Thursday, July 30, 2015

NOTD: Tropical flowers with UberChic Beauty 4-01

(Press sample)

Hello!

I recently reviewed UberChic Beauty's Collection 4-01 for you (you can see the full review here) and mentioned I'd do a separate manicure with each plate. I'm starting today with the first plate, 4-01 (the beginning is a very good place to start, someone once said):



There's a lot to love about this plate and this set, but the first thing that grabbed my attention were those beautiful Victorian-style flowers, particularly their potential for reversed stamping and lead-lighting. So guess what I'm going to show you today?

I'm in a very summery mood these days, go figure, but sadly do not have any plans to go to Hawaii anytime soon...so I decided to bring Hawaii to my nails.

I started with a gradient using Zoya Darcy, Zoya Jancyn, and Zoya Thandie:


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Gradient with Zoya Darcy, Jancyn, and Thandie, with topcoat


Then I used reversed stamping to create decals with the flowers in the bottom right corner of the plate (you can see the decals drying in the background of the picture above, lol!); I used Julep Karissa and Zoya Darcy for the coloring. I'm loving how easy all of this was with UberChic Beauty's new Uber Mat (click here for my full review), I can't say enough good things about it:


Uber mat
Polish for the gradient goes right on the mat and I don't lose track of it!


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Same thing here--polish right on the mat, easy to work from!


And here's how the final manicure looked:


Hawaiian flowers with UberChic Beauty plate 4-01

Hawaiian flowers with UberChic Beauty plate 4-01


I am so so so in love with this manicure it makes me feel like I need go book a weekend in Hawaii right now so the manicure can reach its full potential! Seriously, I have no idea how I'm ever going to take this off. Ah-mazing. Sigh...

You can buy this collection of plates and the Uber Mat directly from UberChic Beauty. :)

Happy stamping!
M.




10 comments:

  1. Oh wow, this is SO gorgeous! I love that stamp!

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    1. Thank you!! I still have this on and have to take it off later today and my heart is breaking, lol!

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  2. What a STUNNING mani!! It is perfect! gorgeous colors. And my Uber mat arrived today! Can't wait to try it out!

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    1. Thank you so much!! How are you loving that mat??

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  3. Ugh.. ♥♥♥ I want this on my nails. Now. Also want: Hawaiian vacation. *sigh* take me wiiith youuu!

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    1. How about this. How about we go on a Hawaiian vacation and sit on the beach doing our nails like this?? :)

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  4. I love it. this manicure is everything that was ever good about the 70's :)

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  5. I'm jealous of everything in this post! LOL! I want that mat, your gorgeous gradient skills, and your nail shape is perfection!

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