We are in the final countdown of our last days here in Florida, soon to be moving to the northern Delaware area...which is currently being walloped with snow as I type this. So in the spirit of moving into the snowbelt(ish) area of the country, I did the following mani during the week of Christmas. I doubt it's going to prepare me for the cold, wind, snow, ice, more cold, etc. but at least my fingernails looked cute! :)
I started off with a couple coats of NYC Empire State Blue, which is a really pretty medium blue with an extremely fine shimmer of super-light green. Very sort of Caribbean ocean-ish color, imo. Since I was planning to stamp a winter theme, I topped Empire State Blue with a coat of China Glaze Fairy Dust:
Full-sun photo to show off that gorgeous holo of CG Fairy Dust! Since I'm not that adept at stamping, I waited until the next day to do my little design of snowflakes and a snowman, using Zoya Purity and Winstonia plate W120.
Please be kind, remember I mentioned I'm not all that skilled at stamping, lol. I liked my little wintery snow scene and had fun putting it together!
More pics after the jump....
I love to hear what you think, so be sure to leave a comment!
Oh man, Fairy Dust is stalking me lately! Might be time for another polish trip, because this is pretty :D
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job positioning the stamps, which is the hardest part for me! Are you using a razor blade to scrape your plates? I switched to a fake junkmail credit card. They tend to leave a bit more of the polish behind to make the stamp more opaque :)
You know, I resisted Fairy Dust for the longest time because I'd found a good micro-holo topper at Marshall's one time that I really liked (unnamed Cosmetic Arts brand, I think...sorry, it's packed away right now), but then Sally's had a little display of FD minis and I said what the heck, let's give it a try. And now I'm going to get a full-size bottle. So just go ahead and buy it already! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the stamping tip! I do use an old credit card for scraping, learned a while ago that the metal scrapers just don't work for me. But my one lone stamper is from that $10 stamping kit sold in just about any store, bought it ages ago when I knew even less about stamping, so I think my next investment will be in a new stamper or two. Can't decide whether to go for the squishy kind, since I have a very strong c-curve and can never get to the edges with the usual firm stampers or just buy a few random stampers and test what works best for me and my style. I'm waiting until one last family Christmas celebration (we always have it in mid-Jan) to see if I get any of the MoYou plates I've begged my aunt for, then I'll see about making an order for more stamping supplies since I do want to practice and improve.
This looks adorable! I love Empire State with Fairy Dust, and the snow stamping is so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lucy!
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