Hot Off The Stamping Press: Winstonia Store 3rd Generation Nail Art Stamping Plates!

Hey stamperistas,

Moar plates moar plates!  Would it shock you if I said  I still had about 2 more posts to go before I was caught up with all the new releases?  Lol yup another season of raining plates plus I have intel from 3 other brands on new upcoming plates.  Hold your breath and start deliberating cause things are getting hectic!  That said let's talk about the 3rd generation release from Winstonia Store.  If you follow me on Facebook, and you really should because I do post different content there than I do here, you'd have see the post regarding this release last week.  And now here we are with their new release before us today so let's take a look!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: New Winstonia Store Nail Art Stamping Plates!

Hey stamp champs.

Guess who just released a series of cute new plates in conjunction with their 30K Instagram hallmark?  Yup Winstonia Store.  I have to say I have a really am liking these new plates too if for no reason other than I can see Winstonia stretching themselves creatively and taking notes on what's been successful with other companies.  Though overwhelmed by all the new plates releasing I'm thrilled with all the options we have these days!  So let's take a look at the latest Winstonia offering...

Pilgrims hide your wives, turkeys hide your giblets! The T-day feast is on! Lol!  This plate is adorable mixing the current holiday season with landscape layout that is totally on trend!  So what do you think of these landscape plates?

Travel Nail Art feat Winstonia On The Road Nail Art Stamping Plate

Happy travels lacqueristas,

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I've been wanting to get this post up for what feels like way too long.  In fact I've only had it for 2 weeks, but alas too much has been going on and my camera chose an inopportune time to flake out on me.  Oy!  In any event today I have some cutesy travel nail art for you using one of the new Winstonia Store plates called On The Road.  You may recall I reviewed this plate about two weeks ago along with the Wedding Bliss plate (here).  Since then Winstonia has released about 4 or 5 more plates that I adored and purchased, but for today it's happy trails to you and all that...

How cute is the boat?

Mani-louge

Basecoat / Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote / Poshe Fast Drying Top Coat

Base color: Essie Find Me An Oasis

Accent colors: Essie Sand Tropez, Orly Glitz

Stamping Polish: Mundo de Unas #1, #2, #

Stamping plate: Winstonia On The Road

What do you think?  You could totally make this a destination nail art by incorporating some other motifs into the design using other Winstonia plates.  My favorite part of this mani is the little stamp that reads "Passport to Winstonia"  Lol it looks so cute and so official at the same time!  I had a lot of fun playing with this plate What I love about these little Winstonia plates is that there are literally so many different types you can purchase depending on the art you want to create.  I just got that barbecue one and I can't wait to use it! Anyhoo these plates retail for $4.99 USD + shipping.  You can save 15% using this link here.  Happy stamping lacqueristas and see you next post....

This product was sent to me for honest review for more information see my Disclosures Policy.

Hot Off The Stamping Press: New Winstonia Store Nail Art Stamping Plates!

Hey lacquer ladies,

Winstonia Store is quietly becoming the silent killer in my opinion.  They have spent much of this summer stealthily rolling out stamping plates that are both fun and on trend with recent events and the seasons.  I'm starting to suspect the designers are geniuses and I'm always checking to see what they are going to come up with next.  So why don't we take a look...

This was really the best image I could find of their many new plates bundled all together, and there are definitely a few missing nevertheless you can see they have been quite busy!

The last few weeks have seen several new additions including this adorable golfer plate.  See the tees? How cute is that!

Next up just in time for a little summer sizzler is this cute cute cute barbecue cookout plate! I can't tell you how much I love this one!  There is also another plate called Hunter's Life.  Despite my best efforts I couldn't get one decent picture of it from the website, but you can find it here.  And guess what released today? A new beach themed plate!



Like I say stealthy releasers aren't they? Don't forget they also released the On The Road travel themed plate as well as a Wedding Bliss and Soccer Mania plate earlier this season as well.  You can check those out here and I will have some nail art up for the travel plate shortly.  So these plates retail for $4.95 and can be purchased on the Winstonia store website.  You can save 15% off using this link if you are a new customer!  Happy hunting and I'll see you next post...

