China on my hand
I’m not the most creative when it comes to nail art, usually I just do a subtle monochrome stamping or I see an amazing idea on another blog and try to copy it. So when I got this idea for today’s mani, I was pretty darn proud of myself!
My inspiration for this manicure are those old style china patterns that were on my grandmother’s plates. I’m sure you all have seen them, but here’s a pic to jog your memory. I thought this would be a super cute style for a nail design, so I got out China Glaze Snow, China Glaze First Mate and Konad image plate m73 and went to it.
I’m so happy that the design I had in my head translated this well to the nails! First Mate works beautifully for stamping, and this design is just what I had in mind when I thought of the china pattern. Also, this particular design is great when you have to double stamp, which I had to do on a couple of nails. It’s so swirly that it’s hard to make out where the edges are, which is perfect when you need to hide the flaws.
Where do you get inspiration for your nail art?
Posted on July 1, 2011, in Konad, Nail art and tagged Nail art, nailpolish, stamping nail art. Bookmark the permalink. 34 Comments.
Oh wow, I love this! It’s super cute!
Thank you! I’m so happy with it!
I love it! And this is one of my favourite image plates, so I absolutely plan on copying this mani soon!
It’s a very nice plate! I love the music notes design as well.
This is stunning!!! I just got a nice pearly white from Revlon… I may have to try this !!!!! Beautifully done!
Thanks so much! Good luck!
That’s really elegant! What topcoat do you use?
Thank you!
I use Barielle Manicure Extender and Poshé for my topcoats.
ohmygosh this is sooooo pretty(: I love this!
Thank you, Kelly!
Love it…looks so clean and neat. I would have never thought you double stamped
Thank you! I did most of the double stamping on my thumbs, so it’s not as apparent in these pics.
This is so pretty! It looks exactly like china plates and the stamping is so perfect!
Thank you, Laura!
Wow, nydelig
Har veldig lyst på denne konadplaten selv.
Tusen takk!
Denne må du skaffe deg!
Wow! Helt fantastiskt fint! Jag vill också ha så!
Tusen takk!
Det er veldig enkelt å få til!
Love this, so much. Super delicate and lovely.
Thank you, Anther!
Gorgeous!
Thanks!
This is sooo beautiful! I have to try it out!
Thank you!
I love this so much!!! So perfect!
Thank you very much!
Aaaah!
Jag samlar på Musselmalet, det här var just den bästa manikyren jag sett typ! Så fin!!
Så det er Musselmalet det mønsteret heter! Takk skal du ha, det var akkurat det jeg hadde i tankene da jeg lagde denne manikyren!
Godt å vite at First Mate duger til stempling
(for den lakken har eg!). Ble utrolig flott dette designet 
First Mate er veldig pigmentert, så den egner seg perfekt til stempling!
The use of the white and blue is PERFECT. I often find nail designs a bit busy, but this is adorable.
Thank you very much!
What are image plates?
Image plates are metal plates with etched images on them, which are used to transfer patterns in nail polish onto your nail. Google “Konad”, and you’ll see how they are used.