Hey guys,
Time to get our stamping on!
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.
To see all the Tuesday Stamping posts you can use the Tuesday Stamping tag in the tag cloud or you can go to the Swatches tab in the top menu and look under Stamping swatches. These are sorted by brand, then name alphabetically.
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I thought I would do some red / pink shades for a change but then I realised I did red not too long ago. Oops. Here are 4 random red and pink shades anyway 😀
China Glaze – Ho! Ho! No.
I was excited to try this one because of the beautiful gold shimmer in it. I wasn’t sure if it would help or hinder stamping. The red does show up on the white but the gold shimmer shows up more on the black. It stamps ok but the stamping on the black isn’t quite solid. If it will work for the look you’re after this is great, otherwise I would stick to lighter colours.
China Glaze – Who wonder
Again, I was curious for this one because of the shimmer. It shows up on the white and not too bad on the black. I am not sure if this is one I would grab for stamping unless I wanted the specific shimmery but subtle look.
Morgan Taylor – It’s gonna be Mei
This pink has a metallic-ish feel to it so I expected it to fair well. It shows up well on the white and the black and stamps pretty well. I’m not sure why I haven’t used this yet.
Morgan Taylor – Tigress knows best
This red kinda blew my mind and it didn’t disappoint on the white. I didn’t expect it to show up on the black but it is slightly visible.
What do you think? Do you have a favourite? I definitely think the two Morgan Taylors perform the best. They are from the Kung Fu panda 3 collection and I am not sure why I have never used them before. 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,
