Once upon a time...

... in a land far, far away, there was a young woman named Brittany. And she brought us lots of awesome plates! Yeah, I can't say I'm feeling inspired to write a fairytale right now :P But one of UberChic Beauty's latest plates, the Fairytale plate, did inspire me! The plate is packed with fairytale related images, so let's have a look at it, see if you're getting inspired too :)

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This plate seems to be especially perfect for people that enjoy creating little stories on their nails, or that like skittlette manis, because you really can go nuts with all these images! Although I can appreciate a story or skittlette on someone else's nails, I usually prefer all my nails to be the same, or maybe just an accentnail here and there. (I can get a bit restless and it can feel unnatural if they ain't the same/similar and then I just want to take it all off, I suspect it's my autism that's involved there as well, but I'm slowly getting into more variation :)) Having said that, I can totally see what you could do with this plate! You could obviously start your story with the text on the top left, and use that image next to it with a path leading to a castle, and then fill the rest of your story with dragons and knights, or go for the princess route, with the top right swirly image? And I see plenty images to create a Cinderella story! You could also make a knight's armor look with the full nail image on the right, or go for a royal look with crowns, maybe in deep, matte red with shiny gold. The full nail wings on the bottom left can also be used as fire, or just as a random stripey design.

For this mani I stamped the leaves design in green on my Uber Mat, and colored them in with 4 different greens. I then applied a thin coat of the basecolor over the decals, let them dry, and applied a coat of basecolor to my nails to which I applied the decals. If you apply a decal, there's a chance that you get airbubbles underneath, and if you stick with just the clear top coat on the decal, they'll be visible through that top coat. I might have airbubbles under this mani, but because of that layer of color, they ain't visible. I think it's much more relaxed to apply the decals like that! I do notice that these decals can get a bit wobbly from all the polish, and need a few layers of top coat to give a smooth result - or just a layer of matte top coat. That way it'll look smooth without much coats ánd the design will often stand out more as well!

Essence Exits On Your Right with Konad Green, Essence Brazil Jungle, Catrice Run Forest Run!, China Glaze Gaga For Green and W.I.C. By Herôme Malmö, UberChic Beauty plate UC Fairytale-01 and Dance Legend Top Satin.

Do you like stories on your nails? And what do you think of this plate? Let me know what you think, and do feel free to share your manis in the comments (links are automatically marked as spam, but you can upload an image there)! :) Thanks for looking and have a wonderful weekend!

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UberChic Beauty Collection 4

Besides the Uber Mat, which I blogged about in my previous post, UberChic Beauty also released a bunch of new plates! A new collection and 2 loose plates, and today I have my review of the collection for you :)

The plates have the usual UberChic Beauty size, and so do the images. And yes, they have the protective back and blue foil too, I'm sure that didn't come as a surprise! I like the size of the UCB images, when my nails are a bit shorter I can even stamp them sideways as well, offering even more options. I recently updated my stamping plate size comparison, you can see how big these images are on this blogpage. Here are the plates in the 4th collection, all plates are clickable for an enlargement!

These plates really have that UberChic feel to them, don't you agree? I'll tell you straight away, it's yet another lovely set by UCB if you ask me! What I like a lot is that several images can be combined beautifully, because they're based on the same design, as the bottom right images show well. Or the loose flowers in the middle, that match the full nail image in the middle right. And that full nail image left of 'Indie ♥' reminds me a lot of an image of UCB plate UC 1-03 (the image on the middle of the right row), I think they'll match well to get a design stamped on normal and in the opposite way!

The 2nd plate offers more of that typical UCB mix, floral, swirly, some really fine lined flowers, some geometric designs... That rose near the middle almost looks fiery! The image above that is the one that I used for today's nails, love it! If you looked closely and are wondering, the bottom left image in the corner has a little bit blue foil residue on it, nothing a little remover won't fix! I just noticed it later on :) And speaking of that image, I think those thick lines can create a nice balance between the stamping and a 'heavier' base, like a glitter or holo (instead of a more neutral, calm creme). With such thicker images it's easier to not have the base overpower the stamping.

The last plate of this collection has a lot of designs that straight away jumped out to me, from the fine lines and the wider, more swirly lines (both around the middle), to the flowers with matching small flowers, and of course the wobbly net design and the one below those thicker lines (2nd row from the left, 2nd from the bottom). Such images like the last one can be tricky to get even on all nails, and I can be way too much of a perfectionist for such things. But with the reversed stamping, it's so much easier!


These nails were done with that same technique, I applied a thin layer of top coat to the Uber Mat, stamped the design in black and took a bunch of holos from the good old OMG collection, and colored the design with a pointy dotting tool. So easy, yet with a lot of effect! The grey nails were done with a matte polish, but it didn't dry as matte as I'd like, so I added some extra matte top coat.

Catrice Pebble Beach with Dance Legend Top Satin, accentnails of A England Camelot with Konad Black and UberChic Beauty plate UC4-02, with China Glaze LOL, DV8, BFF, QT, IDK and TTYL.

And here's how that looks in the sun :)

I guess it's clear that I'm getting the hang of the reversed stamping, I'm starting to enjoy it more and more! ^^ What are your thoughts on this mani, and UberChic Beauty's Collection 4? I'll show the 2 new loose plates soon too if you're interested in seeing those. You can find all the UCB products on their website, but you can also find them on Facebook and Instagram. Thanks for stopping by and take care ♥


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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 ^^

You can find Bundle Monster on the following social media: Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest - Instagram - Google+ - Youtube.

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UberChic Beauty The Wild West

UberChic Beauty recently released 4 new plates (yes, they're on a roll!) and I got the pleasure of reviewing them all :) The first one that I'll be showing is 'The Wild West -01', a plate which is completely filled with -you guessed it- wild west related images. Check out the plate further down!

UberChic Beauty offers collections of 3 plates and loose, themed plates. The 4 new additions to the latter are The Wild West, The Far East, Out Of Africa and Love & Marriage. And I'll tell you straight away, their designs all match beautifully with the theme! Here's the first one:

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From cowboy items to Native American feathers and prints, and of course horses and cactuses aren't forgotten. I'm especially loving the prints, but this plate sure offers plenty for themed nails as well! The images have the usual UCB size (which I think is a nice size, it'll work for most of us), and they transfer perfect! For this mani I went with a reversed stamping with one of the prints. I colored it in completely and turned it into a decal, you don't need to worry about visible airbubbles under the decal when it's fully colored :) Easypeasy! Now I just need to learn to color within the lines :D What do you think of these kinda 2 accentnails looks?

Dance Legend #1031 with Konad Black, Essie Angora Cardi, Catrice New York and UberChic Beauty UC The Wild West -01.

You can find all the UberChic Beauty plates on their website, and if I were you, I'd keep an eye on UCB, because I don't think they're done anytime soon with bringing us fantastic products :) You can find them on social media like Facebook and Instagram or simply sign up for their newsletter on the website. Thanks for looking and keep an eye on my blog for the other 3 plates!


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Dance Legend Firefly

Howdy! Here are 2 polishes of Dance Legend Firefly, which is a collection with 9 glow in the dark polishes. And they sure do glow!

Dance Legend #9 Never Enough.

Never Enough is a lilac/pink color, with strong golden shimmer. It leans more lilac or pink, depending on the angle (as you can see on my indexfinger on the above photo). I used 3 coats with top coat for my swatches, the first coat was really sheer but it gives full coverage on 3 coats. However, that first coat applied really even, so you could use this as a topper as well! Or maybe for some subtle sparkly accents?

The glow in the dark effect is really strong with these, the first 2 pictures on the left show how it looked when I didn't even charge it yet, but just went from daylight to a bit darker. I'm afraid my pics ain't as sharp here, I took the auto setting on my camera, because fixing it manually took some time and I did this on a pretty warm day. I had to hide under 2 duvets to get it pitchblack... phew, warm! Needless to say, I was happy with the auto result, haha!

Dance Legend #8 Price Of Beauty.

Well I can repeat myself here, 3 coats with top coat, that looked very sheer yet even on the first coat. Another polish that I think will be lovely for layerings too! This muted blue base is packed with various colors microglitter.

The glow in the dark effect on this one was just as strong, with a slight variation in color. Some of the colors in the collection have a different glow color though! What I noticed as well with both of them, is that the glow effect lasted pretty long. You can charge glow in the dark polish by holding it near a lightsource (I used the help light on my phone), and it'll diminish fairly quickly. But these didn't need as much light to start glowing ánd didn't diminish as fast as I've seen before, so yay for that!

What do you think of glow in the dark polish? Do you have any? Thanks for stopping by :)

You can buy the Firefly collection in various webshops and of course on the Dance Legend website itself. And you can follow Dance Legend on Facebook and Instagram for more pretty polish!


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Matte flowers

Yep, that's right, I'm into the matte again thanks to reviewing Dance Legend Top Satin :) Here's a quick post for which I used an image of one of the BPS plates that I showed here.

