Stampabilities # 018: Barielle

Hi all,

Today I have the 18th edition of Stampabilities for you, with this time Barielle to show the stamping ability of four more polishes!


Stampabilities 018: Barielle. They all show up pretty nicely, except for Misbehaving Mistress, but I suppose that's because the color itself isn't really popping, so to say. Hidden Hideaway is a truly stunning color to stamp with, btw!


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Edited to add: Apparently, I did something wrong with the scheduling of the posts, which means they didn't go up like I planned it. Argh. Anyway, I hope everything goes up from now on, because I don't think I will be fully up and running this week.

Stampabilities # 017: OPI

Hi all,

First of all: Happy New Year! I hope you all had a nice New Years Eve and you still have all your fingers :)

This weeks Stampabilities consists of similar colors instead of different colors.


Stampabilities 017: OPI with from pinkie to index Malaga Wine, Louvre Me, Louvre Me Not, Overexposed in South Beach and Purple-Opolis. I decided to do similar colors this time, to see if you would be able to compare which one you'd better pick for stamping! Three of them are purple, the fourth - Malaga Wine - is a red jelly. Again, they all show up nicely, but in this edition of Stampabilitites, Malaga Wine stands out in my opinion. It's the most pigmented in terms of stamping, which I found surprising, since it's a jelly.


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And now something completely different. You may have noticed (or not, of course) that I'm not on Twitter anymore and I haven't updated my blog in a couple of days. I'm not feeling very well at the moment and I'm on the verge of having a breakdown, so I'm also using this post to tell you that I'm taking some time off of blogging and being online in general. I don't know how long that'll be, but I expect to be 'gone' for at least a week and a half to straighten things out. Let's just say 2010 was a sucky year for me and it has taken it's toll. I want 2011 to be better, so I'll have to work at that and start off with a decent base.

I hope I will be able to pick up blogging again after that. I hope you understand. I have scheduled some posts for the next couple of days and next week's Stampabilities, so you will still have something to read while I'm taking my break.

I wish you all a very happy new year and hope 2011 brings you love, happiness and health.

Stampabilities # 016: Catrice

Hi all,

This post is a little late because of the holidays - I didn't want to spend my Christmas preparing posts! :) It's here though with this week's brand - Catrice.


As you can see, they all show up pretty nicely! They're all really pigmented so I guess I shouldn't be surprised that they work so well for stamping, but I still am surprised to see how many polishes work for stamping! These are no exeption. The darker colors show up best, because they're dark, but the light colors will also show up on darker base colors.

So tell me, how was your Christmas weekend? Mine was mainly packed with food - my uncle (who is a cook, btw) prepared 6 delicious courses on Saturday which nearly made me explode because it was all so yummy. My parents gave me (among other things) a box packed with cosmetics - and polishes, but I don't think I will use those since I nearly fainted from the smell of them. We had a Twilight DVD marathon on Boxing Day because my sister gave me the Eclipse DVD as a Christmas present (Love it!)! For dinner, we had/did/ate gourmet (I have no clue what you do with this in English lol) so to be honest.. I'm still full ;) Let me know what you did this Christmas! It's always fun how other people celebrate (if you do, of course).


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Stampabilities # 015: Barielle

Hi all!

I'm so sorry that I forgot last week's Stampabilities, I feel so stupid! I hope you'll forgive me.. Anyway, this week is a new edition of Stampabilities, this time with some Barielles.


Barielles! As you can see, they all show up pretty nicely. Night Moves is a silver foil and shows up better on darker backgrounds. It gives a crisp look instead of a solid silver look so that might be interesting to do firework stamping.. Both Date Night and Glammed Out Garnet would be nice Christmas stamping colors in my opinion!


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Stampabilities # 014: Zoya

Hi all,

A little late, but here it is: this week's feature of Stampabilities, featuring Zoya this time!


Stampabilities # 014: Zoya - Ivanka, Nidhi, Charla and Mimi. All four of these are from the recent Sparkle Collection. And as you can see, they all show up pretty nice! Ivanka is a little less bright as the others, but still easily visible. I think Nidhi may make an awesome red to stamp with for the holidays :)


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Stampabilities # 013: Failure

Hi all,

Last week, someone suggested that I could do a Stampabilities feature of light colors over black, so I decided to give it a shot. Unfortunately, it was a huge disaster and I didn't have time to redo this week's 'edition' over white so now I'm stuck with a crappy week of Stampabilities. I'm sorry, but light colors over black just doesn't really work imo.. *sigh*

I hope you'll excuse the crappy version this week, I'll be back with stamping over white next week!


