NOTD Before & After: Orly Rock-It (Or, Walk Like An Egyptian)

Hello everyone!

Today's before and after culminated in a design for my AIS Sunday challenge. This week's challenge was to layer two different stamps, and it gave me a chance to do something I've been wanting to do for a while. :)

First, I just recently got Orly's Rock-It (I know, I'm way behind the curve on this one), and had worn it for a day:

Orly Rock-It in the shade

Orly Rock-It in direct sun

If you don't already know, Orly Rock-It is a beautiful glass-flecked creation with red, purple, and orangy-gold in it. It has a strong duochrome effect in the bottle which shows up a little bit more subtly on the nail, but still definitely shows up. I have no idea why I didn't pick it up for so long, but I'm glad I finally did. :)

I love all things ancient Egyptian, and have been planning to use a couple of stamps I have to create an background-foreground Egyptian design. This seemed like as good a time as any, with the deep reddish-purple as a backdrop. Here's how it came out:

All the old paintings on the tombs

They do the sand dance

Don'tcha know

It's definitely bold and brash, but hey, so am I, so I love it. :) To make the mani, I stamped with Konad black polish using Bundle Monster plate BM-321 to make the background (which always reminds me of the lotus flower-like things on Egyptian tombs). Then, using China Glaze Passion, I stamped they Eye of Ra using Mash plate Mash-36. I covered it all up with a loving coat of Seche Vite, and was on my way!

I hope you like it and I hope you're enjoying your Sunday. I'm gonna watch some Olympics!

Thanks for looking,

M. :)