Review: It Girl Nail Art IG-105 and IG-106 (or, Victorian Christmas)

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Hello!

It Girl Nail Art has put out a new set of top-notch quality plates, and I have two of them to review for you today!

First, as always, is my video review:

Let's look at some stills. This set is inspired by textiles, and IG 105 is inspired by multicultural textiles:

It Girl Nail Art IG 105

I love that there are several of each different style--some Asian-influenced, some African-influenced, and some Native American-influenced; that way you can use a single pattern if you want, or mix and match the patterns.


IG 106 is inspired by brocades and lace:

It Girl Nail Art IG 106

I'm impressed by the variety of looks she got on one plate, all representing this type of textile. The one in the upper left has a snowflake-wintery feel to me, there's a stained-glass piece of lace art, all the way down to an art nouveau masterpiece in the lower right. And yet, there are still repeated themes, so that some of the images can be used together to create a more diverse mani that still looks cohesive.


Hey, how big are those images?

It Girl Nail Art IG 106--size

Each images is roughly 1/8th of an inch short of an inch on each side. Big enough to cover all but the super-longest of nails with ease, and there is enough detail in the images to work with shorter nails, too.

But most important of all: do they stamp? Here are a few swatches, warped by my clumsiness, but excellent nonetheless:

And given the holidays, I couldn't resist doing a holiday mani for you with one of the Victorian patterns...

I started out with a gradient of The Lady Varnishes Hatred & Revenge (an evergreen holo) and Mistress Of All Evil (a blackened plum shimmer with green and gold glitters), both from the Maleficent Collection:

Gradient with The Lady Varnishes Hatred & Revenge and Mistress Of All Evil

I love the rich greens and plums together, and the little gradient spread a little bit of the holo and a little big of the glitter all throughout for shines and glimmers everywhere.

Then I stamped with one of the brocade images from IG-106, using Konad Golden green, to keep the vintage feel going:

Victorian Christmas with It Girl Nail Art IG 106 + The Lady Varnishes polishes

Victorian Christmas with It Girl Nail Art IG 106 + The Lady Varnishes polishes

Victorian Christmas with It Girl Nail Art IG 106 + The Lady Varnishes polishes

There's your Victorian Christmas right there--next year when I go to the Dickens Christmas Faire, I'll be wearing these nails, you can count on it!

I'll be back with a separate manicure for IG-105, and I'm sure more from both plates.

You can find these plates plus another newbie available for pre-sale in the It Girl Nail Art Etsy or StoreEnvy store, so you can be sure you get something you want even if Santa doesn't bring you quite the right gift! You can also keep up with It Girl Nail Art on Facebook.

Now, if it's okay with you, I have a crap-ton of food to cook and gifts to wrap, so I'm outta here!

Happy stamping,
M.