UberChic Beauty Fairtytale 02 plate!

(Press samples and affiliate links ahead!)

Hello!


Ready for a trip into fantasy land? Today I'm going to show you UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02 plate, along with two manis and a tutorial...First up, here's the video review I did of the plate:

And here are the still shots:

UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02

What I love about this plate: There are two main themes here, Alice In Wonderland, and a royal princess sort of theme. I love the fleur de lis for Mardi Gras manis as well as fairytale manis, and same thing for the crowns. Anything to do with princesses, queens, etc., would be a great reason to use this plate. I love the layering dragon scales and the amazing butterfly, and the vintage clock is wonderful. And since Halloween is coming up, how cool would that creepy apple be...??


UberChic Beauty's full nail images are 17mm x 21mm, and here's a shot with a ruler so you can see how big the rest are:

The stamping quality of the plate is excellent:

 

...and these were done with a clear stamper. :)


Okay, on to the manis!


First, I wanted to capture the royalty feel...I started with Morgan Taylor Best Face Forward and No Filter Needed, then stamped the crown and fleur de lis images with Messy Mansion Soft Gold:

UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02 over Morgan Taylor No Filter Needed and Best Face Forward

UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02 over Morgan Taylor No Filter Needed and Best Face Forward

Next, I had to do something vintage with the sweet clock and tea cups on the plate. I started with a base of Girly Bits Cosmetics Yes, We Can and Irreplaceable. I did a dry-brush technique with Zoya Lois on some of the nails, then stamped my images with Girly Bits Irreplaceable and Hit The Bottle Polish My Suitor Wears Pewter (also available at Beautometry). Finally, I did a sharpie watercolor technique to fill in the teacups and pots:

UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02 over Girly Bits Cosmetics Yes, We Can and Irreplaceable

UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02 over Girly Bits Cosmetics Yes, We Can and Irreplaceable

UberChic Beauty's Fairtytale 02 over Girly Bits Cosmetics Yes, We Can and Irreplaceable

I did a tutorial video for this one, so if you want detail on how I did it, check it out:

You can find this plate and tons of others in UberChic Beauty's store, and you can follow UberChic around the web here:

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Happy stamping!
M. xoxo

Review and Tutorial: Watercolor mani with MoYou London Circus 01 & 02

(Press samples ahead, plates purchased by me!)

Hello!


Today we're gonna take a look at MoYou London Circus Collection 01 and 02, the regular and XL version of the same image plates. Here's the video I made reviewing and comparing them:

MoYou London often releases both a regular-sized version and an XL version of their themes. Which you buy generally depends on the size of your nails and what type of mani you want to do:

• If you have longer/wider nails, and if you want to be sure your nail to be completely covered, you probably want the XL plate. 
• If you have shorter nails, or want to be sure an entire image fits on your nail--for example, the clown images below--you might want to get the regular sized plate. 
• The regular-sized plate usually has more images than the XL plate, so be sure the image you want appears on the plate you order.

Here's a closer look:

Circus Collection 01 (Regular version)

Circus Collection 02 (XL version)

In this case (it isn't always the case with MoYou London plates) the scale of the images are the same size, it's just there's more of the image on the XL plate. So for example, the ballerinas are the same size on both plates, there are just more of them in the XL image.


What sort of size difference are we talking about? The XL images (plate 02) are 1.5 x 2.0 cm. The regular images (plate 01) are 1.2 x 1.5 cm. If your brain thinks in inches like mine, here's shots with an inch ruler for each :

 

How do they stamp? I've yet to have a MoYou London image plate I struggle with, even with the clear stampers:

These plates are no exception, and you can see in the side-by-sides the difference in length of the images on the two plates.


The vintage feel of these images inspired me to bust out my sharpie pens and try out the Sharpie watercolor technique with these plates, and I made a tutorial to show you how easy and pretty this technique is:

For the mani I started with a base of Girly Bits Love Yourself First and Irreplaceable (both from her Warrior Goddess collection), and then stamped with Girly Bits Silver Bells and Little Black Dress. Then I colored in using my Sharpie ink, and topcoated:

MoYou London Circus 02 over Girly Bits Love Yourself First and Irreplaceable

MoYou London Circus 02 over Girly Bits Love Yourself First and Irreplaceable

I did a second version with different colors and images (same base polish and stamping polishes):

MoYou London Circus 02 over Girly Bits Irreplaceable

The first version has a more tone-on-tone feel, where the second shows you more of a the range of colors you can play with, especially on the ring-finger acrobat. Which do you like better?


You can find these plates in MoYou London's store.


Happy stamping and coloring!
M.