Sunday Stamping: Over Blue Base

Hey all!

Hope everyone got some great deals while shopping! Mom and I went to the mall on Friday afternoon but didn't really buy anything. We got some great online deals though! :)

Today's mani is for the Adventures in Stamping group on Facebook and the theme was 'over blue'. I didn't have a new blue polish so I went with a semi-oldie but a goodie. This is really one of my favorite blue shades because it just looks so clean!

Two coats of Essie Bikini So Teeny stamped with Mash-42 and Essie No More Film. I also accentuated the stamp with loose glequins from KKCenterHK store.

No More Film is a great stamping color except for how much it smears! I topcoated my pinky and smeared the hell out of it, so I redid it and went to sleep without topcoat thinking it would dry thoroughly and it wouldn't be a problem in the morning. Wrong! It still smeared with three different topcoats. Oh well, it still looks really cute from a distance! Maybe a little too summery for everyone else but, in PR, it's never really winter :P.

Thank you for looking and have a great day!

Sunday Stamping: Over Glitter

Hi all!

Exciting news, I joined the group Adventures in Stamping! I had seen all these cool posts by Anutka at Wacky Laki and the challenges always seemed fun so I joined up. Basically, we uh, stamp on Sundays. Today's theme was 'Over Glitter' and it gave me an excuse to use a brand spankin' new polish.

For today's mani I started with two coats of Illamasqua Creator, a 'magical black' (as described by Illamasqua) chock full of tiny silver glitter. It's weird though, because it looks like glass flecks or shimmer but, in the macro, you can see it's tiny rectangular glitter. Like really tiny miniaturized bar glitter. I dig it! Application was a breeze, as can be expected, 2 coats and -0 fussing with the glitter. On my accent nails, I stamped with RA-120 and Essie No Place Like Chrome.

What do you think? Perhaps not as creative as I would've wanted for my debut into the group but, then again, there's always next sunday :D

Hope you've all enjoyed/are enjoying your weekend!