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Wednesday Jam: Sapphire Sea

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Today's mani is one I m so freaking excited to show you. First off, I am using the Disney Collection by Jamberry wrap in Sapphire Sea. If you love mermaids and Ariel, you have GOT to get this design! I thought it would be amazing to add a little bit of nail art so I attempted a gradient. Let's just say I was really impressed with how well it came out!

Disney Collection by Jamberry - Sapphire Sea | Kat Stays Polished

There are 3 designs that come with this sheet of wraps. I love each one of them and they complement each other so well.

It's a subtle mermaid design...well, except for the scales, haha. I love the sparkles. This would totally make you feel like a mermaid!

So here is my final mani! Isn't that gradient so amazing? I used 3 Jesse's Girl Cosmetics Satin Finish polishes - Sea Glass (green), Azure (blue), and Amethyst (purple). After I completed the gradient, I topped it off with the Zoya Satin Seal top coat.

Are you starting to see why I gave these wraps another chance? I feel like it inspires me to do more nail art and I definitely want to branch out and do more. I also feel like there is less pressure to do all my nails with nail art. The wraps allow me to quickly throw on a design and then I can do a little bit of a nail design on the remaining fingers.

If you want to try wraps for the first time (or again), let me know and I'll hook you up!
If you're interested in this design or anything Jamberry, follow links below. I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have!

Feeling Fancy with a Glitter Gradient

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Hey, a few weeks ago I won a flash giveaway type of thing with Ruby White Tips on their Facebook page. I was asked if I wanted to try a scented polish. I said yes because I really do love things that smell delicious.

So, in the mail came a tiny package with this little gem: Time of Our Lives. It's a grapefruit scented polish [optional without the scent] that is chock full of different sized silver holo glitters. BAM! The name alone made me feel fancy and I thought, "What better polish to pair this with than For Audrey?"

So, I applied 2 coats of For Audrey and let that dry. To make it easier for glitter application, I applied a top coat, let that dry, and then started to build my gradient.

I love how this looks. It's so sparkly and elegant! Now, the scent. I think its hard to get a grapefruit scent into a polish, but this one isn't too bad. It's a bit sweeter than I would imagine it to be, but if you're sensitive to smells, then this might not be for you.

So, how did my gradient turn out? What other colors would you try this over?

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Brain Tumor Awareness - Go Gray in May Mani

Thursday, May 02, 2013

Hello lovelies! Today I have a very special manicure to share with you. My dear friend Lindsay updated her cover photo on her FB page to reflect brain tumor and brain cancer awareness. Her mother suffered from this and she is the very special lady in the photo below.

In honor of her mother and to support brain tumor/cancer awareness, I used her cover photo as an inspiration for this month's awareness manicure.

I did two gradient effects. I first used three shades of pink for the base gradient and then I used black, gray, and white for the stamped awareness ribbons.

Fuschia Fierce | U Pinky Swear | Juno

Konad Black | Recycle | Konad White

If you're on board, please show your support and create a similar mani or one with these colors. I'm sure Lindsay would love to see them!

Brain Tumor Awareness - Go Gray in May

For more information on Brain Tumor awareness, visit: http://www.braintumor.org

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Dot Gradient Mani and Tutorial

Thursday, February 14, 2013

HI!!!!!!!!! How is everyone??? Today is a quick post about dot gradient manicures. So, the first one I ever did was because of an idea from my friend, Lo. She suggested I do a teal dot gradient over a neutral color. I did it and I was so happy with the result.

Last month, I did a pink one for a Valentine's Day idea. It was an ALL PINK dot gradient but I kinda liked it.

Today I have a purple dot gradient for you. I also made this into a video tutorial for anyone who was interested. Please check it out below the pictures.

I hope you enjoy the post! Let me know what else you'd like to see a video for!

Purple Dot Gradient

Learn how to do this EASY dot gradient mani!

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Valentine's Dot Gradient Manicure

Friday, January 18, 2013

WHAT?! Another PINK manicure from Kat? Well, yes. It's going to be Valentine's Day soon and pink and red take over the world!

Do you remember my teal dot gradient mani from a couple of months back? Well, I thought it would be nice to do one with pink polish.

These are 4 of the 35 polishes I won from Milani's Holiday nail art contest.

The two hot pink colors are hard to tell apart, but trust me, they look different on the nail. I super bummed about the smearing on 2 of the fingers. I managed to carefully apply top coat to the remaining fingers.

I hope you like this one. If you try it out, post it to my Facebook page!

Dot Gradient Manicure for Valentine's Day

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Friday Fan Pick: Lo - Teal/White Dot Gradient

Friday, December 14, 2012

Happy Friday, once again! Today's Friday fan is LO!!!!!!!!!

I actually want to begin by thanking her and all of you for giving me ideas for manis. I would never have the courage to try all these different things if you didn't show your support the way you do.

I had been thinking about this mani for a while and I started practicing on Wednesday for it. I had no such luck so I figured I'd just wing it.

I began by doing a trial hand with different designs. I asked hubby what he thought and he gave me his influential answer. Here is my test hand.

Clearly I had no idea what I was doing, but you know what? This is how you learn, people! Trial and error! I'm glad I did it this way and I wanted to show you that ugliness occurs quite often, lol.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the pictures. The one thing that got me though this mani was Lo's words to me when I told her I was a little nervous about this mani. "Just have fun with it," she says. Well, I did!