Thursday, January 23, 2014

Comparison of XL and Regular MoYou-London Images (Explorer 02 vs. 17)

(Products in this post purchased with my own money.)

Hello!

Today's review is a little bit different...Of course I'm going to show you some cool nail images (how could I not), but the main purpose of the review is to help you determine which size of MoYou-London images will work for you.

You may know that MoYou-London has two basic sizes for the images on their plates (the non-collage ones); most of their plates are what I'm going to call their 'regular' size, but some have images that are XL. So which should you get?

Each have their own plusses and minuses, so it's just a question of what you need. If you have long nails, of course the XL images are probably going to be what you want. If you have really small nails, you'll probably want to run fast and far from the XL images. But if your nails are in between, things get a little more confusing, and it's more about how you plan to use them. Let's take a look at the images, and then I'll say more about that. :)

First, here is the video I made about the plates; I have on the manicure I did with the plates to show you what I'm talking about:





And now, on to the still shots! This will get a little confusing, because some of the images are exactly the same (other than size) on the two plates. So first I'll show you 02, the XL plate:


So much Egyptian beauty...sigh...


Aww...kitteh...

Scarabs and camels and death masks!!

And now for plate 17, which is the 'regular' sized images:


Sorry for the scratches!








These two plates share 12 images, but because plate 17 has smaller images, it has space for an additional 6 images. Score!


Okay, now let's compare those images:


MoYou-London plate 17 vs. 02


Plate 17 is on the left, and plate 02 is on the right; the XL images are about 1.5 times the size of the regular. And here is a comparison of the regular images with a standard Konad plate:




As you can see, the regular MoYou images are about the same size as a Konad image; in fact they are just a teeeeny bit smaller. So, if you have a hard time covering your whole nail with Konad and you want to be able to cover your whole nail, the regular images are not going to work for you, and you're going to want to go for the XL plates.

However, if you're hoping to use only parts of the images, like I did in my manicure (which you can see again my clicking here), you may prefer to have the smaller images to give you more flexibility; it will be harder to combine the larger images (although not impossible).

Keep in mind that in most cases, you won't have a choice to pick either XL or regular images; there are only a few plates that have a shared set of images in both choices. In most cases their images are one or the other, so you'll need to know what your intentions are to figure out if you'll be able to use a given plate the way you hope to use it. :)

Okay, I hope this this has been helpful, and I hope you're having a wonderful week. :)

Hugs and love,

M.

(Products in this post purchased with my own money.)

10 comments:

  1. These image plates are to die for! So many lovely designs :)

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  2. I have that plate the XL one, and i am regretful, the images are to big, to large, they wont feet in the nail horizontal... :(

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  3. Great post! I just recently fell in love with the MoYou plates. Looks like I should stick with the XL for the full nail designs and go with regular plates for more singular images. Super helpful! It may also be worth noting - on MoYou's Facebook page they are open to requests for regular versions of XL plates and vice versa!

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    1. Thank you, I'm glad it was helpful! And thanks for letting me know that about the requests. I'll include that information on my next MoYou post because it's extremely good to know...:)

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  4. Very useful info!
    Dahling, there's nothing wrong with wanting to collect the whole caboodle. Everybody needs a hobby. LOL
    FYI ~ the full nail images on the CICI & SISI plates are larger than Konad, but smaller than Bunnynails.

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    1. 'Tis true, 'tis true. But I have to be a bit miserly with my money just now...sigh...

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  5. I was just looking at the MoYou website today at these plates!! I think I picked 23 in total for my wishlist. This is helpful for me, because now I know I don't need to get any XL plates, which means more images. Yay!

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    1. Yay!! I'm so glad this was helpful, because there's nothing worse than buying a plate you can't use instead of being able to spend that money on other awesome things. And they have soooo many to choose from. :)

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  6. Thanks so much for this it was very helpful! I'm disappointed that the regular size is smaller than konad... i have fairly short square nails and konad is more than big enough for most of my nails except my thumb... my thumb nails are almost twice as wide as the rest of my nails so the konad ones never cover my thumbs... so the regular definitely won't cover my thumbs then... but if I get the XL it will be wayy too big for my other nails argh! I guess I will just leave my thumbs unstamped but in a matching color... that's what I've been doing but it's just annoying... :(

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    1. They're only a hair smaller, but yeah, if the Konad don't work for you, those won't either. I know it's a horrible option, but in this particular case where they're available in both sizes, you could always buy both, and use the big plate for your thumb. It's a little extravagant, but if you love the images, it's totally worth it, IMO. :)

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