Tropical Stamps

Hi guyss,
Just a quick one today,
I had another crack at stamping on my sisters nail. I decided to do some sponging to just because its really easy and pretty effective :)

Here's what I used...

• I used the Barry M Yellow for the base coat
  (which like most Barry M paints took several coats)
• I then sponged on the orange, working from the tip up,
• Once that had dried I sponged on the pink just at the tip.
• I used the Barry M black for the stamps,
  however, the watery consistency isn't that great for stamping...

I used three different stamps on this mani,

• The  palm tree on the ring finger,
• A large tropical flower on the thumb,
• And some smaller flowers on the other fingers.

I like the colours and sponging on these but again the stamps did not come out as bold as I hoped.

I really think I am going to have to get some decent stamp varnishes :|

So there we are :)

Hope you like...

xX

Nail Art Stamps #Take 2

Hi guysss,
As you know I've had some nail stamps recently and I've been playing around with them :)
I have been practising on myself and my sisters nails, here's the result....

For my nails I used the Hawaiian type flower on the M72 plate...

I used a Models Own white for the base coat then sponged on the Barry M pink.

I added the zebra detail using my Models Own Nail Art Pen,

and used Barry M black to stamp the flowers.

I really like this mani, defiantly thing I'm going to use this again for the summer.

This second mani was on my sisters nails,

I saw a mermaid tutorial from Copy That Copy Cat and thought I'd have a go, here's what I used...

My mani didn't go as well as the tutorial,

 I added the mermaid stamp from the M72 plate, but it didn't show up as well as it did on the white mani.

Soooo guyss I really need some help on this one....
What is the best nail varnish for stamping?

Cause Barry M just isn't doing it for me.

xX

First Attempt - Nail stamps

Hi guyss :)
My nail stamp came in the post this week, and I couldn't wait to give it a go so I just had a quick little practise. Here's how it went...
First I just added any old stamp over Barry M Foil Effect silver... you can't really see alot from the flash :/
but it wasn't too bad considering I've never used them before :)
I used an image from a M72 image plate...

I was going out Friday night so I decided to do quick stamp on my thumb and ring finger, and add a bit of sparkle to the rest using my Models Own glitter :)

I used the Barry M black as a base for all the nails, then i added the Barry M glitter and Models Own Glitter

to all nails apart from the thumb and ring finger...

(I did clean up the mess on them once they had dried but I was tired lol)

I used the Models Own white for the stamp, but it didn't really stand out once I put the clear coat on.

So this was my first attempt, not to bad. I need some practise, good job I live with 3 other females :)

Soo Question Time...

What are the best nail varnishes to use with the stamp plates?
I have lots of Barry M and Models Own, are these any good generally?

And my scraper seems to scratch the plates, is this normal?

xX