Wednesday, July 31, 2013

It's Black! It's White! - Day 2


And Day 2 brought me to a technique I have never completely mastered: stamping.




First of all it's not like we can get a lot of Konad plates (which are the best we can get here) in Lisbon - I only own a couple - and you know how I feel about buying things off of the Internet.

And second of all I just can't seem to make the designs stamp clearly enough on my nails. But this time…

This time... I sat at my polish work desk. I imbued myself with tons of patience and started working on my nails for today's challenge.

And, lovelies, I must say... I totally won this challenge! Muhahaha :)

Have a look for yourselves:







Know what I mean? The lines came out so crisp and neat and I'm such a happy girl right now because of it!
I'm showing this one first, which is the first stage of the mani. I then felt something was somehow lacking and...




Completed it this way!
Look at me, sporting proudly these nails! :)




As for details, this is OPI Alpine Snow as the base colour.




I then stamped using Konad Plate M54 and Purple Professional No.18.
And by 'stamped' I mean over and over until my nails plates wore a flowery pattern. I really did it! I conquered my impatient me over! Hurray! :D




Last but not least, I added a little lace thing (?) near my nail beds, with the same black polish.
Why? Because it's pretty! :D




I must say compared to the first mani I did for this challenge, this one I really, really like!
I think you can tell by the photo spam, right? ;)





And look! I even managed some decent photos: in this one I got a bit of blurry fingers - muhahahah :)
I'm working on it, believe me!





So let me know what you think of these nails and make sure you have a look on all of the other ladies' lovely designs :)




Hugs & Kissies,

Mina *

22 comments:

  1. Cute, I think the black dots near your cuticle really added the touch! Great idea too! :)

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    1. Thank you, Nada! I'm really happy I added the extra dots, too ;)
      Glad you liked them also! **

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  2. Great stamping! And such a pretty mani :)

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    1. Thank you, Lisa! It really is my first good stamping mani for me :)

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  3. Its lovely! Yay for conquering stamping :)

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    1. Yay!!!! :D Thank you for sharing my hapiness, Lisa - hehehe <3

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  4. Wow! Your accent made this design just perfect!

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    1. Awww, thank you so much, Anastasia! So happy you think so! :D

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  5. I love it, so elegant :)

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    1. Thank you so much, sweetie! I did feel elegant wearing these! :D

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  6. Ai que a mulher resolveu carimbar!
    Ficou brutal!
    Desculpa tenho andado ausente!

    Jokas,
    Z

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    1. E não é que é verdade!? E até saiu bem e tudo! hehehe ;)
      E a ausência não faz mal, espero que por bons motivos :) beijinho*

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  7. Nice, I really like the black and white combo :-)

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    1. Thank you, darling :D Happy you do! **

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  8. Olá Mina! Branco e preto é uma combinaçao muito linda, eu tenho que fazer este combo em breve ^ _ ^

    Gosto muito as suas unhas, muito lindonas <3

    Beijinhos :3

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    1. I know you'll do something outstanding like you always do ;)
      Thank you for your super nice comment, Silvia **

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  9. Oh hun, you know how I feel about stamping! I totally understand the "fear" hahaha! And I am so stunned at these <3 Wow! You did great and I think you should do more stamping, cuz it's just gorgeous :)

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    1. Stamping is to us what kryptonite is to SuperMan - hahaha
      And I also think you should do more stamping. Actually just a mani would be good - we're feeling lonely out here! ;)

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  10. I love this one! It's very elegant.

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    1. My thoughts exactly! I even wore a floral black & white dress to match the mani! I felt like a real lady! hahaha :D

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