Day 162) Mash stamping plate and stamping polish

Today my package arrived from PrettyPolish, including two Mash stamping plates and Mash black stamping nail polish.
I have to be honest, before I ran into these at the PrettyPolish webshop I didn't even know about this brand.
Konad is pretty expensive and Mash is affordable, so I thought I'll give it a try.

This is one of stamping plates I am going to show you today:

Mash stamping plate - nr. 10









And this is what the stamping nail polish looks like:

Mash stamping nail polish - Black









Now for the nail art.
After the basecoat I applied a pink nail polish:

Maybelline Color Show - 262 Pink Boom









Then I used tape to leave a free spot of nail in the middle (horizontal). This is where the stamping will be happening.
Apply some stamping polish on the desired pattern of the plate (picture one). Then use the scraper to remove excess polish (picture 2):

Press the stamper firmly on the stamping plate and check the stamper to see if the design has transferred well:

Gently roll the stamper across your nail:

For the ring finger I did an accent nail with all 4 designs on the stamping plate. This is the step-by-step (in pictures):

On the last quarter I did the last design of 4.










I took a good look at my nail art design and found it a bit dull. I added some silver glitter to give it the Wow-factor and it also gave me the opportunity to cover up some little imperfect stamping ;-D

I have to say I'm already a fan of Mash! They are a very good alternative to Konad stamping and at a better price!

Day 161) Nail art modern chic

Today it is time for a more graceful nail art.

Here is my step-by-step:

Step 1:
After the basecoat apply a white nail polish.

Step 2:
Divide your nails diagonal in half with a light pink polish; from top right corner to bottom left corner. You can do this freehand or use tape for it. Apply a topcoat to shorten drying time.

Step 3:
Use striping tape to divide the light pink half into a checkered pattern.

Step 4:
Apply a darker pink nail polish on top of the checkered pattern.

Step 5:
Remove the striping tape.

Step 6:
Apply a silver glitter nail polish, leaving the white part in a kind of V-shape.
Then use a triangular rhinestone to accentuate this V-shape. I used my topcoat as glue for the rhinestones.

Day 111) Nail art airbrush effect

Day 64) Nail art liquorice candy

Day 36) Valentine

Day 25) Ombre with different tools

Sponging colour after colour

    Sponging all the colours at once

                                 With brush

                                 With tape

                                       With fanbrush

Day 20) 4 Colours in 5 different ways

Day 2) Nail art with tape