Hello lovelies,

Stamping seems to be catching a second wave of popularity and I'm enjoying it! There are so many stunning stamping manicures by talented ladies out there, especially in Facebook groups and on Instagram. So today I want to share with you one stamping manicure I've done.

When I was swatching the ILNP Multichrome Flakies I just had to stamp over them. You could have seen one floral manicure previously. This time I opted for cool silver futuristic-looking pattern. I stamped directly over the flakies with no topcoat which caused the polish to create industrial steel-ish look. It's hard to describe so just have a look at what I mean:

It created a very cool effect, right? I have applied a coat of topcoat which did not smooth the silver out, instead it sealed it as it was.

I have used ILNP Metropolis & Cold Fusion layered over Cirque memento Mori, Pueen Buffet Leisure stamping plate #79 and China Glaze Millennium (silver metallic polish).

And here are some pictures, before stamping of ILNP Metropolis & Cold Fusion over black.

These flakies rock! If you would like to check them all out, you can find the reviews and where to buy here and here.

Hope you've enjoyed today's post and have a lovely day! Lucie x

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Hello lovelies,

So just to update you a bit - I'm feeling better than last week but I'm still a bit ill and very tired all the time. But on the plus side I got my wedding dress! I'm so happy I got one, it's a lot of stress off my shoulders. Obviously I can't show you until the wedding but it's very pretty ;) Now let's do some nails...

It's not too late for snowflake nails, is it? ;)

I've got sent Snowflake stencils from Whats Up Nails* and I've decided to try and do Snowflake Half Moon design. It was super easy with them an I've used half of one stencil for all 5 nails so you can do with just one snowflake stencil cut in half for both hands.

I've used two coats of Zoya Prim and topcoated them. Then I've applied half of the snowflake sticker to the nail and sponged on white Zoya Purity with make up sponge. That creates that softer snowy look. I removed the sticker immediately to get crisp edges. Once the white polish dried a bit I applied topcoat and added a silver crystal rhinestone*. I got these particular ones from Light The Box shop (they come in a pouch so I put them in the rhinestone wheel). Oh and the tweezers are from the same shop as well (available here).

Here's a picture tutorial to show how I've done this design:

This design is so simple to do with the Whats Up Nails Snowflake stencils and I'll probably use them again before Christmas. If you're not very skilled in intricate nail art then stencils are great tool. Whats Up Nails have many different types from the regular chevron and stripe stickers to holiday and Valentine's Day themed stencils.

TIP: They also carry THOSE awesome nail art brushes that so many nail artists including me use - Pure Color! I will show them to you again in some future post.

Have a good start of the week! Lucie x

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