33 Day Nail Challenge: Geometric

Geometric was the prompt given for today's challenge, and these are the nails I came up with for this. Teal double stamped nails, I also used these for the base of my PCOS awareness nails:

Sinful Colors - Snow Me White
Barry M - Guava
W7 - Black
Bundle Monster 213
Bundle Monster 223

Review: XXL Squishy Stamper

I like to stamp my nails, its relatively easy and can look really effective. When my nails are short they are easy to stamp, but when they get longer it is more difficult and I end up missing the top corners. My nails have quite a strong C curve. This makes stamping more difficult, also I press down quite hard when I stamp which can be damaging to my natural nail.

So this is where the XL Squishy stamper comes in, it is larger than a normal stamper and it is very squishy which means it lets the image easily go around the C curve of my nails and it is gentle enough to stamp the length of my nails without breaking them.

When I first got my squishy XL stamper I thought it was a waste of money as I couldn't get it to pick up any images. I found that swiping some pure acetone over it removed the layer of substance which was causing me problems, other than this one time I don't recommend using acetone on it as it will degrade the surface. The stickiness of the stamper also means it likes to attract lint stamping this on a lint roller cleans it.

The squishy stamper end constantly falls out of the plastic holder, I jammed it in there with a tissue and that also really helped it to stay in and work properly.

  

You can stretch images to fit longer nails with this stamper too.

These nails are the result of the first time working with the stamper once it is cleaned with the acetone;

Barry M - Passion Fruit

W7 - Black

Bundle Monster 314

Not my best stamping but I am sure I can improve.

I got my XXL stamper from eBay for £1.52 inc P&P

33 Day Nail Challenge: 3 Colour Gradient and Pattern

This would have looked so much better had the top coat not of smudged the stamping!

Base Polishes
Sally Hansen - Delphinium
Color Club - Pucci-licious
Ciaté - Cabaret 046

Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster - BM412

Nails: Remembrance Sunday

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

- McCrae

Models Own - Black / Red
Nails Inc - Bow Street
Nails Inc - Luminance Red Metallic
Nails Inc - Electric Teal

Sunday Stamping: Inspired By Water

Base Polish: Yes Love - L011
Stamping Plate: Cheeky Stamping Plate CH38
Stamping Polish: W7 - Black
Other Polishes Used: Color Club - Almost Famous, Maybelline - Cool Blue

White Acrylic Paint