Made this one for an Instagram art collab. It was my first time using nail foil and wow, was that a learning experience!
The components:
Polishes: Holo Taco's No Smoking & Maniology's Straight up Black, Sally Hansen Double Duty top coat
Iridescent nail foil
Maniology plate M441
No toads were harmed 😋
I did not make it easy on myself and decided to try isolated chrome for my first stamping attempt. I actually wanted to do a different stamp (checkerboard) but that plate was still in shipment and I got too excited to try stamping so I decided to go with this one from Maniology’s M488 which is the only plate I had.
I’m not thrilled with how they turned out but I’m not too mad about it lol. Going to practice on my sister next.
I searched and found a post where people were discussing the minimalist Marked brand stamping plates but am curious if anyone has tried their stamper that claims in Instagram advertising to be different/better than ordinary jelly stampers? If I’m going to pay $19 for a single stamper I’d like to know it really does perform better plus have some idea of how long it’s likely to last.
Anyone have an opinion?
Holo Taco Not Milky White, Maniology Blue Glaze, clear jelly stamper gold, plate used was Maniology Broken and Beautiful m679.
So much fun! Can’t wait to learn more from this community!
Maniology plate and used regular quick dry polish
I don’t know I wanted to use the base color so I got stoned and came up with this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
From bottom to top:
One coat ORLY Breathable Protein Boost
One coat ORLY Bonder
One carrrreful coat Zoya Cecilia — if I weren’t stamping a full image pattern over it I would definitely have done two
Stamping from the UberChic Beauty Art Deco Refinement plate in Maniology Ducky.
One coat ORLY Just an Illusion
Reverse stamped ladies from the MoYou London Back to the 20’s 01 plate. Polishes used are all Maniology: Boba, Skin Deep, Thriller, and Starfish.
ILNP mega and Maniology Blue holo glitter stamping polish. Love how it looks in the sun!
Maniology plates M688,689,691 over Bees Knees “Merciless Life”
I don't like this nearly as much as my last set, but it's fine I guess (also.javent cleaned it up yet). My currently struggle/question - so I have learned to do multiple stampers at a time where possible, so they're all set up and ready to go since it's ok if they dry on the stamper. That helps a lot!
But - for example in this case I really wanted what's on my thumb on all fingers, but the image was only enough to cover 2 nails. I can't do another swipe of polish on top and restamp - it doesn't pick up fully. I have to acetone remover the first go, dry it off, the polish and scrape and stamp. I find getting the polish off the plates difficult using a cotton round or similar, so it gets annoying.
Any tips to make that easier when I want one image on a bunch of nails so will have to stamp, clean, stamp a bunch?
Using Moyou plates Mix & Match -04 and Paradise Collection -06, and a Temu plate named NSP005 for the righthand thumbnail. Not gonna admit how long this took me 😅
Products used:
Nails Inc - Glow with the Flow - base colour
Barry M Cotton - white roses outline
Barry M - Coconut - white roses
MoYou London - Himalayan Salt - yellow roses outline
Cuccio - Trust Yourself - yellow roses
KADS - Creamy Beige - mixed with
Born Pretty - Cherry Blossoms - pink roses outline
Essie - Stones N Roses - peach roses
Coral grapefruit mixed with MoYou Himalayan Salt - peach roses outline
Rimmel - Rose Libertine - pink roses
Born Pretty - TYS01 - leaves
MoYou London - Top Coat
Sally Hansen - Insta-Dri Top Coat
KADS Flower 037 Plate - leaves and roses
KADS FLOWER 44 - leaves
Maniology plate M685, wrapped in wool.
Guys, I did ittttt! Used your tips after my fail on Friday and look how cute! I have a ton of strawberry plants (this box is a day worth - every day for the next month or so) so I had to do strawberry nails.
Maniology plate, black stamping polish, green stamping polish
Sally Hansen Insta-Dri syrups green over ModelOnes ridge filler foundation, and insta dri red and gold glitter
Base and top maniology
Keys were: TIIIINY dots of color applied with a dotting tool gently. And also making sure I gave it time to completely dry before top coat.
Using my kids' birth flowers for my own little celebration. The base is Dazzle Dry Chiffon Moment, using the DD system; plate is Maniology M494; stamping polishes are a mix of Maniology, what's up beauty, and UberChic.
I'm currently going through and swatching my stamping polishes and wanted to know whether you guys used a smudge-free top coat on your swatches.
In the past I've had issues with peeling when using a smudge-free top coat in a regular manicure and I don't want my swatches to peel. However, I also don't want my swatches to smudge, so I am not sure what the best option is.
Have you guys had any issues?
Pictured:
Whats Up Nails - Bloominosity Collection*
Black and White are old Wet n Wild Polishes, super old that the labels are gone
Swatches topped with the LA Colors Plumping Top Coat
* Note, I was not able to get these to photograph very nicely. They look very nice and pastel, just like the website photos. I haven't used them yet, so I can't say how they'll stamp, but they were very easy to swatch. Almost one-coaters.
Apologies for the horrible glare/reflection, I do my nails in the bathroom. Need to get a good silicone mat. Mostly looking for commiseration and troubleshooting tips.
Anyway, this is after a good dozen or so tries to get a clean image from the plate. None of ‘em got clear enough to the stamper to actually be used. Not sure if my scraping angle was wrong, or if I need to wash my stampers again, or if this plate in particular is just rough to work with. I tried four different polishes, including two actual stamping polishes, and none of ‘em worked. This is my third/forth time trying stamping, so I expected some fails, but jeez.
The polish on my thumb in the picture is Carnival Chaos’s “Zero Gravity”, from HHC a couple months back. T-shirt in the reflection is a band shirt for the band Marianas Trench, which I can recommend much more than my stamping skills.
If the plate has high heel boots, that's even better!!!
Many designs, many workshop sessions later and THIS is what I came up with lol. I was really overthinking it.
Did a little reverse stamping on my most recent set. Really pumped with how they turned out!
I went to see The Wiz last night as a belated birthday present and I happened upon perfect lighting to show off my Holo Taco Garden Variety mani I did. I've really been enjoying stamping and thought these turned out really good.
PRODUCTS:
Holo Taco: Smoothing Base, Purple Flake Taco (3C), Keep it Evergreen (2C), No Opalogies (3C), Sage the Day (2C), Spout of Control (2C)
Seche Vite Top Coat
Stamping Plates: Bituee L03, 2 random plates given to me by a friend.