Gold & Red nail art using Primark Polishes

Okay so this mani is not only super easy but super cheap too! I used:

Primark PS... Polish in Rogue and Naked
Dotting tool
Biutee JQ-69 stamping plate
Stamper (I used a clear one)

This look took a bit of trial and error but once I sussed out what worked (and what didn't!) it was a piece of cake.

As always I started with a base coat followed by two coats of Naked. I really like this colour and to be honest I had already worn it for a day or two before I jazzed it up with the red, which is why you might see some wear and tear around the edge of my nails in the photos.

I decided to see if the Primark polishes can be used for stamping. The coverage you get with one coat is pretty good on the ones I have tried so far, and usually a one-coat (or nearly one-coat) normal polish can work as a stamping polish.

Initially the colour I chose, Rogue, didn't pick up on my clear stamper. I also have a green rectangular stamper that I pretty much never use as I have really curved nails and I never get all my nail when I use it, but for testing purposes I gave it a go... and it picked up like a dream! Triumphant, I stamped that baby on my nail and...nothing happened. Zip. Zilch. Nada.

I was determined not to be beaten so I tried again with my clear stamper. This time I went SUPER fast. The Flash would have had trouble keeping up. By some miracle (or black magic) this time it worked! Granted the stamping isn't perfect - some of the lines on the bottom rose are pretty thin - but unless people are getting that close to your nails it's not noticeable.

I also decided to add a few dots around the cuticles on the other nails just to make the look a bit more interesting. I just used a double ended dotting tool, using the larger end for each middle dot and the smaller end for the others. I then finished with a top coat.

So that's it for this mani! I feel like this is quite classic looking and could easily be worn for Valentine's without being too in your face.

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