More hipster nailart (MoYou Hipster collection plates 1 and 2)

MoYou Hipster Collection - images from plates 1 and 2

Hmm, so those brown nails from yesterday were just the perfect base for another hipster-themed mani! Here they are before the stamping just as a reminder...

Flash Nails Princess over OPI & Apple Pie

 It was Flash Nails Princess over OPI & Apple Pie, here's a link to the post if you want to see more pictures or read more about the glitter (Flash Nails is one of the newer UK Indie Brands).

Then I stamped over it using a selection of the images on the MoYou Hipster collection plates 1 and 2. I used Sally Hansen Insta-Dri in Whirlwind White and American Apparel in Hassid for the stamping - these are my HG white and black stamping polishes. I have a different selection of images from these plates on my right hand, but I totally fail at taking photos with my left hand, so no pictures of those, sorry!

MoYou Hipster Collection - images from plates 1 and 2

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Hipster Mani - with MoYou new Hipster plates 1 and 2 and R&R Lacquers Steve

MoYou new Hipster plates 1 and 2 and R&R Lacquers Steve

Long title for this post, lol! MoYou released some fab new 'Hipster' plates last week so when mine arrived I dived straight in with a hipster style mani! I went for a beige, blue and red combination, with a bit of check! The plates have some great designs and all those I tried stamped perfectly.

I painted most of my nails with Essie Case Study; the accents are M&S Autograph Bordeaux and RBL Cuprum. I chose the accent colours because they were the nearest I had to the glitters in R&R Lacquers Steve. All the stamping is Barry M Lychee. I added R&R Lacquers Steve (from R&R's current collection 'Assemble') to my check stamped nails. Steve has matte dark red and blue hexes in a clear base along with white squares and small gold and holographic glitter. This is just one coat - application is very easy and the formula is smooth. I also added a single blue glitter to the red accent nail on each hand. For the blue accent nails, I added double dots with Essie Case Study and Barry M Lychee.

MoYou new Hipster plates 1 and 2 and R&R Lacquers Steve

Here's a closer shot of the check stamp and the glitters in Steve!

MoYou new Hipster plates 1 and 2 and R&R Lacquers Steve

I purchased Hipster plates 1 and 2 from MoYou's website; I purchased the fabulous Smash from R&R Lacquers Assemble collection recently and Rebecca and Rachel very kindly sent me sample sizes of the rest of the collection for review :) R&R Lacquers are available from their Etsy Shop; follow their facebook page for details of upcoming colours (there are some spring colours in the pipeline I have my eye on!). All the other polishes I used here are from my collection and were purchased by me at some point in the past.

Models Own Blue Glint with ILNP Birefringence (MoYou Sailor plate 07)

Models Own Blue Glint stamped with ILNP Birefringence using MoYou Sailor plate 7

Models Own Blue Glint is one of their new Hypergel colours. It's a super-bright, teal-leaning blue and a shade I absolutely love! Here it is on it's own - I wore it like this for a couple of days before I added the stamping. This is two coats of Blue Glint with Seche Vite quick drying top coat.

Models Own Blue Glint

For the stamping I used ILNP Birefringence, which is a teal to purple duochrome, and one of the swirly patterns on MoYou's Sailor collection plate 7 (XL images). I'm SO impressed with MoYou plates; such a good range of interesting patterns and the XL plates are perfect for longer nails. When I first started stamping there were Konad and Bundle Monster plates, and although there were some nice designs, stamping was something I saved for when I had short nails mostly. No need for that now!

Models Own Blue Glint stamped with ILNP Birefringence using MoYou Sailor plate 7

Birefringence stamps quite easily and I like the abstract effect. I like the duochrome shifting effect - my nails go from a monochrome teal pattern to teal and purple as the light changes. Come to think of it, I have a running top that it is teal with a darker teal pattern on it - this mani would go really well with that.......might wear it tomorrow!

Models Own Blue Glint stamped with ILNP Birefringence using MoYou Sailor plate 7

I purchased Models Own Blue Glint from my local Superdrug (I did get some Hypergels to review but not this one) and I got ILNP Birefringence from a friend. You can buy ILNP polishes direct from their website or from Etsy; they ship internationally.