31 Day Challenge, day 5: Blue
Blue nails! For this challenge I decided to bring out my stamping tools. The basecolor is Essence Via Airmail! from the Ready For Boarding collection. On top I did a leopard print in black with Konad imageplate M57. Stamping isn't a technique I often reach for because I always think too much about the mess afterwards that I'd have to clean up, especially when I'm using my opaque and therefore hard-to-remove black polish Color Club Where's The Soiree, like in this case. But clean-up actually wasn't that bad this time because I rubbed a bit of greasy handcream on the skin around the nails, making it harder for the polish to stain. :-) Even the pattern transferred okay on the nails! It's definitely not perfect, but that's the nice thing about leopard print: imperfections are hardly noticeable from a distance. ;-) So all in all I was quite pleased with how this mani turned out. I really should do stamped manis more often...
Tags :
31 Day Challenge +
Black +
Blue +
Color Club +
Creme +
Essence +
Stamping
it's beautiful <3
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Konad special black? Just stamped with it the other day & didn't have any problems with staining. Actually I was able to remove of it (from the cuticles) without any remover, it just flaked off.
ReplyDeleteWOWWWWW! Looks so amazing <3
ReplyDeleteI love it! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's very pretty :)
ReplyDeleteI never get enough of leopard print manis!
ReplyDeleteGood idea on the hand cream-- black is the worst to remove, lol! Love that shade of blue!:)
ReplyDeletefantastic color&stamp
ReplyDeleteLove this blue.
ReplyDeleteI still haven't perfected the stamping technique, but you do an awesome job!
Good idea about the lotion!
Love this manicure, very bold and awesome!
ReplyDeleteloveeee!
ReplyDeleteI like how this turned out a lot!
ReplyDeleteohhh Great! I love leoprad :)
ReplyDeletewow, you are amazing... :) I'm your big fan! Greetings from Poland:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeletereally fun... and fierce!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful as always!!
ReplyDeleteit looks perfect... the color combination is perfect.. :)
ReplyDeleteI again recreated the studded V gap
ReplyDeletehttp://rajani-creativejunction.blogspot.in/2012/08/studded-v-gap-with-black-and-grey.html
u have an awesome tutorials... :)
When I see this perfect mani I realize that I have to exercise my stamping skills, love this leopard design!
ReplyDeleteLove!
ReplyDeleteGreat leopard version :)
ReplyDeleteWow I'm loving that blue!!
ReplyDeleteWow I love this! The print with that color is gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI have seen several blue and black manis together, and this might be my favourite. I'm inspired to do something like that soon! I notice you are at pretty much the same place in the challenge as I am--I just posted my blue mani today :)
ReplyDeleteI love that shade of blue and the leopard print :)
ReplyDeleteI love it!
ReplyDeletelove the blue too, how or where do you get the "stamps"?
ReplyDeletethis came out great! i love it
ReplyDeleteGreat look!
ReplyDeleteI simply love it!
ReplyDeleteWatermark croppage!: http://beautifulxnightmare.tumblr.com/post/30694899067
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