Choose a colour and google for good shades (best gold stamping polishes for example). If ordering from Born Pretty, use coupon code HNEX31 to save 10%. It includes a stamper, black and white stamping polishes and a single rectangle plate with 12 full size nail images. You will smear the image trying to get it on the sides of your nail. 
It picks up practically anything. Disclosure This post includes both press samples and affiliate links. If you are going to try regular polishes. If buying any of the Born Pretty products, enter HNEX31 to save 10%. 
This website uses cookies to improve your experience. They dry differently giving you a little more time to work and are more opaque over base colours. 
Get a few to play with while waiting for all the cheap ones to mail from abroad! If you want to get started with a clear stamper, I love this one from Born Pretty. Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Acrylates Copolymer, Nitrocellulose, Alcohol Denat., Isopropyl Alcohol, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Silica, May Contain (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Black 2 (CI 77266) - Made in China. Offer is valid for full price purchases only and cannot be combined. Death & Floral Sweet Kitties (Custom Indie Perfumes), Alter Ego Elbaite Tourmaline Swatches (Polish Pickup January 2021), Alter Ego Pewter Perfect & Cuticle Oil Duo for Polish Pickup, 12 Days of Alter Ego (Nail Polish & Body/Skincare Advent Calendar), Alter Ego Bulbasaur Swatches (Polished Gamers), PC Green Twice As Absorbent Clumping Cat Litter Review, Mariposa Kozmic Colours Nail Therapy Set With Quick Dry Drops and Green Tea Cuticle Oil, Dry Idea The Made in Canada Drug Store Deodorant/Antiperspirant, Pueen has a few plates as well as the starter kit at, Or either of these stampers from Bundle Monster (, Any Creative Shop stamper (available from, Acetone and cotton balls- not nail polish remover which will leave oils on your plates, Something to protect your work surface, stamping is messy, Lint Roller wipe off bad transfers and leftovers from the stampers without using chemicals, Cotton Claw (or peg, anything to hold a ball of cotton) for cleaning without wrecking your nails. So it is best not to spend a fortune until you are sure it is for you. Please turn it on so that you can experience the full capabilities of this site. I know I am in the minority here, partly because we dont have the same selection of cheap opaque polishes in Canada. It comes with 3 design plates, 1 stamper, 1 scraper, and a white nail polish. *Customer reviews and ratings solely reflect the views and opinions of the individual contributors and are not created or endorsed by CVS Pharmacy. Not too firm, not too soft. She usually has a 10% off code on the homepage too. Combined with two decent quality stamping polishes, it is the perfect way to start. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. As you can tell, I have a few of them because of this. As a beginner. When choosing plates, look for plates that are well etched. Everyone will recommend different things, but here are my basics. Repeat on each nail.4.
Create cute nail are designs with this mini stamping nail art kit! Brush the contrasting nail polish color over the selected design on the stamping plate, then quickly use the scraper to evenly spread nail color into engraved design and to scrape excess polish from stamping plate.3. It is also great to learn how to roll a stamper as it is very domed. Ones with really fine linescan be hard to pick up as the polish dries more quickly. Mundo de Unas sells the minis shown in my image for just $1.65 each and you need a small amount so they last. By the time you try different regular polishes to see if they work, dry them etc, you will spend at least that for 10 that work for you. Essie has an amazing gold but sucks for many other colours. Well worth the money and the 2-3 week wait. As a beginner, dont go for those hard small ones (like the lighter pink one on the bottom of my image). I started with the purple Messy Mansion one you see on the right and still use it occasionally. For me, with some exceptions for amazing polishes, stamping polishes are worth the money. I buy the majority of my stamping plates fromBorn PrettyandAliExpressjust for cost reasons. A regular white may show over dark colours, but it wont look truly white. Same with the other two marked. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! With shipping, I got 10 bottles for around $20 last time I ordered. I personally have this stamper from the Love Box Kit and it picks up really well. Apply 2 thin coats of nail polish to natural nail; let dry.2. It also works whether I roll it or squish it. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. KISS Stamp Styler Kit-Designer nails in seconds. Even advanced stampers sometimes want to throw their clear jelly type stampers across the room. Flammable. We recommend: Your browser's Javascript functionality is turned off. But where to start? Or try Beautometry for Hit The Bottle, Messy Mansion, Moyra and more but they are significantly more expensive. The designs included are butterflies, flowers, bows, and love hearts. Stamp Styler: HOW TO STAMP WITH STYLE: 1. The rectangle shape gives me control over placement, the rounded head makes it easy to roll and it is nowhere near as fussy as a clear jelly stamper. Many of us stamping fanatics have fairly large collections. Born PrettyandAliExpresshave many cheap options but with slow shipping, you may lose interest. If it was not for the rounded head, I would use it most of the time. The one top right is my cheapest stamper but works the best. Please review the product labeling and consult with your doctor with any health or medical questions. Kit comes with stamping plate, stamper, scraper, black and white polish. black, white, silver, gold and a good red and yellow if you will be using those. Immediately pick up the design from stamping plate by gently pressing clear stamper onto the design; quickly stamp the design onto your nail.
