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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- N :)