OK, stamping-wise there is the nail art & stamping thread where that is discussed, but the key things you need are a stamper, scraper, image plates, and opaque polish that works for stamping. You do not need any sort of stamping machine. Many people like Konad products for stamping. Their Princess Polish and Special Polish are both stamping polishes with high opacity that are good for stamping. However, if you have a decent polish collection, odds are you have several already that will work well. Some bloggers have long lists of 'stamp-worthy' polishes; they include the Sally Hansen InstaDri line, Zoya Trixie, many opaque one-coat shimmer and holo polishes, Mundo de Unas (which I haven't tried) among probably hundreds of others. If you have longer nails, you should always look carefully at the sizes of the full-nail images on the image plates to make sure the images will be useful to you. If you vary your nail length, you can also use the standard Bundle Monster and Pueen, Konad (more expensive than the former), etc. images that are not super-long, and of course you can use them in creative ways no matter what your nail length. Some of the bigger full-nail image plate brands include MoYou and Messy Mansion, but measure your own nails and check. Of course there are also individual smaller images on many plates that you can use in many ways. In terms of stamper and scraper, most of them are fine. Some are worried about scratching their image plates so prefer a plastic scraper (or even an old store or credit card - yay, free!). I still personally prefer the metal scraper. Those with longer nails will want an XL stamper to do full-nail stamps, and super soft stampers are currently popular (they are useful for stamping longer nails, but pick up dust really easily). Right now I still use my Konad two-way stamper the most. It would be considered a fairly firm stamper. Whew! Lots of detail elsewhere on all of this, of course.
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