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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque

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Hello!

Today we're gonna take a look at one of the two new plates from UberChic Beauty, their Damask & Baroque plate. As always, let's start off with my video observations about the plate:

Let's take a look at the plate:

UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque plate

I think this is an excellent plate for all skill levels, even beginners--you can get beautiful images easily, with no fancy techniques, and without having to worry about fine lines or bold areas. If you are a beginner and want to play around with looks, I suggest playing with color--check out the swatches I did in the video above to see some examples of that.

But let's jump on into the manicures!

For my first look, I wanted to give an example of mixing and matching these images with other plates; I think a lot of these images are similar to lacy snowflakes:

UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque plate over The Lady Varnishes Paradise For A Day

Base Polish(es): The Lady Varnishes Paradise For A Day
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque
Stamping Polish(es): Girly Bits Cosmetics Ker-minty Frog Here and Forget Me? Not!!!

For the second mani I wanted to play with color, so I did a stamping-polish gradient:

UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque plate over Glam Polish Rocket Man

Base Polish(es): Glam Polish Rocket Man
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Royal Purple, Blue You Away, Hydrangea Blue, and Chalk

And for my final look I wanted to give an example of mixing the smaller elements with the larger:

UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque plate over Glam Polish Saturday Night's Alright and The B%$&# Is Back

Base Polish(es): Glam Polish Saturday Night's Alright and The B%$&# is Back
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Damask & Baroque
Stamping Polish(es): Color Alike Hot Sands, UberChic Beauty Pure Black

This plate is on sale now in the UberChic Beauty store, and I personally think it goes beautifully with the Love & Marriage 05 plate (all of the Love & Marriage plates, actually), so check that one out while you're there. :)

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M. xoxo

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Thursday, September 19, 2019

The Digit-al Dozen Wood & Copper: Featuring UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 4

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Hello!

Today we're going to take a look at UberChic Beauty's Lovely Leaves 4 plate, which I'm going to also use to finish up my Digit-al Dozen Wood & Copper manis.

First things first--here's the quick video I did with a few test looks:

And here's a look at the plate itself:

UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04

On to the manis! For the first one I really wanted to hit the combination of wood and copper one last time:

UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04 over Zoya Foster

Base Polish(es): Zoya Foster
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 4
Stamping Polish(es): Hit The Bottle Polish Copper-Haired Beauty; Kaleidoscope by El Corazon Black and White

And then I focused on tree leaves as my representation of 'wood':

UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04 over Zoya Etta

Base Polish(es): Zoya Etta
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04
Stamping Polish(es): Hit The Bottle Polish Holo There Beautiful

For this one I wanted to capture a bit of the transition from summer manis to fall manis:

UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04 over UberChic Beauty Electric Pumpkin

Base Polish(es): UberChic Beauty Electric Pumpkin
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Bisque

And, finally, you've actually seen this one before, but I thought I'd include it again here since it's from the same plate:

UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04 over The Lady Varnishes Avada Kedavra

Base Polish(es): The Lady Varnishes Avada Kedavra (no longer available, but check out her other beauties!)
Stamping Plate(s): UberChic Beauty Lovely Leaves 04
Stamping Polish(es): Beauty Big Bang Gold

I enjoyed the summer, but I'm so glad fall is coming! This plate is on sale in UberChic Beauty's shop now. :)

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Tuesday, August 13, 2019

The Digit-al Dozen Does Patterns--Day 2!

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It's day 2 of The Digit-al Dozen's Patterns theme, and for today's mani I played with using a layer on its own, and layering it with another image. Here's the glossy version:

It Girl Nail Art IG123 and IG111

And here it is mattified:

It Girl Nail Art IG123 and IG111

Base Polish(es): Zoya Darby
Stamping Plate(s): It Girl Nail Art IG123 and IG111
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Spring Green and Forest

To me this looks like the shores of a lake surrounded by forest...Summery and outdoorsy and relaxing. What do you think?

I'll be back tomorrow with another pattern mani...in the meantime you can find my day 1 manicure here, and see what the other artists created below!

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

PPU Alert! The Lady Varnishes Make It Rain

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It's that time again--time for Polish Pickup! This month's theme is weather, and today I'm gonna show you The Lady Varnishes Make It Rain, a soft sage crelly with multichrome shimmer, glitters and flakies:

The Lady Varnishes Make It Rain

Coverage: 2 coats
Formula & application: Perfect!

This inspiration for this polish is money (hence 'Make It Rain'--hehehe, such a fun play on the weather theme!) and it looks like stacks of dollar bills and gold coins. It's jam-packed with beautiful, magical things, so much so that this is one of my favorite polishes so far this year.

