Born Pretty Store Blue Holographic Laser Powder Review

In this post, I will be reviewing some blue holographic laser powder from BornPrettyStore. I love holographic nail polish. I have been very curious how this powder compares to the polishes. I cannot wait to open the container and check it out. Let's take a look at the powder.

The powder comes in this green and white bag

Inside the bag, you will find the container of powder and an eye shadow-type sponge

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

The container has a seal on it. Before I peeled it off, I tapped the container on the table a couple times to reduce the amount of powder on the inside of the seal.

Wow! Look at that sparkle! It looks so pretty!!!

Here is a macro shot of the glitter. It was so sparkly, but my camera didn't pick it all up.

The Born Pretty Store website says to use a No-Wipe gel top coat. I ordered one from eBay, but it still hasn't shown up. I have to try to make this work with what I have on hand. I did several tests and the product that worked the best was Orly Bonder. 

I painted each nail a different color. I wanted to see the difference the base color would make. I painted my index finger with Funky Fingers Bizerk Turq, my middle finger with OPI Vanilla-zuela, my ring finger with Funky Fingers Gesso, and my pinky with Funky Fingers Dark Knight. Here are the 4 polishes I used:

Once I painted each color on my nails, I topped each one with Seche Vite. I waited for that to be nice and dry, and it was time to use the Bonder. One nail at a time, I applied the Bonder, let it dry a few minutes, and then used my silicone "brush" tool I got on eBay. You can see the set of 3 "brushes" here. I seemed to get better results using this than the eye shadow sponge. I used the chisel shaped tool for this powder.

After the Bonder dried for a few minutes, I dipped the end of the silicone brush in the powder, and gently rubbed it into the Bonder. I continued this until I was happy with my coverage. Then I moved on to the next nail. I topped each nail with regular gel topcoat. Here is what I have:

Let's take a closer look at each nail:

My favorite one is over Bizerk Turq because it is the closest color to the powder and the base color doesn't stand out as much. However, I think it is a very neat look over black!

I chose to do a design with this powder over Bizerk Turq since I liked that look the best. I started out by painting two coats of that on my nails, and topped that with one coat of Seche Vite.

Next, I put one coat of Orly bonder on one nail, and waited for that to dry a bit. Once it was ready, I used the silicone brush tool to apply the powder. Then I sealed it in with one more coat of Seche Vite. After all my nails were done, I stamped them with plate BPL-029 from the Born Pretty Store website. You can find that plate here. I used Mundo de Unas black to stamp my flowers. Then finished my design off with one last coat of Seche Vite. Here is the final look:

This was inside with my OttLite

This was outside, it was mostly cloudy so I couldn't see the beautiful holo shining through.

Overall, I am very pleased with the results I got with this powder. It is super pretty and you can do so much with it! I would love to have this powder in several different colors. It is very easy to use, and there was very little mess when I was done. Much cleaner than sprinkling glitter on your nails! It also didn't take much powder to do my nails. The container may seem small but a little bit goes a long ways. Definitely worth getting if you love holographic nails!!! You can find this powder 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 Polish Review

In this post, I will be reviewing some stamping polish from BornPrettyStore. As many of you know, I love stamping, so I couldn't wait to try their stamping polish out! One color I was desperately missing from my stamping polish collection was a good true blue that stamps over black. Their blue was the perfect blue I have been looking for, so I knew that was the color I needed to try out.

This color is #17

I did two different designs using this stamping polish. One was merely to test the color over black and a light blue (since just about everything stamps over white). The other is what I will be wearing on my nails for the next couple days :)

Here is my first design. The polish stamped clean and crisp. And look at that color over black. This is perfect! I love it already!

Here is my second design. I love the way this one turned out!

In the first design, I used 2 coats of Funky Fingers Dark Knight for my black, and 2 coats of Sinful Colors Bright Lucite for my blue. I topped that off with a quick dry top coat. Then, I stamped using stamping plate BPL-029 from the BornPrettyStore website, found here. I finished the look off with a top coat.

In the second design, I used 2 coats of Color Club Crystal Baller on all my fingers except my ring finger, which I used Color Club Harp On It. I topped that off with a quick dry top coat. I stamped my ring finger using stamping plate BP-28 from the BornPrettyStore website, found here. I finished that nail off with a top coat.

I have been a heavy user of a popular stamping polish brand for about a year. Similar to my regular stamping polish, this one is best removed from your cuticles and skin with a non-acetone polish remover. Acetone will make this stamping polish spread, in a sense, making clean up a bit longer than it needs to be. It can also be removed from your skin, or your nails (if you use a quick dry top coat) using tape, if you make a mistake. It does seem to dry a bit faster than I am used to, but as long as you work quickly, you won't have any troubles at all.

Overall, I would highly recommend this stamping polish to anyone looking for a good stamping polish. I love it, and will definitely look into adding more colors to my collection in the future! You can find this stamping polish, and many other colors, 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: PCX31


Until next time,