January Challenges - recreation mani for a birthday collaboration

Iva @secretjewelgarden invited me to join a collaboration mani for Stefi @therapywithnailpolish's birthday.
I chose to recreate this mani of Stefi's because it is so pretty, and it helped that I have Fancy Gloss Frozen Berries and hehe 040 that Stefi used for the original!! I used Nails Inc Royal Mews with Frozen Berries for my gradient and stamped with Colour Alike Kind of Black and hehe 040.
I loved this so much I took way too many pics - sorry :) I also wore it for 2 days!

hehe 040

 

 

 

 

 

Stefi's original mani

The final collage

Stamping again! Fancy Gloss Frozen Berries and Nails Inc Uptown Glamour

Well, here we go again, second attempt at stamping! I think I have the contrast better this time. I was wearing the utterly delicious Fancy Gloss Frozen Berries, and after taking some suggestions from my lovely facebook friends I have stamped using Nails Inc Uptown Glamour, the Kate Spade freebie from last year.
The plate I have used is Moyou London's Mother Nature Collection, number 07, which is a collection of leaf images, perfect for Autumn! I can think of many ways I want to try using this, as I practice stamping :)
I haven't really gone for any design as such, just wanted to test out the image, so basically one leaf on each nail, practicing placing the image, cleaning the stamp before transferring to the nail so I don't get half of another leaf too. Placing the image seems a bit tricky, and cleaning is a challenge, trying to do it quickly enough before the varnish is too dry to stamp, but I am still encouraged to continue, so not all bad!!
I love the images on this plate, and that some are solid, some just line images and delighted to see that, placement and tidiness aside, they transferred well, the detail is amazing!!

 

 

 

Fancy Gloss Frozen Berries

Today's polish is seriously intensely fruity and absolutely gorgeous!!! Frozen Berries really does that have look of a really yummy berry fruit sorbet. It is a deep dark red / purple with the most wonderful holo, which gives it a lovely shimmer in the shade and a whole explosion of colour in the sunshine.
I bought this from Rainbow Connection quite recently. It's a limited edition but it looks like it has sold out, what a shame as it is so beautiful.
This applied well, dried nicely with excellent coverage in 2 coats, and I absolutely adore it. The colour is just so vibrant, fantastic quality and I am really not sure why I haven't heard more about these lovely polishes. I bought another Fancy Gloss at the same time, and initial swatches show it to be as good as this one, I also have 2 of their thermals reviewed here and here, and they are fabulous too!
This is a fantastic Autumn / Winter polish and I am in love!! Apologies for my inability to get this down to 4 or 5 pictures, I just love this one so much, and you obviously need to see sunshine and shade pics.

Fancy Gloss Frozen Berries