I wanted to play up the antique-vintage feel to this, and the shimmer, so I chose some art nouveau images and a soft stamping polish:

The Lady Varnishes Make It Rain stamped with Moyra Vanity

Base Polish(es): The Lady Varnishes Make It Rain
Stamping Plate(s): Moyra Vanity
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Bisque

I am so happy with how this came out--it's so vintage and classy, I'm absolutely going to wear this combo again.

This polish goes on sale June 7th-June 10th in the Polish Pickup store; the price will be $12.50, and there will be a cap of 130, so set that alarm and grab it quick if you want it! In the meantime, you can check out Kirsten's other beauties in The Lady Varnishes' shop.

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Thursday, January 10, 2019

Lantern & Wren's #AllTheHearts Plate

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Hello!

Today I have another new plate from Lantern & Wren to show you: the Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts plate, right in time for the run-up to Valentine's day. :)

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

And here's a closer look:

As with her other plates, she's packed in a ton of images, and gives a nice variety that run the gauntlet from cute to elegant.

Here are a trio of sample swatches:

I LOVE the way that bohemian lace image looks over that smoosh...sigh...

Okay, on to the manis! I had to use that bohemian lace image again, but this time wanted to try some non-Valentine colors:

Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts over Shine Nail Polish Mirage

Base Polish(es): Shine Nail Polish Mirage
Stamping Plate(s): Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Hydrangea Blue & Lilac

I chose blue stamping polish to pull out the shimmer in the base polish, and I love how it came out. :)

For my next mani, I wanted to try a cool French tip look:

Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts over Spellbound Nails I Must Not Tell Lies

Base Polish(es): Spellbound Nails I Must Not Tell Lies
Stamping Plate(s): Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Red-y Or Not

I love how simple but effective this look is. :)

And, for a final look, I wanted to use some hearts in a non-Valentine way, to show the versatility:

Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts over Spellbound Nails Prophecy

Base Polish(es): Spellbound Nails Prophecy
Stamping Plate(s): Lantern & Wren #AllTheHearts
Stamping Polish(es): Messy Mansion Lilac

I think this is an adorable manicure for spring!

This plate is on sale now in Lantern & Wren's store. And, you can follow Lantern & Wren around the interwebs, here:

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/allaboutthatstamp/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lanternandwren/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lanternandwren/

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M. xoxo

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Monday, December 31, 2018

It Girl Nail Art Limited Edition Mythology Plate

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Hello!

If you haven't already heard, this month's Polish Pickup theme is Mythology, and It Girl Nail Art is contributing a limited edition plate celebrating the theme:

It Girl Nail Art LE107

She did a mix of several types of mythology and mythical creatures, and I gotta say--the mighty jackalope is definitely my favorite. (You gotta love jackalopes, because that's where naugahyde comes from, and where would we be without naugahyde?)

I had a blast playing around with this, so I have several manis to show you...this first one started with a base of Zoya Rekha, then I stamped an image from It Girl Nail Art IG102, and then added in my images from LE107, using Messy Mansion Carbon and Soft Gold:

It Girl Nail Art LE107 and IG102 over Zoya Rekha

Next up I went for some Greek mythology...I started with a base of Stella Chroma Cinnamon & Spice, and then stamped an image from It Girl Nail Art IG105 with Girly Bits Irreplaceable, and then stamped my LE107 images with Messy Mansion Spring Green, Carbon, and Soft Gold:

It Girl Nail Art LE107 and IG105 over Zoya Rekha

Next I took a trip under da sea with a base of Stella Chroma Flannel & Boots, and stamped an image from IG111 with Messy Mansion Chalk. Then I reversed-stamped my images from LE107, using Stella Chroma Sugarplum Fairy and It Girl Nail Art Inkwell for the narwhal, and Messy Mansion Spring Green for Nessie:

It Girl Nail Art LE107 and IG111 over Zoya Rekha

And I saved the best for last...I started with a base of Shine Nail Polish Upper Crust, then stamped an image from IG111 and Girly Bits Irreplaceable to look like a terrain map, then reversed-stamped my jackalope using Girly Bits White Wedding and Little Black Dress:

It Girl Nail Art LE107 and IG111 over Zoya Rekha

I hope this gives you an idea of the fun stuff you can do with this plate...It will be on sale during January's Polish Pickup, from January 4th-January 7th. In the meantime, check out It Girl Nail Art's other awesome plates here, and check out their cuticle balm while you're there (it's my favorite).