Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate BPL-024 Review

In this post, I will be reviewing stamping plate BP-42 from BornPrettyStore. One thing I really love about the larger stamping plates are the larger images. Some of the shorter images just don't fit on all my nails!

This plate is full of floral images, and beautiful ones at that!

The first thing I did was peel off the blue protective plastic with some tweezers. Then I stamped each image on a piece of paper to test the etching. There are some fine lines in a couple images, and we all know how finicky those lines can be. Here are my swatches:

 Wow! These all stamp perfect!  

Once again, I couldn't decide on just one image to use, so I did a couple different designs. To start out both of my designs, I painted on one coat of Born Pretty Store's peel off base coat. Click here to read my review on that.

For my first look, I started out with two coats of Daily Hues Nail Lacquer Carol. This pretty red has some holo that likes to peek through, but it was rainy outside, so no sunshine for me :( I topped this off with one coat of Seche Vite. I must've forgotten to take a picture of Carol before stamping. I knew I was forgetting something! I do have a swatch of it on Instagram that I posted a few months ago. You can see that image here. You can see the macro shot here and the macro bottle shot here.

I stamped using Mundo de Unas White, and the image I used is the third one from the left, on the bottom row. I finished off this design with one more coat of Seche Vite.

This image stamped great. It picked up all the detail!

For my other design, I started off with two coats of Orly Oh Cabana Boy. What a pretty, shimmery pink!! So summery! And I didn't get a picture of this one either! I was so excited to start stamping, I must not have even thought about pictures LOL. I used two images, because I couldn't decide on just one. I used the first and the third one from the right, in the top row. I finished off the design with one more coat of Seche Vite. Here is the final look:

I didn't get any macro's of this one either. Boy, was I slacking?!

Overall, I absolutely love this plate! It has such great floral images. I can't wait to use it again. I think it is one of my new favorite plates!! If you like flowers, you NEED this plate in your life! What are you waiting for? You can find this stamping plate on the Born Pretty Store website, here. They also have tons of other great nail art supplies. Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off any regular priced items.

Until next time,

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate BP-42 Review

In this post, I will be reviewing stamping plate BP-42 from BornPrettyStore. I love stamping, so I definitely wanted to do a review on one of their round stamping plates.

I had a few different ideas for using this plate. 

I couldn't pick just one image. 

The first thing I did was peel off the blue protective plastic with some tweezers. Then I stamped each image on a piece of paper to test the etching. There are some fine lines in a couple images, and we all know how finicky those lines can be. Here are my swatches:

Each image stamped perfectly

I ended up doing two different designs for this review. For each design, I started out with one coat of Born Pretty Store's peel off base coat. You can read my review on that item here. For my base color, I used Sinful Colors Gorgeous. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of my nails before I stamped on them. For my stamping, I used Mundo de Unas Gold, and the bottom, left image from the stamping plate. I finished everything off with one coat of Seche Vite. I really liked how the color combination turned out.

The day I did this design, it was very rainy and humid. I don't know if it was that, or that I didn't let the base coat dry long enough before I painted the first coat of color on my nails, but I have some severe bubbling on my ring and pinky fingers :(  This was my third attempt at this design, and I just wasn't having much luck (all my error though). Even with the bubbles, this design still looks very cool.

For my second design, I painted three coats of Sinful Colors Unicorn on my nails. I topped them with one coat of Seche Vite, to speed up the drying process.

Once my top coat was dry, I used Mundo de Unas White to stamp the flower image on the top left of the stamping plate. Over that, I used Mundo de Unas Pink and stamped that same image again. I finished them off with one more coat of Seche Vite. This was my first successful double stamping mani that I was actually happy with! I love these nails. They are perfect for a spring or early summer look!

Overall, this stamping plate is perfect! Every image picks up and stamps just as it should! I will use this plate over and over again! You can find this stamping plate on the Born Pretty Store website, here. They also have tons of other great nail art supplies. Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off any regular priced items. 

