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Hello lovelies,

I've taken few days off from blogging because there was extra work around wedding paperwork and you probably know how stressful, stubborn and stupid councils and governmental organisations can be! Hopefully all be sorted out soon :)

Today I want to show you brand new stamping plates that I got. They are called B. Loves Plates and they come from Poland. Creator Anna, who writes B for Beautiful Nails blog (www.b-for-beautiful-nails.com has created three different plates for start and asked me if I could share them with you.

I have B.01 - geometry is perfect and B.02 - flower power plates and cute rainbow-coloured scraper:

Each plate has 21 designs and the rainbow branded back and comes with the blue protective foil. The dimensions of the plates are 9,5cm x 14,5cm and the individual images measure 1.6cm x 2.0 cm. The images are nicely etched and all stamp well, so far I have tried with five different polishes and they all worked well. I also got a cute branded scraper and badge.

As I've mentioned earlier, I got two plates but Anna has designed three in total. The B.01 - geometry is perfect is full of geometric patterns, B.02 - flower power has beautiful floral images and the last one available is B.03 - mind blown which features optical illusion images. B. Loves Plates products are available in their Etsy store for £9.99/$15 per plate.

I've prepared a nail art for you using B. Loves Plates flower power plate:

For this manicure I have used Dance Legend no.1051 Enamel Glass as a base colour, B. loves plates B.02 flower power plate & Dance Legend Stylet from the Steel collection to stamp the floral pattern. Then I've used round glitter from Bundle Monster set to decorate three nails. The glitter wasn't bleeding colour and has a pretty pearl sheen to it. I also used gold caviar beads from Ebay.

That's all from me today, you all have a lovely day! Lucie

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Hello lovelies,

Oh yes, I too am testing the Creative Stamper! When Ksenija approached me and asked if I would like to review her new stamper I immediately said YES! After all, there was a massive hype in stamping groups about this product and I was really curious.

This is how it looks - it comes in a set of stamper with the metal holder and a plastic scraper which is also a business card.

Creative Stamper is Ukrainian product and it's different than most of other stampers. For one it's much larger with its approx. 3.6cm stamper head. It's made of soft silicone that hugs the nail with just a bit of pressure. The stamper head is also in half-translucent white colour so white stamping will be nicely visible on it as well as all the other colours. The silicone head sits in a metal cup and so far I haven't had a case when it would fall out like with some other stampers. Massive thumbs up for that (it annoys me so much!). The scraper that comes with the stamper is thinner and more flexible than credit cards or some other stampers and it works well.

I've prepared the following manicure to show you how nicely the Creative Stamper works:

I've used the stamper straight out of the box so I didn't prime it. It worked perfectly straight away and it's great especially for gals like me with long nails. I can also see this as a favourite stampers of nail technician who stamp over long enhancements.

I have prepared a comparison between the Creative Stamper and some other stampers I have. As you can see, the difference in size is apparent and Creative Stamper can pick up much larger image areas. That might come in handy when creating stamping decals.

Tips:

• roll the stamper over the plate to pick up the image with less bubbles
• clean the stamper with sticky tape or lint roller
• gently press your nail into the stamper for ideal result; you can roll the stamper over nail but it can distort the image a bit
• don't clean the stamper with acetone, it could damage it

When I got the stamper I was a bit doubtful because it's not as squishy as my Winstonia marshmallow stamper that I love but as it turns out it works just as well. It's definitely better for creating decals because from one image I can make two decals. If you have longer nails you'll appreciate this stamper very much :)

Availability:

International - http://www.drknails.com/
International - http://www.bsquaredlacquer.com/

International - http://www.dramaqueennails.com/

USA - http://tweeandhoney.tictail.com

USA - http://www.beautometry.com/
UK - http://rainbow-connection.co.uk/
AU - http://nailstampingqueen.storenvy.com/
AU - http://www.glittergasm.com.au/
EU - http://www.hypnoticpolish.com/
CHINA - http://nilnails.taobao.com/

There are also various nail groups on Facebook who organise group buys so you might be able to get one through that as well.

Hope you've enjoyed this post and see you tomorrow! Lucie x

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