4th of July Nail Art #1: Sally Hansen Color Foil Sterling Silver and Color Frenzy Red, White, & Hue

Hey lacqueristas,

This year I ran behind so late for nail art it was really frustrating.  I have been supremely busy because of school and one other obligation I am taking care of right now and so I've had little to no time to do any holiday nail art.  I was able to create two very simple looks this year.  This one was an instant no brainer with much of the design simply arising from the glitter polish I chose to incorporate.

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Basecoat / Topcoat:  Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter A Peel & Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

Base color: Sally Hansen Color Foil Sterling Silver

Glitter Topper: Sally Hansen Color Frenzy in Red, White, and Hue

Stamping polish: Sally Hansen InstaDri Rapid Red and Mundo de Unas #1 and #30

Stamping plate: Winstonia Store W107

I decided to break out my Sally Hansen Color Foils again because they are awesome!  And around the time I purchased the first six I also picked up this patriotic Color Frenzy polish - Red, White, and Hue. I knew it would be perfect for the upcoming holiday and it was beckoning me from the stand.  I think a lot of mainstream companies have gotten very wise to the whole matte glitter trend.  Sometimes it's not even about novelty it's about instant availability, and I like that I can go right to the store and pick these up without waiting or paying for shipping or worrying about a store restock.  Instant gratification ;)



So super simple eh?  It's during holidays like these that a little instant mani magic that comes from glitter polish becomes absolutely necessary.  I got a lot of complements on this one even though it was so simple.  Thanks for reading and a Happy 4th of July to those celebrating!  See you next post...

Elevation Polish Forest Collection Swatches and Nail Art

Hey lacqueristas,

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Today I have my monthly installment of Elevation Polish awesomeness.  This month's collection is called the Forest Collection and it features a host of soothing deep rich colored polishes that are sure to spike any polish lovers' desires.  As usual Lulu has done an outstanding job of creating a collection that has a little something for everyone.  The Forest Collection is packed full of neutral shimmers, devastating crellies jammed with iridescent glitter and of course holographics.  Coming hard on the hills of the Summit 2 Collection the Forest Collection feels like a twist in the usual offerings we see over the summer i.e. neons, neons, and more neons with a little matte glitter thrown in for flair.  I have to say I throughly enjoyed the change of pace.  Now let's get started...

Pointless Forest 2

Described as a teal glitter polish by Lulu which vastly understates the deliciousness and the rich depth of this polish.  What we have here is a scrumptious deep green crelly finish that leans teal.  It is also packed with gold, blue, purple, and more square shaped iridescent glitter.  

It's hard to look at it directly because the polish feels like it shifts with the light.  It is by far my absolute favorite of this entire collection and is the very definition of complex perfection. I regretted taking this mani off the minute it left my fingers.

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Basecoat/ Topcoat: Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter-A-Peel / Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #1

Leadlight polishes: Homemade blends ;)

Stamping plate: MyOnline Shope Jr 16

I tried to capture the subtle hints of glitter glimmering through the polish along with the pastel beauty of a garden.  

Avenue of the Baobabs 

A gorgeous taupe polish packed full of deep raspberry pink shimmer that subtlety shifts depending on the lighting.  Oh my! I cannot tell you how I love polishes like this!  And of course because the base is taupe and essentially a neutral it's immensely flexible as a base for nail art.

 However, because I was so in love with this color I decided to play it nice and soft for the nail art here. If you look closely at the enlarged swatches you can see the shimmer including these intense blue flecks that I didn't notice until after I started editing my photos!

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Basecoat/ Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote /Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Stamping polish: China Glaze L8G8, Sally Hansen Color Foil in Titanium Flash

Stamping plate: Konad M63 and M64

In the end I think I still overwhelmed the base color a bit despite keeping the art relatively spare.

Shilin Stone Forest

A dusty grey black flecked shimmer mixed with holo pigment. I love grey polishes! I think they work well as neutrals to high contrast color nail art.  In this case Shilin was so soft it seemed at times to be easily overwhelmed by any change.  The holo pigment itself was difficult to capture lurking even in the sunlight, and as you can see from my photos I got the best depiction indoors in my lightbox.  I choose to keep the nail art for this one exceedingly simple as once again I fought not to overwhelm the delicacy of the polish with too much art. 

