Vanitas on nails!

This stamping plate with skulls, skeletons and flowers reminds me of the Vanitas: a genre of still life painting that flourished in the Netherlands in the early 17th century. It included various symbolic objects designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and the worthlessness of wordly goods and pleasures.

A vanitas painting, while possibly containing lovely objects, always included some reference to man's mortality. Most often, this is a human skull (with or without other bones), but items like burning candles, soap bubbles and decaying flowers may be used for this purpose as well.

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Skeleton world L002 #5058p

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I love the fact that the plate offers so many combinations, there are full pattern to paint on the entire nail and some smaller elements such as geometric figures.

The polish used as base is the holo:

BP-FH01 Zeus Sword #42514

 

Tarot nails!!! Make your own Tarot with a stamping plate

 

You can create your own tarot with a stamping plate!!! Did you know that!? 

I have always been facinated by the art of Tarot even thought I am quite pragmatic girl who only believes what she sees.

The tarot (/ˈtæroʊ/, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarock) is a pack of playing cards, used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play games such as Italian tarocchini, French tarot and Austrian Königrufen, many of which are still played today. In the late 18th century, some tarot decks began to be used for divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy.  I know that they are used to read the future and give indications to the person asking some questions.

I would love to know more about this art but....I don't so I will keep the post just because if the aesthetic facinations that I have for Tarot. Some cards are simply beautiful and whimstical, they give a boho and dark vibe which I love.

Let's talk about the plate now!

The stamping plate I used in this nailart from Nicole Diary 162 and you can find it at @bornprettystore @bornprettystoreofficial www.bornprettystore.com 

Id products # 49300

You can find it at this link

https://www.bornprettystore.com/nicole-diary-cartoon-nail-stamping-plates-rectangle-stainless-steel-nail-stamp-stencils-p-49300.html

You can get a 10% discount at @bornprettystore @bornprettyofficial using my code RASX31 .

What  I love about this plate is that you can mix and match many different elements and create your own Tarot cart and stamp it on your nails. On the bottom side of the plate there is a set of card's outline and in the center parts some elements that you can place in the center of the cars.

On both sides of the stampint plates there are some full lenght designs of varius elements. I think this plate is so perfect for Halloween and wicked manis.

Blue stamping polish FW15 #47408

Gold BP-WN01 in Fire #42857

In this one there is a hand holdings cards

This hand holding a crystal stone

In this one you see a patter with hands and witch hats.

I hope you like the result

Born Pretty Store Texture plate

Today I have a review post on this Texure stamping plate [Texture-L002*, link] that I got from Born Pretty Store for review purposes.
Id product # 47461

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RASX31 for 10% off on www.bornprettystore.com

The plate is 12cm x 6cm, it is in stainless steel and the backing is in hard white plastic. The plate comes in a nice paper sleeve and has a blue protective film that needs to be removed before use.
There are patterns on this plate. They stamp and pick up nicely, and they work with nail polish and stamping polish too.

On the left side we have vegetation elements such as tropical leaves and flowers.

On the right side of the plate we find: on the top row leaves patters and a macro leaf detail, on the bottom row some abstract patterns. These last designs reminds me of that particular water marble techinique with spray alchool.
I find this kind of patterns so interesting so I decided to use them in this nailart.

The designs are very well engraved on to the stainless steel image plate, images are precise with sharp edges. I had no trouble picking them up.

As color base I used the Thermal Senstive Gel  and the black stamping polish from Born Pretty Store

Metallic flower nailart! With Born Pretty Store stamping plate

Hello there!
Today another nailart with Born Pretty Store products!
The company Born Pretty Store recently contacted me to let me try some of their product.

 Moreover Born Pretty Store @bornprettystore is celebrating it’s 9th anniversary on October 10-16th and invites everybody to participate .

Follow this link

https://www.bornprettystore.com/9th_anniversary.php


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RASX31 for 10% off on www.bornprettystore.com


The product I would like to review today is this beautiful stampin plate. It is from the brand Nicole Diary and it is number 104 id code #46772

I adore flower stamping and this place is stunning, there are various flowers designs some roses, dayses, butterflies, cherry blossoms, leaves mixed with geometric elements such as lines, dots, diamonds, triangles and squares.
I really find the kinds of designs very modern and edgy.
The images a really in many different sizes and you can use them orizzontally or vertically to fit any nail size! You can mix some of the desings use the geometric elements as background or add lines next to the flowers pattern, you can also layer many details in different colours.