If you dont have any plates though, opt for a decent brand name on this side of the world. They are ok for tiny flowers etc, but horrible for whole nail images. DO NOT BUY A CLEAR STAMPER. Other options are Bundle Monster (sold on Amazon, Walmart.com or direct). But stamping is not for everyone and some people lose patience with it quickly. If nothing else, get yourself stamping polishes of the basics. You want something opaque that covers your nail completely in one thin coat. While some of the smaller images dry too quickly and dont pick up like the lines on the candy canes in the centre image or the love text above it. There is nothing worse than waiting forever when you are excited to get started.
For ease of use, go for something with a fairly large head. It is a little too rounded for my personal preference but I live with that as it picks up 99% of polishes and transfers beautifully. Choosing your perfect stamper is probably the worst thing about stamping. They do not work with some polishes at all and polishes dry differently on them. Let nails dry completely; apply top coat (not included). Is it worth spending money on stamping polishes? *Exclusions apply see email for full list. Some work great with certain polishes and not others. I started with the cheap Shany round set, regularpolishes and a hard stamper and pretty much gave up on stamping until I was gifted a Messy Mansion stamper and plate. Keep out of the reach of children. Please select your location. In Canada, check out Girly Bits or Harlow & Co for stamping polishes. My go to stamper for a tricky image or polish is the Creative Shop regular stamper with the white head. The ones with pineapples shown here look super cute coloured in, when they work but often you get bald spots in the background. https://www.claires.com/mint-stamping-nail-art-kit-26950.html?lang=en_GB, Up to 40% off* basically everything online, Included: 3 nail design plates, 1 stamper, 1 scraper,1 white nail polish, Europe Standard Delivery 6.99 or FREE on orders 34.99 or more. If your stamper is too squishy, it will distort if you press too hard. If you are in the US and have no stamping supplies at all, head to your local Walmart where they just started selling an awesome Pueen starter kit for just $10. At the same time, ones with large areas of polish can be tricky as you have to swipe carefully to get the right amount of polish. Conair Thermal Shine Styler with Ionic Conditioning, Model, Conair Thermal Shine Styler with Ionic Conditioning, Model 121, InfinitiPro by Conair 2-in-1 Tourmaline Ceramic Styler, Conair you Style Curling/Straightening Iron Model CS54, Curldaze Creamy Curl Styler with Kukui Oil, 12, Curldaze Creamy Curl Styler with Kukui Oil, 12 OZ. Personally, I prefer Mundo de Unas polishes over many of the cheaper Asian ones but get the basics then stock up when they are super cheap to buy abroad. What kind of stamper should you buy?
It picks up practically anything. Disclosure This post includes both press samples and affiliate links. If you are going to try regular polishes. If buying any of the Born Pretty products, enter HNEX31 to save 10%. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. They dry differently giving you a little more time to work and are more opaque over base colours. Get a few to play with while waiting for all the cheap ones to mail from abroad! If you want to get started with a clear stamper, I love this one from Born Pretty. Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Acrylates Copolymer, Nitrocellulose, Alcohol Denat., Isopropyl Alcohol, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Silica, May Contain (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Black 2 (CI 77266) - Made in China. Offer is valid for full price purchases only and cannot be combined. Death & Floral Sweet Kitties (Custom Indie Perfumes), Alter Ego Elbaite Tourmaline Swatches (Polish Pickup January 2021), Alter Ego Pewter Perfect & Cuticle Oil Duo for Polish Pickup, 12 Days of Alter Ego (Nail Polish & Body/Skincare Advent Calendar), Alter Ego Bulbasaur Swatches (Polished Gamers), PC Green Twice As Absorbent Clumping Cat Litter Review, Mariposa Kozmic Colours Nail Therapy Set With Quick Dry Drops and Green Tea Cuticle Oil, Dry Idea The Made in Canada Drug Store Deodorant/Antiperspirant, Pueen has a few plates as well as the starter kit at, Or either of these stampers from Bundle Monster (, Any Creative Shop stamper (available from, Acetone and cotton balls- not nail polish remover which will leave oils on your plates, Something to protect your work surface, stamping is messy, Lint Roller wipe off bad transfers and leftovers from the stampers without using chemicals, Cotton Claw (or peg, anything to hold a ball of cotton) for cleaning without wrecking your nails. So it is best not to spend a fortune until you are sure it is for you. Please turn it on so that you can experience the full capabilities of this site. I know I am in the minority here, partly because we dont have the same selection of cheap opaque polishes in Canada. It comes with 3 design plates, 1 stamper, 1 scraper, and a white nail polish. *Customer reviews and ratings solely reflect the views and opinions of the individual contributors and are not created or endorsed by CVS Pharmacy. Not too firm, not too soft. She usually has a 10% off code on the homepage too. Combined with two decent quality stamping polishes, it is the perfect way to start. