Tuesday Stamping #74

Hi lovelies,

Happy Tuesday!

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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I chose 4 lilacs / purple ish shades today.

Color Club – Wicker park

I know this one is a very pink colour but depending on light and what you compare it to, this can be a quite lilac tones.  Either way, it didn’t stamp very well.  Actually, it wasn;t super bad, it just doesn’t show up well against the white or the black and seems to be quite faded.  Thinner images didn’t stamp too badly.

Essence – Little lila town

This one didn’t fare too well on the white either (often the case with light shades) but I actually really like it on the black.  It stamps pretty clear and on the black the shimmer in this polish really stands out.  I think this on a darker purple will look better than on the white.  So definitely one worth trying out.

Essence – Serendipity

This one looks a bit more grey in the stamping but it is definitely a lilac toned grey if anything.  Doesn’t stamp too badly and does show up on the white and the black.  I do prefer it on the black but because it looks so grey it isn’t one I would rush to use.  Unless I didn’t have another grey to use.  I do wonder how this would compare colour wise if it was on a purple or lilac shade.

Hean – #233

This one definitely shows up better on the white than any of the others for me.  It looks shows up pretty decently on the black.  Stamps pretty crisp and clear too.  Do we maybe have a winner?

I am not super blown away by any of these to be honest but Hean #233 definitely wins for me.  Essence – Little lila town on the black is also a win for me   What do you think?  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,