Proserpine is just one of mani A England beauties that work for stamping, and those polishes with that typical AE holo sparkle give such a nice effect when they're used for stamping! Mattifying them still shows a little something extra in the stamped design, and they're beautiful colors either way. Have you ever stamped with any of their polishes? Please feel free to upload your mani in the comment section! :) Thanks for looking and have a lovely Sunday ♥

Dance Legend Velvet #655 with A England Proserpine, Born Pretty Store BPL-024 and Dance Legend Top Satin.

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Reversed roses with BPS plates

Hi there! I did a 'reverse stamping' mani the other day with a rose image from BornPrettyStore. When I saw that image, I straight away knew what I wanted to do with it, and I'm glad that it turned out so well! It was quite a bit of work, but I'm really loving the result! :) Here's the finished mani, the plates are further down:

I received 3 plates from BornPrettyStore and all 3 came with a cute cover, blue foil on the front and a rubber back on the large plates, a normal back on the round one. The plates work like a charm, and the size of the full nail images is nice too. The average sizes of the full nail images are 1.5x2.1cm (round plate), 1.45x2.0cm (lace plate) and 1.4x2.5cm (floral plate). I'll of course add them to my comparison later on as well!

You can buy these plates at the BPS website, don't forget to use code ABJ61 for 10% off! Here are the direct links to these plates:
BP-73 (round plate) ~ BP-L020 (lace plate) ~ BPL-024 (floral plate)

And here's a closer look at these plates!

I used the bottom image and the matching small one for today's mani. I like the variation that this plate offers, while staying with the rose theme!

If you're looking for a lace image, this plate should do the trick for you, that's a lot of pretty lace designs right there! The 2 at the top left, and the one with the vertical stripes, seem perfect for a little extra on top of it. Maybe a nail sticker or decal, or perhaps one of those smaller roses from the plate above?

If you do like roses but don't want a plate full of it, this one has lots to offer too! I like the top right design, and the bottom left, that'll be perfect for the coming season. And the one in the middle of the bottom row, pretty! Those 2 on the top row (number 5 & 6 from the left) might match well together, if you like some variation on your nails.



As I said above, I used a rose design of the round plate and went for a reverse stamping. I stamped it in black, but kept it on the stamper, then I colored it in with some nail art brushes and 2 more stamping polishes, before turning it into a decal. I think you can stamp it on the nail right after coloring as well, if you press a bit harder on the stamper and hold it in place on your nail for a little bit. But I wanted to see how it looked with the right side up first, so I used some top coat (Dance Legend Go Fast gave a nice, thin layer for this) to turn them into decals. And it was a good thing that I did so, because some didn't turn out as well! I noticed that you can best use quite a bit of polish on your brush to color the design, if you use too little, the brush might end up picking up the stamped image (in my case, the black outlines). And don't spread the color too much, else it might mix with the stamped design, which created dark red roses without black lines, haha. So just appying a decent amount of color worked best for me.

I'm eager to try more of this technique, however, next time I'd try it with normal polish instead of real stamping polishes. The cleanup from the decals with these highly pigmented polishes wasn't the most pleasant! And I want more stampers now, because it just took a lot of time to wait for each design to be fully dry and ready to be placed on the nail. I bet it works nicer if you can make a couple at once! Lastly, after placing them on the nail and sealing them in with a little top coat, I added a matte top coat to really pull it all together. There's some little flaws in the coloring, and also in the decals itself (applying them on my left hand with barely any bubbles is one thing, but on the right... haha!), but thanks to the matte effect it's hardly visible. Gotta love that stuff! ♥

Dance Legend #1031 with Konad Black, Red and Green and BornPrettyStore BP-73 and Dance Legend Top Satin.

What do you think of these plates? And have you done any reverse stamping? If so, I would love to see it! Links in comments are blocked, but you can upload an image with your comment as well, please feel free to do so :D Thanks for looking!


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Blue roses with Dance Legend Go Fast and Top Satin

Hey all, here's a mani that didn't go as planned, but I'm liking the result nevertheless! I wanted to make a blue watercolor base, but that already went wrong on the first nail. Lesson 1, don't apply the drops of polish straight from the bottle, you might end up with a huge blob instead of a small drop, haha! So instead of a real watercolor base (apply basecolor, then top coat to protect the base, add small drops of color, take a brush with remover and 'paint' it on the drops of color to create a watercolor effect), it looks more like saran wrap meets remover, or something. I'll tell more about this mani and the top coats further down!

I used Go Fast top coat on the basecolor, and after creating the blue effect on top, I used it to seal that in. Then I stamped the black rose design, and used Go Fast again. When that was dry, I used Top Satin to finish the mani.

