Sunday 3 June 2012

Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker with Stamping

Today's challenge for me was that I wanted to use Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker as the basis for my mani but I didn't want it to be just about  Jawbreaker, although I do love, love, love it :) So this weeks look is a Jawbreaker mix up with stamping.


First of all, Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker!
Pretty and Polished JawbreakerPretty and Polished Jawbreaker
 Jawbreaker without Flash


Extreme close up of all the glittery goodness!
Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker

So here is what I used for the actual manicure.
Base: CND Stickey
Color: 2 coats of Ulta3 Lily White
Accent Color nails: Pretty & Polished Jawbreaker
Top Coat: Seche Vite
Stamping: Kleancolor Metallic Yellow, Red, Blue
Stamping Plates: Fun Plate 2, Bundle Monster and Cheeky Plates


Ulta 3 Lily White Base
Ulta3 Lily WhiteUlta3 Lily White


Jawbreaker Accent- I did uncover the glitters in the polish with some acetone to make them more present.
Pretty and Polished JawbreakerPretty and Polished Jawbreaker


Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker

Now on to the stamping using Kleancolor L-R Metallic Yellow, Metallic Red and Metallic Sapphire
Dodgy Bottle Shot
Kleancolor Metallic Yellow, Metallic Red ad Metallic Sapphire
  

Stamping design, Left Hand
Please ignore cuticles, they had far too much acetone by the time I photographed.
Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker with metallic red, yellow and blue stamping



Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker with metallic red, yellow and blue stamping
Left Thumb

Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker with metallic red, yellow and blue stamping
 Right Hand Stamping

Pretty and Polished Jawbreaker with metallic red, yellow and blue stamping
Right Thumb

Now on the stamping front, can I just say it was NOT easy with the bright colors on white and the fact that the Kleancolor Metallics are tricky to get a good transfer and bleed like all get out :/ It took quite a few goes to even get this. Maybe my stamping mojo wasn't on for tonight. Anyways, I like the matching color combo and how it eventually turned out. 

Tips for stamping with the Kleancolor Metallics..scrape firmly, wait like 5-10 before picking up the design or it blobs. Then when the design is on the stamp wait another 5 seconds and transfer to the nail lightly. Don't press hard or it smudges.

Hope you liked todays offering, please leave your thoughts! :)

1 comment:

  1. Excellent nail polish. Thanks for the opportunity about useful facts on Jawbreaker with Metallic Bling it is very interesting. Go on performing what you do as we get pleasure from reading your work with nails. Keep it up!

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