Indoors

Outdoors

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Basecoat/ Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote /Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #1 

Stamping plate: MoYou London Pro 04 XL and Pro 07 XL

Hinglajgarh Forest

Described as a bright green I think this polish actually leans toward sage green with a strong linear holo.  In my opinion the richest representative the Forest Collection.  I love this one as well! Then again what's not to love? It also happens to be a very near one coater which is always winning in my book. 

Indoors

Because this is the Forest Collection I tried to capture that same feel in my nail art.  I'm not sure of my success, but I love how this one turned out.  It was jungle themed.

Well jungle themed and tribal. I love how this came out!

Outdoors

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Basecoat/ Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote /Sally Hansen Diamond Flash

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #1 and #7

Accent polishes: Elevation Polish Aconcagua, Streetside NYC, and Puncak Jaya

Stamping plate: Winstonia W02

So what do you think?  A rather different collection than we are used to seeing in the summer right? I'm glad to see some pretty neutrals for the summer as well!  The Forest Collection will be available for purchase on the Elevation Polish Big Cartel site on July 7th at 10PM EST and July 22 at 10AM EST. Pricings typically ranges from $8.50-14 USD.  Don't miss out on another great Elevation Polish collection!  I hope you enjoyed the swatches and art and I'll see you next post...

These polishes were sent for my honest review which I honestly would have purchased anyway.  For more information please see my Disclosures Policy.

Winstonia Store Wedding Bliss Nail Art

Hey lacqueristas,

Press Sample

Today I have some nail art using my new Wedding Bliss plate from Winstonia Store.  I reviewed that plate along with the On the Road plate a few days ago which you can read about here.  These plates are lovely so of course I couldn't wait to take them out for a spin. First up is the bridal plate since I couldn't resist the roses and flowers everywhere.

Mani-louge

Basecoat / Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote / Essie Matte About You

Basecolor: Orly Satin Hues Satin Eloquence

Stamping polishes: Mundo de Unas # 8, #22, Konad Special Polish in Dark Red and Light Blue, and Sally Hansen InstaDri in Fast Fuschia

Stamping plate: Winstonia Store Wedding Bliss

I had a very hard time putting this nail art together mainly because I really am not the "romantic type" I was looking at this and thinking black roses and lace with a pink base, but somehow that didn't seem very wedding blissful too me lol. I do have a friend though who had an all black wedding, and it was spectacular and very elegant, but I wanted to be a little more mainstream.  So I decided to go with a cult bridal favorite - french tips and then just intersperse elements of delicacy to that.



What do you think? The final result is pretty and romantic I think and soft enough to wear to a wedding with pride.  You can purchase the Wedding Bliss plate here for $495 USD or buy two or more of the new plates and get 10% off your purchase using the code "SAYIDO'! Thanks for reading and see you next post...

Winstonia Store Wedding Bliss and On The Road Nail Art Stamping Plates Review

Hiya nail art fanatics,

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You may recall when I posted about Winstonia Store's release of 2 new unexpected nail art plates from their square series - Wedding Bliss and On The Road.  You can read about that here.  Today I have a review with swatches of these plates for you to take a look at.  I actually own the first 4 plates in the square series as you know and I've spent a lot of time playing with the floral plate in particular.  That's why I was so pleased when I saw these plates releasing.  So let's take a look...

The Plates

Each comes in the standard outer clear plastic wrapping (which has been removed here) and with a blue protective film.  The plates themselves measure 7 cm wide x 8 cm tall, and feature roughly 10 smaller sized images along with 6 full sized images.

Size Comparison

The images to vary a bit as you can but the full sized images for these plates measure 1.5cm x 2.0cm. I think a lot of the longer nail ladies can breathe a sigh of relief since these are about the equivalent of the most jumbo nail sets. Certainly I had no difficulties with the sizing of these images, but you can take a look at the list I compiled below for ease of comparison to some other general brands.

