Stamping! Uberchic Beauty UC 1-01 Essence Stampy 001 and A England Saint George

I had a bit of spare time so I thought I'd do a bit more stamping on today's mani.
I used the same plate, UC 1-01, again, and the same image but turned it round 90 degrees to get a sort of cross hatch effect. It worked well on my fingers but my thumb nails were just a bit too long. I used Essence Stampy 001 as I thought it would show up well over the neon pink.
Then, I used the same plate again, but chose a swirly leafy design that was quite open so plenty of the background would show, and A England Saint George which has stamped really nicely over the white.
So, we have 4 layers of stamping now, the original glitter is completely obscured but I now have a green leafy pattern set against a background of white and pink with tiny squares of A England Lancelot peeping through. I find this sort of layering fascinating, and it's quite fun to see how far I can go before it's just a mess! I think this is the time to stop on this one.

Uberchic Beauty UC 1-01 and Essence Stampy 001

 

  

Uberchic Beauty UC 1-01 and A England Saint George

 

 

Stamping! Uberchic Beauty UC 1-01 and Virtuous Polish Miriam

Today I fancied doing something quite bold over my Illusion mani from yesterday, and for no reason that I can think of, a little voice in my head said stamp with bright pink!
I don't have a huge selection of anything bright but of course I do have my Virtuous Polish Women of Valor collection so I have used Miriam, the beautiful neon pink.
I decided to stay with a similar image to yesterday so I chose this sweeping set of curves on UberChic Beauty plate UC1-01, stamping it so the tighter lines were at the base of the nail and the curves swept across the spirals underneath.
The pink is so bold that the base pattern is not that visible from some angles but I am still quite pleased with the end result.
These Virtuous polishes stamp beautifully but because they dry matte they dry very quickly. I had to stamp a lot quicker than I normally do. Generally I pick up the image and turn it around a couple of times while I decide exactly how I am going to place it. I think the pattern has been quite forgiving :)

Uberchic Beauty UC1-01 and Virtuous Polish Miriam

 

 

 

 

March Challenge #clairestelle8march - Neon

I am late blogging this but yesterday, Claire's challenge was Neons. I don't really have any neons as such but I do have the Virtuous Polish Women of Valor, which are described as neon pastel hybrids, so I thought I'd better use those.
There are seven colours so I started with a blob of the yellow shade in the centre of each nail and then used the other six around it. Then I stamped the wavy design from UberChic Beauty plate UC 2-02 in black over the top.
I actually wish I'd stamped in white, but it was too late to change it all. I think black would have worked better with brighter shades and when I used white over these polishes before the result was really pretty.
However, my IG feedback was amazing and I got more likes for that picture than any I have ever had before!
Funnily enough, my 2nd most liked picture is the white on neon-pastel I did about 2 weeks ago - clearly neons are the way to go!!!

Neons - Virtuous Polish Women of Valor and
UberChic 2-02

Stamping! Born Pretty BP-L 003 over multicoloured pastel base

I wasn't quite ready to part with the pretty multicoloured nails I had done for Holi, so today I have stamped a 3rd layer. This time I have stamped in white over the pastel base and I really love the finished look.
The pattern on Born Pretty BP-L 003 is so pretty and it reminds me of the engravings you see on the side of Egyptian tombs and temples. I really like the contrast of the crisp white Essence Stampy 001 over the random pastel base.

Born Pretty BP-L 003 over multicoloured pastel base

 

 

March Challenge #clairestelle8march - Holi (Festival of Colours)

Holi is a spring festival, also know as the Festival of Colours. I think I remember the children doing something about this when they were at primary school.
In terms of a mani it looks like anything goes as long as there is lots of colour - what better use for my Women of Valor Virtuous Polishes
So here we go - I started with a base of Nails Inc Haymarket, I then used Vivid Lacquer plate VL 010 which has a camouflage pattern on it, and stamped with Virtuous Polishes Deborah, Miriam and Queen Ester.
Regular blog readers will spot that I then added  a coat of Quirk Songbird for my Quirky nails.
Then, today, I used the same plate and added more Queen Esther, Ruth and Rahab.
It all looks a bit random, but it's colourful and actually I really like it!

Holi (Festival of Colours)
Vivid Lacquer VL010 and Virtuous Polishes Women of Valor

 

 

A2Z Series - Q is for Quirky

Well, it is Thursday again, and time for this week's A2Z challenge - the prompt is Q for Quirky.
I guess if I'd thought about it for long enough I'd have come up with something quirky but my first thought was that it would be the perfect opportunity to use a Quirk polish. Sadly, Kerry at Quirk does not make polishes any more, and I think Songbird was from one of her last collections.
I have actually worn it but never blogged it as I wanted to try it over a different base.
It is such a pretty polish made up of white opaque glitters and lots of pretty pastel iridescent glitters. I first wore this over a dark brown base but really wanted to try it over a nude or pastel base. At the time I couldn't decide which colour pastel to try, but now that I have the stamping bug I feel I have to use it over a multi-coloured stamped base.
I started with a base of Nails Inc Haymarket, a lovely pastel minty green.
I then used 3 Virtuous polishes, Deborah (ooh that's me!!!!), Miriam and Queen Ester and the camouflage pattern on Vivid Lacquer plate VL 010 to stamp a multi-coloured image onto my nails.
I then added a coat of Songbird and top coated it all.
I think this is pretty Quirky ? I am quite pleased with it, although the pastel glitters have got a little lost, I still need to re-use Songbird over a nude base I think.

A2Z Series - Q is for Quirky

 

  

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