Second bird mani

Since I wasn't really happy with my last mani with the birds, I tried again a week or so after.

I wanted to do a sky in the background, so I used a light blue and a white to make a gradient. Both were from Sinful Colors, the blue Morning Star and the white Snow White. They applied great - I love Morning Star, but it is starting to get a bit thick, so I'll probably thin it out the next time I use it.

I used almost the same motives as the last time to do the mani.

Here is my left hand:

I think it turned out much better than the last one, and I was actually pretty proud of this one. My boyfriend thought it was really cool, which was nice. Usually he doesn't really pay attention to my nails - he thinks it is a bit silly to use so much time only to change it 3-4 days later.

Birdies on the nails

Yesterday I wrote about my stamping plate haul. I got them over a couple weeks, so I've used a couple of them already.

I wanted to do a bird-manicure, so I started out by using OPI My boyfriend scales walls, which was horrible to apply. If not for the fact that I had already used so much time to apply basecoat and did not have time to start all over, I would have used another white polish for the base.

Then I used MM14 for two of my nails, MoYou Explorer - 10, Pro - 4 and Kitty - 11 for the other birds.

And this is how it turned out. I wasn't really happy with the contrast - I normally don't use white as a base, so it was a bit too much for me.

Here is my right hand - the clean up isn't that great, but for once my right hand was okay, so I just decided to show it anyways.

 Here is my left hand - the thumb didn't really work out, it is a bit crooked, but it was okay.

Stamping plate haul!!

I have gotten a lot of plates since the last time I wrote anything here. They are all pretty and I've used them a couple of times. I've written a bit about them:


The MoYou plates are soooo pretty!

Here they are in the sleeves. I have one plate which I ordered from Amazon, and there was no sleeve with that one. They are really pretty and they protect the plate quite well, but I don't really know if I'll be using them while storing. I use normal plastic sleeves to store them in a binder, but I need to buy some of those that fit 6 of these plates in one. Unfortunately I cannot get them in Denmark, so I have to buy them from eBay.

Princess collection - 04 is pretty. I first fell for the teddybear and rubber duck, but then I noticed all the other cute things. I just needed it.

Pro collection - 04 is also really pretty. Several motives with flowers and the bird. I've already used the bird a couple of times, but I've found out that the motives aren't big enought for my thumb. That's pretty annoying.

Back to the 90's - I love Pac Man - so this was also a must have. Tetris, Mario and gameboys - Yup, I'm a 90's kid.

Explorer collection - 10- This one I had to have because of the savannah, I just really love it.

Rebel collection - 02. I believe most of these are made by Banksy - and I just had to have them for my nails!

Kitty collection . 11. I really don't like cats, so I got it for the birds and the other stuff. I've used it a couple of times now - it stamps great.





And then here are the ones from Vivid Lacquer.

I love these hearts - they are so freakin' pretty. I've already used it, but it the two colors were too close, so it didn't really show up that well.

This one was just really cute with the birds and the script - and then the alphabet is very useful. But I did notice in the first alphabet with the big letters - that there is no x, but just two z's. Pretty funny - I have been eyeing the plate for quite a while, and I've never noticed before. Luckily x is not the letter I use the most, so it's not that bad.



A couple of weeks ago I also got a couple of plates from Messy Mansion. I had bought MM14, and when I had gotten that one, I suddenly received another package two days later. I was very confused, because I had not ordered anything else from Messy Mansion - If I had, I would have done it in one order. Lucky for me, it was a mistake, and it was not the same plate as I had already gotten. And when I wrote them, they said, I could just keep it. It would have been expensive to send to Australia anyways, so I happily obliged.

Here is MM14 - Unfortunately it was a tiny bit bent, but it works just fine. It was a bit hard to get a good picture, so some of it is blurry.

And here is MM12 - I think the chevrons are pretty nice, and I'll probably use them some day.

And then there was a sale on this plate from Rica. I had already been looking at it and thought about bying it, but the reduced price did it. I love the Monroe-one and I think I'll do a Warhol-design some day.

