Hi!

This is my Floral Nails Using MoYou Pro XL 6:

In the video I show you the advance stamping technique.  I will apply it without a top coat.  You can apply the decal image over freshly dried nails.  I hope that makes sense, but you will see how it's done in the video. 

What did I use?
1.  Base Coat:  Duri Rejuvacote
2.  Top Coat:  Seche Vite
3.  Zoya Aurora
4.  Stamping color:  Rica Blackout
5.  Color Club Harp On It
6.  OPI Don't Mess With OPI
7.  MoYou Pro XL 6

I hope you guys enjoyed the video!  Please Take Care & Happy Stamping!

You can find MoYou plates here.

You can purchase Rica Blackout here.

Retro Dinos: Winstonia Second Generation Plates W216 & W220

*This set was sent to me by Winstonia

¡Hola!

I have another cool colorful mani today!  Its called Retro Dinos! Rawr! 

For this mani I used Winstona Store new second generation plates, which you can purchase here or on Amazon.  My inspiration was the Tyrannosaurus (T. Rex) on plate W220.  How cool is this dinosaur plate? 

Let's Begin!

What did I use?

1.  Base coat on all nails- Duri Rejuvacote

2.  China Glaze What a Pansy

3.  China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave

4.  China Glaze Sunday Funday

5.  China Glaze Grass is Lime Greener

6.  Winstonia plate W216

7.  Winstonia plate W220

8.  Konad Black Gold

9.  Konad White

10.  Nail Stampers

11. Top Coat- Seche Vite

Steps:  *Pictorial

1.  Apply your favorite Base Coat.

2.  Apply these colors:  Index finger:  China What A Pansy, Middle finger:  China Glaze Peonies & Park Ave, Ring finger:  China Glaze Sunday Funday & Pinky:  China Glaze Grass is Lime Greener.  Then apply a light coat of top coat.

3.  After all nails have dried, begin stamping using Winstonia plate W216 and Konad White.

4.  Now we can began to make our dinosaurs decals using the advance stamping technique.  I will show you the steps and you will have to repeat these steps for each T. Rex.

A.  Stamp your Dino using Winstonia plate W220

& Konad Black.  Let it dry.

B.  Fill in your T. Rex using a dotting tool or detail brush. 

I used a dotting tool and China Glaze Grass is Lime Greener. 

Let it Dry.  Do not remove from the stamper. 

5.  After your first T. Rex has dried you are ready to apply your dino.  The method I use to apply the T. Rex Decal is using a top coat.  Apply your top coat and wait till it gets tacky.  This step is very important!  The top coat cannot be too wet nor too dry.  Just right to make the T. Rex Decal stick to the nail.  This will take practice, but don't give up.  Practice makes perfect.  Here are the steps:

A.  Apply Top Coat.  Wait till it gets tacky.  Remember it

can't be too wet nor too dry.  It might take you a few tries to get it right. 

You can also practice on a nail tip, before making this mani.

B.  Once top coat is tacky, you will roll on your T. Rex Decal. 

Be careful! Do not press too hard.  Gently roll side to side. 

Carefully watching to make sure the image is sticking on the nail.

C.  Very gently roll side to side. 

 Don't worry it some part of the Dino isn't sticking,

just roll back gently till it sticks.

D.  See how it is sticking on the nail?  Awesome, right?

E.  Don't worry if any part of the T. Rex is lifted or if you

 get wrinkles on the nail, you can fix it by pressing

lightly with your finger to smooth it out. 

F.  There you go! 

I gently applied light pressure using my finger

to fix anything that was lifted or wrinkled.

6.  Finally you apply your favorite top coat.  The top coat adds shine and helps smooth out everything! 

7.  Repeat steps 4-5 for each nail and you will have a colorful Retro Dino Mani:

I hope you guys enjoy!  If you try out this manicure please tag me, link back to my blog or give me credit.  Thank you!

Happy Stamping!

Swanette



How To Make Nail Stamping Decals + My New Year's Mani

Hola! 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! I wish you a Happy New Year full of happiness, success & good health!

Today I want to share with you guys how to make nail stamping decals.  I learned this on Instagram and on YouTube.  I would love to know who started this wonderful stamping technique, but I don't know who to credit.   I will however show you how I make them.  This is much more easier than the Advance stamping technique I show here a few months back.  There is a lot of wonderful videos on YouTube on how to make them, just search for nail stamping decals.  Remember everyone does them differently, you just have to try them and see which method is right for you. :) 

This is my New Year's mani that I posted on Instagram using nail stamping decals. 

Colors:  Black- China Glaze Liquid Leather, Gold- Bettina Glamour Celebrate & Purple- Bettina Prestige. 

Nail Stamping Plates:  Gals GA-39, GA-40, Winstonia W117 & Cheeky jumbo plate 6. 

Stamping colors:  Bettina Champagne & Konad White.

I made the nail stamping decals only for the numbers, not for the Champagne glasses.  I filled in the Champagne glasses using a dotting tool and gold polish.  I could have definitely done the same with the numbers but I know I would had made a mess. lol :)

Here are the steps:

1.  Stamp the image using your favorite polish.  I used Konad Black.

2. Fill in the color of the image.  I used Bettina Prestige.  You can also use a dotting tool for this step.

3.  Here you can see the image with color. I let it dry a little before the next step.

4.  Apply a top coat over the design and let it dry.

5.  After it dries, remove carefully with tweezers. 

6.  Yay!  You have a nail stamping decal, but wait your not finish...

7.  Cut around your decal using small scissors.  Try to cut very closely and very carefully around your image. 

8.  Apply your decal on your nail.  I apply light pressure over the decal so it molds on my nail. 

9.  Finally you apply your favorite top coat.  Try to apply a thick coat and try not to reapply over the same area if it's still wet. You might smear the design.  If any area is sticking up gently push down with the brush.  Then after your first coat dries, just reapply your top coat.  :)

I really hope you enjoyed my post and that it helps you understand how to make nail stamping decals. 

