Challenge: Stamping Over a Nude Base

Hello dear readers!

Last Sunday's challenge on FB group Adventures in Stamping was to do some stamping nail art on a nude base. I find this group very fun because it stimulates my creativity when I have no inspiration.

Well, here's what I came up with:

More details below....

The base color for this nail art was Palm Springs by American Apparel. Then I did some sponging using other lighter and darker nude tones to give more dimension to the background of my design.

For stamping polishes, I used:

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Mint Sprint (leaves and foliage)

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Presto Pink (Flowers)

-Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Snappy Sorbet (Flowers on thumb)

-Pop Beauty - Thirty Seven Foggy (Light grey foliage)

-Nabi - Black (Feathers)

For designs, I used:

-XL R plate (Bird on thumb, flowers, big feathers)

-XL F plate (Small flowers, leaves on thumb)

-XL M plate (Big flowers and foliage on ring finger)

-QA23 (Vines on thumb and pinkie)

-A49 (Flowers and leaves on  index)

-m77 (Small feathers and flowers on pinkie)

Here's a detailed picture of what I did on my thumbnail using the stamping decal technique

*I will do a tutorial on this next week

 What do you think of this nail art?

Stay tuned for my tutorial on how to do a nail decal using a stamping design next Monday ;)

♥♥Thank you so much for reading♥♥

Romantic Sakura

Hello! I'm finally back!

This time, I'm posting my nail art from the beginning of May. I called it Romantic Sakura because I was inspired by cherry blossoms, a gift of nature so sublime and romantic.

Here is what I did for this nail art:

I started with Orly's Prelude to a Kiss as the base, then stamped the branches from  plate QA21 using Kleancolor Dark Brown. Then, stamped kanji from plate QA7 using Kleancolor Pearl Fuchsia. I used fauxnad S9 to stamp the girl with kimono using Kleancolor Black and and stamped the clouds from QA21 using Konad white stamping polish. After that, I stamped a lacy design below the girl using plate A58 and Kleancolor Pearl Fuchsia as the stamping polish. To finish the look, I added cherry blossoms and butterflies nail stickers. I used Out the Door Fast Dry top coat to add shine and protect my nail art.

Did you like this nail art?

♥Thank you for reading♥

New Stamping Plates!

Thank you to all of you who have bought stamping plates through my blogsale.

I added new plates: Angry Birds, Hello Kitty KD, F2 Hello Kitty & Mickey and QA 27-32
Click here to go to my blogsale.

Easter Egg Nail Art

I just wanted to show you my manicure from Easter Sunday.

The main idea was to make my nails look like Easter eggs. I used nail stamp plates QA3 and QA15 for the decorative lines.

What do you think about this nail art?

QA Nail Stamp Plates Blog Sale!

QA plates 1-26 are available here in my blog sale :)

I will post CO (Coraline) 6pcs nail stamp plate set soon.

Lacy Nails + Nail Stamp Trick

Hello girls! Thank you so much for reading my posts, commenting and following. I have 500+ followers! I know most of you have come to know this blog because of my giveaway and that is ok because that's the way I got to know many of my favorite bloggers. I hope that you can get to like my posts :)

Today, I will show you the nail stamping design I did using lace stamps from the QA plate series (QA 13, QA6 and QA 8). My favorite nail art design is lace and that's why I chose to do this mani.... There is some smudging because I brushed on the topcoat a little too much...

A nail stamp trick to avoid cleaning your stamper with acetone after each stamp:

Use a strip of clear packing tape and place the stamper over the sticky side so that the remaining nail polish sticks to the tape. In this case I pull the tape and stick it backwards on the same roll.

Can you see how long my nails have gotten?

By the way, I used Revlon "Gray suede" nail polish for the base and Kleancolor "Black" for the stamp.

Did you already use tape to clean your stamper? What other tricks do you recommend?

I always read your comments and answer questions. Don't be shy and feel free to comment ;)

Bunny Nails 1st Giveaway!

Surprise! Finally, I got everything prepared for my first giveaway, prizes and pictures.

This is my first giveaway as a celebration of having 60+ followers. I'm very grateful to you readers for reading my posts and leaving nice comments. Thanks for being partners in crime in this nail art/polish blogging.

Now, without further ado:

There are going to be 13 winners!

The prizes are:

1 winner: XL nail stamp plates A, B, C & D (same as magnonails)

1 winner: QA series nail stamp set of 19 plates (QA 1- QA 19)

1 winner: A series nail stamp set of 20 plates (A 01- A 20)

2 winners: 7 QA nail stamp plates 1, 2, 3 , 4, 12, 14 & 17 (Cartoon characters)

2 winners: 6 QA nail stamp plates + 2 A series stamp plates (random selection)

6 winners: 1 Kleancolor nail polish in Chunky Holo Black + 6 nail art sticker sheets

(Pictures can be enlarged)

 

(This is a pic of my QA plates so you can see them in detail)

 (detailed pic of Chunky Holo Black)

The Rules:

This giveaway is open internationally until February 17th, 2012 at 11:59pm pacific time

I will use random.org to pick the winners. I will notify the winners by email and they must respond within 48hrs,or else, I will draw other winner. 

To enter:

*Required: You must follow me publicly via GFC (New followers are welcome)
Fill out the Google form below ↓ to enter, no comments are accepted as entries.

If you have any questions regarding this giveaway, you can contact me at: usagui245(at)gmail(dot)com

 *Disclaimer below the entry form.

Good luck!

Giveaway  is over - Thank you for participating! Winners will be announced Monday, February 27th.

*Disclaimer: All the prizes of this giveaway have been provided by me and are brand new. I will provide pictures and proof that prizes have been mailed to their respective winners. I will package the prizes carefully, however, I am not responsible for loss or damage once the packages have been shipped out.