Stamping Plate: Messy Mansion M40

 

Messy Mansion is an Australian brand created by Julia. As soon as I saw freehand knitted nails I wanted to try them, however they would involve quite a lot of effort. Something which I probably couldn't do with my non-dominant hand. Long story short I thought stamping would be easier, then I saw this plate and had to get it.

The stamping plate is larger than your typical round stamping plates, measuring in at 7cm whereas Bundle Monster plates are 5.5cm across. They are the same size as the Nail Craze stamping plates. The plate isn't backed with paper but the metal has been finished so it shouldn't cut you.

 

Image plate 40 has three full nail images and 12 single images on it. The plate is well engraved and all of the images stamp really crisp and clear.

Here are some nails I have done using this plate, to see more click here.

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Swatch: OPI - Do You Have This Color In Stock-Holm?

This colour was very hard to get a accurate photo of, the flash made it much brighter and more neon. Without the flash though it showed up a bit darker than it was, it is darker than it looks in the bottle.

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Colour: Purple

Finish: Creme
Opacity: Three Coats
Collection: Nordic
Brush Type: Pro Wide
How Much? 15ml

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Non-US Kids TV

For this prompt I thought I would do an English kids TV show, I don't know if the show is still on but it has been about since the 1950's although what I tried to do was from Sooty & Co. which was on from 1993 until 1998.

Soo, Sooty, Sweep and Scampi.

Base Polish: Avon - Street Beige

Acrylic Paints

Nails: Studded Black Texas Tea

Colors By Llarowe, Black Gold Texas Tea is the darkest strong holo polish I have come across. It's hard to get an actual black holo because of the holographic pigment seems to change the colour to a lighter, grey tone.

The flash made the holo reflect like crazy for the photos making it difficult to see the studs;

So I took a photo without the flash:

Colors By Llarowe - Black Gold Texas Tea
4mm Silver Studs - Born Pretty Store

Nails: Acrylic Paint - Why I Use It

While I use a lot of nail polishes in my nail art I also really like to use acrylic paints.

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I use them for a couple of reasons:

- You can mix custom colours, so I don't need to have a million polishes
- Acrylic paint dries slower than polish, which means you have longer to do your designs and it doesn't go thick, gloopy and stringy

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- If you mess up it is easy to wipe off with some water and start again, without messing the base polish
- The pigmentation of the paint is good so you don't need to go over and over the same area

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- The acrylic is thinner than normal polish and because of this you can achieve thinner more delicate lines and details

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The acrylic paints that I use are from Wilkinsons, I first got this set of twelve paints

I quickly went through the black and white paints and so have purchased these ones which have 75ml in each bottle compared to the 12ml in the mini tubes.

The assorted pack of paints (12ml x12) was around £2
The individual bottles (75ml) were around £1 and the metallic paints are around £1.25