Stamping! A England Lancelot over saran wrap mani

Oh no, the 3rd posting with the same mani! Sorry - this will be the last one, but this was going to just be a trial stamping effort, and I liked it so much I thought I'd share it.
You might remember yesterdays saran wrap mani, which was supposed to be a base for a dotticure - well the dotting tool didn't arrive, but Moyou London Pro Collection XL no.01 did arrive, and it's got dots on it so I thought I'd give it a try.
This is probably the first time I've tried stamping an image which ought to be placed straight on the nail - reckon I got it pretty straight on about 6 of them. It is also the first time I've used an image which has blocks of varnish (the dots) rather than lines, and I did struggle a bit on picking up a perfect image. Luckily I had just read a blog post about how hard you might need to scrape before picking up your image and I think I got better towards the end but there were a few waste images stamped on paper and the other hand has a few less perfect dots on it where it didn't fully pick up.
One thing I will say is that the dots are neatly aligned with each other and they probably wouldn't have been if I'd used the dotting tool.
Anyway, I stamped with A England Lancelot, a red black and I actually think it looks great over the light/dark pink holo saran wrap mess. I am ignoring the imperfections, and focussing on the pretty colours, the very fine red glitter that I noted in Girly Bits Too Hot for Pants peeping out from under the dark creme dots, as well as the holo shimmer.
And I love this plate, I can't wait to try the other images, and see how I go about lining the images up better on my nails.

A England Lancelot over saran wrap mani

 

 

 

 

 

Saran wrap mani with Girly Bits Too Hot for Pants and A England Her Rose Adagio

Today I have done another saran wrap mani, this time with A England Her Rose Adagio over Girly Bits Too Hot for Pants.
The intention was for this to be a base for a dotticure mani, following one of Debbie Crumpet's Simples tutorials, but my dotting tools have not arrived yet, so I may have to abandon that.
I am not sure this one worked as well as my first one; the holo in both these polishes is so strong that it seems the colours have blended too well, so I can't really see the marbling effect as well as I'd hoped. It is still pink and sparkly and pretty, but the definition is not there so I think it might just look a bit messy. It would have made a great base for dots though :(
I shall have to be brave next time and use creme polishes, maybe even contrasting colours :)

Saran wrap mani with Girly Bits Too Hot for Pants
and A England Her Rose Adagio

 

  

Girly Bits Too Hot For Pants

Today I have a beautiful sparkly polish to show you. I bought this quite recently from Rainbow Connection having fallen in love with the swatches I'd seen of it.
Girls Bits Too Hot For Pants is a seriously intense magenta polish packed with sparkle. The scattered holo is just stunning, picking up so many colours in most level of light. In artificial light I can see red sparkle too. I used to be a no-pinks person, but having picked up Nails Inc Piccadilly Circus as a freebie one year, I discovered I really like deep dark pinks like this, quite cool with the tiniest hint of blue and this one is no exception. I think it goes well with my skin tone and although I have no pink gloves, I like it equally well with both choices or knitwear below :)
I used 2 coats, it gave great coverage and it dried quickly. Pictures are taken with top coat, some on the day I applied it, when it was not very sunny but luckily the sun came out a couple of days later so I was able to take a few more, and I think I've managed to capture some of its beauty.

Girly Bits Too Hot For Pants