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. As you can tell, I have a few of them because of this. As a beginner. When choosing plates, look for plates that are well etched. Everyone will recommend different things, but here are my basics. Repeat on each nail.4. Create cute nail are designs with this mini stamping nail art kit! Brush the contrasting nail polish color over the selected design on the stamping plate, then quickly use the scraper to evenly spread nail color into engraved design and to scrape excess polish from stamping plate.3. It is also great to learn how to roll a stamper as it is very domed. Ones with really fine linescan be hard to pick up as the polish dries more quickly. Mundo de Unas sells the minis shown in my image for just $1.65 each and you need a small amount so they last. By the time you try different regular polishes to see if they work, dry them etc, you will spend at least that for 10 that work for you. Essie has an amazing gold but sucks for many other colours. Well worth the money and the 2-3 week wait. As a beginner, dont go for those hard small ones (like the lighter pink one on the bottom of my image). I started with the purple Messy Mansion one you see on the right and still use it occasionally. For me, with some exceptions for amazing polishes, stamping polishes are worth the money. I buy the majority of my stamping plates fromBorn PrettyandAliExpressjust for cost reasons. A regular white may show over dark colours, but it wont look truly white. Same with the other two marked. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! With shipping, I got 10 bottles for around $20 last time I ordered. I personally have this stamper from the Love Box Kit and it picks up really well. Apply 2 thin coats of nail polish to natural nail; let dry.2. It also works whether I roll it or squish it. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. KISS Stamp Styler Kit-Designer nails in seconds. Even advanced stampers sometimes want to throw their clear jelly type stampers across the room. Flammable. We recommend: Your browser's Javascript functionality is turned off. But where to start? Or try Beautometry for Hit The Bottle, Messy Mansion, Moyra and more but they are significantly more expensive. The designs included are butterflies, flowers, bows, and love hearts. Stamp Styler: HOW TO STAMP WITH STYLE: 1. The rectangle shape gives me control over placement, the rounded head makes it easy to roll and it is nowhere near as fussy as a clear jelly stamper. Many of us stamping fanatics have fairly large collections. Born PrettyandAliExpresshave many cheap options but with slow shipping, you may lose interest. If it was not for the rounded head, I would use it most of the time. The one top right is my cheapest stamper but works the best. Please review the product labeling and consult with your doctor with any health or medical questions. Kit comes with stamping plate, stamper, scraper, black and white polish. black, white, silver, gold and a good red and yellow if you will be using those. Immediately pick up the design from stamping plate by gently pressing clear stamper onto the design; quickly stamp the design onto your nail.
If you dont have any plates though, opt for a decent brand name on this side of the world. They are ok for tiny flowers etc, but horrible for whole nail images. DO NOT BUY A CLEAR STAMPER. Other options are Bundle Monster (sold on Amazon, Walmart.com or direct). But stamping is not for everyone and some people lose patience with it quickly. If nothing else, get yourself stamping polishes of the basics. You want something opaque that covers your nail completely in one thin coat. While some of the smaller images dry too quickly and dont pick up like the lines on the candy canes in the centre image or the love text above it. There is nothing worse than waiting forever when you are excited to get started.
For ease of use, go for something with a fairly large head. It is a little too rounded for my personal preference but I live with that as it picks up 99% of polishes and transfers beautifully. Choosing your perfect stamper is probably the worst thing about stamping. They do not work with some polishes at all and polishes dry differently on them. Let nails dry completely; apply top coat (not included). Is it worth spending money on stamping polishes? *Exclusions apply see email for full list. Some work great with certain polishes and not others. I started with the cheap Shany round set, regularpolishes and a hard stamper and pretty much gave up on stamping until I was gifted a Messy Mansion stamper and plate. Keep out of the reach of children. Please select your location. In Canada, check out Girly Bits or Harlow & Co for stamping polishes. My go to stamper for a tricky image or polish is the Creative Shop regular stamper with the white head. The ones with pineapples shown here look super cute coloured in, when they work but often you get bald spots in the background. https://www.claires.com/mint-stamping-nail-art-kit-26950.html?lang=en_GB, Up to 40% off* basically everything online, Included: 3 nail design plates, 1 stamper, 1 scraper,1 white nail polish, Europe Standard Delivery 6.99 or FREE on orders 34.99 or more. If your stamper is too squishy, it will distort if you press too hard. If you are in the US and have no stamping supplies at all, head to your local Walmart where they just started selling an awesome Pueen starter kit for just $10. At the same time, ones with large areas of polish can be tricky as you have to swipe carefully to get the right amount of polish. Conair Thermal Shine Styler with Ionic Conditioning, Model, Conair Thermal Shine Styler with Ionic Conditioning, Model 121, InfinitiPro by Conair 2-in-1 Tourmaline Ceramic Styler, Conair you Style Curling/Straightening Iron Model CS54, Curldaze Creamy Curl Styler with Kukui Oil, 12, Curldaze Creamy Curl Styler with Kukui Oil, 12 OZ. Personally, I prefer Mundo de Unas polishes over many of the cheaper Asian ones but get the basics then stock up when they are super cheap to buy abroad. What kind of stamper should you buy?