Stamping! Pet'la Plate Golden Russian and Picture Polish Bohemian

Yesterday and today I have been stamping, again! This time over Picture Polish Bohemian.
I thought quite a while about what colours to try over this polish - I thought black would be too harsh so I started with the very dark red of A England Lancelot. This polish stamps beautifully and I think it goes really well with the pink and bronze tones of Bohemian.
I used Pet'la plate Golden Russian, I love this plate - the images are beautiful and the one I chose to start with is a lovely mix of swirly leaves, ferns perhaps, and berries.
Today I stamped a second image which is the same pattern but larger. I chose a really contrasting colour, the very white Essence Stampy 001. I did wonder about a more muted shade but I think the pattern would have been lost and I love the crisp white stamping. (It would have been even crisper if the bottle hadn't been nearly empty!)
Finally, I couldn't resist - there is a third image on the plate, same pattern but larger again, so I stamped that with A England Saint George. I did try a couple of other colours but in the end I decided the tealy green was the best contrast to all the other colours. The detail of the pattern is not so clear now I have the third layer of stamping but I love the combination of colours.

Picture Polish Bohemian with Pet'la plate Golden Russian
and A England Lancelot

 

Picture Polish Bohemian with Pet'la plate Golden Russian,
A England Lancelot and Essence Stampy 001

 

Picture Polish Bohemian with Pet'la plate Golden Russian,
A England Lancelot, Essence Stampy 001 and
A England Saint George

 

Picture Polish Bohemian

I wore this polish last week, firstly sponged over black and then as the base for my galaxy nails. Picture Polish Bohemian is a multi-chrome in the most gorgeous shades of pink and red through to gold and bronze with a holographic shimmer to it.
I will admit I was not too sure about this polish for me. The range of colours for a multi-chrome intrigued me but they are not shades that I would normally wear. My skin tone just doesn't seem right for some colours and my hands look either grey or red against these shades. Despite that, I wanted it because all the pictures I'd seen looked so pretty.
On my nails I like it more than I thought I would, but it's not going to be my most loved polish. However, I really liked it when I wore it over black and I do think I need it in my collection. I have a plan to stamp over it too as I think it will make a brilliant base.
It applied beautifully, two coats giving perfect coverage. It dried in good time and all pictures are taken with a top coat.
It was sunny today so I have a mix of sunshine and shade shots and you can see how the colours change from the pinkier shades to the more golden tones depending on the light - personally I prefer the pinker shady shots.

Picture Polish Bohemian

Galaxy nails - Picture Polish Bohemian, A England Rose Bower and Her Rose Adagio and a little bit of stamping

Today I have at long last tried galaxy nails! The simple truth is that although I have seen and loved lots of galaxy nails, I doubted my ability to paint any stars and had the nastiest feeling that I could do a really nice background and then make a real mess at the final step.
UberChic Beauty to the rescue! As I was carefully inspecting the images on my UberChic plates, I spotted an image on UC 2-03 which looked perfect! lots of little stars randomly scattered in the sky.
Picture Polish Bohemian is my main polish for this mani - I first saw some swatches a couple of weeks ago and I had 2 conflicting thoughts - pinky/red/bronze - absolutely not my colours - but for some reason I wanted it anyway! I think it was the idea of a multi-chrome type polish in a range of colours unlike any I had seen before.
I finally gave in to that inner voice that told me I needed this polish and when it arrived I swatched it thinking I'd hate it but I didn't. I also swatched it over black, as I would with any duo or multi-chrome, and decided maybe that's where I'd start as I was really in the mood for dark vampy nails.
I painted my nails with a base of China Glaze Liquid Leather, and then in order to avoid any streakines I sponged a light coat of Bohemian over the top. It looked so pretty that I just top-coated it and wore it like that for a day but as I looked at it it struck me that would make a lovely base for galaxy nails, and there was that UberChic plate just waiting to be stamped!
So, today, I used a small sponge and added some A England Rose Bower and Her Rose Adagio. Then I stamped the stars with my Essence Stampy 001.
If you look closely at the plate you'd see there are more stars than on my nails but I made a point of scraping quite thoroughly and as a result I didn't pick up as many of the tinier stars. I thought with all the colours and the holo, it may be a bit much. I also took a clean up brush and carefully brushed a few more out before topcoating.
I am completely in love with the finished look and I will certainly be trying these again!

Galaxy nails

 

 

 

Picture Polish Bohemian sponged over black