Showing posts with label nails. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nails. Show all posts

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Stamping onto Gel Polish tutorial and video



Hi there everyone!  Today I have a video to share with you on how to stamp on gel nail polish.
This was one of the things I just could not get right when combining gel polish and regular polish. So I thought I would pop together some pointers and a video to show you how simple it is when you know how!!!!

Ok. First up you will need the following products.
  • Gel polish of your choice. Base coat, colour and top coat.
  • LED/UV  lamp
  • Lint Free wipes
  • Isopropyl Alcohol
  • Stamping polish
  • Stamping plate and stamper/scraper

When stamping on to gel polish I recommend you use regular stamping polish. Don't try to stamp with gel polish it just does not work very well. The consistency of a gel product is different to a regular polish and I have tried and tried again but can never get a crisp image. Stick with regular stamping polish.
One of the big tricks is to remove the sticky gel layer before stamping. I will be showing this on the video. Basically, after popping on your base gel coat and coloured coats and curing them, you need to wipe of the sticky residue with isopropyl alcohol. This will give you a clean surface to stamp onto. If you do not do this crucial step your image may become fuzzy and not crisp. 
Once you have stamped, make sure that the image is 100% dry. This should not take too long maybe 15-30 seconds, but if you do not do this the gel top coat can either bubble over the regular stamped polish or even lift off.

Here is the video.



With these simple tricks you can have awesome gel nails with some amazing stamped patterns on them!

I hope this is helpful, and if you have any questions please feel free to pop a comment below and I will answer it for you!!!

Until next time......

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Sunday, December 15, 2013

Joss polishes- Colour Illusions collection- swatches and review.


Hello there everyone,

Today I have f 5 polishes to share from the Joss Colour Illusions Collection which were sent to me by the lovely Ray over at Beauty World Now for most you Beauty would may not be a name you know, but for us Indie polish makers we frequent Beauty World quite a bit to get an array of supplies for our polish making.
But  Beauty World not only sells glitters and polish making supplies they also sell other beauty related products as well. One of the great ranges they have is their polish collections. Joss have holographic polishes for a little as AUD$9.95 and also glitter polishes from AUD $6.95. I have 5 to share from their glitters with you today!

*please note at all colours were 2-3 coats with a Seche Vite top coat.

In a Mermaids Dream (JC783)- This is a beautiful bright blue that is packed full of holographic and iridescent glitters plus what i can only describe as a green to pink shift. It was really hard to capture the colour shift with in the blue but be assured it is their and this polish totally is a million times more holo that i could also capture!

In sun

In the sun with silver snowflakes stamped on top.


In the sun with silver snowflakes stamped on top

In the shade with silver snowflakes stamped on top.
You can just see the shift in the shade pic. Coverage was easy and the wear was great. i had this on for 3 days before removing it and all i has was a little shrinkage from the Seche Vite.

A Calming Influence (JC782)- This is a lovely lavender jammed packed with holo glitter. I really fell for this colour BIG time! i'm not a huge fan of paler colours but this was just awesome on. Only 2 coats were needed and boy did it sparkle when i went in the sun! I did note a small amount of settling with this polish but i was assured by Ray that this is totally normal with these polishes. and after a bit of a shake the polish was fine.

In sun

In sun

In sun

In sun
Amazing...right??!!

In a Violet Haze (JC780)- Is a what i could only describe as a white/silver holo glitter packed polish with a very distinct purple to green colour shift. This i think is another favorite of mine in this collection of Joss Lacquers. 3 coats were needed for full coverage. Again the pics don't do the polish justice. it was SOOOO sparkly on it was insane.

Bottle shot


In sun

In shade

And as i loved the last 2 polishes so much i decided to do a gradient mani with them.

In sun

In sun

Desert Sunset (JC779)- Is a copper/gold polish packed again full of glitter that has a gold/red shift to it. the polish is so hard to describe. and once again so very hard to capture in photos. i notices a small amount of settling in this polish also but once i had given it a little shake all was well and i applied 2 coats for full coverage. I tried to capture the different colours this polish produces as best i could with shade and sun shots.
Bottle shot


In shade
In shade

In sun (as it was starting to set)

Magic Potion (JC781)- Is a very festive green, tho im sure i will wear this at other times too. It is packed full of holo glitter again and I only needed 2 coats. I really like this colour for Christmas!

Bottle shot

In the shade

In the sun

In the shade

 For the price of AUD$6.95 these polishes are certainly worth every penny. There are over 20 different Joss lacquers to choose from on the BEAUTY WORLD website, from these glitters, to holographic polishes.
BEAUTY WORLD ship Australia wide currently, but if you love overseas you can head on over to LLarowe and she ships world wide.

Until next time.......

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