We Stamp on Sundays Glittery Pink Leopard!

Happy Sunday! This is my first ever entry for the 'We Stamp on Sundays' Adventures in Stamping Challenge. The theme this week was a plate ending in 7. I only have two plates ending in 7; M57 and another which I don't really like because it's just tips and I can't really get the hang of tip stamping (just yet). So I used he leopard print from m57 which I LOOOOVEEEE!!!

 Blurry pic to show all the GLITTER!

For these I used:
HITS - Florzinha
a-england - Galahad
Nail Pop - Sequin effect
China Glase - Techno
Konad Special Stamping Polish - Black

I love the colour of Florzinha but I have to tell you, I am SO disappointed in the HITS powerpuff girls polishes. I don't own any other HITS polishes. I bought Flozinha and Lindinha to test out and whilst the colours are so beautiful - florzinha is a beautiful pink with really fine pink shimmer - but the brush .. total pants. It's all over the place and feels like it's made of fishing line or something and the application is so difficult because a. the brush is not precise and b. the formula is a bit rubbish as well - all goopy and draggy. Yuck. These polishes cost $8 - that's about £6.50 so they certainly aren't cheap. They cost more than a China Glaze or a Barry M. I don't really expect a brush to be so rubbish for the amount of money. I really like the other colours but I won't be buying them. Whine/whinge/moan. Has anyone else had this problem with them?

I don't want to finish on a grump so I'm going to tell you about how much I love a-england Galahad! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL! And it applies like a dream. Similarly, Techno, the glitter from the electropop collection is AH-MAZING. I wasn't that into it when I first saw it. I was like.. meh, it's a glitter. But it's not just a glitter OH NO! It's got great bit and teeny tiny holographic particles and it applies awesomely. Love love love.

Anyway! Sorry for the moan! I hope you like my glitter leopards. I wish glitter leopards were real!

Aimee x

Mismatched Colourful nails and NAIL POP FLAKES!!!

Happy Sunday!

So today I  have some more mistmatched nails to show you. I was feeling a lot more colourful today so these are a bit of a riot, but that's how I roll :)

I got to use my new Essence - The Dawn is Broken which I have wanted for AGES and finally managed to get from Carli at Vintage Musings of a Modern Pinup's blog sale. I am SOOO happy I managed to get this. The only other place I could find it was on ebay and that was as part of the whole set. None of the other polishes in the set really appealed to me at all so I would have essentially been spending £30 ish on one polish! So thankyou Carli. You've made me super happy! I also got Zoya - Gloria, Nerd Laquer - Event Horizon, a Colour Club purple holo and some cute little frankens she sent me on top. The Event Horizon is especially cool and I can't wait to use it. I was most sold by the name, really. Event Horizon has to be the scariest film EVER MADE! Me and my band even have a song about it. I can't wait to try all of these polishes out and show you the results.

Sooo onto the nails!

Look how pretty the flakies look!!! YUM!
There's a big long list of polishes I used for these. I'll try and remember them all.

Sally Hansen No Chip Basecoat
Thumb:
China Glaze - Flying Dragon
Kleancolour Chunky Holo - Black
Konad Special Stamping Polish - White

First Finger:
Barry M - Matt White
Orly - GoGo
China Glaze - Purple Panic
China Glaze - Papaya Punch
Jessie - Electric Teal

Middle Finger:
China Glaze - For Audrey
Barry M - Matt White
China Glaze - Purple Panic

Ring Finger:
Essence - The Dawn Has Broken
Nail Pop - Sequin Effect

Little Finger:
China Glaze - Purple Panic
Konad Special Stamping Polish - Black

Phew!!! As you can see I smudged the stamping on my little finger a bit. I've been using China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat as my Seche has turned into a horrible, goopy mess. I tried using thinner and it didn't make a difference. I've got about a third of a bottle left, so I'm pretty annoyed about it. Has anyone else had this problem? Do you have any suggestions about how to fix it? I've ordered a new bottle because my although I like the China Glaze top coat, it's just too thin and smudges stamping really badly.

Anyway! Sorry there's a lot of rambling in this post! Thanks for reading! :)

Aimee.