NOTD: Essie Splash of Grenadine

Just a quick post to share my NOTD, Essie Splash of Grenadine, the perfect pink. I stamped with China Glaze 2030 using Dashica's Beauty Big Image Plate A.

It was difficult to capture the colors with accuracy but here's a closer view.

I really liked the way this turned out. What do you think?

Midnight Mani

Hello hello! I had a very long day so this post will be short of words. First I wanted to let you know that I'm almost finished tallying the give-a-way entries and I'll post the winners this weekend. I also wanted to quickly share a couple of NOTD's made using Daschica's Beauty Big Image plate A.

Base Old School Sally Hansen, stamped with Konad white polish.

Base China Glaze Peechy Keen, stamped with Avon blue.


I ran two miles so now I'm too tired to go find the polish names. I'll update them tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by!

**Update, Avon blue - Textured Teal. Sally Hansen red - Something New.

Dashica's Beauty Big Image Plate SdP-A

Hello everyone! Today I have a review of Dashica's Beauty SdP Big image plate A. If you're not familiar with Dashica's Beauty, it's the same owner as Shirley's Nail-Art & Water Decals. Yes, the lady with the cute image plates. Shirley introduces 7 new plates with 42 designs. Here are a few of the mani's I've done using plate A.

The swirl image is one of my favorite designs. It's a like a water marble without the mess. For the base color I used Finger Paints Aren't You Glad-iolouis topped off with Konad white.

There's also a Hello Kitty image. I stamped with white, then filled in HK's head, then stamped again with Konad blue. The base colors are Zoya Sweet & Color Club Take me to Your Chateau.

I also tried Hello Kitty in black.

A full heart design. I used China Glaze Something Sweet & Emotion . The lighting is bad in this pic and makes the image appear faded. It also stamped well.

A closer view to show details.

As you can see, the image plate works very well. Its about 8x6 inches and has 42 designs. Some of them are duplicates to allow you to stamp mirror images. The designs are larger than Konad & BM's, so it's great if you have large-r nails. I usually have to stamp my thumbs twice with Konad plates, but these are large enough to cover my entire thumb.

The images are pretty, feminine and offers a good variety. I like that most of them are full nail designs with a few French tips (half-designs). The plate stamps similar to Konad's and I had no issues with stamping or image transfer.

This is a sample plate, but the original plates will have 2 holes that allow you to organize them in a ring binder. I almost forgot Shirley added a cute little plastic/paper backing to the plate.

Plate size comparison. Konad, large plate & SdP big plate.

View of the sample plate. The actual plate will have two holes so that you can store them in a ring binder.
Close-ups of the designs. (Click to enlarge)

You can find the Big SDP plates and other Nail Art supplies at Dashica's Beauty Shop. She also posts updates and new arrivals on blog Shirley's Beauty Nails. The plate retails for 15,99 euros, about $22 US dollars.

~The above plate was sent to me for review~