Lily Pads with Lili Anna and El Corazon...

Hi Everyone! Today I have a manicure to show you which I really enjoyed wearing for a few days last week. It was inspired by a couple of Lily Anna stamping plates which were sent to me by the lovely Julia of Messy Mansion. I really like this water lily design and it only seemed appropriate to introduce myself to Lily Anna plates with a water lily pattern ;)

For the manicure I started out with a base of El Corazon Poly Chrome 358, a gorgeous olive green shade that I fell head over heels in love with. Swatches of this beauty by itself are further down in the post.

I stamped my manicure using two Lily Anna stamping plates which are available from the Messy Mansion website. For the ring finger I used the Lily Anna 04 plate and for the rest of the nails I used the Lily Anna 03 plate. I thought it was fun that they both had the same water lily pattern, only in reverse.

The plates themselves measure 6 cm x 12 cm. This is the same size as MoYou London plates. The Lily Anna plates come with a blue protective plastic on the front of the plate which needs to be removed prior to use. In my excitement to play with the plates, I forgot to get a shot of them with the plastic, but I'm pretty sure by now you know what it looks like. The plates are bare metal on the back and do not have a paper or vinyl backing to them.

The full size images measure 15x20mm which is a great size. The images themselves are detailed enough to work for both shorter and longer nails. The plates are very well etched and stamp beautifully. I had no problems getting the images to pick up.

I used Essie Good as Gold from the Mirror Metallics collection for stamping. I recently purchased this collection for stamping and I have to say they all work as perfectly as I had hoped...

El Corazon Poly Chrome 358
An olive green shimmer. The formula on this is perfect, it applies easily and provides full coverage in just two coats. I was seriously mesmerized by this color. I just love the depth of the shimmer and the color itself. I know this beauty is definitely one I'll be wearing again! Swatches are with no top coat...

Ahh, just look at this beauty! The camera loved it too!...

Swatch Details
	Brand: El Corazon Collection: Poly Chrome Color Name/Number: 358 Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: No Free of Formaldehyde; Contains Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP), Camphor

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

** El Corazon polish and Lily Anna plates were provided to me for review **

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