Before Instagram Series - Converse

I saw a picture of this look on Pinterest and I immediately knew I had to try it. I'm a huge fan of converse shoes and I own many many pairs, including ones in every color of this mani.

For these ones I practiced a lot and had to re do them several times, by the time I was done, my cuticles hated me more than ever, and you know how neons are not very friendly and you have to learn how to deal with them. At the end I was crazy proud of them and kept them for as long as I could. You can tell I was excited because for the first time ever I actually took several pictures of the process.

Before Instagram Series - Last Time Stamping For A While

My last 2 adventures with stamping for a long time are these 2. Soon after, I adventured into the free-handed nail art world and I lost interest in my crappy stamping and lack of skill.

These zippers were a failed attempt on February 25, 2012

Before Instagram Series - Giraffe

As I have mentioned before, I totally hate animal print and I'm probably the only person in the world who has never had leopard or zebra print on my nails or anything I own for that matters. However I once did Giraffe nails, inspired by a trip my family took (without me) to Costa Rica where they fed and hung out with giraffes and zebras, among other animals in a Safari.

Before Instagram Series - Glitter and Stamping

I don't remember much about the inspiration behind these ones, but it's not only stamping, but the first time I used glitter. Also, my nails start to look longer and overall better now, but not my stamping, not at all.