A win and a fail

I can't believe I waited this long to try out Studio M's Purple Medallion...

This is probably their most unique non-color club-dupe they have.  It's like Magic Attraction with a raspberry tinted base.  This is 2 coats.

I think this second photo is more accurate colour-wise.  I stamped it with konad plates m2 for the flowers and m5 for the dragonfly using Billie French White.

I found that the lights in my basement really made the holo glitter pop.  Love it.

So when I did this mani I decided to try Gelous for the first time.  One of the reasons I don't wear glitter often is because it takes several top coats to take away the gritty feel.  I had read several girls suggested using Gelous so I picked some up at Sally's for around $7.  I used one coat over the glitter and topped it with Seche Vite.  Half an hour later I noticed the surface was still gritty so I added another coat of Seche Vite.  Guess what?  STILL not completely smooth.  Not impressed with Gelous girls!

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Best friggen score ever!

Man I love Kijiji!  Yeah that's the Konad Pro Salon Kit.  A spa that's about an hour from where I live was selling off all their manicure stuff and I saw this listed for $75!  They had it listed as a 'nail decal kit' which is why I think it was still listed 3 weeks later.  Or maybe no one around here knows what Konad is...who knows, but I'm a happy camper right now.  Once I sell off my duplicate plates this will have cost me half of that.  Oh I also spied a silver capped China Glaze at the spa but it turned out to be GR8...which is the only one from that collection I'm not interested in buying...too bad.

So first mani with my new kit:

This is 3 coats of Color Club's Alter Ego.  Nice but I thought it would be darker.

This was my first mani with the official Konad Special Polish and I gotta say...not worth the money when so many others work just as well.  And it streaks way worse with top coat than any 'normal' polish! 

So I used m24 and white to stamp first, then used OPI Yoga-ta Get This Blue and m2 to stamp the flowers, and topped with a dark blue gem.  I love my new Konad kit!

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