Accent Nail - We Stamp On Sunday

Hi hi everyone :]

This week's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was to create a mani with an accent nail. As I'm still working through some polishes that I haven't used yet I picked two Sally Hansen Insta-dri polishes painting my nails with Tealy Fast, using Grape Escape for an accent on my ring finger.

As I've just recently got some new Konad stamping polishes I thought I'd give Psyche Pink a shot. Unfortunately I'm a little disappointed by how bright this actually is, or how dull it is I suppose, as I was hoping for it to pop more. That being said, it is a shimmer stamping polish, and I did stamp over shimmer base colours so there isn't much of a contrast between the finish of them.

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colours: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Tealy Fast & Grape Escape

Stamping Colour: Konad Special Polish - Psyche Pink

Image Plate: Cheeky CH53

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

And here's what I used:

Kiko - Jewel Pink Holo & Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - TealyFast Stamping

Hi all!

Happy Tuesday! Hope everyone's having a good one! I'll be at work when this posts, but I'm feeling a lot better than I was on Sunday :] I still feel achey, and my bruises are crazy (all from falling down the stairs) but I'm feeling a lot better after quite a nice Sunday night ^-^

Base Coat: CND - Stickey

Base Colour: Kiko - Jewel Pink - 402

Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Tealy Fast

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 314

Top Coat: Sally Hansen Advanced Hard As Nails

I'd like to take this time to thank Susana for sending this in our latest swap. I love it so much; and I'm not much of a pink fan! I also NEVER wear pink on my toes, yet this was on them pretty much solidly for months!

 

So pretty! I also really love the formula on this type of holographic polish. Dries so nicely. I did find that the holo effect almost was more prominent after a top coat.

Blue-ming Swatch, Flakies & Stamping

Hi all. I've kind of been neglecting the blog recently, and I really can't help it, my mind is just else where, hell i haven't even painted my nails since last Tuesday!

Today we have a mani that I did a few weeks back now, and unfortunately I didn't get any swatch shots on the day due to the fact I've still got to get a daylight bulb/light box set up, so a week or so later I seen the sun and speedy speedy got the lovely Color Club Blue-ming back on my nails to get some pics.

I love love love this colour, I have no other colour like it. It's pastel but it's bright, turquoise, and leans blue or green depending on the lighting, and the formula is so so good. I need more Color Clubs in my life.

Base Coat: La Femme

Base Colour: Color Club - Blue-ming

Flakies: Golden Rose Scale Effects - 02

Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Insta-dri - Tealy Fast

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM314

Top Coat: Rimmel 60 seconds - Clear

And here are the swatches. So pretty, and while it's not a dupe for Illamasqua - Nomad, it' has the same bright tones I lust after, so I'm a happy bunny.

 

Hope you all are having a better day than I am :] Oh and the Giveaway will be posted tomorrow :]

Using A French Tip Design - We stamp On Sundays

Hi all, happy Sunday :]

This week's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was to use a french tip design. I'm not a super-massive fan of french tip stamping, so I decided to cheat a tiny bit heh. I think one of the main reasons I don't like french tip stamping (the typical curved images) is that they kind of get distorted when you're following your nail line, also as full images on newer plates have got larger, so have the tip designs, and this means they look stupid as heck unless my nails are at a certain length, or I use them like I have done today.

I stamped the image from Bundle Monster BM 217 twice on my nails, starting with the tip, and then rotating the tip to try and help it fit. I messed up in a few places, and my index finger is smeared, but I was too easily distracted to re-do them :]

Base Coat: La Femme

Base Colour: Color Club - Sweet Pea

Stamp Colour: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Tealy Fast

Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM 217

Top Coat: Rimmel 60 Seconds - Clear

Here's what I used:

And here's the base colour: Color Club - Sweet Pea, such an easy formula on all these CC's this was two, easy coats, that leveled themselves out, and there was basically no clean up, and dry time was over before I realised! It looks slightly more dusky in the shade too.

I hope you've all had a good weekend!