 

Until next time,

Born Pretty Store Nightscape Water Decal Review

In this post, I will be reviewing the Nightscape Water Decals from BornPrettyStore. I really like the city nightscape look, and thought these would be super easy to achieve that look.

As you can see, you get several different city sky lines, in different colors.

It was so hard to choose just one.

To start my look, I wanted to do a gradient sky. First thing, I painted one coat of Born Pretty Store's peel off base coat on my nails. You can read my review on that item here. For the gradient, I used Sinful Colors Why Not, Pink Poppys, and On The Bright Side. I wanted to add some sparkling stars, so I took an empty mini nail polish bottle and filled it half way up with some top coat. Then, I added one drop of Color Club Harp On It, to make a holo glitter top coat. I didn't want to make a lot, because I knew the holo would sink to the bottom since I was using a thin top coat. But it worked perfect for what I needed. I added one coat of this top coat. Here is what we have so far:

I love, love, love how this turned out!!

I topped this with one coat of Seche Vite, to speed up the drying process. Next, I selected the decal I wanted to use, and cut it into pieces that would fit on each nail. Doing one nail at a time, you peel the plastic protective sheet off the top of your decal, and drop it in room temperature water. I left it in for about 15 seconds. I pulled it out gently with tweezers, and used my fingers to carefully slide the decal off the paper backing. I placed the decal on my nail, patted the water off with a paper towel, and blow dried the nail for about 15-20 seconds. After all the nails were done, I added one more coat of Seche Vite to seal the decals in.

These decals definitely complimented my gradient perfectly.

Overall, these decals are very fast and easy to use, and they create no mess! I would definitely order these again! Without hesitation!! You can find these stickers on the BornPrettyStore website here. They also have tons of other great nail art supplies. Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off any regular priced items:

Until next time,

Born Pretty Store Chameleon Nail Glitter Dust Review

In this post, I will be reviewing some chameleon nail glitter dust from BornPrettyStore. The reason I chose this glitter is because I love glitter, and I wanted to see how it compared to the multi-chrome chameleon glitter I reviewed a couple months ago. You can read that review here. I chose color #4, because I LOVE pink!! Let's take a look at the glitter.

 

My camera had such a hard time picking up the pink sparkliness (is that even a word?), but I did the best I could. Here are a couple closer shots:

 

I had such a hard time deciding what color to put under this pretty glitter. I ended up deciding to go with a dark blue/light blue combination. I wanted to show you what it looked like over a light and a dark color. For the light blue, I used Sinful Colors Bright Lucite. For the dark blue, I used Sinful Colors Navy I Do.

For this look, I painted one coat of Born Pretty Store's peel off base coat. My review for that item can be found here. Next, I painted my index and pinky nails with 2 coats of Bright Lucite, and my two middle fingers with 2 coats of Navy I Do. I topped this off with a coat of Seche Vite, so it would dry faster. It looks like I forgot to take a picture at this step :(

The next thing I did was add one coat of Orly Bonder, so the glitter had something slightly sticky to adhere to. To put the glitter on, I used a fan brush and gently patted the glitter into the dried Bonder, then brushed the excess off, onto a piece of paper. I ended up adding 2 coats of glitter. Once this was done, I added one more coat of Seche Vite to seal in the glitter and smooth it out.

 My camera had a hard time picking up the sparkle

In this pic, you can definitely see more sparkle than in the others

To finish off my look, I decided to stamp some lacy flowers over the glitter. I used plate BPL-030 from Born Pretty Store, and stamped with Mundo de Unas stamping polish in Mexican Pink. Then, I sealed in the stamping with one last coat of top coat. Here is the final look:

Overall, I am very happy with this glitter. If you love glitter and flakies, you should definitely check out this glitter! I would love to see what color combinations you come up with!!! You can find this Chameleon Glitter dust on the Born Pretty Store website, here. They also have tons of other great nail art supplies. Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off any regular priced items.

Until next time,