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.
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| 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!
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| Image from Cici&Sisi |
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?
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| 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.
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| 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.
