I wanted to fire off this post about lace as it seems everyone these days is losing their minds over these delicate bits of cloth transposed onto their nails as art. I myself am a huge fan of lace nail art and I've often admired my fellow freehand nail art blogging friends who have been able to recreate favorite patterns of lace on their nails as well. One of the reasons I'm so excited for all the lace plates that have been making their way around is that now I can create the same looks but best of all with precision and reproducibility. I also wanted to make everyone aware that if you are looking for lace patterned plates there are a host of options out there. I tried to list everything out in order of when they hit the market so let's get started...
Pueen Cosmetics
Photo credit: Colores de Carol
It turns out Pueen in all their Love Elements glory got the jump on this whole lace thing doing a few sweet versions for those who love lace and apparently love. These represent a great value for anyone looking to pick up a good set and also get some lace along the way! This set generally retails for $18.99 and can be found at a variety of stores thus shipping depends on where you order.
Bunny Nails
This plate represents one of the first full size nail lace designs, and launched in Nov/Dec of 2013. This plate was part of the Bunny Nails Everyday nail art series, and as usual with everything she does these plates are quietly and beautifully making a statement about her creativity and attention to detail. This plate retails for 17.99 with free worldwide shipping.
Emily de Molly
I honestly forgot about this plate amongst all of the lace which is a shame because these patterns are exquisite. These EdM plates launched in Dec/January just a little after the Bunny Nails plates. I also think EDM02 has a lace-quese pattern but because it wasn't as fine and detailed as these I didn't include it. EdM plates are available at Messy Mansion and retail for $7 USD + $2.50 shipping worldwide.
Loja BBF
The initial release of 20 plates featured this stunning plate followed by the one below which I announced yesterday. When they first hit the scene the surge of interested customers was insane! A lot of ladies were queuing up to get their hands on these patterns. 
With the second release little has changed, and ladies are still clamoring for the goods. These plates retail for $7 USD and $10 shipping to US from Brazil.
Messy Mansion
This plate was announced several weeks ago and has been causing a tremendous uproar on many of the stamping groups I'm in. My thought is it was around this time and the release of the Loja BBF plates several months prior that the true buildup and demand for lace nail art started taking off. This plate retails for $7 USD + 2.50 worldwide shipping.
Vivid Lacquer
It's been around 2 months since these plates were announced and the pre-sale went live. This plate was also announced around the same time as the Messy Mansion plate. Definitely a mark of the demand for lace in the nail art community. I can't wait for mine to arrive in a few more weeks!
Daschica Beauty
I am not entirely sure when this plate released. There are a ton of abstract type plates that are borderline IMO for what we would call lace however I know that this plate was released prior to the last set of 25 plates I announced roughly 3 weeks ago. So I placed it in the timeline around the same as Messy Mansion and Vivid Lacquer. Infinity plates retail for 4.99 Euro and shipping is based on amount and destination address.
MoYou London
As you recall I announced these plates on Wednesday as part of the Bridal Collection which released today for sale. As you can see these two plates feature a host of lace for the most eager lace loving enthusiast. In standard MoYou style they are available in both the XL and standard sized variety. These plates retail for 4.99 Euro plus shipping.
So what do you think ladies - lace in or out or just a pass? As you can see there is a lot more out there than what one may have initially thought. Lol in all honesty until I sat down to write this post I'd forgotten how many options I had myself, and who knows how many more options we will have in the future as this trend continues to take off. In fact given how many brands of plates out there I wouldn't be surprised if I missed some. There are 3 more plates releasing from the MoYou Bridal Collection in 1 week, and may get some more lace then as well! I really hope this post was helpful for those looking around for lace stamping plates and wondering what your options were. Thanks for reading and see you next post...
I love 'em all! I have the Messy Mansion plates and plan on adding the MoYou ones next week!!!
ReplyDeleteMe too! Indeed I can't wait to see what they come up with next week. I was afraid the lace plates would sell out so I went ahead and got them today :)
DeleteI think the very first lace images I saw were from the A series. It's A34 but the images are tiny, you must have nubbins for them to work, lol!! :D
ReplyDeleteLol thanks Mona! I will go look and see if I can find it. I wonder if I even have the A series I feel like a lot of the images from that line were super tiny and dissatisfying for that exact reason..
DeleteThe image size on these plates was inconsistent, but there were lots of full nail images that fit my long nails.. You can find them at Bunny Nails :)
Deletewow i never really knew how many options there are fore lace stamping plates
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Lacquer Lockdown enabling since 2009 lololol! No seriously it's good to have options because then you can weight the pros and cons of buying a certain plate especially if you aren't like me. I have to have them all, but if you want only one of two might as well see what your options are to maximize your buying options :)
DeleteSo many of them are fantastic! A great way to do freehand nail art without it being too difficult.
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