Happy Stamping :)  Hasta Luego!





Advance Stamping Tips

Hola!

I have been getting a lot of request on how I colored in my stamping, so I decided to make this post for you guys!  Remember I am not a professional just a gal who loves stamping.  I want to help you guys achieve beautiful stamping too. 

First of all I learn this technique on Instagram from @maespiritu_artofnail and I credit her completely!  She creates wonderful nail stamping manicures.  This is her Blog where she explain how to achieve Advance Nail Stamping.  Please follow her for nail stamping inspiration.

Here are the steps in achieving the Advance Stamping technique.  Remember to paint all your nails first before doing the following steps:

*Please remember to do these steps per nail. 

Hola, He estado recibiendo muchas peticiónes en como lograr el estampado avanzado, por eso decidí escribir este post. Recuerda que no soy una profesional solo una chica que le encanta el estampado de uñas.  Yo quiero ayudarlos a lograr esta técnica.
 
Primero que nada, quiero decir y dar crédito completamente a una chica maravillosa que conocí en Instagram.  Su nombre y Instagram es @maespiritu_artofnail .  Ella hace un estampado hermoso!  Esta técnica lo aprendí de ella.  Aquí se encuentra su blog de como lograr el estampado avanzado.  Favor de seguirla en su blog y Instagram para más inspiration!
 
Aquí están los pasos de como lograr esta técnica.  Recuerda que debes de pintar todas tus uñas antes de comenzar estos pasos.
 
*Recuerda hacer estos pasos 1 uña a la vez.

Step 1:

I used Cheeky plate ch42 and chose the banana design.  Not all images work for this technique you need a design that you can fill in with color, just as you would a coloring book.  I used Konad Black special polish.

Paso 1:

Yo use la placa de Cheeky ch42 y para esta demostración use los guineos.  No todas las imágenes funcionan.  Necesitas un imagen que puedas llenar con color.  Usé el esmalte de Konad en negro.

Step 2:

 This is the fun part, time to color in your stamping. I used Sally Hansen lightening and a dotting tool.  In this step you can be creative.  Add the colors you wish, you can even make a banana rainbow!

Paso 2:

Esté paso es super divertido.  Ahora llenas tu imagen de color!  Usé Sally Hansen Lightening y un dotting tool.  Añades los colores que más te gusten.  Puedes crear hasta un arco iris de guineos!

Step 3:

*Please remember to do this steps per nail.  Do not apply the top coat until your ready to apply your stamping.

This is the one of the Tricky parts & most important.   Apply a Top Coat, I used Seche Vite.  This will act like a bond.  Your image will stick to it, BUT you must wait till its tacky.  It cannot be too wet nor dry.  It will take you time to learn when to apply, but you will get it.  Practice makes perfect.

Paso 3:

*Recuerda hacer estos paso 1 uña a la vez.  No apliques la capa final hasta que estés listo para aplicar tu estampado. 

Este paso es un poco complicado pero es el más importante.  Vamos a aplicar una capa final, yo usé Seche Vite.  Esté va actuar como una unión, el que va ayudar pegar tu diseño a la uña.  Debes esperar que el esmalte este un poco pegajosa.  El esmalte no puede estar ni muy mojado ni seco.  Te va tomar tiempo aprender cuando es el momento preciso de aplicar el estampado pero no te preocupes, recuerda que la practica hace la perfección!

 

Step 4:

 

Remember that your nail image on the stamper must be dry and your top coat tacky.  If it is too wet it will smudge and if its too dry you won't be able to stick the image on your nail. 

 

If everything is ready, then here we go! :)

 

 

As you see Below I added a lot of pics.  I am trying to demonstrate to you the way I roll my stamper on my nails.  I roll the stamper very softly on the nail one side to the other.

 



Paso 4:

Recuerda que tu diseño en el estampador deber estar seco y tu capa final debe estar un poco pegajoso.  Ni muy mojado ni seco.  Si esta muy mojado dañas tu diseño y si esta seco no pega.

Ahora si todo esta listo, aquí vamos!

Como verás bajé muchas fotos.  Trato de demostrar la manera en que aplique el estampado.  Tomo el estampador y de un lado a otro aplico el imagen lentamente, es rodar el estampador de un lado a otro.  Recuerda hacer lo lentamente y suavemente.

 

Step 5:

 

Your nail should look like the picture below.  Using my fingers, I gently press on the images so they apply completely on the nail.  I take off the excess using a small detail brush with acetone.  I use the $1 Elf professional concealer Brush.

 

Paso 5:

 

Tu uña deben lucir como la foto de abajo.  Con tus dedos suavemente presionas el imagen sobre tu uña para se adhiera completamente a el.  El resto lo puedes eliminar con un pincel pequeño con acetona.  Yo uso el pincel de Elf profesional concealer que solamente cuesta un dólar. 

 

 

Step 6: Final Step

 

Seal in your design with your favorite Top Coat.  I used Seche Vite top coat. 

 



Paso 6:

Ahora sellas tu diseño con tu capa final favorito.  Yo uso Seche Vite.

 

 

And there you go!! You now have a yummy banana nail!  Repeat all these step on each nail. 

 

As you see the Advance Stamping method seems difficult, but remember practice makes perfect!  Never give up! You too can achieve this method!!  Have Fun!!

 

Ahí lo tienes amigos!  Ahora tienes una sabrosas uña de guineos!  Repita todos los pasos para cada uña.

 

Como vez parece difícil este método pero con practica lo lograras!  Nunca deben rendirse!  Espero que hayan disfrutado!

 

 

Hasta luego!