Stamping with EDK Holos

Hi everyone,

Firstly I must apologise for my absence in blogging, I have had a lot going on in my personal life which has taken priority and left very little time but hopefully now things have settled down a bit I will be back with regular posts.

In one of the facebook groups I'm in the question came up of how well the EDK holo Andromeda would stamp over a holo blue polish so I decided to have a play around and see how they look over a holo polish as we know they look good on black and white.

I have swatched half of the collection over a light and dark holo so I will share my results and offer my opinions at the end.

First for those who haven't seen them over black and white here they are -

First over a red/pink holo is Laguna

Over a dark and light blue is Roseta

Over a purple/lilac Andromeda

Then over a brown/gold Omega

I put Pleiades over a light and dark pink

Finally over a dark and light green is Orion

and here they all are together.

So my opinions on this - I love how beautifully these stamp and they do all show up however I feel the darker EDKs like Orion, Omega etc look better over a light holo as they show better and Andromeda and Pleiades look better over a dark holo. However in my honest opinion I think these look better over a cream finish, in the light the holo stamping gets a bit lost in the base colour and doesn't show at its best and believe it or not it's a bit of a holo overload (I know is that possible?!) On a cream finish the holo stamping is a real statement and stands out beautifully. Also I have found stamping images with thicker lines show up better.

My tip - If you have a decal making mat test your combinations before stamping on your nails, paint squares on your mat and when dry stamp with your chosen polish/stamp and see if you like it, if your using a holo maybe shine some light over it to see how it looks in the light as this is where I found the stamping gets 'lost'

You can get your EDK polishes at Rainbow Connection - www.rainbow-connection.co.uk
All the base polishes used were Colors by Llarowe - please ask if you would like to know any colours I can probably remember! CBL are also available at RC although some of these were group exclusives and LE so may not be available. It's a brand I definitely recommend you give a try though

I hope you enjoyed this post, What are your opinions on stamping over holos? I would love to know - please leave me a comment below.

Love and Polish

Helen aka Cinderhellie xx