Neon Matte Gradients & UberChic Beauty Abstract Cacti

Hey stamp champs

Purchased by Me

Ok so I was supposed to be demoing the new storage binders that UberChic Beauty released in the holographic colorway that hold 34 of the medium sized 9.0cm x14.5cm  plates and then as I was filling up my binders I ended up pulling the Wild West plate and wanting to do something with the cacti on the plate.  I'm not sure about the creation.  Tbh I have created like 5-6 manis that I feel have been fails.  I'm so frustrated and embarrassed I have hesitated to post anything, but today I decided to just jump in.  I held back the tutorial because I'm so uncertain so unless someone asks I most likely will not post it though the materials for created the mani are listed below.  Regarding the binders - I'll be putting up the holo binders next which are I have to say completely and utterly awesome and I hope some of you were able to pick them up with the initial release or during the recent sale.  I know I  did!

Ok so Virtuous Polish I used to love this company when they first released intensely pigmented matte polishes.  Thats how I think about this company, but I know people have had issues ordering from them recently so I wouldn't recommend purchasing any of their polishes right now.  I'd try using any pastel neon polishes you have in your collection and then mattifying them instead.  As I recall Sinful Colors had several pastel neon collections including last summer but the collection that I think is the most similar to the Virtuous Polish Collection is the Color Club Poptastic Collection.

Products Used
📌UNT Peel Off Basecoat: https://amzn.to/2t4fJn3
📌Sally Hansen Diamond Flash Topcoat: http://goo.gl/MqgMsR (ebay) or https://goo.gl/GnK7nx (Amazon).
📌To preserve mani: Poshe Fast Drying Topcoat: http://goo.gl/IPBks5 or https://goo.gl/WTa6cc (Lot of 3)
📌Matte Topcoat: https://amzn.to/2LaU1ox (Essie Matte About You) or https://amzn.to/2JedQJT (Sally Hansen Big Matte Topcoat)             
📌Pastel Neon Polish Alternatives:  Color Club Poptastic Neon Collection (2015): https://amzn.to/2ufBsJl
📌 Bliss Kiss See Through Stamper: https://amzn.to/2ygAIIp or https://goo.gl/V73D4f
📌 Latex Free Cuticle Guards:  https://goo.gl/LNtYHT (ebay) or https://goo.gl/KrdqMz (amazon)
📌 Clean Up Brush Pure #4 : https://amzn.to/2yefwCR (amazon prime via whats up nails)
📌 Stamping Plate: UberChic Beauty Wild West 01:  www.uberchicbeauty.com
📌Mundo de Unas Stamping Polish in Navy (3) & Lavender ( ):  www.mundodeunas.com
📌 Virtuous Polish in Queen Ester, Ruth, & Miriam

I think one of the things that's frustrating me is how short my nails are.  I can't get entire images to fit onto my nails such as this cacti image.  The tops got cut off and that gives the mani an entirely different effect.  However you see here on my thumb the entire image fit beautifully and I got the effect more that I was aiming for.  Even then I'm not to sure about my creation, but practice makes perfect and lord knows I'm rusty so I'm just going to keep creating until I start hitting my happy spot again.

What do you guys think?  The struggle is real these days, but I'm happy to be back to creating.  Do let me know if you want the tutorial for this as it is filmed and edited just not posted.  Thanks for reading and I'll see soon with those holo binders!

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