Stamping on Sundays: Leafy

Last leaves of Summer 2012, and that is the challenge for today.

 Base Polish: ELF - Copper
Stamping Polish: Max Factor - Graffiti
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 321

Nails: Autumn Feathers

I really a not too sure that summer 2012 actually happened here in England, certainly not where I am. 

Summer technically did happen, perhaps I blinked and missed it! Anyhow now it is September and therefore summer is officially over in the northern hemisphere.

A small feather found on my sofa, no idea how or where it came from but ideal size to stick to my nail!

Base Polish: ELF - Smoky Brown
Stamping Polish: ELF - Chocolate
Stamping Plate: BM214
Ring Finger Base: ELF - Desert Haze

Swatch: Claires - Slice of Shine Glitter

This is a polish from Claire's Accessories, it is a hex glitter in a clear base. Blue and pink coloured hex glitter shapes, along with some fine silver glitter.

Claire's Accessories
£2.50 - 14.7ml

ABC Nail Challenge: A

This is the ABC Nail Challenge, once a week we are to interpret the letter.

Letter A - Aqua

Base Polish: Collection 2000 - Electric Dreams (56)

Stamping Polish: W7 - Black

Stamping Plate: BM211

52 Week Challenge: Week 47 - Newspaper Nails

Week 50 has rolled around and only have two more weeks left.



This is so easy I don't know why I don't do them more often. Using a matte topcoat looks better I think than a glossy one.

Nails: Monkey See, Monkey Do: Yarr!

I saw this pirate nail art on NikkiBroadway and couldn't help but try it myself.

Sunday Stamping: Poison

Sunday stamping and today I have done a poisonous spider, usually the small ones are more dangerous than the bigger ones.

Base: Colorclub - Twiggie
Stamping Plate: A37

Summer Nail Challenge: Sunset

Last challenge of 'Summer 2012 Nail Challenge' which was quite a challenge but one I managed to do every challenge of. This is Summer Sunset, late in the summer it is warm enough to say outside the sun goes down slowly hence the warm twinkles as the sky and the sun join.

Summer Nail Challenge: Dog Days of Summer

I'd heard the expression 'dog days' before but never actually knew what it meant. A quick look about online and I discovered that dog days are (supposed) to be the hottest days of the summer.

The term dog days comes from the ancient belief that Sirius or the Dog Star controlled the hot weather.

Want to find the dog constellation? So easy as Sirius is the brightest star in the sky.

Nails: Fantasy Mauve

Barry M - Dusky Mauve
Max Factor - Fantasy Fire

Summer Nail Challenge: Patchwork

Yellow - Colorclub: Almost Famous
Orange - Colorclub: Wham Pow
Green - Collection 2000: Electric Dreams
Purple - Colorclub: Puccilicious
Peach - Miss Sporty: Orange Crush (326)

Summer Nail Challenge: Hothouse Flowers

I haven't much clue as to what hothouse flowers are, and so my nails ended up very floral. 

Base Polish: ELF - Hot Pink

Stamping Polish: W7 - Black

Stamping Plates

Thumb: BM221

Forefinger: B06, M64

Middle Finger: BM12

Ring Finger: B06, BM15

Little Finger: M74

52 Week Challenge: Week 46 - Stamping

Nails: Stiletto / Pointy - Fruit Cocktail

Stamping on Sunday: PCOS Awareness Month

This week's Stamping on Sunday challenge is something you have learned from the group. For me I learned how to do a whole nail plate stamp. I had already mastered the single image stamp but the whole nail was a challenge!

Stamping Plate:  BM321

This set of nails was done as September is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Awareness Month. Most people know pink breast cancer awareness month is October, where as not many people know about PCOS month or indeed the syndrome itself.

Did you know it was PCOS Awareness Month? I didn't until I read a blog post from Miss Green Eyes.

Summer Nail Challenge: Carnival

I've been wanting to try out the whole 'saran wrap' (cling film) manicure for a while now and I thought it might be a good way to express the whole carnival atmosphere.

