Reversed stamping with lots of colors!

Heya! Lately I've been spoiled badly with all the plates that I received, but doing those reviews also ment that I didn't get to play as much with each plate as I'd like (not complaining here, don't get me wrong, it's awesome and I feel SO honored that I got those opportunities! :)). Having foster kittens doesn't help either, but my current sweeties are doing great, and stamping decals combine nicely with kittens: I can make them in between and won't have to walk around with wet nails as much! So that's exactly what I did here, I took a plate from a set that I wanted to play more with, Bundle Monster's Shangri-La set, and made decals on my Uber Mat last night while they were sleeping. And today, during another nap, I finished the mani :)

I made decals with a white stamped design and colored them in with a bunch of colors and the dual sides tools I showed recently, but the downside of so much colors is that you can end up with thicker, uneven decals. Then I thought of ridge filler, and that worked great! So instead of using a lot of top coat to even it all out, I glued the decals onto my nails with basecoat, then used just a thin layer of top coat (since I wasn't sure how ridge filler would work directly on the decals, I'll try that out some other time), then ridgefiller, then another thin layer of top coat. Because the decals were already dry, and I used a fast drying top coat, it didn't take much time at all, and the result was a lot smoother and thinner than with a couple coats of top coat!

China Glaze Aquadelic with accentnails of Konad White with Bundle Monster BM-S107 and China Glaze Aquadelic, China Glaze Fuchsia Fanatic, HEMA #840, W.I.C. by Herôme Aarhus & Yokohama.

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Cheetah nails with Bundle Monster

Bundle Monster kindly send me some items for review, and I already showed you the dual sided tools and their latest plate collection, Shangri-La. I really liked those items, and the items that I'll show today also get my stamp of approval!

I'm starting with these scrapers: they are business card sized, plastic and colorful scrapers, that won't damage your plates. To make sure you won't damage the scraper either, you should clean them with acetone-free remover. The scrapers come in a set of 6 scrapers (yes, you won't run out of scrapers anytime soon with these sets!), and you can choose between 0.5mm and 1mm scrapers. There's 2 colorful sets for each width, so you can choose the designs that you like best! You can find all scraper sets here.
I received 1 scraper of each width, and I'm still not too fond of the thin scrapers, I prefer the more sturdy, thicker scrapers. So I straight away went for that one, and this thicker one works perfect for me :)

The 3D charms are something new for me, I've seen plenty manis that use them, but I just hadn't tried any myself. You can glue them on your nails with a bit of nail glue, or use acrylic or gel to stick them on your nails. The set I received is called 'Happy Hydro Hippies', but Bundle Monster has loads more sets! What I noticed straight away is that the bigger charms aren't fully flat, even the lips fit nicely on my nails because it's curved! I'm sorry for the pink glow on the right photo, I wore a pink shirt and well, these little charms are shiny, haha! You can find all the 3D nail charms here.
It was an easy choice for my mani, of course I couldn't resist that little catface! I started with a black base on 3 nails, and a textured black on the 2 other. I used the thick scraper that I showed above, and 2 Bundle Monster plates with a golden polish, to stamp the leopard print and little paws. Top coat on the print, matte top coat on the paws, glue on the charm and done!

A England Camelot with Essence A Piece of Forever and Bundle Monster plates BM-221 and BM-424, Dance Legend Top Satin, and China Glaze Bump In The Night with a Bundle Monster 3D charm.

Have you tried any 3D charms, and do you like them? Please feel free to share an image in the comments (there's an 'upload image' button in the bottom left corner after selecting the comment field), I'd love to see what you did with 3D charms! Thanks for stopping by and have a purrrrfect day ^^

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A touch of color with Bundle Monster dual sided tools

Hey lovelies, just a quick post in between all the foster care! I'll post something about my 3 new fosterkittens soon too, but here's another reversed stamping first :)

Bundle Monster has a set of nail art tools with brushes on 1 side, and dotting tools on the other. The set comes in a black roll up case, with plastic that can be folded up to reveal the 8 tools. I think the plastic is pretty handy, it's not just that folded flap on top, it's behind the brushes as well. It wouldn't be the first time that I loose those little plastic things that slide over the brushes to protect them, and this way they're still somewhat protected and not in direct contact with the fabric of the case!

