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Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Purple Kisses - Quick & Easy Valentine's Nails

I have a love/ hate relationship with festive/ seasonal manis. I usually don't have a problem stamping hearts or snowflakes on my nails throughout the year but when it's Christmas or Valentine's, I end up not managing my time properly and panicking because for some reason I get really busy and have to rush all my festive manis. They always end up a mess!

So, for this Valentines I decided to do a series (hopefully I will manage more than one mani until Tuesday) which are very quick and easy but still capture the Valentine's feel.

This mani is inspired by Erika. I spotted it on her blog last year and loved it so much that I kept it in my "to do" folder for this year. Erika added some amazing matte french tips but to keep this mani quick and not have to mess around with scotch tape, I didn't add any tips :(

Base colour is Barry M Black. I love Barry M polishes but their black is really bad to work with, it's extremely hard to control and gets goopy by the time you reach your 3rd nail. I had quite a bit of clean-up to do. I just want this bottle to finish already!!! I then stamped using BM02, GOSH Metallic Purple and an unnamed Primark polish.


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25 comments:

  1. fingers7 February 2012 at 18:46

    This is really pretty! I like it!

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  2. Amanda7 February 2012 at 19:00

    Wow, those stamped perfectly! I love it! :)

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    1. Nail Stories8 February 2012 at 08:37

      Thanks Amanda. Gosh Metallics are really good stamping polishes :)

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  3. Amelia7 February 2012 at 21:16

    OMG i can't even tell you how much i love this !! freaking awesome !!! xxxx

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  4. Bia Perez8 February 2012 at 00:40

    o.o
    Those stamps, in my opinion, are difficult to use without looking like it's "too much", but your choice of colors was impeccable! It looks discret, tasteful and amazing :D

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    1. Nail Stories8 February 2012 at 08:42

      Thanks Bia. Glad you liked it. I know you always go for the discreet. Is this something you would wear?

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    2. Bia Perez8 February 2012 at 23:28

      Definetly!
      I've actually been trying to get used to more colorful manis, things I wasn't used to wearing, like green, yellow and some kinds of stamps...
      But my abilities with stamping plates is a little sucky... I need to use it more so I get practice!

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  5. NeeLai8 February 2012 at 02:04

    this mani is so cute! :)

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  6. GREEDS8 February 2012 at 05:42

    I love this!

    This would be even more up my alley if the kisses were neons; a tad Lisa Frank-ish.

    http://www.itsgreeds.blogspot.com

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    1. Nail Stories8 February 2012 at 08:45

      That's an idea! Might have to try it with neons too! Problem is trying to find a neon that stamps well!

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  7. Vita8 February 2012 at 07:19

    I love the cheeky attitude of this mani! I'd love to wear it to the office, hmm...

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    1. Nail Stories8 February 2012 at 08:46

      Thanks Vita. I'm lucky because I can wear whatever I want in my office. I know a lot of offices only allow subtle manis!

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  8. Craft Test Dummy8 February 2012 at 09:45

    great mani, i must buy this plate!

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  9. Sandra8 February 2012 at 20:38

    Super beautiful mani.

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  10. Anutka10 February 2012 at 19:19

    Beautiful! I love the colors you used and that kiss stamp!

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  11. Nailderella16 February 2012 at 17:59

    this is so cute! love love love love it!

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  12. andresenshannon21 August 2012 at 19:18

    Where can we buy these stampers!

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  13. Unknown21 August 2012 at 19:38

    what brand/color is the dark purple?

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    1. Nail Stories21 August 2012 at 20:58

      It's actually fuschia but looks dark purple because it's against black! It's a polish I bought in Primark for £1, doesn't have a name, sorry!

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  14. Malcolm Barbera21 August 2012 at 23:14

    I'm not familiar with stamps.. where do I buy stamps? Especially the one you used. :)

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    1. Nail Stories22 August 2012 at 10:50

      I buy all my Bundle Monster and Cheeky plates on Amazon.

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