Hot Off The Stamping Press: MoYou London Punk Collection!

Hey stamp champs,

MoYou London has released a new collection!  I have to admit when I saw the title I literally laughed out loud.  I have been thinking MoYou London is definitely on some kind of rocker/indie/music genre kick lately - Rebel, Hipster, Biker, Rockstar lol and now Punk.  I'm right aren't I?  It's like they are flipping through particular labels and creating collections with certain similarities around these labels.  Not that I'm complaining because this week's collection left me smiling. Let's take a look...

If you want to win me over putting a stylized sternum on something however inaccurate is a good way to go! Lol.  I love it!  I will point out though for the sake of being impartial that I see one pattern at least from the Hipster Collection.

This plate for me is really kind of meh.  I mean I love these little details on the first one, but as a whole pattern on the nail?  I'm less inclined plus several of them are repeats that are just enlarged.

We know this game ladies.  Make em' large and make em' small ;)  Luckily I am not enamored enought to have to get the smaller versions plus they have them all on the XLs above.

The skeleton's hand is anatomically incorrect lol! Why is that first thing I note?  Lord save me from myself.  This plate is awesome!  Totally rebellious and totally inappropriate for my daily life.  But wait look at the thorax! Ok some of these can be worked into my daily life.  I want that rib cage darnit!

And here we go again! Small images that aren't on the XL plates. I like the little hearts.  The rest I can pass on.

So what do you ladies think?  This collection is kinda hit and miss for me.  It's very niche marketed.  It will appeal to a certain kind of lady and repulse another.  I can see a couple of guys I know wanting these plates too...I feel kind of ambivalent personally.  I mean if they'd not included the anatomical elements I probably wouldn't like much about these.  I'm not really that much of a punk rocker girl though I love The Clash.  Oy!  These plates will be releasing tomorrow on the MoYou London website.  They retail for 4.99 Euro as usual.  Take advantage of my discount code and save 10% using "Tamira10" if you haven't already. Thanks for reading and see you next post...

Topatopa Summer Tribal Nail Art

Hey lacqueristas,

It's been nothing but stamping plate after stamping plate release over here these days!  They are certainly fun, but what I love more is actually taking my nail art plates out for a spin ;)  And if you are a long time reader or even a new one you know nothing floats my boat more than some tribal nail art. Today I have some tribals using my new stamping plates from Topatopa.  You might recall these plates from the review I did here or the geometric nail art I did here.  So let's take a look with the summery look I came up with....

 Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote / Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

Base color: Bonita Pear Me Up

Accent colors: Bonita Team Pink, Orange You Happy, and Blue Steel

Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas #2

Stamping plate: Topatopa TP03

I love these plates!  Because the designs are so clean it's easy to pull together nail art without a lot of muss and fuss.  This look feel together very easily for me which is great because I have really been swamped these days with lots of things so quick and easy is the way to go.  I also took my new Bonita nail polishes for a spin.

I found these polishes at Rite Aid and one reason I like them is that they only cost me about $2 USD for each and they are extremely pigmented and pretty high quality.  They do lean a bit toward the thick side but this can be easily fixed with a drop or two of nail polish thinner.  Not bad eh?  I also wanted to see how these nails would look matte.  Which do you like better?



What do you think? You can find Topatopa stamping plates here if you're interested.  Thanks for reading and see you next post...

Release the Hounds: Pueen Encore Collection Available for Pre-order!

Hey stamapristas,

This is a quick post to let you nail art loving ladies know that the Pueen Cosmetics Encore Collection is now available for pre-order from their Store Envy site.

They are releasing for a special pre-order price of $22.99 + $5.99 for shipping and handling.

The plates will start going out on June 18th.  Happy hunting ladies! See you next post...

Fluer de Lis Nail Art feat Rica White Out and Blackout

Hello lacquer lovers,

It's the season of black and white on this blog eh? A bit...because I am having too much fun with these new stamping polishes that also act as bases! I'm glad that I have had the time to play around with these polishes.  They are fun and one coaters live in a very special place in my heart! They always will.  Now let's move onto some nail art...

Mani-louge

Basecoat / Topcoat: Duri Rejuvicote / Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat / Essie Matte About You

Base color: Rica Blackout

Stamping plate: Loja BBF 07

Stamping polish: Rica Blackout

Whiteout dried on my nails is in less than 5 minutes and was ready to stamp.  One thing I will say is that a thicker coat of polish is needed to achieve opacity in one coat.  Tip: try not to drag back over top of your coat of polish otherwise you will leave bald patches.

What do you think? I love how this came out!  Super clean once again and simple.  I think because it's simple I love it more. I will say I did struggle a bit to get the stamped images transferred from the stamper to my nails because of how fast the polish was drying.  This is my last true review of the Rica polishes, but you can expect to see them featured regularly in my nail art from now on.  You can purchase Rica polishes here.  Loja BBF nail art stamping plates can be found here.  Thanks for reading and see you next post...

