Dixie Plates Tropical Paradise and Festival Fever

(Press samples and affiliate links ahead!)

Hello!


It's amazing how much of my life is incompatible with my nail blogging, lol! I spent part of yesterday and part of today weeding my garden, which resulted in large amounts of dirt way up in my cuticles. I love to cook, but the number of times I've almost cut off a nail or broken the corner while doing some cooking task is ridiculous--and don't get my started on typing with long nails, which is what I do for a living. Growing up I wanted to learn how to play the guitar--until I found out I'd have to keep my nails short. I believe to this day I made the right choice, hehe. It all just goes to show how much I love nail art!!


Anyway. Let's take a look at two new plates that are releasing today from Dixie Plates: Tropical Paradise, a cool summery layering plate, and Festival Fever, a super versatile plate revolving around a music festival theme.


Here's the video review I did of the plate:

Here's a look at the plates:

Dixie Plates Tropical 01/Tropical Paradise

I love the layering potential in this one--especially the triple-layer images! I have a little tip in my video above if you struggle with the full-nail triple layer image. :)

Dixie Plates Festival Fever

I see so many different uses for this plate! Southwestern manis. Music-themed manis. Fireworks/fair manis. And the eyes and the Hamsa go so well together--and also go with her Boho 01 plate if you've picked that up. :)


Here are the swatches I did:

Now for the manis! For the first one, I wanted to capture that music festival vibe...

Dixie Plates Festival Fever over Stella Chroma American Muscle polishes

Dixie Plates Festival Fever over Stella Chroma American Muscle polishes

Dixie Plates Festival Fever over Stella Chroma American Muscle polishes

Base Polish(es): Stella Chroma Grab The Wheel, Hug The Road, and All Charged Up
Stamping Plate(s): Dixie Plates Festival Fever
Stamping Polish(es): Kaleidoscope Black, Moyra Silver


For my second mani I wanted to capture the feel of the 4th of July Fireworks at the County Fair we go to:

Dixie Plates Festival Fever over Stella Chroma Grab The Wheel and Classic Red

Dixie Plates Festival Fever over Stella Chroma Grab The Wheel and Classic Red

Base Polish(es): Stella Chroma Grab The Wheel and Classic Red
Stamping Plate(s): Dixie Plates Festival Fever
Stamping Polish(es): Kaleidoscope White and Black, and Moyra Silver


And for this last one, I loved the way the leaves came out on the swatch, so I had to do a full mani:

Base Polish(es): Zoya Tiana
Stamping Plate(s): Dixie Plates Tropical Paradise
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits Ambition, You Can't Handle The Spruce

Any favorites here? You can buy these plates now from Dixie Plates' store, or anywhere else the sells Dixie Plates.


What about you, do your other hobbies/activities get in the way of your nail art?

Big hugs,
M. xoxo

Follow me all the places! 

Facebook / YouTube / Bloglovin' / Instagram / Pinterest / Twitter / Google+