmony, and I’ve used both Maybelline Tornado Rose and the dark purple Bourjois polish for stamping. The result is quite cute, a little bit too cute for my taste, actually.

China Glaze Harmony with double stamp.