I really enjoy using Beauty Big Bang's stamping polishes. I've tried a few now and I am always impressed with the result. I decided to try the red and grey stamping polishes next and, like previous stamping polishes from Beauty Big Bang, I love them. The formula on both is great, though slightly different from each other. When used as a stamping polish they both work awesome, they are opaque and stamp clearly (the red looks best stamped on lighter base shades). 

When used as regular polishes the grey is opaque in one coat and like the others I've tried does dry a tad dull (so I recommend top coat). It is a cool-toned medium grey. The red needed two coats, but dries glossy instead of dull. It is a bright, vibrant red. The grey different leave any staining on my skin or nail, but the red, like pretty much all red polishes, does stain so definitely use a base coat and liquid latex when using it. The red would be a great shade to use for Christmas and Valentine's designs.

Swatches:

You can buy these polish for £2.85 at beautybigbangs.com

RED

GREY

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- N :)

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Today I have Beauty Big Bang's XL-039 plate to show you. Which is a flower/texture-themed stamping plate.

The plate has 14 large, full nail sized designs. The plate is listed as Whirlpool Flower themed, which while it doesn't necessarily have flower designs it is themed around nature (leaves, wood-like textures etc) as well as a few swirl/dot designs. The designs are lovely and are perfect for any time of year.

Designs I created using this plate:

You can buy the plate for £2.85 HERE

Oh, and don't forget, if you want 10% your Beauty Big Bang order to use my discount code: NIME10

- N :)

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Today I have Beauty Big Bang's XL-030 plate to show you. Which is a beautiful Christmas-themed stamping plate. This is my favourite Christmas plate this year. I absolutely love the designs this plate has.

The plate has 12 large, full nail sized designs as well as 4 smaller designs, all perfect for December. I love Christmas and so I was super excited to try this plate out and I've been wearing a lot of the designs over the last couple of weeks. The plate has a variety of designs, from cartoony Christmas animals (which are fun to do reverse stamping) to beautiful festive patterns.

Designs I created using this plate:

You can buy the plate for £2.85 HERE

Oh, and don't forget, if you want 10% your Beauty Big Bang order to use my discount code: NIME10

- N :)

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I have been wanting to try a nail art mat for absolutely ages and I finally have and now there is no going back.

I recently got Beauty Big Bang's XL Silicone Nail Stamping Mat and I adore it. The mat is designed to be used for reverse stamping (where you stamping a design onto the mat, fill it in and then peel it off the mat and apply it to your nail like a decal) and it has lots of outlines of nail shapes on the mat so you can create a design so a variety of nail shapes. As well as a handy ruler along the bottom.

I tried the reverse stamping technique on the mat and it worked perfectly! Although I prefer reverse stamping straight off the stamper this mat is perfect if you prefer this method.

My favourite thing about the mat is just having a surface to do my nails on. The mat is a great size and covers a good surface area of my desk (40x30cm)... Which means my desk is finally being protected from nail polish! You can apply nail polish straight onto the mat so you can use an area of it as a mixing palette when you're doing your nails and then when you're done the dried polish just peels off the mat (or you can wipe it does with nail polish remover). I love not having to use scrap pieces of paper or other things to mix polishes on.

I love this mat and I don't know why it's taken me so long to get one. This now lives permanently on my desk (but it also rolls up, so you can neatly store it away if you don't want it out all the time like me).

You also get a stamper and scraper with this mat and I was surprised by how much I like the stamper, I am a bit fussy with stampers, but it is a good size and works great at picking up designs, it doesn't have a base so you can see perfectly through the stamper when placing your design - which I love. If you're just getting into stamping then this is a great starting set to consider. 

Reverse stamping using the mat:

You can buy this mat, stamper, and scraper set for £8.64 HERE

Oh, and don't forget, if you want 10% your Beauty Big Bang order to use my discount code: NIME10

- N :)

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It's December! So today I have some designs to show you that I created using Moyou London's latest addition to their Festive Collection, plate 64.

The plate is full of beautiful Christmas-y themed pattern designs, in a geometric pixel style. The plate has several full-nail size designs as well as some small designs.

There are so many combination possibilities with this plate and I really like using the smaller designs repeated over my nails. If you're looking for a new plate to liven up your December nails then definitely give this one a try. 

Designs using this plate:

You can buy this plate for £6.99 each HERE.

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Today I have some designs to show you that I created using Moyou London's Crazy Cat Lazy 05 plate. The second I saw the collection I knew that I needed to buy 05... I love accent nails and reverse stamping and I knew that this plate would be perfect for both!

The plate has 18 designs of different cats, each is a full nail sized cat and the designs are just the outlines - so absolutely puurr-fect for reverse stamping. I've had a ton of fun colour these designs in. All of the cats are a cartoon-y style, and are dressed in cute outfits

The designs just scream accent nail to me, I love the look of just one or two of my nails with these designs on and the rest a solid colour. (The fish pattern behind one of the cats is a design from the plate Sailor 04, so you could put that design on some and the cat on one as an accent).

The 05 plate is designed for smaller/short nails, like mine... If you have bigger/longer nails then 06 have a lot of the same designs but on a bigger scale to fit better on bigger nails.

Nails I did using this plate:

You can buy this plate and the rest of the Crazy Cat Lady plates for £6.99 each HERE.

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Today I have Beauty Big Bang's XL-017 plate to show you. Which is an awesome geometric-themed plate.

The plate has 14 large, full nail sized designs. I love the variety of designs on this plate. I am a big fan of geometric patterns on my nails and this plate is great for that. A lot of these designs don't necessarily lean towards reverse stamping, but I think most of them would look awesome done as a gradient, but I prefer these designs a simple one colour stamped over another. If you're a fan of geometric nails then you should definitely consider looking at this plate. 

Designs I created using this plate:

You can buy the plate for £2.77 HERE

Oh, and don't forget, if you want 10% your Beauty Big Bang order to use my discount code: NIME10

- N :)

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Today I have Beauty Big Bang's XL-012 plate to show you. Which is an absolutely adorable owl-themed plate.

The plate has 7 large designs and 16 small-medium size designs. I love owls so this plate was one I knew I needed to try. The designs are all super cute. I love so many of the designs on this plate that I can't pick a favourite. The individual owls and owl eyes would be great for mix and match nails. The designs are perfect for year-round, if you like owls then this is definitely a plate you should consider picking up.

Designs I created using this plate:

You can buy the plate for £2.77 HERE

Oh, and don't forget, if you want 10% your Beauty Big Bang order to use my discount code: NIME10

- N :)

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This post I have a really cute plate to show you by Beauty Big Bang, which is XL-024. I got sent this by BBB and instantly loved it. The plate has 14 full nail size designs which are all a combination of a pattern and a flower. I really love the possibility of this plate for people with short nails, like me. With most of the designs, I can pick up enough of just the pattern section (without the flower) and fit it over my entire nail. That being said this plate is great for most size/length nail, not just short.

The designs have great to mix and match with, some are awesome for reverse stamping and make great accent nail designs. Depending on the colour polishes you choose to use with these designs, they are perfect so every season.

Designs I created using this plate:

You can buy the plate for £2.73 HERE

Oh, and don't forget, if you want 10% your Beauty Big Bang order to use my discount code: NIME10

- N :)

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