This set offers plenty variation, from brushes that can be used for cleanup to a pointy dotting tool and a dotting tool without the 'dot'. Especially those last 2 are tools that I know I'll enjoy using! I think it's a handy set, not just for people that use such tools a lot, but also when you don't use brushes or dotting tools as often. You get them all at once with this set and they're easily stored away in the case as well!
One thing I noticed, is that my remover with acetone also removes the paint of the tools. I accidentally let one of them roll through a blob of polish, oops! Then I cleaned it, and well... :D Now I have to say though, I don't think I have any painted wooden tools in my stash that can handle some acetone, but if you want to keep the color, I'd advise to try remover without acetone (I kinda never use that, so couldn't try it) or simply not clean the tools itself. And I now noticed that the detailed information about the set also mentions this: "To Clean: Wipe bristles (not brush handle) only with alcohol or non-acetone based polish removers." My bad, maybe I should pick up some acetone-free remover afterall!

The dual sided nail art tool set set can be bought on the Bundle Monster website and costs $8.99. Here's a direct link to this set!

For this mani I used one of the new Bundle Monster Shangri-La plates, which I reviewed here. I used the smallest dotting tool and the pointy one to color in the design on my stamper, and so far I like the use of the dotting tools more than brushes for such coloring, because I felt that the fine hairs of a brush can easier pick up the design of the stamper, which you don't want. As you can see in some of the lighter purple parts, the little black stripes of the design all stayed in place! Those dotting tools will definitely be my first choice for more reversed designs :)

I then went for a direct stamping with the colored images (so I didn't turn them into decals first). That worked fine and yay for no mess with decals and airbubbles! You just need to press down your stamper and hold it in place for a bit. Just a few of the tiny lines didn't transfer well like that, but for a first attempt at directly stamping a reversed design, I'm impressed with how well that worked! Next time I might wait even longer before stamping it onto the nail, so the colored spots are fully dry as well. Those smudged a tiny bit here and there after transferring the design. I used one of the nail art brushes for some small touch ups, and the most left (on the image above) slanted brush for the cleanup.

OPI My Very First Knockwurst with Konad Black, Catrice Heavy Metallilac and Poison Me, Poison You! with Bundle Monster BM-S104.

What do you think of this mani? It's different than my usual stuff, but I do like it and I'm eager to do more with the reversed technique! And would that set be something you'd be interested in, or would you rather have all tools separate? Thanks for looking and take care ♥

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New Bundle Monster plate collection: Shangri-La

Hi there! Bundle Monster just released a new plate collection, it's called Shangri-La and consists of 10 square plates, which are sold as a complete set ánd as single plates. I'll tell a bit more about them below, but lets not wait any longer and take a look at them first!

Swirled Utopia

These plates offer so much variety! You can pick a single part of an image, like one of the circles above, and stamp it on all nails. Or go for different, but matching nails! That circle near the bottom right jumps out to me, depending on the colors used, you can maybe make it look like a flower as well (I'm thinking of yellow/white/green). A lot of these plates will be perfect for some dotted details or loose glitters as well.

Everlasting Sun

This plate reminds me a bit of an Aztec print combined with the Aztec Sun Stone, so I think the name of the plate matches well! Grab a bit of the print in black on a gradient, or take the pointy bits around the circle, or simply use one of those half circles at the bottom and stamp them vertically.

Hydras

Again, sooo much options. Stamp a flower, or just those little swirly dots, or that top right circle that looks a bit like a dreamcatcher. These small square plates aren't just cute, they're packed with good stuff!

