Showing posts with label China Glaze Australian Alabaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label China Glaze Australian Alabaster. Show all posts

Thursday, 20 September 2012

Down Under Dusk Stamping

I loved Australian Alabaster, but it was just begging to be stamped on! Had to do it :)  To keep it in the family I chose Down Under Dusk, wasn't sure if it was going to stamp but did like a dream. As the name implies it is a lovely dusky pink with a gold shimmer.  I also used my new XL stamper I purchased from Llarowe. It has a a lovely squishy stamper rubber which is huge. It's so squishy that your nail just smushes into the pad without having to roll. The overall effect was like printed wall paper. I chose to do the thumb and ring fingers in a different stamp and the left and right hands were different.This was my first use also of the new Cheeky stamping plates! I had no troubles using the plates but felt like my right hand was better than my left :)

China Glaze Down Under Dusk stamping
Right Hand stamping

China Glaze Down Under Dusk stamping

China Glaze Down Under Dusk stamping

China Glaze Down Under Dusk stamping
 Right hand stamping, Paisley like isn't it!

China Glaze Down Under Dusk stamping
 My left hand is so unco!

China Glaze Down Under Dusk stamping

China Glaze Down Under Dusk
And final shot it China Glaze Down Under Dusk bottle!

You'll have to excuse the nail tip wear, I had this mani on for 3 days before I photographed it. I wasn't sure it was photo worth actually as it's not super flashy or anything. Definitely falls in the subtle stamping category! I loved the new XL stamper it was super easy to transfer the stamps onto the nails. The only issue I had was it picked up fluff an hair quite easily, LOL. 

Which hand do you prefer or is this look not really your thing?

Monday, 17 September 2012

China Glaze Australian Alabaster

Tonight I have a post for you with China Glaze Australian Alabaster from the Down Under Collection. Since becoming seriously involved with polish this year, and also China Glaze,  I was browsing the previous collections and when I saw there was an Australian themed collection and I HAD to have it. Wouldn't you know it, all the online stores that stocked the Down Under Collection would not ship it to Australia...so sad. It was with the kindness of a lovely lady in America who purchased the collection and sent the polishes to me that I have them in my hot little hands today! Thanks Austin :)

China Glaze Australian Alabaster
China Glaze Australian Alabaster

China Glaze Australian Alabaster
This is 3 coats of Australian Alabaster with Seche Top Coat

China Glaze Australian Alabaster

China Glaze Australian Alabaster

China Glaze Australian Alabaster

China Glaze Australian Alabaster
 Odd bottle shot!

 The color reminds me of this kind of Alabaster :)

It took 3 coats of Australian Alabaster to become mostly opaque, I could still see a VNL if I looked hard. I want to call this color cream and not Alabaster, especially after a quick search..Australia doesn't have any Alabaster deposits as far as I can see! I saw alot of Alabaster in Egypt and it sure is lovely :) This to me is quite interesting as I don't own anything like it  and I much prefer it to stark white as a base for some stamping as it's nice and warm against your skin tone. I had no problems with brush or formula for such an old polish (it's from 2005!) and it didn't require any thinner.

I will be showing all 6 of the Down Under Collection, they are all fairly earthy muted tones but I don't seem to have anything like most of them in my collection and it's a fairly large collection now! What do you think of Australian Alabaster, love or leave?