Before Instagram Series - Pepsi Nails

Around the time I bought the stamping plates, I also got a set of nail art polishes, commonly know as stripers, from Shany that I still use to this day. These strippers are very convenient for nail art and this particular set is very inexpensive and has every color you need and more. The first time I tried I was just playing around with no particular design in mind and this came up, some said it looked like the Pepsi logo so I call them Pepsi nails, even though that's not what I was trying to achieve. I used a red base and did the blue and silver stripe with the Shany set. Also, the nails were growing! :)

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.

Before Instagram Series - Random Stamping

The first nail art obsession I developed was stamping. I went to Amazon and bought this set of plates.
I learned about stamping on a trip to Las Vegas when walking down the Strip some guy tried to sell us a big plate of them for like $100 and during his speech he let us try a design.

A couple of days later, my sister bought the pink Konad set that everybody have at CVS but I wasn't super sold yet. Eventually I found those Shany ones and I liked the designs so I got them.