Stamping! with Pet'la Plate - Flake No More

Today I have been stamping again. I painted my nails yesterday with a polish I bought about a year ago. The polish I used was Frosty Morning by Nails Inspire, a UK based indie polish maker. Sadly Kim is not making polishes anymore, and that is a real shame as Frosty Morning is a very special polish. It was one of the first thermal polishes I bought, and it is also textured. I put it on yesterday to make sure it was still working as thermals can have a limited life. I am delighted to say, it is still working but I still couldn't get a shot of the thermal gradient. When it changes it's very consistent across the nail but it is a very beautiful polish, a soft bluey white when warm and a deeper bluebell to violet shade when cold.
It seemed to me, since it is so cold at the moment, it would be a perfect base to try out the beautiful snowflake plate I bought from Pet'la Plate, so I have stamped with the excellent Essence Stampy 001 over my frosty base.
The plate is perfect, I struggled to chose which image as they are all so pretty. The plate looks unusual as they are made of brass, but the quality is great. The image transferred perfectly onto my textured base and the end result is just stunning. The clarity of the stamping is excellent whether the base is warm or cool as the white Essence polish is so pigmented.
I am really pleased with mani, it's just so pretty!! The pictures are all in the cool phase, if my hands ever warm up I'll add another pic later :)
Update: added a warm pic and a thermal gradient one

Pet'la Plate - Flake No More

 

 

 

 

Pet'la Plate - Flake No More
over thermal gradient

Pet'la Plate - Flake No More
over Frosty Morning in its warm phase

Nails Inspire Frosty Morning thermal polish

Today I have the 3rd and final thermal polish that I bought from Nails Inspire. I couldn't resist trying this one and I love it. This is Frosty Morning, and again very different to Satin Kiss and Fairy Lights.
This one is textured, and it's name is absolutely perfect, it really does look like a frosty morning, when the grass is crunchy and there are layers of white sparkly frost everywhere.
When warm it is white with a tinge of blue, and when cold it is a beautiful shade of sky blue with a hint of lilac,  and the mix with silvery glitter is extremely pretty. This is 2 coats with no top coat, it just looks and feels fantastic! I love that rough but not scratchy texture.
I didn't manage to catch any gradient shots except for the one of my thumb, but as you can see, I did take quite a few pics. The colour change on this one seems quite instant rather than gradually changing from tip down, although I think you can see it a bit on some of the warm shots.

Nails Inspire Frosty Morning - cold

 

 

Frosty Morning - warm

 

 

Captured a bit of the gradient here