Happy Year of the Rat! - Lacquistry, Sally Hansen, Born Pretty

Happy Lunar New Year!

You get my usual Lunar New Year themed mani!

[Festivities!]

[Lacquistry's Amazeballz: Original + Sally Hansen Gilded Lily]

So I started off with this glorious shiny base. It's actually one coat of Lacquistry's Amazeballz: Original, this super shiny champagne gold glitter bomb, and a coat of Sally Hansen's Gilded Lily over it. Gilded Lily is a rich gold microglitter. I love Amazeballz for it's shininess but it's too pale for the mani I was going for (almost silver), so Gilded Lily turns it into a lovely darker gold and keeps it shiny.

[Base: Lacquistry's Amazeballz: Original + Sally Hansen Gilded Lily
Stamping Plates: Born Pretty L026, L025 and L017
Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Dark Amor]

Then I stamped over it with patterns from various stamping plates. I used Born Pretty's stamping plates L026, L025 and L017, and Born Pretty's red stamping polish Dark Amor.

[Base: Lacquistry's Amazeballz: Original + Sally Hansen Gilded Lily
Stamping Plates: Born Pretty L026, L025 and L017
Stamping Polish: Born Pretty Dark Amor]

I think they turned out very festive looking! The index finger above is a result of multiple stamps. I chose lanterns and a paper crane to fill up the nail.

And here's a close-up of a stamp of a cute rat, for the Year of the Rat! :D I added a pattern to the side cause it looked a bit blank, but probably not the best choice haha.

Have a good 2020, everyone!

In The Pale Light - Sally Hansen, Australis, Born Pretty

Hello all! I come with stamping!

[In The Pale Light]

[Born Pretty - Pure World L002]

This mani was done with Born Pretty's stamping plate Pure World - L002. The base is the gradient mani I posted about in this post, using Sally Hansen's Crush on Blue and  Australis' Aqua. The stamping polish is Born Pretty's Throne, a black polish. I really like how the scenery turned out on the ring finger.

[Base: Sally Hansen Crush on Blue, Australis Aqua
Stamping: Born Pretty stamping plate Pure World L002, Born Pretty Throne]

I kind of botched the stamping on this other hand. I didn't scrape off the polish sufficiently, which is why the pattern isn't so discernible for some. :(

Otherwise, I do love the patterns here. The flowers and scenery stamps look really good, and they were easy to stamp.

If you like the plate, you can find it here at Born Pretty. You can get a 10% off any full priced items too!

Placid Waters - Sally Hansen, Australis

Today is just a simple gradient mani that I did freehand!

[Sally Hansen Crush on Blue, Australis Aqua]

The pale blue polish is Sally Hansen's Crush on Blue and the pale teal is Australis' Aqua. They match each other really well to make a gradient. The colours are close enough that you don't need sponging to do the gradient, in my opinion. It makes for a simple and easy to create gradient mani!