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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These polishes are half request, half random. I was asked to do a few more China Glaze polishes so I decided to grab 4 in the light blue family. I’m not sure if I did a great job though. Let me show you
China Glaze – Chalk me up
This is slightly visible on the black and not much as expected on the white. Light shades don’t contrast well on the white. It’s not great to be honest, but maybe for a subtle bit. I wouldn’t list this as a winner though.
China Glaze – Don’t be shallow
Well. do I need to say it? This is not a winner. You can barely tell if there is even stamping. Definitely a no no.
China Glaze – Ma-holo at me
This one does quite well on the black. The holo really pops. It shows up ok on the white too. This is definitely an option but I do think the DV8 from the OMG collection is a stronger holo. This is nice though.
China Glaze – Water-falling in love
I was quite surprised by this one. After the meh results of the other light blues I didn’t expect this one to do much but it actually shows up quite well on the black. It’s light so doesn’t contrast much on the white but actually shows up fairly well too. I was surprised by this one and I think it does ok.
What do you think? Do you have a favourite? 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,