As you can see, you can't see anything. The basecolor is too shiny, making it even less possible to look at what I've stamped on my nails. The only color showing up a bit is Moody Blue, even though it doesn't look like Moody Blue, but like a murky bluish color. *sigh* It's just not working for me..

Well at least we know now that these don't really show up over a black base xD!


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Stampabilities # 012: Random OPI Pt 2

Hi all,

It has been a couple of days, but I had a migraine that came up on Thursday night and didn't want to lie down until Saturday morning.. I've been exhausted the past two days, but the migraine is gone so I guess I'm back :) I hope you had a better weekend than I did! *plans a shopping trip and sushi in the next week to make this week better*


This week's Stampabilities: Random OPI's. I randomly grabbed four from my Helmer and tried them for stamping. They all show up pretty good, but these are not "WOW" for me. They're all a bit muted on the nail and on the paper, but they are clearly visible and work for stamping. I was surprised that You Don't Know Jacques shows up this well!

I'm sorry the lighting isn't the best, it's been a bit of a pain to take proper pictures.. I hope there will be better light next week (although there are weatherpeople saying it will be snowing next week!) so I can get better pics :)


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Stampabilities # 011: Chanel

Hi all,

Last week someone suggested that I'd do an edition of Stampabilities on the Chanels that I have, so here it is! I also have Cosmic Violine, but I will do that one later - I think.


Stampabilities 011: Chanel. Nouvelle Vague wouldn't transfer properly from the stamp onto the paper. I have no idea why. I think the color is a bit light to stamp with, but you'll probably do fine with a dark(er) base color. Gondola was a pleasant surprise for me. Another red shimmer winner! Particulière and Paradoxal show up nicely, Particulière being slightly better visible than Paradoxal. I expected that to be the other way around..


Thanks for the suggestion, Silva!


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Stampabilities # 010: Essie

Hi all,

Another round of Stampabilities! This week I picked some Essies from my stash to see how they work for stamping.


Stampabilities 010: Random Essies. They all show up pretty good, but I was a bit disappointed with Mink Muffs. I hoped that Mink Muffs would be more visible that it is. The other three were pleasant surprises, especially Midnight Cami and Angora Cardi. I can see myself using those for future stamping purposes ;) The image is clickable, I left it bigger since I only have one image to show you this week because of the bad lighting

I still love picking polishes and seeing what they do when they are used as stamping polishes. Some polishes are colors that I would have never thought of that they would work!


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Stampabilities # 009: Misa

Hi all!

Another edition of Stampabilities. Let's get started!


Misa: Cherry Glazed, Dirty Sexy Money, Sorry Just Can't Help It and Toxic Secution. They're all pretty pigmented! Stamping transforms Toxic Seduction in kind of a greyish green with only a hint of sparkle, so it doesn't look like the normal color of Toxic Seduction when it's on your nails.


They show up really nice on the nails as well, so it's another win this week! Jeesh, will it ever stop? ;) I'm really happy to be finding so many new polishes to stamp with, so I'm a happy camper.


Sorry for the dark picture, clouds and rain here in The Netherlands, but you can see that they show up almost identical on the paper and on the nail.

Hope this helps some of you!


PS: I'm sorry if some of my images disappear and are replaced by the Photobucket picture.. I didn't get a warning that I was close to my limit so I just discovered that I used too much bandwith this month. I hope to figure it out later today!!


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Stampabilities # 008: Ciaté Pt 1

Hi all,

Another round of stampabilities! I think you already know the details, so here's this weeks edition: Ciaté.


Another win this week! I'm honestly impressed with the stamping abilities this week (and the last couple of weeks too). I feel like I hit the jackpot! All of them show up really good - not much to say here. Let's take a look at how they look on the nails!


Nothing changed about the visibility of these when they're stamped on the nails. They're just as noticable as they are stamped on plain white paper, which is awesome. I never thought of the Ciaté Festival Fevers as stamping polishes, but it makes sense because they are all really pigmented.


And just a little experiment; I thought I might do it like this in the future: a combined shot. Would this work, or would you like to see the seperate pics (as well)? Hmm, I will think about that haha.


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Stampabilities # 007: China Glaze Up And Away

Hi all!

Double 0 7 today! Hehe I always like the number when I see it :) Todays edition of Stampabilities features the China Glaze Up and Away pastel polishes. Let's take a look!


China Glaze Up and Aways. They all show up pretty good, the only thing is that they're pastels so the colors aren't that noticable, but they all show up and I think they will all work over slightly different (darker) colors as well.


