Ok, I get several questions about this every week, so here we go:
1. Go to www.ebay.com (if you have a national ebay site like ebay.co.uk you can use that too).
2. Search for "nail art stamping plate".
3. Get a lot of results and start sorting through them.
By far most the Hello Kitty plates I have seen have come from Hong Kong and have been part of a set. Usually the price is quite resonable, but watch out for shipping costs.Not all sets will include the Hello Kitty plate. Make sure you make it VERY CLEAR to the seller that you want the Hello Kitty plate. The GCOOL Hello Kitty plate has the number A02, but sometimes it's not enough to give the number of the plate, since different sellers have different numbers. At times there is a language barrier, so be patient :)
Hope that helps and remember to peel the plastic of the plates when you get them!
I love the little crab on the GCOCL "Fauxnad" plate k05. He's so cute. I used a pearly purple Konad Special polish. I'm not sure what the name is, but it was very easy to work with.
I haven't been doing much Konading lately. No inspiration I guess. Fortunately a contest over at Nail Art Tuesday "forced" me to do some Easter inspired nail art. I used Konad Special Polish in white, Konad plate m30 for the bunny, and Fauxnad plate GCOCL K06 for the "Easter lilies". This is a very blingy Konadicure, and it's totally impossible to photograph.
The fabulous Jen was the winner of the Hello Kitty plate in my giveaway, and now she has made an awesome Hello Kitty Konad video tutorial. Check it out!
You can see pictures of the konadicure on Jen's website (which is fantastic btw)
Can I just say how excited I was to use this Sally Hansen Chrome for my Fauxnad/Konad? When I saw the name I immediately thought: And I was expecting something like this:
Even the bottle looked like a black pearl! Instead I got a boring silver that blended too much with the frosty look of the Sinful polish. Impossible to photograph. I hate you, Sally Hansen.
The Sally Hansen Chrome polishes work very well with Konads. They are thinner and dry faster than the Konad special polishes, but they are smooth and very pigmentet. I used Sally Hansen Chrome in Moonstone and my GCOOL Fauxnad (fake Konad) plate K04 for this mani.
And to make today even more awesome, here is a lovely Guerlain eyeshadow palette that the boy friend also brought back from his trip. He didn't intend to give it to me yet, but I was sick and he wanted to cheer me up a bit :)
The packaging is so pretty (even with my fingerprints all over it.....) Lovely spring pastels:
EDIT: Not related to this post, but Cherry Culture has free US shipping today and tomorrow. US ladies, don't miss you chance to pick up a couple of Sinful or L.A. Girl polishes!
Always remember to peel the plastic of those Fauxnad (fake Konad) plates, ladies!
For today's NOTD I decided I wanted something that would remind me of summer. I chose a butterfly from GCOOL Fauxnad plate K05:
I felt like wearing something fun, so I stamped my Zoya Elodie mani with some of the cute images from Konad plate m11 (mine is a fake version, but you can find the same images on the real Konad plate). I also wanted to share a couple of pictures of some fabulous makeup items I've just gotten. First up: Clarins Nature's Tempation palette (click to enlarge):
I got this because of the reviews that Jojoba and Eru posted. It's beautiful! I also got Estee Lauder Shimmer Powder in Fleur De Lys after reading the review by Haru.
I felt that Eyeko Pastel Polish would work beautifully with the snowflake image on "Fauxnad" plate C10 (an incredibly random fauxnad plate that has images of a snowflake, the moon, a pineapple, the Magnificent Beakless Bird, and some flowers)
To make it more icy, I added a coat of CoverGirl IceSlicks. I honestly think that Sinful Velvet looks more like ice, but this will have to do for now. Sorry for the dark picture. Not sure why it looks like that :( Here's a pic of the fauxnad plate with the plastic layer still on.
I decided to keep Misa Bojangles on for another day, but added a "Fauxnad" (fake Konad) image to spice it up. The image is from a plate called B03. It's a round plate that was included as extra with an ebay order. There is a similar (if not identical) butterfly image on Konad plate m40.
Since the white Konad polish was looking a little chalky; I decided to bling it up with Sinful Velvet Diamod. It's a lovely sparkly polish that has a strange snot-like texture. The combination looks ridiculously over the top!
Woot! Welcome to the first Polish Pixie giveaway! I have two sets of GCOOL Fauxnad (fake Konad) plates to give away. Set 1 (includes the famous Hello Kitty image!) - click to enlarge:
Set 2 (mainly flower images but also a cute mermaid) - click to enlarge:
Here are the rules for the giveaway:
Post a comment telling me:
1. If you love Hello Kitty or not.
2. If you would prefer to recieve set 1 or set 2.
3. Your e-mail address.
If you haven't tried Konad before, let me know and I will include a scraper and stamper if you win :)
The contest is open to everyone. Only one entry per person. The contest ends midnight Saturday 28th of February.
If you want to get your hands on all 18 GCOOL plates, they are sold by Honeyplace on ebay.
Remember to peel off the plastic layer :)
The polish I am wearing in this pic is China Glaze Lasso My Heart :)
China Gold started chipping on day 1, sigh.... I decided to try to patch it up and add some Konad. I chose one of the Fauxnad plates from the beauties_factory ebay set. I think the result is pretty decent.
This blog deals with two of my hobbies: Wearing nail polish and buying nail polish. Unfortunately I seem to like the latter better at times which results in massive buying of nail polish. Here's some of the stuff I've gotten my hands on in the last month (some of this was bought used so didn't cost much).
If you want to know what a specific polish is or where I bought it, feel free to leave a comment.
Fauxnad set from Marilyn:
Polishes from Marilyn and Michelle:
Order from BeautyRocket.co.uk (this was seriously cheap):
Eyeko polishes (with OPI for size comparison):
SpaRituals from Laura:
Fake Conad plates from Michelle:
Lippmann Fever and Shiseido Integrate polishes from Gabrielle:
I tried my Fauxnad (fake Konad) plates from Hong Kong for the first time today. They are amazing. Much easier to use than the real Konad plates probably because the designs are a little deeper and less detailed. If you decide to pick some up, remember that there is a layer of plastic on them that you have to peel off:
I used a flower from the Hello Kitty plate (A02) for my NOTD:
You can click all pics in this post to enlarge them. Check out this awesome fake Konad (Fauxnad) haul from ebay seller beauties_factory.I got a nail stamping machine (useless, I think I broke it already):
Notice where it says: "Give You A Creation Of Freedom And Great Satisfaction!"? I think that sounds pretty hot.
The kit included 6 image plates (including the famous Hello Kitty plate): and 7 polishes (one of them is clear so it's probably a top coat): Notice that the text on the polishes say: "NAIL COLORS MACHINE - Specify of the Nail Polish". That's gotta mean it's good! The box also says: "Nail colored drawing machine - Appropriative nail polish". Does it get any more awesome than that? I don't think so. There is also an instruction booklet. If you enjoyed the above quotes, you WILL love it.All of that for £8.99.
I also got 10 image plates for £7.99:
Before you run out to ebay to buy this wonderful kit, a word of warning: I've heard about other people who bought the stamping set, but didn't recieve the Hello Kitty plate and had to go through paypal to get it. I can understand why conversation might be a little difficult. This is the e-mail I got from ebay after winning the auctions (click to enlarge):
Ok, I get several questions about this every week, so here we go:
