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Ever heard the old saying "If it wasn't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all"? Well, that has been my week. First my tripod. Then my lights. Then my SD card literally crumbled, taking swatch photos of 3 different polishes and my Mish Mash Challenge mani to the grave. Now I'm having technical issues with my white balance and lighting. My photos are coming out very red and I'm having to color correct every single one, which takes for-freaking ever because I am a total amateur and have no clue how to really color correct in less than 3 hours. Seriously. I'm so frustrated that I had a few days where I just wanted to give up. I won't, because I am stubborn and I refuse to let these issues win, but man! I was just not happy.
But, I do have a post for you today! A very late post, but better late than never.
This week's Mish Mash Challenge theme is blue, and we all know how much I adore blue polish. I decided to whip out one of my fave shades of blue and do some stamping since it's been ages since I've stamped.
I chose Sinful Colors Gel Shine in Blue Suede Shoes, a gorgeous Dusty Blue, as my base color. Then I stamped using Sinful Colors Gel Shine in Set The Mood, a darker, yet still dusty blue, and Dashica plate SDP-A for the stamping. I love tone on tone stamping and this is one of my faves yet. I'll get into the polishes in a bit, but first, pics!
Since my photos are coming out with a heavy red cast, I had to color correct these to get the polish colors true to life. Which I do NOT like doing, but since I can't seem to fix it yet, I don't have a choice. :( Polish *is* true to color though!
Can I just say that I love these colors? I bought these specifically to use for tone on tone stamping and I am damned happy about it! I adore dusty blues (I have a ton) - in fact, they're my fave colors to stamp with. This particular mani is one my all time faves since the colors are just gorgeous and I love the design.
My base color, Blue Suede Shoes, has a wonderful formula and applies like butter. No issues at all, which was surprising since these polishes are on the thick side. Opacity is excellent - this could be a one coater, but I use 2 out of habit. Dry time was excellent and this baby had incredible shine, even before top coat. Love it!
The stamping color, Set The Mood, Is just as gorgeous and also a true one coater. I'm really digging the Sinful Colors Gel Shines for stamping, however....with this one, I had a very odd issue. If you look closely you can see I had some bubbling - but only right over the outline of the stamping design! What the..? I'm thinking it may due to the thickness of the polish, but I'm not sure. I'm going to pick up the black Gel Shine and see if it does the same thing. I'm out of Konad Black and since these are so thick and opaque, I'm thinking they may be a good alternative. If it does this odd bubbling only over the stamping though, I'll be bummed. Thankfully it's not noticeable IRL and most people don't go around with macro lenses!
What do you think of this mani? Are you a fan of tone on tone stamping?
Be sure to check out all the awesome Mish Mash Challenge Sistah's and their awesome blue manis!
I'm hoping to be back later today with the start of some serious Indie spam, but I make no guarantess since I'm going to be trying to fix this darn photo problem. I will be back tomorrow though, even if I have to spend another 3 hours color correcting photos (it sucks to be an amateur!).
Thanks for stopping by and Happy Polishing!
-Kimber
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