Stamping Attempt #2

Hi Again!

This week I tried my hand at stamping again 'cuz I gotta get this good damnit.

This mani turned out slightly better than the first. Still need to work on getting the design lined up the way I want. My cinderella hand is wayyyy better though for some strange reason.

Anyway here's what you came to see.

Products Used:

Orly Bonder

OPI Alpine Snow

Barry M Foil Effects Gold

HK Girl Top Coat

Konad Stamper and Scraper

Gal Cosmetics GA38 Stamping Plate

I really really like this. Tell me what you think below.

Until next time...

My First Stamping Attempt

Last night I got bit by the stamping bug and got up and tried it today.

I purchased my first stamping plates from galcosmetics.com about four years ago. It's so long I can't even find them online (not sure if their name changed or they're no longer in business). I bought them, used them once and failed and never used them again. I love stamping designs and everyone seems so good at them but I'm forever hard on myself so after my first attempt was a failure I gave up.

Fast forward to last night...not sure what got into me, but I wanted to stamp and I knew I wouldn't fail lol *toots own horn*. I started by testing out my gold and silver polishes over different colours on a blank sheet of paper and settled on an oxblood and gold colour scheme.

Products Used:

Orly Bonder Basecoat

Essie Sole Mate

Orly Luxe

Gal Cosmetics GA35 Stamping plate

HK Girl Top Coat

Konad Stamper

Konad Scraper

Clean Up Brush

Fair warning, It's going to be picture heavy.

I started with a base of 2 coats of Essie Sole Mate followed by a coat of HK Girl top coat to speed up the drying time. Once that was dry I picked out my stamping plate and selected a design. Stamping is easy the tricky part for me is lining up and the design and getting it onto my nail in the position I want.

Gal Cosmetics GA35 stamping plate

the image I used

Quick breakdown of the steps:

Step 1: Paint ever stamping design with polish of choice

Step 2: Using the scraper, scrape away the excess polish

Step 3: Press/roll stamper over design

Step 4: Line up design and press/roll on nail

my Cinderella hand

I like how it came out, it's not perfect and I definitely need practice.

On another note, I am beyond frustrated with the quality of my pictures.I'm using the camera on my Iphone 5s because I can't afford a fancy schmancy camera right now. I know of other people who use their phone cameras and get good results so no idea what I'm doing wrong.

Any advice is welcome.

Until next time...

Blue Valentine

Yesterday was Valentines Day and I did not celebrate.  Don't know if I'm the Scrooge of Valentines or just jealous lolol.

What I did do was to paint my nails in something other than pink, red or white. I'm a rebel at heart! I was inspired by the movie Blue Valentine 'cuz that's the first thing i think of when I hear the word.

Products Used:

Orly Bonder

Essie Butler Please

Cuccio Vegas Vixen

HK Girl Top Coat

This was a simple mani again and I wanted to jazz it up with some spikes (to poke somebody's eyes out) but I've got a show tomorrow and I don't wanna hurt somebody or myself. Maybe next time.

To everyone who celebrates V-Day I hope you had a good day and felt loved.

Until next time...