Cosmic Blossoms

I'll tell you already, when I saw this plate I just had to go for a reverse stamping with it, doesn't it look like a perfect design to add some color to? You'll see my result in an upcoming post :) This is one of my favorite plates of the set, such a happy & playful design!

Amrita

Is this a stunning plate or what?! I'm so in love with it ♥ It's the plate that I used for the mani to go with this post, and I chose it because the lines on this plate are incredibely fine, so I figured it would be a good test. I took the middle flowery thing and the area around it, and stamped a random part with a bit of that flower on each nail. Here's a closeup of one of my nails, to show you how well these tiny lines transferred. The few little flaws that the macro shows are thanks to the user, not the plate, haha.
You see it huge here of course, but I measured my nail to give you an idea, from cuticle to tip 1.4 cm / 0.55 inch. SO much details on such a small area, woah!

Wrapped in Secrets

Yeah, I wasn't done yet with the plates, but I just couldn't resist a macroshot in between! I like how this plate feels a bit repetitive, you can take a very similar image on each nail, but in slightly different sizes. Those little piles of rectangular shapes look great for some added coloring too.

White Lotus

Another beautiful plate, you can combine the different flowers while creating unity thanks to the matching leaves, or take the outer pointy "leaves" of the image on the bottom right and stamp them near the cuticle with the pointy bit towards the tip.

Fountain of Youth

You know I like swirly images, needless to say, I like this plate too! The design indeed feels like flowing water, those areas on the left and right with all the fine lines, lovely. And again those round, flowery designs, I think they're pretty and this collection offers plenty of them :)

Geometric Harmony

I feel like I'm on repeat, but yes, so much options here! Take a small strip of a design, or just randomly stamp a piece of this plate. somehow it all goes well together even though it's all so different. If your nails ain't too long, you can also use the middle square as a full nail design.

Vibrational Breathe

Same as the plate above, this'll be great for small parts, or just taking a big chunk of the image and randomly use it on your nails. This might create nice reverse stamping too, what do you think?


There we have it, 10 beautiful and unique plates, that work fantastic. The plates measure 5.5x5.5 cm (2.16 inch), the designs are slightly smaller than that as you can see. They come with the usual blue foil and protective back. I'm not sure if it's the square shape, or the designs, or a combination of the 2, but these plates feel refreshing! And the detail in them is simply amazing. I think it's really a lovely set, and even more so with their current sale price! You can find the loose plates on the Bundle Monster website, they're $1.99 each. The 10 piece set is now for sale on their site, for $11.99 (normal price $14.99).
What do you think of the Shangri-La collection, and how do you feel about the square shape?


The mani that I did with these is a colorcombo that I used before, as you might've seen on my Instagram I have some fosterkittens again, and they need a lot of attention. So instead of diving in my stash, searching for a nice combo, I just went for the easy route while the kittens were sleeping! What can I say, I simply couldn't resist sharing these plates as soon as the collection was launched :)

OPI My Vampire Is Buff with A England Fotheringhay Castle and Bundle Monster BM-S105.

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Polynesian Tribal

Morning! I'm glad I still have some unposted manis, because summer has arrived, and it's way too warm to sit inside and polish! So I'll be outside today, with my inflatable kiddie pool :D In the meantime I do have a summery mani for you, the basecolor of this one has to be one of my favorite blues, it's such a vibrant color! I couldn't capture it well, my camera tones it down a little but ah well. I'll show swatches of it soon too, and explain more of why I like it so much!

The stamping polish is a little sheer for stamping, but used on a blue base you can't really tell in real life. Most of my polishes that work for stamping are shimmers, but I like a creme stamping at times as well! So it'll have to do, haha. The image that I used is on one of Bundle Monster's Polynesia sets, the Traditional Polynesia set to be precise. I've reviewed the set in this post. Love this image!

Wishing you a great day, thanks for stopping by :)

Dance Legend #1039 with OPI I Saw... U Saw... We Saw... Warsaw and Bundle Monster BM-XL115.

