4 June 2013

Stamping Plate: QA52

This stamping plate is pretty much Psy of Gangnam Style and Korean pop sensation. I thought it made for a comical bit of stamping personally.

Base Polish: Barry M - Matt White
Glitter Polish: Kleancolor - Kiss Goodnight 171
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: QA52 and Cheeky 031

The stamping plate itself came with a protective peel off sticker on both sides of the plate.

 

The images stamped relatively well, and even on the deeper images you don't need to use any difficult techniques. As you can see below the images stamped well, the only concern I have is with the whole body Psy, and Psy with arms crossed his face seems to look odd.

3 June 2013

Nails: Textured Stamping

I've seen stamping on textured polishes everywhere and I was skeptical. Was it was as easy as stamping on non-textured polishes? Quick answer; yes! Bit of the stamped image stuck up but that was easily remedied with a dabbing with a finger.

What I would say is make sure the stamping polish will show up over the base, I did try with a blue metallic but it didn't work because it would need a topcoat to make it pop but when stamping like this you don't use a topcoat.

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Seventeen - Rock Hard Nail Effects - Blue
Stargazer - Silver Chrome
Bundle Monster BM225

2 June 2013

Sunday Stamping: Butterflies

A couple of different butterflies for Sunday stamping.

Base Polish: Barry M - Lychee
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black, Kleancolor - Metallic Sapphire and Metallic Fuchsia
Stamping Plates: Bundle Monster BM205, B42

31 May 2013

Swatch: Miss Sporty - Rain Drop 470

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Opacity: Two Coats
Colour: Green
Finish: Cremé
Brush Type: Normal
Anything Else?  7ml

30 May 2013

Tri-Colour Nail Challenge: Blue, Red and Silver #4

This is the fourth and final month of a nail challenge which I am participating in, you are set three colours and you select three polishes to represent each colour. Four days, four different manicures using said polishes. Want to join in, then click here. I ended up doing this for this challenge, some subtle stamping:

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Bundle Monster 312, stamped with Primark - Glo Baby Glo.

These are the three polishes which are to be used for these challenges. Expect to see three more for this month. Barry M's retro Blue (2), Leighton Denny's Be My Berry and finally Primark's Glo Baby Glo!

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29 May 2013

Time Period Challenge: 1920's

So I could have gone all Great Gatsby with the nails today, then I was thinking of doing a semi-opaque pinky wash, but that wasn't really interesting enough for me. Ended up going to a half moon which originated in the 1920s, with a rounded french tip, I found my inspiration from here.

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Sally Hansen - Lavender Cloud 410
La Femme - Mocha Pink 07