Hello, lovely people! Hope your week is off to a nice gentle start! Quite some time ago when I started my OPI 'collection' (hoarding...) I decided to get rid of all my cheaper polishes and just stick to using OPI. This was before I started exploring nail art and realised the necessity for colourful cheaper polishes that can be played around with and utilised in different ways. I put all my non-OPI polishes into a plastic bag, and gave them to my Mum to donate to the local second hand store. Then, last night she popped into my room with the bag of polishes and asked if I wanted to double check before they went to live somewhere else. I can't believe what I was getting rid of, just because they weren't branded! Although by now I had managed to get dupes of most of the colours in either OPI or China Glaze, some of the BYS polishes in the 'to go' pile were gorgeous colours unique in my collection! Silly Ally! So today I have one of those polishes for you, stamped with a fauxnad (faux-Konad) stamp that has been calling out to me since it arrived. Saved from the pile is BYS Ultra Violet!
Although this polish has a bit more shimmer in it than I would've liked, it's a clean straight pure purple unlike anything in my polish stash. It photographed surprisingly well for a purple - I read about so many horror stories trying to get purples true to life in nail blogs. I reckon that's a testament to my new camera, which is still absolutely perfect in every way. These photos are untouched other than resizing and adding the border. I've named my camera Johann (Johann Pachelbel composed Canon in D, a ridiculously famous piece of music, and my camera is a Canon... Geddit? Yeah I'm a dork =P). So thanks, Johann, for being perfect =D.
Over the delicious Ultra Violet I stamped with fauxnad plate m64 in BYS Black Satin. I mentioned a while ago that my Black Satin was getting all gooey and relatively useless, yeah? Well after I went and bought a new one, of course there was one in the 'to go' bag. So I tried out the stamp with the old one, and it was perfect. I've never stamped with a polish that had a more ideal consistency for stamping. And then, as my luck dictates, I managed to smudge it with my top coat. Clever, huh?
I lied. I adjusted the colours on the above photo a teensy bit. But that's all, I swear! Johann did the rest!
Check out the hot mess on that index finger! Take note: that's what happens when a) you don't let your nail art dry a bit before top-coatting and b) you don't have enough top coat on the brush before you start applying it! Otherwise, this is easily the best stamping I've ever done. It's kinda nice to think that I'm finally starting to get a little bit better. Whaddaya reckon?
Have you ever cleaned out your room / gone through and old box or drawer and come across something you can't believe you put aside? I love going through old boxes of stuff and digging out things I completely forgot about! Though I'm getting better at getting rid of the stuff I genuinely don't or won't use... I blame my Dad, he was an avid collector of anything that 'might be useful'! I hope your Monday is as pleasant as a Monday can be, lovely people, and thanks so much for stopping in =D.
P.S.: If you want a giggle, check this clip out!
