This weeks post follows on from my swatch of the Mentos Sally Hansen Collab. Given that the polish is lolly themed I thought it would be very appropriate to add in some cute food images using the new Lina stamping plate that I purchased recently. Scroll down to see the video version of this cute sweet pastry reverse stamping tutorial!
Cute Sweet Pastry Reverse Stamping Tutorial
I started this design with The Freshmaker, a collab polish between Mentos and Sally Hansen. I won’t go into detail here, so check out my last post for all the details.
Typically I would use the stamping mat to create decals that I could apply to my nails. However, I don’t have access to my mat at the moment so I decided to use a different technique where I fill in the details directly on the stamper. It’s been a while since I’ve written a full tutorial so I’ve added detailed steps below. Feel free to skip down the reverse stamping section if you are already familiar with regular stamping.
For this design, I used Hit the Bottle stamping polishes. Unfortunately, I forgot to note down which ones I used.
Stamping Steps:
If you have any issues or are unsure, pop over to my YouTube channel The Nail Chronicle, as it’s sometimes easier to watch the technique in action.
- Apply some polish to your stamping plate
- Scrape this across the image, holding the scraper at about a 45-degree angle. If you find that it takes too much polish off adjust the angle so that it’s more upright. Don’t use a metal scraper like the one by Konad unless you want scratches all over your stamping plates. Some plates need a slightly different angle so it might take a little experimenting.
- Using your stamper, roll it over the image. This should be done as quickly as possible to grab the best image. Some stampers may work better by using the pressing down method rather than rolling. Again this might take a bit of experimenting depending on the type of stamper.
- If you’re not doing any reverse stamping apply the image directly to your nail, taking care to line up the position.
- Don’t use nail polish remover on your stamper. Instead, use a lint roller or scotch tape.
Pastry Reverse Stamping Tutorial | Using a stamper
This method of reverse stamping involves adding the colours to the stamper directly. It’s great if you don’t have a stamping mat. Some people prefer it over creating decals on the mat.
- Using a small brush or dotting tool to apply the colour to the selected area. Ensure that the tool doesn’t get too dry otherwise, it will damage the base image or any other colour that you have applied so far.
- When have applied all the colours let the image dry for a few minutes until it’s tacky. Then apply it directly to your nail very carefully.
Take a look at the video below to see the steps above in detail:
Lina Stamping Plate Review -“Coffee, Tea or Gonut!
One of the biggest challenges that I had with this design was that many of the images from the Lina stamping plate review -“Coffee, Tea or Gonut! wouldn’t pick up. I wasn’t sure if this was due to the stamper or stamping polish. However, after doing a subsequent design with a different stamping plate I’m confident that it’s the stamping place. Some of the images work really well, others won’t pick up anything. It’s a real shame as the plate is really cute!
I’m hoping that when I get access to some of my other stampers such as the solid konad stamper I might have more luck with picking up the images. But that will have to wait another day.
So as the time of writing I wouldn’t be getting another Lina stamping plate, at least until I can experiment a little more.
Overall
This design turned out really cuteeee! Which made up for all the frustration that I had trying to pick up the images. I hope you found this cute sweet pastry reverse stamping tutorial useful!
Let me know if you have used Lina Stamping Plates before? What was your experience?
Lovely nails 😀
Thankyou 😊