She here it is, my first attempt at stamping in 2013.
Not wanting to throw myself in at the deep end, I just went for stamped accent nails. Baby steps, you know.
I used Barry M Gold Foil and Teal, and Konad plate M83. I think my issue with stamping is that I can't get it perfect. When I do freehand, it's obviously not going to be perfect, because it's freehand. But with stamping, there's no reason it shouldn't be perfect lol. I do love that you can get such fine detail that I'd never be able to paint freehand though, and that you can get consistent results on every nail.
A few problems I encountered.
I'm rolling the stamp sideways across my nail, but then it misses off the top and bottom, since my nails and the stamper are quite curved in all directions. I tried just pressing the stamper into my nail so that it was in contact with nail across the whole length, as I rolled it sideways. On my index finger this ended up in all my polish getting smooshed up (you might just be able to make this out, although I hid it pretty well with the angle of the photo lol). Is this what other people do? Do I just need to let it dry a bit longer, or do I need to go for a roll across, roll up and down type manoeuvre? Any tips are greatly appreciated!
Here's a close up of the non-smooshed nail.
A few little gaps but, all in all, I don't think it's bad! Hopefully I can just keep improving from here :)
How about you - do you get on better with stamping or freehand?
Your nails look awesome! I have the same problems when stamping though. I like to wait til my polish is completely dry so I can press down a little harder so the stamp gets the whole nail when I roll it across my nails.
ReplyDeleteThanks Helen :) I'll try to be more patient in future then and let it fully dry first!
DeleteHi Sam. When I stamp, I also make sure my nails are dry first - plus I put on a quick-drying top coat over my base coat. That way, if I make a really bad mistake that I can't live with, it's easy to remove the stamping by using a lint roller.
ReplyDeleteWhen my nails are long, I have problems getting the image at the top and bottom. What I tend to do nowadays is to roll across my nail, angling towards the top a bit, then when I hit the other side, come down and back across the bottom of the nail. So, sort of a circular motion. It's not infallible, but works most of the time.
Ah ok, that technique sounds interesting, I'll certainly give that a go. Great tip with the top coat! Would some sellotape work to remove it as well? Not too sticky though...
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