And last but not least are the ones from BornPrettyStore - They have cheap plates, so I thought I would try it out. I bought these four:

I love cherry blossoms, so I thought I would just try this one out, since it was also cheap. A rip off of Konad, but it was cheap, so I'd try it out.

I have always liked the hearts on those straws, so I bought it even though it is a knock off of Konad.

This one I bought because they are all pretty cute and it was cheap.

This one I bought primarily because of Easter. The little chicken-bird-thingie is pretty cute and I could probably use the bows someday.

More stamping plates!

I might have gotten a bit crazy. I have fallen in love with stamping and since everything takes so long to be delivered, I end up buying more stuff.

On Bornprettystore I found these cheap plates. I know some of them are knock-offs, but I thought I would just try them out to see if they work - the two plates I have from Konad are really bad anyways, so I don't think they are worth the money.

And then I found these on eBay and they are really cute:

The first one is perfect for Halloween, and I love horror and zombies, so I'll probably get some more use out of it than just around halloween.

 

This one I just had to have, since it's Disney characters and other cartoon stuff. I couldn't not buy it.

Stamping plates haul!!

A couple of weeks ago Vivid Lacquer announced on her Facebook page that all her stuff was marked down. And since I've been eyeing a lot of her plates, I needed to buy some of them.

After having thought about it for a long time - didn't want to pass the 14 dollar mark that would enable toll fees - I chose these two:

Vivid Lacquer plate 009

I have thought about buying no. 9 for a long time. I really like the hearts and especially like the fact that it has a negative of it as well. Sometimes a motive is so cute you just feel like being able to use it differently than normal. And with this one I am able to.
The top one I think is supposed to look like a spotted top coat - just like the one OPI made once upon a time. Now it is pretty hard to come by and probably also unreasonably expensive. Even though it is possible to make with hairspray and water, I much prefer stamping.I think the middle left one is supposed to look like a water marble, but this one I would prefer doing the right way as there would be the possibility to use different colors.

Vivid Lacquer 018

Plate no. 018 is SO cute. I love all this bird-stuff, and I am looking so much forward to using it. The feather is also crazy cute and I can always use the alphabet. I almost bought it once because I needed to do a design for a party, where I wanted to write something, but I am crazy bad at doing freehand.




And then I ordered some plates from Moyou London. There were so many girls on Facebook that posted cute manicures they had made with these. I had also been eyeing them for quite some time, so all I needed was an excuse. One of the girls posted a code for 20 % off, so I used that.
I tried to keep it civil and not buy too many, but I ended up checking 6 out.

MoYou London Rebel Collection - 02

I love Banksy, so the Rebel plate was obvious - I needed that one for sure, no doubt about it. I especially love the ones with the little girls. And all the others are awesome as well.

MoYou London Back To The 90's - 01

I am from '88, so I'm a 90's kid. I love tetris, I still play it. The only one I don't really care for is the Beverly Hills-one and The Big Lebowski. The first I have never been interested in, the latter is just not funny, so there's that.

MoYou London Kitty Collection -11

As I said with the Vivid Lacquer plate, I have totally fallen for the bird-trend. So I needed more birds for my nails. I love all the tattoos with birds, but I not a permanent ink-type of person, so I will just put them on my nails. I don't really like cats, but luckily there are more cages and birds than cats, so I am happy about that. Really looking forward to getting this one.

MoYou London Explorer Collection - 10

Yet another one with birds! But this one was primarily because of the savannah - it is just SO pretty. As soon as I saw it, I knew I HAD to have it.

MoYou London Pro Collection - 04

.. Surprise! Yet another bird - it is just really pretty. I love the swirly handwritten text - it will look so pretty on plain colors. And the houndstooth one is also great.

MoYou London Princess Collection - 04

The last one I decided to get was one with animals - and because the teddy bear in the lower right corner is waay too cute!
And I love dinosaurs, so I needed T-Rex :)


I guess that is it for now.

Pictures of Vivid Lacquer Plates are from her etsy site.
Pictures of MoYou London Plates are from their site.