MoYou London Plate Pro 08 (non-XL) - 1.5 x 1.3 cm
MoYou London Plates  Explorer 10 (XL) - 2.2 x 1.6 cm
Bunny Nails HD B -  2.0  x 2.5cm
MJ Plate VIII - 1.7 x 2.2cm
Fab Ur Nails Fun 2 - 1.7x 2.2 cm
Vivid Lacquer 007 - 2.0 x 2.0 cm 
Cheeky Jumbo 2013 - 1.5 x 2.0 cm
Bundle Monster CYO - 1.7 x 1.9 cm
Cici & Sisi - 1.5 x 2.0 cm
The Images

As with all my reviews when swatching out the images I used Wet N' Wild Black Creme and my gold standard XL marshmallow stamper from Bunny Nails (3 years prior).  I only switch to Konad Special Stamping polish or Mundo de Unas in the event I am unable to pick up an image.  For these plates there was no need to switch to stamping polishes.  The etching for these was near flawless with the exception of some of the smaller font related images, i.e. the I DO and travel book.  For these I think the etching was fine, but because the font was so small on these images it was somewhat difficult to get a stamp that clearly showed the words in the image.  Otherwise everything else transferred very cleanly.



You can click on the swatches to take a closer look at each image on the paper.

Final Impression

Overall I am very pleased with these plates.  The etching was perfect the images were cute and unique especially for the travel themed plate.  Both the size and the variety of images per plate makes each a worthwhile addition to a collection especially if you want a wedding/bridal themed plate that can double up as a Valentine's Day themed plate as well.  These plates are both available on the Winstonia Store website here and retail for $4.95 USD + shipping.  I also want to point out if you purchase 2 or more of these plates including the Soccer Mania plate and use the code "SAYIDO" you can get 10% off your total purchase.  Take advantage of their 20% off sale to wrack up even more savings and earn yourself some free shipping.  Not to bad eh?  I hope you enjoyed reading this review and stay tuned for some Wedding Bliss nail art up next...

These products were sent for my honest review and opinion which has no bearing on my final thoughts of these plates. For more information please see my Disclosures policy.

Hot Off The Stamping Press: Winstonia Soccer Mania Nail Art Stamping Plate

Hello stamperellas,

The press is ever sizzling today!  I have another hot hot release for you and get excited because it's totally perfect for the upcoming World Cup series.  Yes that's right once again Winstonia Store released a plate out of nowhere again from their square plate series.  This one is aimed at soccer fanatics world wide, and for those ladies that don't know this year the upcoming world cup will be held right in Brazil! I'm actually very excited for this plate because I love the World Cup or to be more precise I love meeting my guy friends in a bar to eat nachos and drink awesome beer while well honed specimens of masculinity attempt to dominate a field of evergreen.

Lol yes I am that girl.  Oh well I can hardly be ashamed this is the life you know?  I love beer and I love soccer and I love nachos and now I get to have my nails match the theme of the event perfectly lolol.  The Soccer Mania plate retails for $4.95 USD + shipping and can be purchased here.  And guess what?  You can still use the code "SAYIDO" to save 10% off your purchase when you buy 2 or more of the Winstonia square plates.  Ok stamping addicts get those mice clicking ;) Thanks for reading and see you next post...

Elevation Polish The Sea Collection Swatches & Nail Art

Welcome back varnished vixens,

Press Sample

Today I have my monthly installment of Elevation Polish swatches and nail art from The Sea collection!   In general I love Elevation Polish, you know that, but occasionally there is a collection where every color will strike a cord with you and every color will feel special.  That's how I feel about The Sea collection.  Teals, blues, subtle shimmer, holographics, matte glitters, and the best of all lots and lots of one coaters.  The gods have smiled down upon me or Lulu and I just have similar tastes but whatever.  She did specifically say these were colors that she wears all the time and I can see why.  Let's take a look at all the pretty...

Weddell Sea

First off is Weddell Sea.  Of all the polishes in The Sea Collection this one was the one that was the most intriguing and difficult for me.  Weddell is an off white creme based polish full of white and silver shimmer and a mere hint of holographic pigment.  Sometimes this polish leans a slight bluish tinge on me. When you hit a really strong light that's when you can see the holo effect the best, however most of the time it's hiding.

This polish was also the thickest of all the colors in the collection.  Lulu stated that she focused closely on the formula for this collection and thus a lot of them are one coaters.  This one was a bit too thick for me so I thinned it with Seche Vite thinner.  It leveled out nicely after that and I was able to apply it in 2 thinner coats.