The plate is made of high quality stainless steal which ensure the high quality of the product.
Deep and precise carving give  better stamping effect than normal stamping plates.

For this nailart  I used a metallic colour as base. It is Day Off from Madam Glam

and for stamping I used my favourite black stamping polish from Born Pretty Store : "Throne" id product # 42857 . This black it's so pigmented, it will stamp perfectly over any colour and it is so easy to pick up and transfer onto the nail.black

Marble effect, super easy with stamping!

Hello!
Marble trend is  a thing!
Marble design has been enjoying a moment in the design and fashion spotlight for a little while now.  Marble’s use in architecture, art, and design dates for thousands of years to early Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures.
The use of the marble stone has been reinventing from architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, art, homeware, and clothing to styling. Nothing material speaks sophistication and luxury as marble.
Nailartists also gave this new trend a try!

Italian architecture and sculpture is full of marble stone so I had plenty of inspiration.

Most marble stone nail art are handpainted. I have to be honest I had a lot of fun  hand painting marble stone on nails, it is one of my favourite free hand designs but it is very time consuming and you are never sure what really will it look like untill the end.

This year many brands created some stamping plates with botanical or natural designs and al least one or two were expecially made for marble designs.

When I saw on the Born Pretty Store online shop this stamping plate from Harunouta I thought I wanted to have it!
They were so kind to send me some product to test and show you.


You can also use my coupon code RASX31 for 10% discount

This plate is number L079 ID code is # 46675

You can get a 10% discount at @bornprettyofficial using my code RASX31

As you can see from the picture the plate has a wide range of patterns, 14 patterns that go from the famous water marble effect, to a geometric intricate lines design. Some of them remind me of modern art and paint dripping but most of them are prefect to layer and recreate marble designs with foliate veins and swirls for a naturally elegant manicure.
You can use different colours for endless possibilities, you can layer some of them to give your art some dimensions and variances.

I decided to use a delicate pink as base and then add some sheer white and some more pigmented white. As final touch I added some gold and rose gold veins.

I have made two versions one with a glossy top coat. The amazing No smudge top coat from Born Pretty Store.

And the other one with a matte top coat.

I hope you'll love this!

Modern art nails! Stamping plate for Born Pretty Store!

Hello,
New day, new nails!
In the previous post I showed you this amazing plate from Born Pretty Store.
I wanted to play more with this plate and use all the amazing designs that it offers.

This plate is part of the Artist collection and it is number L005 and you can easily find it with the code 46155.

The plate measures  12cm x 6cm,is very well engraved and has different designs, I had no problems in picking up the images with different stampers.

In this nailart I used a light base, then I added some brush strokes with other two Born Pretty polishes.
One is a Tiffany Blue I used BP-WT04 called "The noon sunshine".

The other one is one of my all time favorites  Tender (#BP-SP04 ) #43161 .

 I stamped with a black stamping polish. I really like the it, simple and fast but with a great effect!

Wood nailart with Beauty Big Bang stamping plate

I wanted to try something a little bit different today! A wood design! It was super easy with this stamping plate from @beautybigbangs id code BBBS-022

Have you ever tried something like that?
I think it is nice sometimes to go out of my comfort zone and try new designs and pattern.
If you want you can use my coupon code LAURA for 10% off on
www.beautybigbang.com

You can find this plate at this link:

https://www.beautybigbang.com/products/retro-marble-series-square-nail-art-stamping-plate-for-manicure

This plate is really tiny and cute, it is approx. 6*6 cm and has many pattern, some of them are inspired by nature like wood and marbles and other ones replicate the nail polish marble techinique effect.
I think this plate is a must have if you want to try different pattern and colours. You can achieve endless look with this tiny and unexpensive plate.

In this nailart I did a lighter brown base and then I stamped with a warm brown that looks almost like a dark red. I tried to match a piece of forniture that I have in my apartment.