Sally Hansen Lustre Shine: Azure

Sally Hansen Lustre Shine Azure is one of the polishes I bought when I was on a holiday in Australia. For me, it was love at first sight with this polish. It's those polishes which you know you HAVE to get them when you set your sight on them. This blurple polish looks so rich and velvety! It makes me feel like my nails will cost a few hundred bucks when I paint it on. Haha!

Anyway, it took me 3 coats to reach opacity. I was wondering if I should have layered it over a coat of black polish instead. Hmm.. Oh well! Luckily it was able to reach opacity. :) But one thing about this polish is that it is not really self-leveling. There were some bald spots which I had to fill up before applying topcoat. But I really love this polish a lot so I shall forgo this minor flaw!

Sally Hansen Lustre Shine: 3 coats with topcoat

And then I added some floral stamping with ENAS Art Stamp. The stamp can really create crisp images but I definitely require more practise with stamping.

Under artificial light

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XOXO

Pahlish: Three French Hens + ENAS Art Stamp review

I know, I know, Pahlish Three French Hens is from their 2012 Christmas collection and you must be thinking that I am such a slowpoke for only swatching it now. Oh well, better late than never! Haha! I shall do a short one though, so we can zoom in on ENAS Art Stamp review!

Pahlish Three French Hens is a burnt orange polish and I think it's quite suitable for autumn season as well. It has red and yellow small glitters and yellow micro glitters (that sparkles like gold bits). It is so packed with all the glitters that it became quite a textured polish! Turns out that I like this polish more than I expected. It is so sparkling even without topcoat!

Pahlish Three French Hens: 2 coats without topcoat

Pahlish Three French Hens: 2 coats with topcoat

ENAS Art Stamp review

Now, for the second part of this blog post. I had bought 2 ENAS Art Stamps awhile ago from strawberrycupcake (Qoo10). I was a bit skeptical at first but since it was on sale at that time, I decided to give it a try. I only bought the Art Stamps but not the nail polish that they recommended. Therefore, I have used Essence Black is Back in this review. 

Verdict:

The flower prints can transfer quite well onto my nails even without using the nail polish that they recommended! :) Of course, it requires some practising to get clear prints on the nails. For the first few times that I tried, I either smudged the prints or didn't manage to get most of the print onto the nails. Then, I realised that in order to transfer the print nicely, you have to press the Art Stamp on the nail for a few seconds (~10s) before removing the Art Stamp slowly.

The main appeal of this Art Stamp is that it allows you to add more than just one color to the print (unlike the usual stamping plate). For example, you can use a red polish for the petals of a flower design and use a green polish for its leaves. Whereas for normal stamping plates, the most you can do is create a gradient of colors on a print but not add specific and precise colors to the print. Although I have not tried it yet, I will do it soon and add on to this post! So keep a lookout for it! :)

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XOXO