I was going to wait to post these til tomorrow but I'm just so excited I couldn't wait! I've finally, finally conquered stamping! Now, it's not 100% perfect, but it's so much better than any other stamping attempt I've ever managed. I got a tip from somewhere online that I should rough up the stamper with a nail file and then clean it with acetone. It appears to have worked! Thanks to whoever gave me this info, though I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it.
Everyone always has such adorable stamped snowflake manis for the holidays and now I have one, too! I give you my first successful stamping manicure!
I used Glitzy Glazes' Hickory Honey Ham and Essie's Blanc for this mani. I. Love. It. So much! Both of these polishes worked really well for stamping. HHH shows a little pink on the white, but I like it. It reminds me of redwork embroidery. I used a small dotting tool to add in some smaller "snowflakes" in the empty bits.
I hope you guys enjoyed the photos, I'd love to hear what you think of it :) Thanks so much for reading!
Howdy, everyone! I'm on a roll this week, three days in a row of posts...woot, woot! I love today's manicure so much, I'm just gonna jump right in:
Isn't this fun? This is a perfect holiday manicure without being too in-your-face-Christmas lol I stared with a jelly sandwich. One coat of Revlon's Royal, one coat of Julep's Jordan, and another coat of Royal make up this pretty sandwich. Jordan is a gun-metal silver hex and micro glitter in a clear base and Royal is the most perfect royal blue jelly there ever was. Seriously, I broke my ban on Revlon polishes to buy this one cuz it's just too good to pass up! After the sandwich dried, I added some hand painted snowflakes for accents. I used a white striping polish and topped my dots with a holographic glitter striping polish. I got the idea for the design from Laatikollinen Lakkaa (again). If you've got a minute, you should really check out her Advent Calendar posts. She's got some great holiday manicure ideas! I changed things up a bit from her original design by using a dotting tool to add some extra dots around the edges. Here's another look:
I hope to keep up with my holiday manicures, since I'm having so much fun with them. Thanks so much for reading and please check back to see what's next!
