Category Archives: Nail Stamping

December 5, 2014

Icy Blue Glitter Gradient

By Ruth

Hello! 😀

Snowflake Glitter Gradient

Snowflake Glitter Gradient

Today I have some more icy snow inspired nail to share with you!

For this I used

  • Filthy Gorgeous – Prism
  • Chit Chat – Silver Glitter
  • OPI – I Snow you Love Me
  • Illamasqua – Propaganda
  • Konad – SP Black
  • Stamping Plate HD05
  • Seche Vite Fast Dry Topcoat
Snowflake Glitter Gradient

Snowflake Glitter Gradient

I began with two coats of Chit Chat Silver Glitter over my usual base coat, then a couple of coats of Prism. Prism from Filthy Gorgeous has a clear base with scattered fine holographic glitter.

After that had dried I started fishing for glitter in the I snow you love me… I love the glitter in this polish, The suspension base, not so much, the texture really reminds me of uncooked egg white (shudders).

All this took such a long time to dry but when it eventually did, I added the Propaganda with a makeup sponge for the gradient.

The snowflakes are from stamping plate HD05.  Then I finished it of with a thick coat of Seche Vite!

Blue silver and holographic Glitter gradient

Blue silver and holographic Glitter gradient

I really like how this looks, it’s so sparkly in sunlight! 😀

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November 24, 2014

Sparkly Snowflakes

By Ruth

Hello!

I hope you have had a lovely weekend 🙂

Snowflake Nails

Snowflake Nails

Seeing as the weather is getting colder now I thought it’s time to do some wintery nail art!

Rimmel 17 and Maybelline

Rimmel 17 and Maybelline

To get this look I used

  • Rimmel London – Hot Black To Go
  • 17 – Moonstruck
  • Maybelline – Sugar Crystals
  • Stamping Plate QA86
  • Seche Vite
QA86 from born pretty store

QA86 from born pretty store

plate QA86 is available here QA86

I have to say this Mani looks much more sparkly in real life, It’s really difficult to capture it with a camera!

😀

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November 17, 2014

ILNP Birefringence with Moyou Gothic 03

By Ruth

Hello! 😀

Birefringence With Moyou Gothic Stamp

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

I couldn’t help it, I had to do some stamping over the amazing Birefringence from ILNP!

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

Moyou Gothic Collection 03

Look at the Multi-chrome colour shifting goodness! Every time I look at my nails they are a different colour! 🙂

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

For the stamp I used an image from plate 03 from the Moyou Gothic Collection. Konad special polish in black and a final coat of Seche Vite.

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

Birefringence stamped with Moyou Gothic 03

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November 12, 2014

Wild and Yellow – Pick and Mix

By Ruth

Hey 😀

Tiger Stripe Nails

Tiger Stripe

For this weeks Pick and Mix the prompts are Yellow and Wild Animals!

Blow Illamasqua and My Private Rainbow ILNP

Blow Illamasqua and My Private Rainbow ILNP

Blow from Illamasqua is a pale yellow cream, It’s been in my untried pile for one reason… It’s yellow! the polish itself is really lovely, it’s opaque in two coats and dried quickly to a really glossy finish, but it’s yellow and I just can’t get excited about it :/

My ILNP Order arrived today so I had to have a play! I added a thin coat of My Private Rainbow (l+s) over the Illamasqua polish, Oh it’s so pretty! But my camera once again (gah!) decided that it wasn’t going to show the lovely holographic sparkles!

Tiger Stripe Nails

Wild!

 

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October 28, 2014

Autumn Leaves

By Ruth

Hello! 🙂

Autumn Leaves Nail Art

Autumn Leaves

I have some very Autumnal nail art to show you today 🙂

My stoopid back is starting to feel better so now I can actually sit down for long enough to not only paint my nails but to write posts too! 😀

I wanted something bright, cheerful and non hallowe’en (I must be ill lol).

Autumn Leaves Nail Art

Sally Hansen, Rimmel London and Chanel

The polishes I used for this are

  • Chanel – Dragon
  • Sally Hansen – Lite
  • Sally Hansen – Ruby Stilettos
  • Sally Hansen – Ivory Skull
  • Rimmel London – Sunny Days
  • Rimmel London – Shirley Temple
  • Rimmel London – Hot Chilli Pepper

I also used a Make Up Sponge cut into little bits, Konad Special Polish in Black, Stamping plate 14 from the Mother Nature Collection from Moyou and Seche Vite.

Autumn Leaves Nail Art

Sparkles!

A bit of a rubbish photo (my poor camera really hates macro shots) but look at the sparkles! 😀

Autumn Leaves Nail Art

Orange, Red and Yellow!

I really like this even though it’s mostly orange and yellow! 😀

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October 16, 2014

Textured Zebra Nails!

By Ruth

Hello! 😀

Textured Zebra Nails

Textured Zebra Nails

Here are my textured nails for this weeks pick and mix challenge! I decided on the textured prompt for this week, the others are matte and the 60s.  I use matte finish a lot (that might be cheating a bit) and my mind went completely blank at 60s lol!

Textured Zebra Nails Moyou Pro 04

Moyou Pro 04

I managed to break the corners of my index and middle finger nails in a freak cooking accident :/ so I ended up reshaping them… I have to say rounded nails are not for me! I keep thinking they look like spoons or paddles, my poor nails 😦 I think I’m just going to keep them well filed for the next few weeks until they grow back to a shape I like!

Anyway! I used Sugar fix from Sally Hansen Sugar Coat collection as my base for this mani.  This is the first time I have used this polish, probably because it’s textured and I’m not really a big fan…

This is two coats, I used Moyou Pro XL 04 for the image along with Konad Special Polish In Black. I have to say the Sugar Fix is an amazing base for stamping over! The zebra print is so sharp!

Sally Hansen Sugar Fix

Sally Hansen Sugar Fix



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