Cici&Sisi Mixed Acrylic Plates - Swatches & Review

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Cici&Sisi have recently released some more acrylic stamping plates to their range.  There is a huge variety in themes and styles of the plates ranging Indian, floral and geometric just to a name a few.  You may have seen in my Instagram Story earlier this week that I was lucky enough to receive three of the new additions which I will share with you today.  I am also including a layering plate that I haven't shared yet on my blog.   You may have seen the manis I have done for that plate on Instagram already.  

Flower

Let's kick off with the Flower plate.  This plate features a number of different images which are designed to be layered on top of each other.  This is my first (and only) layering plate I own and I definitely need some practice with it.  The images all pick up and transfer to the nail well, however I personally find the image sizes quite large.  A lot of the decal gets missed on the nail or the image takes up the entire nail and looks a little odd.  That could just be a personal preference thing though.

Image from Cici&Sisi

Geometry 02

This plate features five full sized images and eighteen single images.  This plate is definitely unique in my collection, especially the geometric animals.  I think these are quite cool and adorable (I mean look at that little panda!) however the image sizes of those are quite large so sit a little odd on my nails.  I am going to have to keep playing with this plate to see if I can make those images work for me.  Stay tuned on Instagram to see how I go!

Image from Cici&Sisi

 Greece Myth 01

There are some really interesting and unique images on this plate.  They pick up and transfer well on the nail, however like with the other plates I have some troubles with the image sizes.  Maybe my nails are just an odd size?  

Image from Cici&Sisi

Indian 04

This is another plate with some really nice images, however they just don't quite work how I would like on my nails.  For example, I really like the image in the top left corner but as you can see in my mani it doesn't fit on my nails properly and I lose a lot of the design.  I can't fault how the images pick up and transfer on to the nails.

Image from Cici&Sisi

I've noticed recently that there has been a slight shift with the size of images on stamping plates, and I am not just talking about Cici&Sisi.  All brands seem to be opting for larger images and I'm not entirely sure why.  I understand that everyone has different sized nails but some of the images wouldn't even work on someone's big toe nail.  I don't really understand it.  Anyway, I'm getting side tracked here.  I do like these plates and think there are some really great images on each (there are also others listed on the website that look amazing which I plan on adding to m collection).  They all stamp beautifully but I do wish the image sizes were a little smaller.

Each of these plates are available now from Cici&Sisi.

What do you think of this type of review were I talk a little about each plate separately?  Like it?  Hate it and prefer my quicker reviews?  Let me know.