The marbling I tried turned out ok for my first try, but like I mentioned on that post, some of the red bled into the white and made pink. I didn't want pink and since it wasn't perfect, the peppermint marble nails were very short lived. I still wanted a Christmas theme though. So I created a french tip mani that's Christmas inspired.
With clean nails, I applied two coats of Sally Hansen's You-Gurt Style.
Next I taped off my tips and painted them white using two coats of Finger Paints Paper Mache. After I removed the tape, I used Essie's to dry for as my top coat.
To make it Christmas-like, I taped off the whole white tip and most of the nail above it, leaving only a thin strip above the white tip. I painted that strip with one coat of China Glaze's Ruby Pumps. I removed the tape and painted with another coat of Essie's to dry for.
Here is the result...
I think it's very nice and clean--simple. I really wanted to try using my Konad stamping plates (since I haven't gotten a chance to use them!), but I found that the Finger Paints Paper Mache polish didn't do the job.
Today I did some research and found a few blogs that offer alternatives to Konad's special stamping polishes. I don't remember the blog names, but I promise to give credit where credit is due in the future.
After my research, I bought a suggested polish--Orly's White Tips. This polished was perfect for stamping little white snowflakes from Konad plate m59. The white snowflakes look nice, but I took it a step further and also added red snowflakes using Sally Hansen's Resilient Red, which is another great polish for stamping.
Here's my final result :) I'm quite pleased with it.
Do you have any stamps you just can't get enough of?
xoxo
j
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