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Negative space with Bundle Monster Time Machine

I recently received 2 of the Time Machine plates from Bundle Monster, and I went for a type of nail art that I haven't done before: negative space! I'm still undecided about the negative space nails, sometimes I think they look nice, other times not so much. Either way, it is something different than my usual stuff, that's for sure =) How about you, do you like the peep through nails?

And here are 2 plates of the Bundle Monster Time Machine set! The set has 6 plates, all filled with things you could see when using a time machine: from classic cars and a steam locomotive, celtic prints and casette tapes, all the way to the more recent 'keep calm and ..' and moustaches! The plates have matching names as well, they're called Party like 1869, Hipster Qualifications, Pop Culture Addict, Outer Space Cadet, Gilded Revolution and Prehistoria. There are plenty full nail images, but as you can see on the plates that I received, these are also great for people that like to fully create their own designs from little bits of images.

The plates all have the XL designs (1.5x2.2cm, as you can see on my comparison), and come with a sturdy rubber back and protective blue foil on the front. Needless to say -we're talking about Bundle Monster here afterall- the plates are of excellent quality. The entire plateset is part of the prize of my Bundle Monster giveaway, don't forget to enter :) You can click the images below for an enlargement.

I'm loving the bottom left image, as a whole or maybe just a stripe of it? And I think her arms will make for a nice mani too! Imagine one of those as a smaller stripe on the side of your nails. And if you want comic nails, her skirt will do the trick!

Easy mode galaxy nails, with that bigger image! Stamp it in white on your galaxy-colored sponged nails, perhaps color in some planets... The top right image can be lovely for reverse stamping (where you color in those areas), but it works nice for a messy, double stamped striped mani too ;) For today's mani I used the top left image.


This mani was easy, although I found out that stamping on your bare nails and then using top coat, easily smudges the design. So I redid them with some basecoat underneath (yeah, I'm often a basecoat slacker!), which worked well. My Konad Black was nearly empty, and Camelot was slightly too sheer, but I'm happy to say that adding some metal balls and a little Camelot to the Konad, solved that issue!

A England Camelot with BornPrettyStore studs, and basecoat stamped with Konad Black and Bundle Monster BM-XL134.

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5 years Oooh, Shinies! - 5 days of giveaways day 1: Bundle Monster!

OMG, 5 years of blogging! I never expected that when I first posted here, today exactly 5 years ago :) I want to thank you all for 5 years of visiting my blog, giving kind replies (both here and on social media), inspiring me and supporting me. You all made this whole experience SO much more than I could've ever imagined!! I don't know how I can express myself better here, but really, thank you, thank you, thank you! ♥

To celebrate 5 years Oooh, Shinies!, I figured '5 days of giveaways' would be a nice idea, so I contacted some of my favorite companies and they joined in! Yay! Big thanks to these companies for their support and generous donations to help me make these 5 days happen.


I'm starting with a company that was featured in my very first nail post, and was the star of my last nail post..... Bundle Monster! My very first plateset was from Bundle Monster, back in 2010, and I still remember the feeling of running up the stairs with that small, heavy package in my hand that I just took out of my mailbox, and that came allll the way from the other side of the world! That was one of my very first (if not the first?) nailmails, and oh the excitement!! :D You know I love stamping, and I couldn't have thought of a better brand to start these 5 days with :)

Throughout the years Bundle Monster kept offering us more and more beautiful plates, while maintaining that friendly, easy-to-approach feeling of the brand. They offer so much, from loose plates to complete sets and to sets with a specific theme – all perfectly executed and working like a charm. They offer normal sized images and larger ones, and also have the fully covered plates, all while staying affordable. I think they're perfect for everyone, from starters to pro's. Simply put, I just love BM! ♥ And by the looks of it, they're not nearly done with bringing us new plates! I already showed you one of the Polynesia sets in my previous post, and will show you a few Time Machine plates soon (*mumbles something about gardenwork and severe chipping...*), but if you follow them on social media, you probably already saw those aren't the only new sets they're offering. And it's not just Oooh, Shinies! that's celebrating a birthday this month, Bundle Monster is too! Keep an eye on their site for flash sales throughout the month to celebrate their 6th birthday :)

Now for the first giveaway... *drumroll*...

