Hi everybody! This morning I woke up to see a bright sunny day, so I decided to do something fun and bright on my nails. It was also the time to make my first attempt at a stamping manicure because it was the poll winner. Unfortunately the sun went away as I was doing my stamping, so I couldn't photograph it properly. It didn't come out very neat and I was questioning if I should post it or not. Finally I thought it wouldn't hurt to see the evolution of my stamping skills on this blog and therefore I hope you won't judge it very harshly.
The base color
Eyeko Vintage polish is one of my favorite polishes. I've had this since spring and recently bought a back-up because it was discontinued. It's a jade rather than a minty green, because it's warmer. I never had problems with bubbling on this one until now, which makes me think it's because it got thick and I should have added some thinner to it. I wore this one time for 10 days with no chipping and just tip wear, so I can tell you it's very durable.
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| 2 coats, no top coat |
The stamping
I decided to use the M65 image plate from Born Pretty and do a more delicate print so that my mistakes wouldn't be so obvious. I used Kallos 54 for the stamping, a bubblegum pink that became pretty light after I added top coat.
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| plate M65 |
So here's how it came out. The next pictures were all made after the sun went away.
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| natural light, you can see my ring finger is smudged but I was too lazy to start again |
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| natural light, close-up |
A few things I've learned while stamping full-nail images:
- My nails don't have the same shape. The most trouble I had with stamping was on the really curved nails (see ring finger). The more flat nails like the thumb and ring finger were very easy to do.
- My thumb nail is too wide for the images so I have to stamp twice on it. This wasn't a problem with this pattern but I think it's gonna be very hard with more precise patterns (like lines, squares etc).
- You have to work really fast. Well, I think you already knew that. But the thing is that every move counts. If you take too much with one of the steps, you might as well start again.
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| artificial light |
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| artificial light, close-up |
Wow, this was a long post. If you made it till the end, congrats and thank you for reading! So what do you think?
I think you've done a great job for a first effort! I'm still yet to try stamping. Xx
ReplyDeleteThanks! You should try it. It's fun! xx
ReplyDeletethis is cute :3 Eyeko's nail color is soo cute...!!oo and this tiffany blue color matches pink is nice=3 I like it!
ReplyDeletethanks! :)
ReplyDeleteIt does look like fun, and the colours you've used make it look very classy. xx
ReplyDeleteMihaela, I have a question,,Do you remember I asked you about how to sponge the french tip?
ReplyDeleteIf I wanna do a creme color french tip, can I still sponge it on?is the french tip still look smooth?
T^T im sorry...i no my terrible wording..LOL not sure if u can understand what I am trying to ask ..haha
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Don't worry, I understand what you mean. If you sponge it won't look smooth. You have to use a brush. To get a nice line, you have to use tape or french manicure guides. These are stickers that are slightly curved so you can make a nice, clean, curved line.
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