I’ve been doing either simple one-color manicures or varieties of gradients, so it’s been awhile since I’ve done any nail stamping. After getting some amazing image plates for the holidays, I decided I needed to get back into it.
I got a few plates from Messy Mansion and am obsessed with them! I really wanted to feature the chevron images, so I decided to do a skittlette manicure.
Not my best work here. Apparently it takes a little bit to get back into the swing of stamping again! So I only kept this manicure on for a day.
- Base color: Julep Malia (a pretty coral polish from Julep’s recent Resort Collection that I got as an add-on for the January 2014 Maven box). Malia is very nice, but it was pretty thick and gloopy (yes, that’s the technical term for it). Maybe that’s because it was a mini sample size bottle.
- Stamping color: A England Saint George (an absolutely gorgeous emerald green holographic polish). These pics don’t do it justice)
- Image plate: Messy Mansion MM12 – I am in love with the image on my thumb and middle finger (too bad I didn’t stamp the middle finger very well).
I almost didn’t post this, but I figured I should share failed attempts too. Plus Messy Mansion deserves high praise!
Doctor Crafty 
It actually doesn’t look that bad! I think it was definitely worth the post. I particularly like the thumb nail stamping.
Thanks! I really love the images on this plate – I just didn’t get a perfect transfer and my OCD self sees that as a fail lol.
this can’t be a fail! I think it’s lovely! 😀 apart from the little bit on your middle finger all of the others images are really sharp! ❤
Thanks so much! Yeah that silly middle finger didn’t get a great transfer. At least I had reason to show people my middle finger when describing my mistake 😉
Baahahaaa! 😀
It’s not bad at all. It’s fabulous!!
Thanks 🙂