I've come to the realization (as I often do) that I should be studying a little bit everyday rather than spending all of my time studying for midterms in the few days leading up to one. That way I could post more frequently and be less stressed. But like I said, I always say that and never actually do it. Today I'm going to start doing the readings before the lectures! Baby steps haha.
Anyway, I started off with two easy coats of China Glaze X-Ta-Sea and a coat of top coat (Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, London Drugs was all out of Essie Good to Go when I went in but I'm really loving this top coat too).
A day or so later I went in with Julep Nora, Bundle Monster Plate BM221 and a double sided stamper and scraper from Born Pretty Store. I actually found that the smaller and thinner scraper scraped the plate too deeply so when I tried to pick up the image there was hardly anything there. I have heard that Bundle Monster plates have shallower designs and since I don't own any Konad plates, it's hard to say if that's a problem with the scraper or the plate.
The larger and thicker scraper worked like a charm though! The stamper also was really great and the bigger white end is so squishy and awesome! The polish I decided to use (Nora) seemed to dry really fast and had a strange consistency, and I'm convinced that's why the image didn't transfer completely. I quite like the distressed floral look though!
I finished off everything with another coat of top coat and I was finished!
What do you guys think of these nails? I'd love to hear in the comments!
Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with some Halloween nails very soon! Happy Wednesday! =)
Really cute combination! I love the insta-dry polishes, trying to find the top coat. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :) The only thing I'm not liking about the top coat is that it doesn't actually flatten/level anything out, including a design as thin as this from a stamp. I think Essie Good to Go is still my favourite! I agree, I LOVE the polishes but the top coat isn't perfect :P.
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