#vivid lacquer

[briliantlyfreakish]

Ignore the polish I still need to get off my skin. But look! I painted my nails!

[flange5]

@rendingrosencrantz reminded me of one of my favorite stamping plates last night, Vividlacquer’s Medieval-themed plate (x), as well as Mentality’s gold stamping polish Shirin (Mentality doesn’t exist anymore, but that’s a whole other story), so I decided to do a stamping mani today. 

I started off with a deep red foil, Zoya’s Sarah, topped with a coat of Hare’s Reverie in Rubellite, to give it a deep glassy or jeweled look, and then two coats of Nerdlacquer’s Glassy AF to smooth all the glitters out for a nice stamping surface. After all of that dried, I stamped it with the same stamp in different positions to give it a little variety on the nail. 

I think I’d have liked it better had I used a more bold color, more red, less pink, or an emerald or deep blue or purple to show off the contrast with the gold better, but too bad. I still like it. In person, it glows and does look like brass on glass or enamel, so there’s that. 

[swatchoutnails]

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri In Nude-tral, stamped with Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Re-teal Therapy and Silver Sweep. Nail plate by Vivid Lacquer.

[chalkboardnails]

Rough and Spotted

[lockednlacquered]

Had to test those gears out from Vivid Lacquer, I was too excited! Polish is Essie - Cocktail Bling and OPI - Green On The Runway. STEAMPUNK NAILS!!!