On the nail: Lemon Fizz and Peachy Keen show up the best, but that's also because they're a bit darker/more noticable than the other colors.

I would say that these work for stamping as well, so that's another win this week!


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Stampabilities # 006: MAC

Hi all!

The sixth weekly feature of stampabilities.. And I found some polishes to stamp with that I didn't expect to work this good!

As you can see, Jade Dragon and Concubine show up really really good. The other two as well, but the green and red really pop up. Somehow the colors also seem really christmas-y to me haha. I smell a Christmas konadicure coming up..


Blue India turns really grey when stamped, which is weird because I would have thought that the blue would show up more. All the colors show up just as well on the nail as they did on the paper. Yay, more stamping polishes discovered!!

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Stampabilities # 005: RBL

Hi all!

Time flies by.. I have no clue where the last couple of days went! I was just a bit lazy, so I really have to pick up my Spanish course today if I don't want to get too much behind.. Anyway, I hope you all had a great weekend! It's October.. Brr. The word only makes me shudder at the thought of fall.

Todays stampabilities: RBL's! I picked four to try some stamping with and this is how it came out.

Stamped with imageplate M60 on a white piece of paper. As you can see, they all work pretty good for stamping! The polishes are really pigmented cremes so they show up easily.

But.... Do they show up on the nails as well?


Stamped with M60 on H&M Love At First Sight as a base. Yes! They also show up easily on the nail! I'm really pleased with this - I never thought of RBL's as stamping polishes before.

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Stampabilities # 004: Random OPI Pt 1

Hi all,

Two days late, but here are this weeks Stampabilities!

I just grabbed a couple of OPI's of my helmer, and they all turned out to be pretty good for stamping. Damone Roberts 1968 is the lightest color, but still shows up very clearly!

And to make it complete; on the nails!


Left to right; Mediterranean Moonlight, Funky Dunkey, Damone Roberts 1968, Suzi Says Feng Shui. Except for DR 1968, they're pretty obvious, but they're all stampable. The base is H&M Love At First Sight and I use imageplate M60 for the stamping as usual.

Hope this helps!

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Stampabilities # 003: Hard Candy

Hi all!

We're already at the third week with Stampabilities! Wow, time does fly by.. Anyway, here are this weeks polishes, featuring Hard Candy.

Hard Candy Splendid, Rumor Mill, Date Knight. As usual, these were stamped with imageplate M60 on a white piece of paper.

Splendid and Rumor Mill show up very good, but Date Knight doesn't. It's a pink glitter in a clear base (and I have to admit that I thought it would have a little pink pigment to it). I wouldn't recommend stamping with the latter, but the first two should be fine!

I will upload the stamping on the nails asap, sorry for the delay!

Do you have requests for stamping with certain polishes? If so, please let me know so I can see what I can do for you!

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Stampabilities # 002: Orly Cosmic FX

Hi all!

Since everyone was quite enthousiastic in their comments (thanks for all the replies!), I decided to do a weekly feature of Stampabilities. Today part 2: Orly Cosmic FX.

As you can see, these are not as pigmentated as the Barielles in last week's Stampabilities, but they all show up. Space Cadet is the lightest and isn't nearly as stunning as it is when you wear it as a full mani (or swatch for that matter).

Here are some real stamping shots:


Left to right: Space Cadet, It's Not Rocket Science, Out Of This World.


Left to right: Halleys Comet, Lunar Eclipse, Galaxy Girl.

They're all visible, but they're kind of faded. I personally wouldn't stamp with Space Cadet, but It's Not Rocket Science for example would do pretty good over white.

Just like last time, these are stamped with imageplate M60.

Stampabilities # 001: Barielle

Hi all!

A little while ago, I told you about something I thought of, that I could do on my blog. I've decided to give it a shot! There are a ton of polishes suitable for Konad and the lovely Michelle from The Lacquer Files has made a stamping polish database to help you chose a regular polish that works for stamping. I wanted to show you what the regular polishes would look like when you stamp them, so you can see exactly how clear the image is. Today is the first time I'll feature this on my blog, but if you think it's a good idea, I'll make it a weekly post that will go up on mondays.

Todays Stampabilities: Barielles!

I stamped them all with my Konad stamper and imageplate M60 on a piece of white paper. As you can see, they all show up pretty nicely!

The idea is to stamp these on a white base as well, so I will be adding a picture with this in the next week. I will try to do this with all the polishes in my stash eventually, but since that's a massive amount of work, it's probably best to break it into ittybitty pieces.

Let me know what you think about the Stampabilities! Should I make this a weekly thing?

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