Stamping! A England Lancelot over Smitten Penny Dreadful

I am so excited to show you my latest stamping efforts. My gorgeous Smitten Penny Dreadful was starting to look a bit chipped, so I thought I'd try out my new stamping plate, and rectangular stamper before taking the Smitten off.
The plate is from Moyou London's Suki Collection, number 01. I was going to try the tiger stripes from the centre of the plate but I realised that the image was not large enough so I went for the section in bottom right, which was almost big enough to fit most nails.
I primed the stamper as per a number of tutorials I had read and watched, that made a big difference, and made a number of rough stamps on paper first. This was my first attempt to cover whole nails for a full mani and although I know I have missed a few bits, on the whole I am pretty blown away by how cool this looks!!! Initially I had planned to test the plate, and then take the mani off and re-do my nails, but no way! This is just so pretty, it has now been on for 3 days.
A England Lancelot stamped like a dream, and any concerns that stamping may not work over the very glittery Smitten were pushed aside when I saw the result. I can't get over how the glitter still sparkles despite the stamping, I am just mesmerised by the effect! I want to try more and more stamping over glitter!
Too many pics, as usual, but I wanted to capture how pretty this is. With Lancelot being a black red, the overall colour is more of a red/ deep pink, the copperyness of the Smitten seems to have gone but I love seeing how these polishes interact, and how they vary in different lights.

A England Lancelot over Smitten Penny Dreadful

 

 

 

 

 

  

Smitten Polish Penny Dreadful

I have a real sparkly treat to share with you today. Yet another purchase from the wonderful Rainbow Connection, Smitten Polish's Penny Dreadful is one of Smitten's new Autumn polishes and it is just so sparkly, I can't take my eyes off it!!!
I am not sure exactly what drew me to this polish but I just had to have it. The colour just looked so autumnal, so I put aside my concerns that I have tried coppery brown polishes in the past and not liked them on me at all. I am so glad I went with my instincts as the minute I put the first coat on, I was quite literally smitten :)
The base is quite sheer and it is a warm pink when swatched on white paper. It is absolutely packed with tiny coppery holographic glitter. It sparkles with every colour of the rainbow and the overall shade on the nail is difficult to pin down, in some lights quite pink, then more coppery and then quite red. Despite being a sheer base coverage with 2 coats was perfect, the wonderful quantity of glitter easily hiding the dreaded vnl! Topcoat moved it to another level, such extreme sparkliness!
I am completely in love with polish, it screams AUTUMN, and it is so pretty! I expect I would not be so in love with a cream polish in the same shade, it is the glitter that really makes this polish special, and completely unique in my collection - nothing I own is remotely like this!
OK, so you get that I love it, imagine how many pictures I took!! Don't worry, very heavily edited but I have included sunshine and shade pics to show the various colours and my camera even managed to pick up some of the holo sparkle.

Smitten Penny Dreadful

 

 

 

 

 

 

just look at that sparkle!