It Girl Nail Art Nail Plate 102 Review
9:01 AM**Press Sample**
Ok, I had to get that out of my system. I'm sorry I gave myself a long weekend away from the blog. Hubs came home on Friday, from being out of town for a few days, and came home early and had me take him to urgent care. Which took away from the cleaning and errands I needed to do for munchkin's first sleepover to celebrate her 6th birthday. Then yesterday, the kids didn't have school but she had a doctors appointment that then turned into an afternoon of fun. Anyway, lets get to the good stuff.
I've faced a fear. I admit I've been incredibly intimidated by stamping. The thought of doing it just gave me anxiety attacks and I have no idea why. Then, It Girl Nail Art came along. It is a new indie stamping brand. She took a risk and gave me a chance. I mean, if I can stamp then anyone can stamp.
**WARNING PICTURE HEAVY**
This is stamping plate 102. This was the first one she sent me. When it arrived it was bent down the center. I slowly flattened it by placing it between a few heavy hard back books for a few days. It didn't fully flatten, but I was able to gently finish the job with my hands. In case it didn't flatten, she sent me plates 101 and 103 as well, but I will show you those at later dates. One at a time.
The first thing is to decide what in the world am I going to use to stamp? I've never done this before. I'm overwhelmed. I tried a few black polishes that I thought would be easy peasy, but no. They all flopped and wouldn't even come off onto the stamper. I had to take a break. I decided to decorate my Creative Stamper that Cleo from Twee & Honey sent me. It turned out really cute too! LOOK!
When that was dry the next day, I knew I couldn't put it off any longer and I had to force the anxiety away. I grabbed several polishes and decided to jump in.
I used these five on the top row of the plate.
Left to right:
Cameo Colours Lacquers Saturday, Cult Nails Nevermore, Lorelei Lacquer Finn, KBShimmer Blush Money, and China Glaze Japanese Koi
I used these five on the bottom row of the plate.
Left to right:
Colors by Llarowe (not sure what the name is), Marbles for Polish Midnight Mistress, Top Shelf Lacquer Pink Cosmopolitan, LynBDesigns Tabitha, and Lorelei Lacquer Jamaica.
Top to bottom:
Cameo Colours Lacquers Saturday and Colors by Llarowe (not sure what the name is)
Top to bottom:
Cult Nails Nevermore and Marbles for Polish Midnight Mistress
Top to bottom:
Lorelei Lacquer Finn and Top Shelf Lacquer Pink Cosmopolitan
Top to bottom:
KBShimmer Blush Money and LynBDesigns Tabitha
Top to bottom:
China Glaze Japanese Koi and Lorelei Lacquer Jamaica
Now for a closer look!
Cameo Colours Lacquers Saturday
Cult Nails Nevermore
Lorelei Lacquer Finn
KBShimmer Blush Money
Colors by Llarowe (not sure what the name is)
Top Shelf Lacquer Pink Cosmopolitan
Lorelei Lacquer Jamaica
Note that I tried several polishes on the top right corner of the plate and it was hard to get anything to work. I decided to give it one last shot as I was playing around with stuff. I wanted to make this one a bit more cohesive.
Left to right:
SuperChic Lacquer Crystal Blue Persuasion, Bohemian Polish Half-Life, OPI Cement the Deal, Top Shelf Lacquer Teal-tini, and Lollipop Posse Lacquer That's How Witch Babies Are
I started by painting all my fingers with two coats of OPI Cement the Deal. On my pinky, I stamped with SuperChic Lacquer Crystal Blue Persuasion. On my ring finger, I stamped with Bohemian Polish Half-Life. On my middle finger, I stamped with Top Shelf Lacquer Teal-tini. On my pinky, I stamped with Lollipop Posse Lacquer That's How Witch Babies Are.
As you can see each of these stamped beautifully! I was so happy I was finally able to get that top right corner of the plate to work. The jelly was fantastic!
Lastly, I was swatching some new stuff from SinfulColors and I knew I had to test out how they stamped. I REALLY love how this mani ended up and will probably attempt to recreate it at some point.
I may not have mastered getting the full image to transfer or how to get polish to completely fill the spaces in the plate, but for me, this is a big ol' win! I stamped you guys! I can't believe I actually did it. So much excite!
After this plate alone, I'm fully sold on It Girl Nail Art plates. I can't wait to show you all the other two from her. All three are available now for $13.50. 102 has some great images that you can play around with layering and such.
A big thank you to Nicole, the lady behind It Girl Nail Art, for being so understanding of my anxiety over this and taking a bit longer than normal to do the post. After a couple tries, it was more fun than stressful and I can't wait to dive into the other two plates!
What do you all think? Is this a brand you'd want to look into?
It Girl Nail Art Information:
Etsy Shop - https://www.etsy.com/shop/itgirlnailart
Storenvy Shop - http://itgirlnailart.storenvy.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/itgirlnailart
Instagram - https://instagram.com/itgirlnailart/
My information:
Blog - http://nakedwithoutpolish.blogspot.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LacquerLoversUnite
Twitter - https://twitter.com/NkdWthoutPolish
Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/nkdwthoutpolish/
Instagram - http://instagram.com/nakedwithoutpolish/
**The featured product in this post was provided to me by the manufacturer for my honest review. All opinions are my own. I was not compensated.**
Happy Polishing!!
Becky :o)
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