China Glaze "China Rouge" and Konad Special Polish Houndstooth Stamping

This is my first stamping post using Konad's Special polish.  For all my previous stamping manicures, I have always used a drugstore brand.  Believe it or not, they work the best, besides Konad's special polishes of course.  These polishes that are made especially for the stamping system really do work a lot better, but they are a lot more expensive too.  At $8 a bottle, it makes it harder to collect a variety of colors, so I am an gradually increasing my collection.  As you can see from the pictures there is a slight learning curve with this polish because it seems to smear a bit with my top coat.  I am not sure if it is my application, or if it is actually the BRAND of top coat, so more research and development is required.

This manicure is simple, yet sharp.  I love the design, and I am a sucker for red!

Salon Perfect "Ivy League" and "Green Room" Reptile Skin Nails

Because I have a millions stamps (and still more on my list to collect) I frequently find myself on the hunt for the perfect polishes to use with them, as if I don't have enough.  One can never have enough nail polish, right?  Where ever I am shopping I always have to peruse the nail polish aisle in case there is something I cannot live without.  One day in Wal-Mart I stumbled across these beauties!  Of course, they were of the cheapest varieties too, so in the cart they went!  I knew exactly what I was going to do with them....Reptile skin.  Seriously, the dark green is so beautiful on its own, I am sure I find plenty to use it for.  But, this time it's going to look like this.....

Wet N Wild "Black Creme" and Lip Stamping

When I first started with this nail obsession, I had a favorite blogger that I followed.  I would stalk her blog everyday as she was consistent in her postings.  Unfortunately, now she is inactive.  She hasn't posted anything since last year.  But, this manicure is a recreation of her design because it was of the first that I really admired and encouraged me to get into stamping on my own, so thank you for that Chloe's Nails!.  I started with a base coat of my go to black, and proceeded to stamping the lips in Color Club's "Harp On It," and Sally Hansen's "Red Chrome" Color Quick pen polish.  Pictures in lightbox and sun light!

China Glaze Hologlam Collection "When Stars Collide" and Essie "As Good As Gold" Stamping

I bought this entire collection from China Glaze because as I have said, I LOVE HOLOGRAPHIC polishes. These ones aren't as blingy as some others than I have, which makes them even more gorgeous. They aren't so out there that they detract from the stamping, or other forms of nail art you might be inspired to create with these.  Here are two photos, one in the light box and the other in direct sunlight.  Please excuse the slightly off center stamping on some of the nails.

OPI "Miami Beet" and Color Club "Harp On It" Shredded Funky French tips

I have tried and failed this manicure before, so I figured it was time to give it a shot again.  I started with my base color of OPI "Miami Beet," applied a coat of top coat and let dry COMPLETELY.  I then, very carefully, cut the shredded pattern into some blue painters tape.  I stuck the tape to my palm a few time to release some of the adhesive, because pulling up your base coats when you are trying to make a design royally stinks!  I placed the tape over the nail and painted the holographic polish over the exposed portions of nail, creating the shredded effect!   Pictures in the light box and direct sunlight!

Happy iPhone 5s Release Day!

Even though I am not an iphone enthusiast, some of my favorite people in this world are!  So in honor of today's iPhone 5s release, I present, the Apple mani! Using Wet N Wild "Black Creme" and Orly's "Luxe, Rage and Dazzle" I stamped adorable Apple icons on all my piggies!  Of course, my color choices are inspired by all the lovely colors the new phone is coming out in!  Apple lovers rejoice, your long awaited phone is finally here, and even DROID lovers can appreciate that!

OPI "Mod About You," with Floral Stamping

As I mentioned before, nail art stamping with multiple colors takes practice and patience, and TIME!  I tested this color combination out before I did it on ten different fingers, and it seemed to be a go...however, as you can see, it isn't my best work.  This is almost a fail too, but hey, no one is perfect right?