Klik Burgundy and Cobwebs
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What I have to show you today was a pain to create so you had better leave me a comment saying you love them as much as I do. Ha! Just kidding. (No really, you should say something nice. It would make me smile.)
I started off wanting to swatch Burgundy from Klik’s holiday collection, (swatch is at the end of the post) and it turned out to be a lot more work than I had anticipated. Upon my inspection of the polish, I thought it would need just 2 coats. But after 2 coats it was very streaky and showed bald spots. I waited quite a while before adding the third coat since it was raining in Cebu and the added humidity always seems to cause bubbling. Despite the long wait, I still ended up with bubbling after applying the third coat. Meh! On top of that, in certain light you can still see some thin spots and cleanup was a pain. After several hours, more bubbles showed up and I was so sad that my manicure had gone from pretty and polished to pretty awful.
As I sat down to remove this, I had an idea to try and salvage the look. I grabbed my awesome MJ XIII stamping plate that Meann of My Online Shop sent me and selected this cobweb design. After several failed attempts at color choice, I stamped with Color Club Harp On It. and I love how it turned out. Mr. Nailinator and the 4 year old boy both say this looks like a Spiderman mani. Do you love it? I do. I’ve included a shot under the lamp so you can see the holo shimmer. I’m pleasantly surprised how well the CC Halo Hues work for stamping.
Do you have a favorite non stamping polish to use for stamping? Do share and have a great day!
Over and out!
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| Under lamp |
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| Swatch of Klik Burgundy before most of the bubbles popped up |
The webs turned out great and it does look like a Spiderman mani with the red background. I’m not very good with stamping yet and I have trouble choosing colors that will have enough contrast to show up well or that will have enough pigment to stamp dark enough to make me happy so I can see it.
yup it looks like the dvd cover on the amazing spiderman 🙂 very nice
This design looks amazing in matte version!
Nice save! I have a series on my blog that shows what non-stamping polished I have that can be used for stamping. There are quite a few of them! The Color Club Halo Hues are some of my favorites for both base color & stamping.
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