Friday, August 7, 2009

ESSIE ST. MARTIN MINT NOTD

As Helen of Helen & Sheenie's Nice Things would say, I'm doing the "my preeeeeecious" nail slink! hehehe As most of you know, Essie St. Martin Mint is a discontinued color that I have wanted for a several months and I just recently acquired through the kindness of a reader, again THANK YOU! While this color does take at least 4 carefully applied coats to reach bottle color and opaqueness - I feel it is totally worth it. Somethings are just worth the hassle :)


I wanted to add a little konading to this, but I didn't want to disrupt the color too much, since I still wanted to enjoy the mintyness of it all. So I selected a small flower design from konad plate #M60 and used a white for the stamp color. I think it came out just as I had hoped. I then added some small clear jewels to the center of the flowers. This is very dainty and sweet - and I think you should remember this because I don't do these type of mani's often!












13 comments:

  1. These nails are gorgeous! I love the pattern you chose to put on that green!

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  2. it's a classic one! looks great on you, and this green shade is so special!

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  3. Mmmmm minty! I probably don't even have to say it lol. That is so pretty no wonder you were hunting for it. The flowers and little stones are the perfect touch
    (^-^)=O

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  4. That polish is great! I love that kind of color. Am always looking for it. As to the whole thing put together, I just want to squee! I think you chose perfectly, the jewels, the little flowers in white. I love it! So super cute.

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  5. Very pretty! I love how summery it looks. I've been swamped lately and just now saw your "Digging through Diamonds" post and that is awesome!

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  6. That is one sweet manicure. Love the shade of mint green, the Konad and the jewels. Very pretty and girly!

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  7. Hi Brooke!
    Got to say i love this minty color,it's so sweet and makes me feel refresh. And the flower is just nice there...
    Anyways thanks for coming to my blog! ^^

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  8. Oh, I love St Martin Mint! So glad I saw this: it's en route to me as we speak!

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  9. Ooo this is uber cute!! I love the colour, it's so unique!

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  10. Definitely deserving of a Preciousss Slink! Looks fab on you and I'm so glad yoy scored a bottle after wanting it for so long :)

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  11. Hi - new to your blog but I love it! I love this color, it's ashame it's discontinued!!

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  12. I adore this!! I really want this color. lol

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