Holographic Rainbow Sharpie Swirls + Tutorial

Hey stamp champs,

Press Sample

Purchased by Me

They say when you love something you should set it free.  I say beat it to death with a stick lolol. Kidding!  But seriously the Sharpies are back they come with yet another delicious holographic polish and shockingly another UberChic related nail art.   I swear it wasn't intentional.  I was actually making a promo for the new UberChic Beauty Jumbo CJS when I realized I should just create a whole tutorial using the nail art instead of showing one single nail.  The rest just kinda fell together as they say.

Christmas Simples: Sugar Bubbles Holographic Snowflakes + Tutorial

Hey stamperistas,

This is the simplest of Simples.  Lol actually all my Simples have been just that easy one or two step creations that are pretty, festive, and give you plenty of time to do more important things than painting your nails.  Though let's be honest nothing is more important than painting your nails except stamping your nails wink wink nudge nudge.  After all the gift looks better when its wrapped up by pretty looking hands lolol ;)  You see how I use these excuses to get away with nonsense of the best kind yes?

MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 16 Youtuber

Hey stamparellas,

I thought today's theme was going to crush me.  Why? Because I had no idea what this concept should entail.  I thought Youtube means I need the logos or something right? I don't have them on MoYou London plates.  I have them on other plates that can't be included.  Then I thought hey I started on Youtube well before my blog or any other social media accounts.  Youtube was the birth of Lacquer Lockdown.  I only created the blog because Youtube kept deleting my info box and all the relevant details I put there.  The blog was my backup insurance and then it became more prominent than my Youtube channel.  So I figured why not create a mani from one that started me on this path with MoYou products? Then everything became easy...

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote / Poshe Super Fast Drying Topcoat

Basecolors: Polished by KPT Permanganate and Sunday Morning

Stamping polishes: Mundo de Unas #2

Stamping plates: MoYou London Suki 02, 06, 08

My Geisha girl nails were originally done using the Konad special plate and stamper.  I really can tell this was from so long ago because of  how I created my gradients etc.  Lol I can only shake my head seeing that today.  I've come a long way that's for sure.  This time I decided to let a thermal do the talking and the gradation.  That meant PolishedbyKPT Sunday Morning and Pomegranate - blue and pink to white thermals respectively.  That was the hardest part - picking the bases.  I own every single Suki Collection plate.  It's one of my favorite collections bar none from MoYou and I really hope they keep adding plates to it.  Having all the plates made it easy to look through and find the elements I wanted.  The point of this mani wasn't to do things verbatim from the prior mani, but to take something I loved then and put my spin on it now.  Yes, I needed the geisha girl and the flowers and a few jewels, but everything else was going to be in my current style.

You can really see the thermal transitioning in these last two pictures!  Love these polishes so much!

 

So what do you think? I feel that because I took elements of who I was when I started out and who I am now years later I got the best of both worlds. I love stamping, but I also forgot how much I love studs and rhinestones, and all that girly stuff.  I really enjoyed this mani.  It flowed which has been rare in this challenge.  I hoped you liked it and thanks for reading! See you next post...

MoYou London 31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 3 Animal Print

Hey lacqueristas,

Happy Saturday and welcome to day 3 of this little challenge!  I'm keeping it pretty old school for this theme relying on pretty polish and simple patterns with a "decayed" method to liven things up.  I love animal prints particularly anything leopard/cheetah/tiger/jaguar print.  So I decided to stick with what I love and simply pair it it beautiful polish and an nontraditional layout.  I think it worked nicely.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: CND Stickey and Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Basecolors: Polished by KPT Let's Get Peachy and Sunday Rose

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2 

Stamping plate: MoYou London Pro Collection 04 XL

For the base colors I chose two polishes that have been languishing in my stash dying to get out.  Polished by KPT Sunday Rose and Let's Get Peachy!  Sunday Rose is part of the Mother's Day duo with Serum No.5 that released 2 weekends ago and Let's Get Peachy is part of the spring collection in general.  Both are thermal though LGP has an exteremely subtle shift that is difficult to catch, and I prefer it in its cool form as a bright orange jelly with heavy shimmer and flecks.  Sunday Rose is a shimmering pink that fades to pure shimmering white when warm.  It's gorgeous and I'm glad it joined my stash!

