Stamping obsession, vol 1

Hello, friends!
I think I might be obsessed with stamping. I had 2 little Essence stamping plates and stampers, and didn't really like them: the images are too small, the stamp is too hard and I couldn't really transfer the image to my nail. So I caved, and ordered 2 stamping and a squishy stamper from Moyou London.  I got them in a week, and absolutely loved them, but then, of course, I realized my new stamper does not work. With a little help from ladies in nail polish group on FB, I managed to get it right, and haven't stop stamping since. :)
The thing is, squishy, or silicone stamper are a bit tricky, and you have to gently file the surface of the stamper until it'not shiny anymore to get the image perfectly transferred to the nail. (Use a nail file, but not to gritty, or even a stone foot scrubber)
This was my first attempt, the base is Essie's Jiggle hi, jiggle low, stamped with Essence stamping polish.

Do you love this design as much as I do? This is an image from Moyou London's Fashionista 08 plate,  all the designs are so elegant and pretty, and I think I will be using this one a lot.

As for the polishes, Jiggle hi, jiggle low is from Essie holiday collection (if you're from Croatia, find them at DM and Muller), and I is a very metal, shiny, silver/gold. This is artificial light vs daylight, 3 coats and top coat.

The stamping polish, however, I'm not happy with. It's matte, which can be solved with topcoat, but I think it's too thick and I had a problem with it peeling off the nail when I stamped with it. I think I have to find another black to stamp with.

That's it, my first stamping attempt. Hope you like it :)

xoxo


Hrvatski:
I tako, ljudi dragi, navukla sam se na stamping. Odnosno, štambiljanje, iako stamping, kad su nokti u pitanju, nekako bolje zvuči :)
Imam već neko vrijeme Essence pločice i njihov štambilj, ali nisam bila zadovoljna: uzorci su im mali, štambilj pretvrd, i nisam mogla dobro uzorak prenijeti na nokat. Pa sam odlučila naručiti pločice i štambilj Moyou London, jer sam čula divne stvari o njima.

Kad su došle, nakon tjedan dana, nisam se razočarala. Slike na pločicama su predivne! Sa štambiljom sam ipak imala problema, nije htio "uhvatit" sliku koliko god se ja trudila. Cure iz FB grupe u kojoj sam su mi dale nekoliko savjeta, malo sam prosurfala, i skužila da je problem u tome što se silikonski štambilji (takozvani, mekani štambilji) trebaju malo pripremiti prije upotrebe. Štos je u tome da rašpicom za nokte, ili kamenom za kožu na petama, treba isturpijati površinu štambilja dok više nije sjajna. Ipak, pazite da rašpica nije pregruba, jer će uništiti štambilj. Kad sam to napravila, sve je išlo super.

Podloga na fotkama gore je Essie Jiggle hi, jiggle low, štambiljala sam sa Essence lakom za štambiljanje, a pločica je Moyou London Fashionista 08. Jiggle hi, jiggle low je divan lak, srebrano zlatan je i vrlo sjajan, na fotki gore vidite razliku po danu i navečer, pod umjetnim svjetlom.

Essence lak za štambiljanje me razočarao: pregust je i odlljepljivao mi se s nokta kad bih micala štambilj. Nije mi se baš svidjelo što se suši u mat finiš, ali to se da riješiti stavljanjem nadlaka. Ipak, mislim da ću morati naći neki drugi crni lak za stamping avanturu.

Nadam se da vam se sviđa moj prvi pokušaj u stampingu. :)

Do sljedećeg puta,

xoxo