You’ve probably recently been hearing some rumblings around the
polish community about acrylic stamping plates. As a self professed
stamping addict I had to try some out for myself. So off to AliExpress I
went to grab a few inexpensive plates.
Size Comparison with Bundle Monster XLPlate XY-L29Plate XY-L28Plate XY-L19All
of these swatches are done using a Fab Ur Nails stamper. The first row
is the image on the plate, second row is stamper pick up with Sinful
Colors White on White, and last row is stamper pick up with Mundo de
Unas White.
And a quick stamped mani for detail; using plate XY-L28, clear jelly stamper, and MdU black.
I felt like these plates were okay, but certainly not my first choice
for a stamping plate. The cost of these were about $.99 cents each, I
would be more inclined to spend a little more to get a Born Pretty
plate.
They clearly don’t do well on fine detail with the standard polish.
Most of the images picked up okay with the stamping polish, but it’s
still not the quality you would see with most stamping plates. If you
were looking for a low priced option to just learn the basics of
stamping maybe they would be a good option, but they definitely wouldn’t
keep an experienced stamper happy for long.
There are a few name brands that are starting to release acrylic plates (CICI & SISI) which would likely be a better quality, I will probably pick one of those up soon to give it a try.
Have you tried acrylic stamping plates or do you think you might at some point? Edited to add: I also found these hard to clean after use. I
felt like there was still a thin layer of polish left, regardless of
using straight acetone or polish remover. It seems this could be a
problem over time if it built up in the etched lines.
Paisleys are my favorite pattern so I just love these paisley water decals from Born Pretty Store. They come in lots of varieties, the ones I chose have a red background that reminded my of one of Zoyas red cremes, Demetria (from the Island Fun Collection). So Demetria is my base color here.
These water decals are full nail decals and I covered two of the
nails with them. For the others I used only parts of the pattern. I like
it better that way because it's more fun to match the decals with a
polish but the truth is that this decal sheet is very small so I don't
think I would be able to use it as full nail decals on all of my nails.
So the only negative thing about these decals is that I wish that the
sheet was larger but I'm very happy with the pattern and with the
quality. You can find this and other paisley decalshere .
This time I'm reviewing their Flower Water Decals, which you can see on their website here. I wore these for 4 days without any issues.
There are 4 patterns to choose from, and I picked the lovely DO14. I paired it with Blackout
by Maybelline Color Show and with some gold round studs. I love how
these decals look - they are really pretty, have good detailing and the
little gold glitter in the centre of some flowers (see my ring finger
for example) is just great. My best friend was really jealous of these
;)
As you can see, the background of the decals is not pitch black like my polish, so there's a very small colour difference.
The water decal sheet is 62mm by 52 mm. It is just large enough to cover
your ten nails all with the water decals - if your nails are shorter or
smaller then mine, you might even get a bit more out of the sheet.
These full nail decals work just like other water decals: you cut out
what you want, soak it in water and put it on your nails. There were
some instructions on the back of the package as to how to use the
decals, but they are a bit Google Translate-y ;) Since I know how to use
water decals, I could understand what they meant but it might be a bit
more difficult otherwise. Anyway, I'd actually count these instructions
as a plus since I had a good laugh with them.
I made a little pictorial as to how I applied the decals. This is my
first pictorial ever so I hope everything's clear. The way I applied
these decals isn't the only way to do it - it was the first way I
thought of, so it might not even be the easiest or best way but it
worked for me.
You will need: water decals, nail polish, a cup with (warm) water, a pencil, some scizzors and some bakery paper.
Put the sheet of bakery paper on top of the nail you want to cover
with the decal. As you can see, I first painted my nails black with Blackout, because the background of the decal is black too - it's to cover up any small mistakes with the decal.
Outline the shape of your nail with the pencil on the bakery paper.
Place the bakery paper (with outline) on the sheet of water decals.
Go over the outline a few times on the bakery paper, so the outline is pressed onto the decal sheet.
Cut out the shape in the decal.
Remove plastic film and place the decal in warm water for 10-20 seconds.
Remove the paper from the decal.
Wet your fingernail and place the decal on your nail. Wipe off any excess water, let it dry, and top coat it. Voila!
These decals were easy to use, you just have to get used to using full
nail decals at first. I have never used full nail water decals before,
so this was my first experience with them - I was surprised it went so
smoothly.
I had one little wrinkle on my middle finger which is only noticeable when I point it out and you look really closely.
I had also cut the decal a bit too small there - since I painted my
nails black first it doesn't stand out too much, but you can see it here
on my middle finger.
I already did much better with the second try, on my ring finger: no wrinkles and the decal fitted my nail much better.
Price?: This full nail water decal sheet costs $1.43 at the moment.
Where can you get them?: You can find these decals here on Born Pretty Store. There are 4 different floral patterns to choose from.
I recieved a package from bornprettystore
with this beautiful heart choker.when I saw it looked amazing but when I
tried , it looked mind blowing. i love it and would love more like this
one. THANK YOU BORNPRETTYSTORE for sending this item ..............