Hi lovelies,
I hope you’re having a beautiful Tuesday so far. Over the last few posts I have been showing you some new polishes so I thought I would use those for today’s stamping post as well.
If you have read any of these before I suggest you skip everything and just go straight to the photo’s. If you’re new to the blog or haven’t seen these yet then I suggest you go take a look at Tuesday Stamping #1. I explain most of it there but will I also give a brief run down in this post. So if you’ve read it, scroll over the first bit of text 😉
Basically, this is how I am going to do it. I am going to be stamping over black and white. White will be the lightest colour you ever wear and black the darkest. What better way to see how a polish works over dark and light colours. Now, obviously, not many will actually want to stamp OVER black but it will be a good way to find out if a polish will show up over dark colours. If it shows up on black you can be pretty certain it will show up over everything. That does mean that if it is noticeable but not very, it will probably work much better over say a purple or a blue. I will try to address this with each polish I show you as well.
I will also be using the same plate for all the stamping to make sure there will be continuity. I chose a stamp that had some images with thin lines, with bigger spaces, with some detail etc. That way you can see if a polish will stamp crisp lines when they are thin or if it will smudge when the image has bigger spaces. I decided to go with Pueen11. I will be using the 4 full nail images on this plate.
I will show you 4 of my ordinary polishes with every post. If you want to see more or less per post please let me know. I will use 4 random polishes each time until I have worked through all the polishes I have (excluding glitters of course) and I will show you everything, whether it stamped well or not. I will also be showing you my first attempts at all of them. Sometimes it happens that you move the stamper a little bit when you stamp onto the nail. Or you waited just a second too long and the whole image doesn’t transfer. Or you press too hard and get the shadow stamping. Usually if this happens I would remove it and stamp again. It also happens that a polish looks so promising and after you’ve stamped you think, ah this could look better if I tried it once or twice more. I will not be doing any of that. What I stamp first try is what you get. I just feel that you can get a better result if you keep trying but the mark of a good stamping polish is how well it works straight off the bat.
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Avon – Parfait pink
This polish looks stunning on the white and is slightly visible on the black. It stamps pretty decently as well. Definitely one for lighter colours.
Essence – Riot@<3
This one stamps well but seems to get a little patchy in the bigger images. It looks like it works best for thinner / smaller images but not impossible for any image. It does show up beautifully on the white and visible but not great on the black.
Bourjois – No 15
This one looks amazing on the white. It’s definitely more visible on the black than some others so possible to use on some darker colours. It also stamps pretty well and I really like it on the thinner lines.
Sinful Colors – Peppered amazon
Hello! How beautiful does this look on the black? It looks fabulous on the white as well so definitely a versatile one. It also stamps really beautifully and the shimmer is also still visible when you use it for stamping. This is the winner for me today even though they were all pretty good.
What do you think of these? Do you want to see any of them stamped over a specific colour? Do you have an idea for a stamped design you would like me to do? Do you have any suggestions for changes or additions you would prefer on these posts? I would love to hear from you. Or if you want to choose the next 4 polishes let me know.
Thanks for reading,
Squeaky Q
I already gushed over Peppered amazon in your last post, but OH MY it looks so good over black! I should really experiment more with stamping over black with different colours, I always just go for white or silver :c
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Michelle Roberts
You know if it wasn’t for these stamping posts I would be in the same position. I always want to just grab the white and silver until I see one of these look amazing over black.