Aboriginal Stamping Nail Art

I havent done stamping decals in a long time but today I fancied doing it. I also wanted to use a colour I dont use a lot, brown.

I actually like brown and I think this particular brown suits me :) This is You Don't Know Jacques by +OPI Products. Its what I would called an iced brown as it doesn't have a strong red undertone.

The stamping plate I used was from +MoYou London and has some funky australian themed designs. I used acrylic to fill it in and as you can see it didn't go quite to plan and ever some as the stamping cracked (on the lizards body) but I still like it. It also doesn't look so bad in real life! Damn you macro!

Of course I matted it all afterwards and I think that adds the the effect! I use Mentality matte top coat and that works so much better than others I have tried. 

What do you think? 

Aboriginal Inspired Nails

 

This boomerang was bought for us by my husbands step father on his recent trip to Australia.

 

I love aboriginal art and just had to give it a go.

 

these nails are relatively simple to do and i used

Base: Maybelline Color Show- Midnight Taupe

Dots:China Glaze-Papaya Punch

Barry M Gelly: Blackberry

Sinful Colours: Exotic Green

Kleancolor:Catch me

Kleancolor:Neon Yellow

17:Risky Red

NYC:french tip white

and a dotting tool. Smaller dots for the filler and a larger one for the main dots

 

The only thing to bare in mind is the colours used for the dots need to be opaque in one coat so they stand out against the dark back round.