Mandala Nail Art with stamping decals

After I long time I sat down and did a full advanced decal mani that I had been wanting to do since I got this cute mandala plate BP-L52 (#36310 ; link)

Base: Chambor Gel effect nail lacquer (white 510)

Stamping plate: BP L-052 (#36310 from born pretty store)

Stamping polish: MDU 2 (black)

Decal filled with Chg: glow with the flow, treble maker, daisy know my name?

All topped with hkgirl

Here's how the decal looked before I put it on my nails.This chambor polish in white makes a very good base for decals as it doesnt dry crisp and it was very easy to take the decal off the stamping mat as it stretched and bent without tearing off. Definitely a must have polish if u love making decals.

Now moving on to the stamping plate. I got this plate from Born pretty store and I had been saving it to make decals when I have enough time to make a full decal mani, not just accent. This plate is very versatile and it has hollow designs which are very good for making decals. The designs are comfortable to fill in decals and not too tiny. The etching was perfect and I could pick up crisp designs. You can also make circular gradient and use these mandala designs to stamp normally for an eye catching manicure.

This plate retails for $2.59 and is very reasonable at this price (link to this product).

Triangle Story

I have a sudden inclination to all stamping plates geometrical

So this formed in my head and looked way cooler and easy to do. Especially after you see a bunch of vinyl videos and they make the whole thing look like a breeze. And then you feel like a pro yourself ..lol!

Yeah this mani got me to my knees! but lets skip the unpleasant part.

Base: Maybelline porcelain party

Highlights: ChG Go with the flow, ChG DJ blue my mind

Stamping plate: B.Loves plates Geometry is perfect

Nail Vinyls: TwinkledT (the cyclone variety)

Studs: from Forever 21 (gifted to me by my bro and sis-in-law)

All topped with HKgirl

Happy International Nail Art Day : Twin Nails

On the ocassion of International Nail Art day on 1st Aug.. me and my nail bestie Dhara from (thehappitherapy.com) decided to do a bestie twin mani. All we had decided was that it had to show our special love (read obsession with polishes and nail art) so here's our manis: 

and heres my solo shot: 

Thats supposed to read Certified polish addict! yep me or rather us!

Base: Orly Mirror ball on pointer and small

China Glaze glow with the flow and home sweet house music on gradients

Gradients are topped by ChG fairy dust

Decals made with uber chic 3-01 and filled with same as gradients

Stamping plates: Fun 2 and JQ 32

All topped with hkgirl

Hexy Neons

 Tried another set on nail vinyls I was sent for testing. This one is still in the making. Will update vinyl details when available. I tried to apply polish directly but it leaked under the vinyl so I redid with sponging a gradient and it turned out well but not as crisp as I would have liked.

Base: China glaze Electric nights Daisy know my name? and Go with the flow on maybelline porcelain party

Sponged ChG home sweet house music with the base of adjacent finger on vinyls

Topped with SV