How I store my nail goodies!

Been up since about 5 this morning just stressing about my tribunal appeal today. The government seem to think that I am able to work with my illness (I think this is just because I haven't got something they can physically see or I'm not claiming I have depression like everyone on this benefit does!). The thing is that there are so many things I want to do but can't then these idiots say this... I have also been told that stress is the main thing that can make it worse so yeah they have basically made me feel worse, hope they are happy!

Anyway rant over... for now! I thought I would do a post showing how I store my stamping plates and other nail art stuff.

In the brown zebra bag I keep all my nail varnishes (probably not the best place) and in the pink polka dot folder I keep all my plates and in the clear button folder I keep all my other tools etc.

This is how the plates are stored inside the pink polka dot folder. If you are not new to stamping then I am sure you have seen this on the internet and in YouTube videos (because that's how I found out how to do this!). From eBay I bought some trading card storage sleeves (link) these are the cheapest I found and they are good quality. I also a roll of anti slip liner (link) not sure if this is the cheapest on eBay or not, and of course a folder. I love storing my plates like this because it is then easy to look through all the plates you have quickly and easily and the liner obviously stops them from slipping out.

Here are all my nail art goodies stored in the clear button folder. I bought a Konad set and I got the sponges, a correcter pen, the stamper and scraper and the image plate holder. Everything else I got from eBay and Amazon, I am just going to tell you what each thing is because if you search for them in eBay or Amazon they will all come up straight away. I have a nail art palette, set of 5 dotting tools with 10 different sizes, a set of 15 nail art brushes, a wheel of multiple colour 2mm half round pearl decorations, a wheel of multiple colour 2mm rhinestone decorations and a set of 12 different coloured micro beads.

As I said I store my nail varnished in the brown zebra bag and I don't think this is the best place. I am trying to look for a better way to store them, I did keep them in a shoe box but they are so heavy the box got weak quite quickly. If anyone has any ideas as a good way to store them or if you do have a good way of storing them please let me know! And as always if you have any questions or anything to say at all please comment :)

Thanks for looking and I will see you for my next post fellow nail nerds!

First post!

I haven't exactly got an aim for this blog, I just thought I would do one as I'm stuck at home most of the time with my illness, booo! I have Migraine Vertigo which basically means I am dizzy all day (kind of feel drunk all the time) and I have attacks where the dizziness is so bad that sometimes I have to just lie in bed most of the day.

Anyway... I have always loved nail art and before discovering nail stamping (and being extremely amazed!) I used to do nail art by hand. I haven't done any courses so I wasn't brilliant but I wasn't bad, but now I have nail stamping that's all I use.

It is so easy to use and so effective that I think anyone could do it and I hope this blog will show that :)

I thought for my first post I would just post images of some manicures I have done, then every manicure I do after this I will do more step by step pictures to show how I do them.

I did this manicure (above) using Konad plate m78. It is a full nail image and one of my favourites. So simple to just paint your nails any colour then put this on the top once dry add a top coat and it's done!

This manicure (above) is one of my favourite manicures. I used a sponge to dab these three colours onto my nails, in a different position on each nail, and again used a full nail image from Konad plate m78.

I created this (above) using Konad plate m56. I used the purple to do french tips on each finger, but on my thumb and ring finger I covered nearly the whole nail and left a curved gap near at the bottom. I then stamped the bow french tip and on the thumb and ring ringer I used a dotting tool to create the dots.

This manicure (above) has lovely detail but also looks really simple. I used Konad plate m57, I put the netting diagonally across each nail, doing this slightly differently on each nail, then went along the edge with the pretty lace pattern that I love!

I feel I may end up saying this for a lot of my manicures... But this (above) is one of my favourites as well.  Lol who am I kidding they all are really! I used the leopard print pattern from Konad plate m57 then after I used a dotting tool to fill in some of the gaps with a pink.

I created this manicure (above) using Bundle Monster plate BM16 from the first set. I stamped the image and then after with a dotting tool I filled in the centre of the flowers.

This design I have on at the moment (above). I used Konad plate m57 and stamped the pretty lave pattern along the top of my nail but leaving a gap. I then filled the gap in with black nail varnish. Then between the edge of the lace and the black tip I put a line of silver glitter varnish and on the dots in the pattern I placed silver micro beads.

I have a lot more designs but these are just some of my favourites. When I upload separate manicures in the future I will also say what nail varnishes I am using, but as I didn't do these recently I can't remember which ones I used so sorry about that!

So that is my first post, thanks for looking! If you have any questions or just want to comment then please do!

See you for my next post fellow nail nerds!