Hello lovelies,

When I was swatching A England The Blessed Damozel (reviewed here) I couldn't just leave it alone so I've created a stamped nail art over it. Silver seemed a perfect match and A England Excalibur stamps beautifully. I have used a baroque-like pattern from Uber Chic 1-03 plate to stamp the design. Then I've layered one coat of Merlin over The Blessed Damozel on the rest of the nails.

I think that the photos came out beautifully and I love how good the purple looks with metallic silver. It was incredibly hard to narrow it down to the photos you've just seen, I started with a shortlist of approximately 20 photos! What do you think?

You can purchase all A England polishes featured directly at A England website or from one of the international distributors.

Hope you've enjoyed the post and I hope to see you soon! Lucie x

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Hello lovelies,

Stamping seems to be catching a second wave of popularity and I'm enjoying it! There are so many stunning stamping manicures by talented ladies out there, especially in Facebook groups and on Instagram. So today I want to share with you one stamping manicure I've done.

When I was swatching the ILNP Multichrome Flakies I just had to stamp over them. You could have seen one floral manicure previously. This time I opted for cool silver futuristic-looking pattern. I stamped directly over the flakies with no topcoat which caused the polish to create industrial steel-ish look. It's hard to describe so just have a look at what I mean:

It created a very cool effect, right? I have applied a coat of topcoat which did not smooth the silver out, instead it sealed it as it was.

I have used ILNP Metropolis & Cold Fusion layered over Cirque memento Mori, Pueen Buffet Leisure stamping plate #79 and China Glaze Millennium (silver metallic polish).

And here are some pictures, before stamping of ILNP Metropolis & Cold Fusion over black.

These flakies rock! If you would like to check them all out, you can find the reviews and where to buy here and here.

Hope you've enjoyed today's post and have a lovely day! Lucie x