My thoughts: Go Fast indeed does dry quite fast, and it's a thin top coat, which probably helps with that as well. The application is easy, however, you really have to be careful with nail art! Since it's so thin, it's hard to apply it floating, and that makes it easier to streak or smudge your design a bit. The top coat couldn't really smoothen the slightly bumpy blue base with just 1 coat, but the thin consistency makes it perfect for nail art with a lot of layers that you want to seal in with top coat in between, to keep the finished result thin as well. And as you'll see in a future post, it's also a nice one for stamping decals!

Top Satin does exactly what you'd expect of a matte top coat, after applying a decent layer of Top Satin, it gives a satin matte finish as shown in my pictures. It applies smooth and easy, and if you want just a touch of satin finish, you can apply a really thin coat. I like this finish, and how the top coat allows for some variation with the finished result. I always wear a normal top coat between nail art and matte top coat, to prevent the latter from smudging, and Go Fast & Top Satin made a nice team for that! You can find these top coats in various webshops and of course on the Dance Legend website.

Dance Legend Velvet #655 with OPI I Saw...U Saw...We Saw...Warsaw, A England Galahad, Essence Forever Mine, Konad Black with UberChic Beauty plate UC1-02 and Dance Legend Top Satin.

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Random Dance Legend swatches (+ nail art!)

Hi lovelies! Our hot weather continues, so it's time to empty my vault a bit. I have some mani ideas, but the thought of polishing (and risking bubbled polish on top of that), isn't really doing it for me right now! But when temperatures drop a little bit, there's plenty ideas in my head to get going with, that's for sure :) Today I have some Dance Legend swatches + nail art for you, with polishes from the Velvet, Sahara Crystal, Binary and Enamel Gel-Effect 2 collections.

Starting with 2 polishes from the Velvet collection. They apply ok, not as streaky bad as other mattes, but as with most mattes, they just don't apply as smooth as a creme polish. But they sure make up for that with coats needed! This is 2 coats on each, which gives an even, fully covered result. And they dry very fast as well (which I think is why mattes can apply a little streaky, simply because they dry faster). I think these polishes are perfect as nail art bases, not only are you quickly done with your basecolor, you can also see when they're dry enough for the next step, haha. And if that's not enough, they're cute on their own as well! Do like! The colors that I received are a slightly muted, soft babyblue & babypink.

Dance Legend Velvet collection #655.

Dance Legend Velvet collection #659.

Next we have some textured polishes from the Sahara Crystal line, and again, I really like these :) Lets keep it short: easy application, 2 coats, good drying time, nice textured finish. These definitely score high on my textures list because of that! Here we have a peach with golden glitter, and a pink (which looks a bit softer irl). The peachy one is my favorite of these 2, isn't it pretty?

 Dance Legend Sahara Crystal collection #02 Harbor.

Dance Legend Sahara crystal collection #09 Sand!Which?.

Next up are 2 creamy polishes, from the Binary collection and the Enamel Gel-Effect 2 collection, which so far are my 2 most favorite collections ever for cremes! Why? Excellent application, covers in 2 coats (that goes for the lighter colors that I've tried as well), a huge range of colors and look at that shiiiine! ♥ Yes, these swatches are without top coat! The blue polish is a bit too much for my (skills with my) camera, it's so vibrant and rich! It does have a downside though, it's a little stainer, so you do want to use basecoat with it. But having said that, it's one of my favorite blues, I just love that color!! I already posted nail arts with these, here's the pink and here's the blue.

Dance Legend Binary collection #09 Julia.

Dance Legend Enamel Gel-Effect 2 collection #1039.

When I finished swatching the Velvets and Sahara Crystals, I went for a nail art with those as well. I followed Marta's Skittlette post, and here's the result of that. I love some of the combos she does, but on me it felt a bit weird, haha. Maybe I have to get used to it, maybe I need to be bolder with colors? The image that I used wasn't one that jumped out to me on the plate and I probably wouldn't have used it anytime soon, if it wasn't for a nailart that I saw on Instagram where it was used as well. It made me look at it completely different and got me eager to see the image on my nails, where it didn't disappoint :)

Dance Legend Velvet #659 stamped with China Glaze Admire and UberChic Beauty plate UC3-01, accentnail with Dance Legend Sahara Crystal #09 Sand!Which?.

I'd love to hear what you think of these polishes, finishes and nail art! ♥ And if you're interested in buying any of these Dance Legend beauties, check out their website. You can also find Dance Legend on Instagram and Facebook :) Have a great weekend!

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