Hey guys,
Happy Heritage Day to all my fellow South Africans! 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 chose 4 more of the China Glaze – You do hue collection. partly requested and partly random. Let me show you what we have,
China Glaze – Ernie your stripes
I didn’t really expect much from this one because it is more shimmery and quite sheer at first. The shimmer shows up well on the black but you can’t really see the image very well. It showed up more on the white than I expected but it’s still pretty sheer.
China Glaze – Fur real though
This is a bright pink jelly and even though it is gorgeous I didn’t know if it would show up. I was surprised how well it stamped, some nice clear images. It is a little sheer so even though it shows up on the white, it doesn’t really show up on the black.
China Glaze – I believe in Snuffy
This was the surprise for me. This is a very light colour and packed with shimmer. It shows up beautifully on the black as the shimmer makes it pop. It does show up on the white but because it is such a light colour it’s way more subtle. I think this will look beautiful over a pink or peach.
China Glaze – Monsterpiece
This one was also a surprise but not in a good way.. When I swatched this one it was quite opaque but it also quite glittery. It shows up ok on the white and not so great on the black. I thought this one would do great but it’s not a total winner.
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,
