Hello lovelies,

In response to THIS post I've decided to recreate my dotted swirls design with tutorial and also in Valentine's Day colours! This post is also part of a Bestie Twin Nails I'm doing with Antonia from @nailsandpolkadots on Instagram. So check her out, she's a budding and talented nail artist!

For this manicure I've used three OPI polishes - Alpine Snow, Big Apple Red and If You Moust You Moust; then of course base coat (Glisten & Glow Stuck on Blu! Base coat) and topcoat (Seche Vite Topcoat). It is best to use dotting tool to achieve the same sized-dots but if you don't have dotting tools, a bobby pin with rounded end or a pin stuck in a pencil will work too.

I've prepared a video tutorial where I share some tips and tricks to the perfect and uniform swirls so hope you'll like it...if you do, please don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel ;)

So that's it, hope you like the manicure and find it easy to do. If you recreate please tag me and add #lucysstash, I'd really love to see your manicures :)

Have a lovely day! Lucie x

Hello lovelies,

I'm excited to tell you about a new nail project I'm part of - Nailvengers Assemble! Just to tell you a bit more about it...it's five girls doing one theme at the end of each month. This month the theme is New Year, New Technique which is quite self-explanatory. Each of us will do a new technique to us. For me it's stamping decals which I'm a newbie to.

Joining me in the challenge will be Sammy (The Nailasaurus), Alice (One Nail To Rule Them All), Allie (Brit Nails) and Amelia (xAmeliax)....pretty damn good girls!

So here's the stamping decals manicure I've created:

For this design I have used A England polishes Encore Margot, Camelot and Guinevere and Seche Vite topcoat but it is better if you use thinner and not fast drying topcoat as those won't be as stiff. I've learned this information after I created this mani and tutorials so that's why I'm using Seche Vite. The stamping plate I've used is MoYou London Sailor Collection 05 (XL).

Now there are different methods of creating and applying stamping decals and I guess you'll just have to find the one that suits you best. I have prepared video tutorial for three methods so hope it will help you master the decals!

I've chosen a subtle colour scheme but with the stamping decals technique you can go as wild colour-wise as you want and even every single part of the design can be in different shade. How awesome would that be!?!

So that's all to it. If you recreate any of our manicures then please use #nailvengers, we would love to see it! You can also follow us on Facebook:

I hope you've enjoyed the manicure and tutorials and please check out the other blog entries from girls: