Before & After: You're a mean one (Indigo Bananas Enchanted Lake + Sugar Bubbles SBS08)

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Hello!

I have a super fun plate to review for you today! A while back I bought Sugar Bubbles plate SBS 08 in anticipation of Halloween and Christmas, because it's totes totes adorbs!

Here's the video I made reviewing it, along with one other plate which is definitely more Halloween focused:

But for now we're looking at the awesome Christmas/Winter-themed plate:

Sugar Bubbles SBS 08

Sugar Bubbles SBS 08

Sugar Bubbles SBS 08

The Grinch?? Jack Skellington?? A skull on candy-cane crossbones?? Are you flippin' kidding me?? How did I not own this before now??!?!?!!!! And oh, wait, there are some very sweet other seasonal images, too--that little girl enjoying the snow and the snowman and the holly leaves, and...this plate packs quite a punch.


Hey, there are a lot of little fine lines in there! How do they come out when you stamp them?

Sugar Bubbles SBS 08 stamping test

Pretty darn good. At first I thought the line on the top of Jack's had didn't stamp, and then I realized it's not present on the image, so it's meant to come out like that.


Alright, let's check out a mani! I started this one with Indigo Bananas Enchanted Lake, an awesome green jelly base with a multichrome flakie:

Indigo Bananas Enchanted Lake

Then I stamped the hanging decorations image with stripes of Barry M Silver Foil and Gold Foil on all nails except for my ring finger; for that, I stamped the Grinch image using Konad white, and colored it in with the reversed-stamping technique, using Sally Hansen Rapid Red and Lickety-Split Lime, two of my go-to stamping and coloring polishes:

I love that Grinch-a-licious smile on his face, and I love how the vibe of the show is captured perfectly by these stamps! I think the flakie adds to the retro feel and throws back to the show, too. Overall, I adore it, even if my coloring-in wasn't so great (psst, here's a secret...I actually did this mani way back in July because I couldn't wait to use this plate, and it was only my second or third time trying reversed stamping!).

This is such an adorable plate that captures so many things I hold close to my heart about the season...I purchased mine from Beautometry, here.

Happy stamping!
M.