All Color Club polishes

Summer Nail Challenge: Mermaid

Summer Nail Challenge: Glitter Sandwich

Challenge for today is a summer glitter sandwich...

Color Club - Screaming Fuchsia

Coverband - Sticks and Stones

Summer Nail Challenge: Flip Flops

Flip flops, why is it one always disappears?!

52 Week Challenge: Week 45 - Inspired by Artwork

This nail art is inspired by pointillism...

Review: Stamping Plate - M73

Stamping plate M73, not to be confused with Konad M7 which has musical sheet writing on.

This stamping plate is from KKcenterHk, and it came very well packaged. All bubble wrapped and in a brown envelope. Both the stamping plate and the stamper and scraper came in individual packaging which was nice.

The plate itself was not lined on the back so you do have to be careful not to accidently cut yourself as some of the edges can be sharp. There is nine different images on it five are floral and then there are some feet, cherries, a frog and a wasp.

The stamper itself is nice and soft which is great for full nail images, and of course works perfectly with the single images.

Scraper included in this set is made fully of plastic, which is good as I prefer plastic because then it doesn't scratch the image plate.

Do the images transfer?

As you can see yes they do. Only one I had a slight problem with was the bottom right flower and I think that was just my technique. And why didn't I stamp the cherries? Lets look at some nails I wore recently.

Some of the stamping leaves a little to be desired but again that is down to me not quite having mastered the art of stamping in two different colours!

The white background set the cherries off well, but I do need to try again with a different colour.

Stamping Plate - M73 - $5.05
Stamper and Scraper - $4.50

[product provided for review purposes, this doesn't effect my honest opinion]

Summer Nail Challenge: BBQ

Burgers, chicken legs, burgers and beers.

Summer Nail Challenge: Orange and Green

Not sure if the rule is orange and green should never be seen, or maybe its something else?

Base: ELF - Fire Coral
Stamping Polish: Kleancolor - Metallic Green
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 323

Summer Nail Challenge: Candyfloss

Colorclub - Poptastic!
Cotton wool balls

Comparison: Gosh Holographic V's Gosh Holographic Hero

Is it a exact copy of the previous GOSH Holographic?

I managed to find a bottle of the new polish and along with the old version thought it would be useful to do a comparison of the two.

Bottle comparison shot

 

Bottles look relatively similar, both containing 8ml

Indoors under a LED light?

 

 

Direct sunlight?

 

 

I do think there is a difference, GOSH holographic seems to have smaller holographic flare and gives a better holographic effect than the newer one. But the difference is slight and to the non-lacquer head unnoticeable. If you already have the original then you don't need the new holographic hero, other than for a back up! 

Holographic Hero is nice enough with a good holographic effect, however not as good as the original.

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*edit* 24th August 2012

GOSH - "Dear EnigmaticRambles: It is the same colours. We chose to relaunch Holographic. :) GOSH Cosmetics"

From what they are saying I think they are implying that it is the same polish just relaunched. I personally see a slight difference, but perhaps I got a dodgy bottle?

Summer Nail Challenge: Surfin' USA

52 Week Challenge: Week 44 - Artwork

Barry M - Matt White

Models Own - True Blue

Eyeko - Saucy Polish

Collection 2000 - Sherbet Lemon

Models Own - Nail Art Pen in Black

Summer Nail Challenge: Bumblebee

Summer Nail Challenge: Fruit Salad

52 Week Challenge: Week 43 - French

French manicures can be quite boring, but nothing a little glitter can spruce up. I first did the colour contrast French part but wasn't quite good enough for a challenge nail attempt so I used the glitter to fix that. 

Nail Tips: ELF - Black

Color Club - Fuchsia

Glitter: Barry M - Jewel Britannia 

Swatch: Kleancolor - Metallic Sapphire (165)

I got this for stamping with and it does work quite well. It will however stain anything and everything within about a 50 mile radius! It is also a PITA to remove when worn like this.

Opacity: One coater
Finish: Metallic
How Much? 15ml
Brush Type: Standard
Anything Else? Smells BAD

Summer Nail Challenge: Sunflowers

Base: A England - St. George
Flowers are freehand with acrylic paint