Bundle Monster is kindly sponsoring the following prize for 1 lucky winner:

• 6pc XL Nail Stamping Plates: Time Machine Master Set
• 6pc 1mm Thin Nail Stamping Scraper Card Set (in random designs)
• Round XL Silicone Nail Stamper Scraper Tool Set with Extra Rubber Heads Sets

Good luck to you if you enter, and thanks a lot Bundle Monster!


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Extra information:
• The giveaway is open internationally.
• There will be one winner who will receive the prize(s) mentionned above. The winner will be randomly chosen through the Rafflecopter widget.
• The winner will be contacted within 24 hours after the giveaway closes, and then has 48 hours to reply. If the winner doesn't reply in time, a new winner will be chosen.
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Bundle Monster Traditional Polynesia stamping plates

Hi lovelies! I hope you're not tired of stamping plate reviews yet, because I have yet another awesome plateset to show you: the 'Traditional Polynesia' set from Bundle Monster! There are 4 Polynesia themed platesets, each set contains 5 plates. The images are all XL, but if that's not big enough for you, the other sets all have some fully covered plates as well! More on the plates below, first I'll show a mani I did with them :)

The plates come with a plastic back and the usual, easy to remove blue foil on the front. The images on these plates are 1.5x2.2cm, which is a lovely size for me (no issues with my thumbnails when they're a bit longer) and of course they're added to my comparison as well! And you know I love full nail designs, so plates packed with them? Yes please!

Bundle Monster has brought us themed sets before, and just like those sets, all 4 of the Polynesia sets match the theme SO very well! And this theme must've been quite inspiring them them, because they managed to fill up a whopping 20 plates with it :D You can find the 4 sets on their website. As mentionned above, the set that I received is the 'Traditional Polynesia' set, and here are the 5 plates of this set! You can click the images for an enlargement if you want.

I really like the combination between softer, tropical floral, geometrical and bold tribal on these plates! And then there's images that I think will look fantastic in various ways, like the image that's 2nd on the top left. Imagine that in a subtle tone-on-tone, or as a black on holo design! That specific design jumps out to me, together with the bottom row all the way left, and the 2 designs on the bottom right. Oh! And the other floral design, maybe in a darker green reverse stamping, fill in the leaves with a lighter green? (I seriously lack time for all the ideas in my head, lol!)

I've already used the bottom left image, but the 2nd from the top left image calls for me as well! Or how about top left, black with various colors perhaps?  And again some cute floral designs :)

This plate focusses more on geometrical designs, and it does that very well! I have some diamond shaped glitters, they might look great as details in that image with the stripes with diamonds!

I think a lot of these images will absolutely rock in bright colors, but the image that I chose for the mani in this post, shows well that you can take it in any direction. I bet it'll look so different stamped in a bright red or some! These plates offer some scenery designs, like top left, but it's images like that tribal on the top right that straight away got my attention. 2 images to the left of it, another tribal-y image that I like a lot! And those cute little berries :) The image that I used today is one of my favorites as well!

Last but certainly not least! From a kiwi bird to a design made of turtles (bottom row, 2nd from the left). I can already tell you that the tribal-ish image in the middle of the bottom row looks fantastic on the nail :) And if you're looking for more specific designs, these plates clearly offer them as well!

Femme Fatale Cosmetics The First Northern Witch with Konad White and Bundle Monster BM-XL114.

All in all, I think these Polynesia platesets are great, and also perfect for this time of year, they feel so tropical! We have the matching sun right now, now where's my cocktail ^^ What do you think of this plateset? Wishing you a lovely sunny day as well, take care!

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