I started with Barielle Gotta Have Fate on my pinky and Barielle Do Unto Others on my ring. For the rest of the nails, I have on Salon Perfect Sugar Cube. With the previous two Barielle colors, I made sure to wipe off the brush on the polish and applied it on the white nails to create a distressed look. I stamped with American Apparel Hassid using Born Pretty Store nail stamping plate QA66. Use coupon code YCL91 for 10% off. Lastly, I finished with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Top Coat.
I still need to practice more with stamping but I think I'm slowly improving. I like how colorful this turned out though. What do you think of this manicure?
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This looks great! I love the color combo and the stamp you chose.
ReplyDeleteYour stamping is great. And I love the base and combo you did :)
ReplyDeleteI think it depends on the design... sometimes I prefer free hand but honestly free hand can be so time consuming! I have a lot of unused plates as well... most days I just slap on a color haha can't even be bothered to stamp :p I love the way the different colors look under the stamping! Great use of the distressed technique!
ReplyDeleteThe majority of the time, I actually like spending extra time on the free handed ones, lol. I just wear one solid color too when I'm feeling lazy too. Thanks!
DeleteI feel similarly to you, I enjoyed stamping when I first got into to nail art and then I found out you could paint on your nails, ha!, and now I like how freehand is a lot more customisable, with stamping you're stuck using their designs - but some of them are pretty! Stamping is still a lot of fun and usually quicker than freehand work, too!
ReplyDeleteI love this look, I really want to try out this distressed technique!
Totally agree that freehand designs are much more custom/unique compared to stamping. But I've seen some amazing stamping from other bloggers as well which makes me want to give it a try more often. Thanks for your thoughts!
DeleteLove the colour combo, Lisa. I am not a fan of stamping, but have done it before.
ReplyDeletevery nice effect :)
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteI think your stamping looks perfect <3 you should give it a try more often, especially if these are the results!
ReplyDeleteI get a definite "Miami" vibe from this look. Maybe it's the cues? The geometric shapes? Who knows
Thanks! I'm definitely going to try it more often.
DeleteI definitley prefer stamping! Some good color going on here!
ReplyDeleteThanks and that's great to know!
Deletelove the combination of orange and sea green... nice stamping :)
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteYou are a freakin' color genius. I love these together, and wouldn't have thought to put them together. I love freehand nail art - there's something zen about painting for me. A design like this one, though? Stamping all the way. The grunge look would just get muddied with my freehand, but looks great under the stamp.
ReplyDeleteAww thank you! There isn't actually much thought when I went with these color. I literally just picked colors in my collection. Happy to hear you like it so much :)
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