Konad Nail Stamping Tutorial.

Ive always loved nail polish. I think my love started in middle school. I was the girl with the weird blue or green nails the teachers would always comment on. Ive tried to cut back on buying polishes but I do have a little collection.

I stumbled on nail stamping 2 weeks ago. http://www.konadnailart.com/ It looked so neat and fun. I looked and looked around online, watched youtube turtorials, read reviews and decided I had to have it! My orders arrived last week. Ive done my nails twice and its so much fun! You will need stamping plates, stamper and scraper and polish. I bought a knock off brand of plates off Amazon 21 plates for $18 compared to Konad plates $5-6 each plate. Mine seem to work pretty well. I bought Konads double stamper and scraper off ebay for $8 and my newest polishes $2 each from walmart . Reminder-Not any ol' polish will work with Konad stamping. Konad suggestes their specially formulated, high vicosity nail polish $5-$9 (depending on where you buy it.) I found a blog http://sassestampingstampede.wordpress.com/polish/ that lists polishes that will work with stamping. You can find most at a local drug or beauty store.

Keep polish remover or acetone near by. You will need this through out for clean up.Start with a base coat. Any polish can be used as a base. I used Pure Ice-LoveNext choose a stamp/plate and polish.

Im using Sally Hansens Xtreme Wear-Black Out and the houndstooth stamp.

Apply polish to stamp. Use your Konad scraper to scrape off excess polish. Take your Konad stamper and press onto stamp. Polish will stick like this. Now press/roll onto nail. :) For a clean even stamp each time I like to clean the plate and scraper after every stamp. Finish with a top coat and youre done!