I was lucky enough to be one of the winners of the Nail It! Magazine’s contest; my prize was 4 polishes from Venique.  Venique sent me a top coat, bast coat, I’m A Sucker For Wedges, and Wingtip White.  I love Venique polishes and own a few already so this was an awesome prize to win.

It seems that with spring in the air there has been inspiration in the online nail art world to do manicures with roses, mostly freehand.  I suck at freehand which is why I am hooked on stamping.  I thought these colors from Venique would make for a nice rose manicure.

I stared off with Venique base coat, which is sticky and anchors the polish.  Love this base coat.  Then applied two coats of Wingtip White on my thumb and ring finger.  This is a lovely white cream polish.  The formula was perfect.  I had no issues at all with it.  I applied two coats of I’m A Sucker For Wedges on the rest of my nails.  It is a vibrant deep hot pink, which just screams summer to me.  No issues at all with the formula, just a delight to put on.

The formula of each polish was just right for stamping.  So I decided I would use them to stamp the images from the plates I selected.  For the ring finger I isolated a rose off Bundle Monster’s BM323.  For the thumb I used Checky CH6.  I stamped these with I’m A Sucker For Wedges.  As you can see it stamped perfectly.  I used Cheeky CH6 again for the dots and Cheeky CH10 for the stripes.  On my pinky I used Cheeky CH14.  These were all stamped with Wingtip White.  As you can see it also stamped wonderfully.  I used two different green strippers to create the little leaves.  Finished if off with Venique top coat.   Just love how it turned out and just the vibrancy of the colors both as polish and stamping polish.

My 3 year old loved how my rose manicure turned out and wanted me to do her nails too.  She wanted purple and pink. So I opted to keep going with Venique.  I used Jamin’ in Jellies. One thin coat did the trick for her little nails and stamped the roses using I’m A Sucker For Wedges.  I used the roses from Cheeky CH14.  The same one I used on my pinky.  I used my stripper in green to make small petals.  She was so happy with how it came out.  I think I have a little diva polish princess on my hands.

I can’t say enough good things about Venique.  You can find them on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VeniqueNails and their web page:  http://www.veniquenails.com for further information about where to purchase.

I give Wingtip White and I’m A Sucker For Wedges 5 brains!