Born Pretty Store Peacock Chameleon Holographic Gel Polish Review

In this post, I will be reviewing Peacock Chameleon Holographic Soak Off Gel Nail Polish from BornPrettyStore. I received 2 different colors of this polish. Let's take a look at the bottles first:

 

 

I used the blue polish first. For this design, I painted my nails with 2 coats of Arte Clavo Black gel polish, curing in between each coat. Next, I painted on a thin coat of the blue polish. When applying the polish, I noticed that some of the glitter in the polish was pretty chunky, so before I cured my polish, I tried to flatten out any of the bumps or glitters that weren't laying flat. I just used the brush from the polish bottle. I wiped all the polish off the brush, and ran the brush on my nails (in the same manner you would if you were applying polish). I cured this coat, and repeated the steps above for the next coat. I had full coverage in two thin coats. Here's how my nails look at this point:

 This polish is beautiful!

We got a break in the rain we've been having so I ran outside for another picture!

You can see the blue to purple shift in this picture, but not much of the holo since we didn't have much sun.

I wore this polish for a couple days, mostly to test the wear. It wore great! No chipping or lifting anywhere! It has 3 colors in the shift: Blue to purple to pink. As I kept looking at my nails, I thought this polish was perfect for galaxy nails. Only problem was I had never attempted gel galaxy nails. I started out by removing my polish, and putting black gel polish on all my nails. Using a small piece of a makeup sponge and some tweezers, I sponged on some light pink, light mint green, and the blue chameleon glitter. Once I was happy with my design, I cured them and topped them with a coat of No Wipe top coat (I use Born Pretty Store's No Wipe top coat, found here). Next, I used a small nail art brush and painted on a couple stars as well as some little white dots for tiny stars, and sealed that in with one more thin coat of No Wipe top coat. Here is my final look:

The holo wasn't showing up much on my camera, but it was definitely there in person!

 

We still don't have much sun, but you can see the blue to purple shift in these two pictures.

For the pink color, I started out the same way I did as with the blue, two coats of Arte Clavo Black gel polish. The pink polish was also a little chunky if I applied it too thick, so I used the same process as I did with the blue. I got full coverage with two thin coats of this one as well. Here is how they look:

 

 

The shift in this polish seems a bit stronger than in the blue polish. It could be because the colors aren't as close to each other as in the blue polish. This one shifts from pink to gold to green.

I love that you can see all 3 colors of the shift in this picture!

I decided to do a little stamping over this polish since it feels like I haven't stamped for a while. I chose an older plate this time, but it is still one of my favorite images! I used Born Pretty plate BP-17. It is such an old plate, I couldn't even find it on the Born Pretty website. I didn't want to do too much stamping because I absolutely love this polish and I didn't want to cover much of it up. I decided to only stamp my ring finger and my thumb. I used Mundo de Unas stamping polish in white, and sealed in my design with one more thin coat of No Wipe top coat. Here is my final look:

 

Overall, I absolutely LOVE these polishes! I can't stop looking at my nails!! The only thing that I noticed with them was the chunkiness of the glitter. But if you slow down a bit, and do thin coats, it is not too bad and you can work with it and minimize any bumps you might have. After trying these two, I will for sure order more of the colors. This polish comes in 8 different colors so there is sure to be a color you will like! You can find them on the Born Pretty Store site, here. I showed you #2 and #8. 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 Temperature Changing Thermal Pigment Review

In this post, I will be reviewing some temperature changing thermal pigment from BornPrettyStore. I think thermal pigments and polishes are so neat. I only have one temperature changing polish, so when I saw this pigment, and the drastic color change shown on the website, I HAD to take a closer look at this pigment. Let's see what the powder looks like:

The pigment came in this shiny holographic bag

Inside the bag was the container of pigment and an eye shadow-type sponge

The container is a clear square container. It reminds me of a diamond because of how the sides are shaped

The container has a seal on it. Before I pulled the seal off, I tapped the container on the table a few times to reduce the amount of pigment on the inside of the seal

My camera is showing the pigment more blue than it is in person. It looks like a matte turquoise, bluish green powder. This is color #7

Here is a closer look at the pigment. This picture is closer to the color the pigment is in person.

The Born Pretty Store website says this powder works best with a No-Wipe top coat. Unfortunately, the top coat I ordered still hasn't shown up, so I need to figure out what I can do to make this work. After testing many different top coats and polishes, and reading the instructions on the website again, I got an idea. If I follow the directions with regular gel top coat, I MIGHT be able to get results that are somewhat picture-worthy. So I got to work on a fake nail. It seems like it has worked. Now on to my nails!

I painted my nails with a pale pink color (mostly because I have patches on most of my nails, and I didn't want them to show through). Then, I topped that with one coat of Seche Vite. I tried rushing the process and didn't wait long enough for the Seche Vite to dry. I painted each nail with a thin coat of regular gel top coat and cured them for 15 seconds. Next, I carefully used the eye shadow sponge to pick up the pigment and gently tap it into the half-cured gel top coat. Once I was satisfied with the coverage, I VERY carefully painted one more coat of gel top coat over the pigment and cured my nails for 45 seconds (as recommended on my bottle of top coat). Unfortunately, I found out very quickly that rushing this was a bad idea. The Seche Vite wasn't dry enough and my gel made the Seche Vite quite wrinkled. Here's what they looked like at this point:

Yikes! This is NOT a pretty look!!!

As soon as I took that picture, I removed my polish and prepared to start over. Seeing how the pink polish showed through, this time I chose to go with OPI Vanilla-zuela, a pale nude color. Then, I topped them with Seche Vite. This time, I let them dry for about an hour. I knew the Seche Vite would be completely dry by then. Next, I painted my regular gel polish on, just as I did before, curing for 15 seconds. I gently applied the pigment once again and topped it with another coat of gel polish. I cured my nails for 45 seconds, and the results were MUCH better! Here is how they look now:

My camera is turning the pigment more blue than it is in person, but this is the "cold" color

In this picture, my hands were warm, and the tips of my nails were cool. My camera is still not picking up the green in this pigment. It is slightly more green or teal than this picture shows.

Here is a macro shot of this pigment, half warm and half cool

I decided to stamp my nails with one of my favorite plates. This is from the Born Pretty Store website. It is from plate BP-17. You can find this plate here. My nails look much more blue than they do in person. They are more of a teal green in person. I stamped them using Holland Blue (a pastel purple) from Mundo de Unas.

I absolutely LOVE this pigment!!! It is so much fun. I couldn't stop taking pictures of it changing!

Here is one last macro after I stamped

Overall, I am over the moon in LOVE with this pigment! The change is very noticeable, unlike some of the thermal polishes. I definitely NEED more of these pigments!!! If you like thermal color changing nails, you will be pleased with this pigment. And it is possible to use with regular gel polish; no need to buy anything special. You can find this pigment in 13 different colors 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,