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Friday, November 17, 2017

UberChic Beauty Radiate Love plate!

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Hello!

Today we're going to take a look at UberChic Beauty's Radiate Love plate, which is filled with mandala and henna designs to keep you centered and radiating all sorts of good things. :) Here's the video review I did of the plate:

And let's take a closer look:

UberChic Beauty Radiate Love

What I love about this plate: mandalas are soothing for the soul and henna designs have so much you can do with them--decals, lead lighting, sharpie washes. So much to love here.

UberChic full nail images are 1.7cm x 2.1cm, and here's a look at how big the smaller stuff is:

This plate has lots of fine lines, but stamps beautifully even with a clear stamper:

For my first mani, I wanted to do something bold and powerful, so I started with a base of The Lady Varnishes Black Flame Candle, and stamped over it using MoYou London's Ginger Rust:

UberChic Beauty Radiate Love over The Lady Varnishes Black Flame Candle

There's something about this that makes me think of Ancient Egyptian symbols--I'd like to think that Nefertiti would wear something like this on her nails if she could.

For my second mani, I started with a base of Zoya Nadia, and stamped with Messy Mansion Soft Gold:

UberChic Beauty Radiate Love over Zoya Nadia

I love how glowy this one is, and how perfect for fall!

For my last mani, I wanted to really capture the 'radiate' part of the radiate plate. I stared with a gradient using Zoya Solstice, Sheri and Ming, all from the Party Girls 2017 holiday/winter collection, and then stamped over them with a gradient technique using Messy Mansion Jingle Bells, Soft Gold, and Sterling:

UberChic Beauty Radiate Love over Zoya Sheri, Solstice, and Ming

I love how the color changes make this look like the light is flowing out--I loved this mani so much, it was one of those that was super hard to take off. Here's a video tutorial if you want to try out the look yourself: