Hello again! I have one more item for you from Beauty Big Bang this weekend. I’ve rather enjoyed doing these reviews and I’m hoping I’ll have some more for you soon š
The final item that I chose from Beauty Big Bang was the XL Silicone Nail Stamping Mat.
The mat IS extra large, it measures in at 40x30cm and comes rolled in a cardboard tube with lid. The tube lists the features of the mat as:
- Reverse stamping effect
- Test different colour combo
- Making DIY stamping decals and water marble
- Flexible & simple clean up
The mat comes with lots of different sections: nail guides up the sides (as well as the middle) for you to test your stamping images or to make decals; sections which I assume are for you to use as a palette area for you polishes/acrylic paints; some other circular sections with a thicker outline which most likely makes them the marbling areas; and finally a ruler, handy for measuring the images on your nail plates to make sure they’ll fit your nails.
The mat is slightly “tacky”, meaning that your brushes/tools don’t go rolling all over the mat (and across your decals!) but “stick” in one place which I thought was great.
I had a go at using the thicker-outline circles to do a spot of watermarbling, but the fact that I’ve not tried it using this method before coupled with the apparent wonky-ness of my desk meant that I wasn’t wholly successful! š
I did however, successfully make lots of decals using a couple of the designs from the Sun Flower nail stamping plate (number 10) that I reviewed yesterday (you can find that review here) and the Silicone Clear Jelly Stamper (review here).
These are the finished designs:
I think this mat is great value and has a fantastic design. I like that it comes rolled in a cardboard tube as I always struggle with storing things but this can safely stand at the back of my nail desk. I also like that there are 25 finger/nail guides on the mat, more than enough for when you want to make lots of decals in advance.
It’s also simple to clean, just roll over with a lint roller to remove any excess stamping images or splashes of nail polish. As it has a tacky surface it did fight with the lint roller at first (!) but I think it’s a good trade-off so that the mat is easy to stamp on.
If you would like your own XL Silicone Stamping Mat you can follow the link here
I’ll also put the links below for the stamper and stamping plate that I used as well as a code for 10% off.
As always, thanks for reading! ‘Til next time… x
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Stamper: link here
Sun Flower stamping plate: link here
10% off code: FDNA10
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**The items mentioned above were sent to me free of charge for the purpose of reviewing them. Any thoughts expressed are my own.**
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