Mani-louge

Base Color: Weddell Sea

Accent colors: Elevation Polish Punchak Jaya, Pa'ako, Ceurnos del Paine, Wuyi Mountain, Silver Sword 

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #30

Stamping plates:  Loja BBF 15 and 18

I struggled with Weddell a lot because I didn't want to overwhelm the delicacy of this polish and the result was that I ended up creating two different looks, but I'll only show you one today ;)

The Med 2

A teal with green shimmer that shifts from green to gold depending on the lighting. For those that don't know the original Med was a small batch prototype a few months ago. I wasn't able to acquire it though I did drool over it. So I was surprised and pleased to see a reincarnation of the SBP has made it into the regular EP line up.

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Base Color: The Med 2

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #30

Stamping plates: Winstonia W01 (square plates)

This polish swatched out exactly like I knew it would - flawlessly.  The color reminded me of those little aquariums you own as a kid or see in school classrooms so I created a little reef and the lone fish to capture that image.

At just the right angle you capture the gold transition but the green is the most apparent.

Thracian Sea

A dark grey creme with heavy purple undertones.  This polish is probably one of my favorites of the entire collection! You may be wondering why but the answer is very simple.  This polish is what I call an homage to perfect formulation.  When I applied it it was literally the perfect self-leveling one coater.  ONE.  I also happen to own more grey colored polish than any other color in my collection except maybe blue.

What I love even more about this polish is that it represents an atypical color that we don't generally think about when we think of the ocean, but anyone who has lived in Maine or New Hampshire can tell you the ocean can most definitely be grey.

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Base color: Thracian Sea

Accent colors: Elevation Polish Puncak Jaya, Mt McKinley, The Med 2, and Weddell Sea

Stamping polish: Konad Special Polish in Light Blue

Stamping plate: Cici & Sisi 01

This grey leans so purple on me it's almost eggplant.  I love it!

Ceram Sea

A green leaning turquoise creme.  Another flawless formulation.  Again another one coat wonder! Please excuse me while I swoon.  In my opinion Ceram is the true teal of the bunch.  It's not a true turquoise because of the way it leans heavily toward the green territory.  Because of this I decided to create a mani with a sharkish theme and I think it played out nicely in the gradient I created using Ceram.

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Base Ceram Sea

Gradient: Puncak Jaya, Ceram Sea, and Thracian Sea

Glitter Topper: Finding Nemo

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2

Stamping plate: Lily Anna 01

The gradient I created using Puncak Jaya, Ceram Sea, and Thracian Sea was art in and of itself.  This turned out so pretty!

This polish is so pretty.  I still can't believe this is one coat only given the opacity. 

Bohai Sea

Bohai is a cobalt blue holo that lies somewhere between a scattered and linear type.  The formula was flawless pictured here in 2 self leveling coats.  This was really the only polish of the entire collection that required two coats for opacity.  So you can see Lulu really did a phenomenal job with the formulations (which IMO she always does but these were on a whole other level).

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Base Color: Bohai Sea

Accent Colors: Elevation Polish Puncak Jaya, Silver Sword, Pa'ako, Streetside NYC, Torres del Paine, El Cap II, SPB Base of Haugusan, and Pahlish Bromance (April LE Duo).  Orly Neon Heat (pink fish)

Stamping polish; Mundo de Unas

Stamping plates: MyOnline Shop Jr 29 and Jr 30

I love this polish! It's festive, bright, and perfect for the summer.  Because the holo pigment is medium this polish manages to stay in a subtle category at least when no in direct light.  And let's be honest have I ever met a blue polish I don't like? The answer is invariably no.  Not possible but whatever lol!



 I went with another ocean look here again which I felt was appropos considering this is the Sea Collection.

What do you think? I know that was a lot of pics because this time there were 5 polishes in the monthly collection.  Do you have any favorites?  I have to say for me Thracian Sea and Bohai Sea were personal favorites.  I'll be getting a few back ups per usual!  Lol.  These polishes will release for purchase on June 7th at 9PM CST and June 22nd at 9AM CST.  Elevation Polish retails between 8.50-12.00 USD.  They can be purchased here on Big Cartel.  I know you are wondering why I'm missing the Yeti for June from this post and that's because I already had too many swatches and art for the Sea Collection.  I created a separate post for the Yeti polish so stay tuned.  Thanks for reading and see you next post...