For all of the nails other than the accent of Sunday Rose I stamped down the pattern then removed portions of it using scotch tape.   Then I went back in with a little black polish and threw in some dots for good measure.  The result of this is the decayed jaguar/leopard pattern you see.

I hope you liked day 3 of this challenge.  Most likely day 4 will be a delayed post since tomorrow I'll have up my swatches and nail art for Elevation Polish and those posts are always a doozy because of all the combined art.  You can purchase Polished by KPT here on Big Cartel.  I do believe she plans on doing one more restock of the Mother's Day Duo if you are interested.  Thanks for reading and see you next post!

Plates I Love!: Messy Mansion Nail Art Edition (Pic Heavy)

Happy Friday Stamp Tramps ;)

Welcome to my new feature called - Plates I Love!  I will be featuring brands of stamping plates that I have tested out myself and can attest to the quality of and know for a fact that the creators are well...creative.  These will be two part features - in the first segment I'll talk about the brand and show you some fabulous nail art creation and in the 2nd I'll be interviewing the creator (click here for the interview).  I think it'll be kinda awesome to get personal insight into the process of their designs.  So let's start the show!

The first brand I'm featuring is Messy Mansion an Australian based company created by the wonderful Julia McGowan who I discovered through my AIS group!  I will always have a weak and sentimental place for Australia, a country I lived in for half a year while studying abroad, so of course when I heard of these plates I had to snag them up! Julia is seriously seriously seriously talented and to date has some of the most innovative plates I have EVER seen.  This is saying something for a lady who owns, no joke, hundreds and hundreds of stamping plates from all over the world (my inventory is coming soon).  Today I used several of her plates to create a special manicure to go along with this feature and I'll be showing you some of her other plates later as well.

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: OPI Natural Nail Base Coat/Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

French tip bases: Orly Satin Hues Satin Joy and Satin Reflection

Overcoat: PolishedbyKPT Green Awakening

Accent: Liquid Sky Lacquer Solar Plum

Stamping polishes: Konad Special Polish in Black Gold

Stamping Plates: Messy Mansion MM20 and MM06

Blurred to capture holo and green flecks - the shade of it all!

Let's pause here for a moment so that I can show you some of the plates Julia created which started my fanatical obsession with her awesome products so below are a few of the plates Julia has created thus far...

The following are coming soon!

The 411:

Stalk Messy Mansion here 

Enrich your nail art soul and collection here or here

Plates are $7 AUD with $2.50 AUD shipping worldwide  
 

So now you know what's so hot about Mrs. McGowan aka Messy Mansion.  The images on her plates are massive as in they fit my wide and long nail beds like a dream and the engravings on these plates are genuinely some of the most fantastical and imaginative artistry I have seen come out of a stamping plate company.  In addition the quality and etching of the plates is flawless!  You will hear me utter not one word against this brand.  You will see me run falling screaming and tumbling to get my hands on a preorder for her plates, and try desperately to create nail art that is worthy of their beauty.  Yup full of hype today but every word I say is true and more!

 

Shade

A little about today's mani starting with Liquid Sky Lacquer Solar Plum because I don't want you to be an idiot like I was - it's a UV changing polish not a thermal which means unless you are sitting in a tanning bed or out in the direct sunlight this bad boy won't shift.  Don't be ridiculous like me and email the seller and then have her politely explain that a full spectrum lamp just won't cut the mustard.  Lol I love you Carolyn! I also used PolishedbyKPT to give the iridescent green effect you see over all of my nails except the accent and I really love how that turned out!

 Sun

So thoughts? I wonder if it was too much to show a mani and her plates together in one feature?  I could use so feedback so let me know what you think! Do you prefer to just see the plates and have me talk about the brand or to see nail art and then split from there with a separate post about the plates and the brand?

I realized after I did this mani that it has been entirely too long since I have done a bling mani! How is that even possible? I mean I used to live for the bling bling.  Lol well tis the season coming for all of that so hopefully I can get a bit in during these holiday months.  I totally adore this nail art.  It's completely over the top and impractical, but it's so shiny and pretty I can't stop staring.

Finally, I'm always for supporting creativity and ingenuity in the stamping and polish world.  I love all of my plates, but my indie ones have a special place in my heart for being unique and cool.   Thanks for reading and come back tomorrow for the interview with Julia.  I promise it will be worth your while and I'll see you next post!