Born Pretty Store Colorful Nail Strip Mirror Flakies Review

In this post, I will be reviewing the Colorful Nail Strip Mirror Flakies from BornPrettyStore. These flakies caught my eye because they are very unique and looked like a lot of fun to work with. I chose 3 different colors: gold, purple and pink. Let's take a look at them:

All of the colors come in the same pots as the other pigments and glitters. They also each come with an eyeshadow style applicator. 

 

 

These containers seem super full. When I peeled off the seal, a lot of the strips stuck to the top. I opened each one of these over a piece of paper to contain the stray strips :) 

Here is a macro shot of each color. With the light shining on the gold, my camera picked it up as looking silver, but it definitely does NOT have any silver in it

For each color, I painted my nails with two thin coats of Arte Clavo black gel polish (curing in between each coat). This polish feels a lot like a no-wipe top coat does after curing, so I thought I would see what would happen if I tried to put the flakies directly onto the black polish (normally I would add a coat of no-wipe top coat after my color). It worked great! The easiest way I found to pull single strands out of the pot was to use my tweezers and pull a small clump out onto my paper, then gently pull them apart. They wanted to cling to just about everything but with a bit of patience (and no fan blowing on your work area), I really enjoyed using these. For my pinky, middle, and index fingers, I placed single strands randomly on my nails. For my ring finger, I decided to burnish it into my nails as you would with a pigment or powder, for the glossy mirror look. It took 2 layers of burnishing with a thin coat of no-wipe top coat in between. Once I was happy with my look, I sealed it in with one thin coat of my favorite no-wipe top coat from Born Pretty (you can find that here). 

Here is the gold:

 

 

I love how elegant gold looks on the black base!

Now, here is the purple:

 

 

The purple gives the black a nice pop of color!

And finally, here is the pink:

 

 

I love the pink so much! It is so bright and fun!!

Overall, I really enjoyed these flakies. They were a lot of fun to work with and there are so many different things you could do with them. I didn't have any problems with application or wear. I wore the pink flakies for a couple days and when I took my polish off, it still looked as good as when I put it on. If you enjoy fun nail art decorations, I would highly recommend these! It doesn't take much product for a manicure and the container is practically overflowing when you open it! You could do countless different designs with each little pot. These flakies come in 7 different colors and can be found 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,