Showing posts with label Big SdP H. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Big SdP H. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

More Layering

I've been experimenting with layering for the last little while. Just here and there, adding a topcoat or some glitter or the like.....no super fantastic layering combinations like I've seen out there on the blogesphere as I'm just not that creative to envision this...but more so, just a little accent to give a little umph to the base polish...and trying to pair it with a stamping image that you can still see the results! Sometimes that's more of a challenge than the layering of the polishes; while I have lots of plates to chose from, my time is sometimes limited to pick out an interesting or appropriate image that will still highlight the polish combinations. Anyway, here's what I came up with last night.



Started with a base of Misa Pay Days are Happy Days; two coats.



Layered with a coat of LA Girl Rock Star Double Platinum. I've been itching to try this polish out; so happy I did! Glitter and Holo = win/win!



Using Big SdP H plate, added french tips using Konad Black special polish and Big SdP N for the full plate accent nail. Both the tip and full plate image of these designs are available filled in or outlined.... I'm sure there's a technical name for this! But it is neat that there are both options for both the french and full plate designs in this design.



Decided to add another image for nail filler; stamped with Konad black special polish using an image from plate XL F.



Topped with SV.



Hope you're having a great week! Thanks for looking!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

French Tipped Stamping Attempt....Again

My stamping nemesis is french tips. I can never get them 100%...or even 90% for that matter! One problem is that I feel that the french tip stamping looks nicer on square-ish shaped nails, which mine are not so they always look off. I never get them all on straight nor a uniform width. Nev-er. My nails are getting a length that I thought I'd soon should be filing them down a bit but before I do, I have enough length to again attempt a french tip without having it go halfway down my nails...one of the downfalls of having small nails. This is what I came up with.



Base coat is two coats of Quo by Orly Celestial Star. While there was good coverage with two coats, with the pix you can see some VNL which does not appear in real life.




I was iffy on the stamping right from the get go so did my thumb nail first using Big SdP H. I thought if I fail at it, then I can do something else on the rest of the nails. But I lined it up pretty good.




So proceeded on the rest of my nails. Did the pinky and middle finger. Doing OK. Onto the index finger. Of course. Index finger is too thick. *sigh*. Can never get them all matched. *sigh*. Decided on using Big SdP A as an accent on the last nail, as this image is the same design as the tip but in a full nail image.




At this point, I've gone too far to remove the design and its far too late at night to start another mani. So I thought I'd add some flower accents to be a distraction against the stamping. Used the flowers in SdP E. Silver stamping polish used is Nicole by OPI Positive Energy. The silver foil contrasted well with the blue foil. To finish it off, I added a couple swirls of holographic glitter.



The great thing about polishing and stamping is that you can try, try again.....practise makes perfect and just another excuse to change your mani!

Thanks for looking!