Monday, March 23, 2015

Review, test & Mani: Messy Mansion plates 18, 28, 34, 37 & 43

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Hello!!

I finally did it--I finally got my little paws on some Messy Mansion plates. Yes, I can hear you saying 'Whaaa?? How could it take so long, Michelle? How?' Well, there were several plates I wanted, and every time I went to buy them, one of them was out of stock. But then...the stars aligned, and I clicked, clicked, clicked!

Here is my video review and test of the plates:





Here's how they come packaged:




And here are the images of the individual plates:

Messy Mansion MM18 (Shabby Chic):

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Messy Mansion MM18: Boujour, Paris!

Messy Mansion MM28 (Crime Scene):

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Messy Mansion MM28: You'll never take me alive, copper!

Messy Mansion MM34 (Fox and hounds):

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Messy Mansion MM34: Celtic foxy wolves

Messy Mansion MM37 (Pirate theme):

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Messy Mansion MM37: Arrrrr, Matey!

Messy Mansion MM43 (Steampunk theme):

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Messy Mansion MM43: Do you want to see my steampunk-punk-punk, my steampunk-punk?


I love the elegance of all these plates. The images are so detailed, and because the plates are larger than normal, you get a nice variety of images in the theme. But...how do they stamp?


Quite well, actually:

Steampunk suspenders and Parisian flourishes

I pressed too hard on the first try--but look at the beautiful detail on that second one

Barbed wire and an incredibly detailed map...


All of the detail come out perfectly, and I didn't have to struggle to scrape or pick-up; the images are well-spaced, so that even though there are so many of them, the plates work well.


So how big are those images, anyway? Let's take a look at them next to a standard Konad plate:


Messy Mansion MM28 vs. Konad




Messy Mansion MM28 vs. Konad


The full-nail images are large enough so you shouldn't have to worry about covering your width and length unless you've got some looooong nails. :)


I couldn't wait to play with these, and the beautiful spring colors I've been playing just called out for a country French theme...

I started with Zoya Daisy, my favorite of the spring polishes I've seen so far. Then I stamped using MM18, with Konad white and Sally Hansen Blue Away:


French country chic
French country chic

French country chic

French country chic

French country chic


I love, love, love this manicure--I wore it for nearly a week because I couldn't bear to take it off. And I never, ever thought I'd say that about a yellow-based manicure, but Daisy rocks. And I love the creativity that just jumped off of the plate.

I definitely recommend these plates--I bought mine here on Amazon. :)

Happy Stamping,
M.

19 comments:

  1. You are totally rocking those nails. Looks great(!) and neither of us are yellow-fans. Crazy right?!

    Do you think it would look look to used a dry brush technique on the "Eau de ..." image, to make it look like those stamps on the wooden boxes. With grey and white over a wooden stamp in tones of brown?

    I think that could look really cool.

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  2. Some wonderful stamping plates you showed here. They all look so good.

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  3. Fantabulous! Beautometry also carries these plates plus a bunch more hard to get in the US plate brands. I have an order coming from them with a couple of the Messy Mansion plates & I hope the full nail images are large enough for my claws. Who says I can't be an optimist. LOL

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  4. These are some interesting plates by Messy Mansion. Loved your mani.

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  5. Really cute! And Daisy is amazing!

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  6. Love your double stamping! The first and last plates were my faves.

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  7. Wow these are really cool! I would have not noticed how cool though without you blog - am I the only person who finds it easy to overlook stamping plates sometimes? Definitely some unique, interesting but wearable designs here and your mani is lovely!

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  8. I really love the plates you chose! They seem to stamp very very well too!

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  9. I need to get my hands on these plates!!

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  10. These plates look awesome, need to get my hands on some :)

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  11. Beautiful mani! I've had the wolf plate and steampunk plate on my wishlist forever too!

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  12. Adorable! There are some awesome plates there!

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  13. These plates looks great, Celtic foxy wolves is my favorite!

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  14. I love your video and review! Your mani is gorgeous as well

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  15. I love Messy Mansion plates! ok so I only have one right now but it's awesome. I really like the steampunk one you got, gonna have to add it to the wishlist.

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  16. I actually own MM18!! I LOVE what you did with it!! Beautiful vintage damask!! Just gorgeous!

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