Hot Off The Stamping Press: Marianne Nails Nail Art Stamping Plate Expansion!

Hey stamparellas,

Eep I am posting a lot of new plates all the time these days!  You may recall my introducing to the French brand Marianne Nails from the blog post here.  That post lists all the plates that have been released to date.  However every Friday 5 new plates will be revealed for a total of 56 plates.  I have the pleasure of showing you the next 5 plates that will be releasing Friday June 18th.  As you know I'm pretty excited about this brand so let's take a look at what's rolling off the press next week!

 Plate No. 04

 Plate No. 7

Plate No. 12 Africa

 Plate No. 17

Plate No. 8

What do you think? I have to say I am totally in love with this little Boston Terrier and animal plate! This is my dream dog next to the pug.  I also love all the pandas and the animals in general! These plates are exceptionally cute and I see a few of the full nail art designs will lend themselves well to leadlighting.  As I stated in the previous post these plates will retail for 6.50 Euro + shipping and will be available for purchase next Friday here.  You can also follow Marianne Nails on Facebook for daily sneak peeks at newly releasing plates. Happy stamping lacqueristas and thanks for reading!  See you next post...

Leadlight Floral Nail Art feat Rica Blackout and Whiteout

Hey lacqueristas,

After reviewing the new stamping polishes released by Rica, which you can read about here, I decided to also create some nail art as well.  At first I planned on putting the nail art together into one post with the review, but that ended up a little cluttered so instead I separated the two looks I created using these polishes. I'm pretty pleased with how these turned out, and in fact this was my first time using the leadlight technique to create nail art.  So let's take a look...

Mani-louge

Basecoat/Topcoat: Duri Rejuvacote / Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat

Base color: Rica Blackout

Stamping polish: Rica Whiteout

Leadlight Polishes: OPI Sheertints (entire collection)

Stamping plates: Pueen  51 and 72

One thing that was nice about these polishes is that I had my base color applied and ready to stamp on in less than 10 minutes.  Having a superfast drying one coater definitely has it's perks.  As far as the leadlighting goes I'm hooked.  It was so easy to create this nail art that I should have tried this a lot sooner.

So what do you think?  Anyone else have the Rica polishes yet? I really am happy with this mani. Everything about this came out nice and easy.  I'm loving these new Rica polishes polishes as base colors.  You can purchase Blackout and White out here.  Thanks for reading and see you next post...

Hot Off The Stamping Press: Marianne Nails Nail Art Stamping Plates (Updated!)

Bonjour stamping fanatics,

I wonder if you will ever tire of my endless quest to have all the plates?  Because as you and I both know I must have them all!  Well I must at least know what all my options are, and today as you probably guessed I have yet another option to share with you.  That's right I'm bringing you another new and exciting brand of plates from France!  The brand is called Marianne Nails, and these plates are so fun!  The owner Ghislaine is a real sweeheart too!  I'm dying already and clearly I'm plotting. Let's get on with the drooling...

Plate No. 5

Plate No. 6 Animaux

Plate No. 10

Plate No. 15

Plate No. 16 Birds

Plate No. 19

Plate No. 32 Asie

Plate No. 37 Paris

Plate No. 47

Plate No. 11 Natural Feerie

Did you see the owls on the bird plate? Did you see that Grand Prix esque plate? All the Geisha's and the dragons!  And I'm sorry but I must must have that fairy plate! Must!  I feel like right now I'm caught between heaven (stamping plate heaven) and hell (ramen noodles for the rest of my life hell).

Plate No. 49 Floral

Plate No. 14 Manga

Plate No 18 Retro

Plate No. 20 Egypt

Plate No. 27 Dentelle et Resille

Plate No. 54

Plate No. 13 Africa

 Plate No. 1

 Plate No. 21 New York

Plate No. 30 Seventies

It just keeps getting better doesn't it?

The 411: 

Facebook: Marianne Nails

Website: http://www.marianne-nails.com

Total number of plates: 56

Release dates: 5 new plates every Friday, 1 each day for preview

Every plate is a limited edition

Size of plates: 6cm x 12cm
Size of XXL: 30.5cm x 25cm

Full nail image size: 2.0cm x 1.5cm

Backing: Yes (pink)

Plate cover: Yes

Cost: 6.50 Euro per plate
XXL plate: 23.90 Euro

Shipping by weight; 3 plates without tracking to US 6.80 Euro

What do you think? Any favorites?  There are so many fabulous plates coming out all the time these days.  It's nearly impossible to decide on what to buy, and I want to try everything! I apologize if it seems like I've thrown a lot at you.  I tried to set this up so that I had one place where all the information is located.  Currently the website is not set up for international purchase so you will have to email the seller via the website here or you can contact her via Facebook.  You should also follower her Facebook so that you stay up to date on her plate catelog! Her English is magnificent! I should have several of these plates shortly for review.  I hope you enjoyed all the awesome new nail art plates and I'll see you next post...