Born Pretty Store Stamping Plate BP-X15 Review

In this post, I will be reviewing stamping plate BP-X15 from BornPrettyStore. They recently came out with a new set of small, square stamping plates. Being the stamping addict that I am, I needed to check these out. Here is the one I got:

As with the other Born Pretty Store plates, these ones come with their own little cardboard-like sleeves to store them in.

The first thing I always do when I get my stamping plates is peel off the blue protective film.

The next thing I always do is some test stamps. This one is no exception. Here is how it stamps:

While swatching this plate, I used the XL Clear Silicone Marshmallow Jelly Stamper from BornPrettyStore. You can read my review on that stamper here.

As expected, this plate stamps perfectly. I couldn't wait to use it! I love the flower design. You could do several different mani's with this plate, and they would all look different. This image has several different parts. Here is what I did:

You can see just a couple minor imperfections in my stamping. It was my fault, not the plate. For the details on this manicure, and my review on BornPrettyStore's U-Shaped Spill Proof Nail Polish Stickers, click here.

Overall, this stamping plate is great. It is etched great, very pretty, and the image is large enough to do several different looking mani's! If you are into stamping, or would like to give it a try, this stamping plate is on my recommended list. You can find this stamping plate on BornPrettyStore's 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 XL Clear Silicone Marshmallow Jelly Stamper Review

In this post, I will be reviewing the XL Clear Silicone Marshmallow Jelly Stamper from BornPrettyStore. As I have mentioned before, I love stamping. Which means I love stampers and comparing them, to find a favorite. Let's take a look at this stamper:

 

It also has a hard, plastic cap that covers the stamper head. Here is another picture:

It also comes with a Born Pretty Store credit card style scraper. I absolutely love these scrapers. They are about half the thickness of an actual credit card.

A few months ago, I did a review on the Crystal Clear Jelly stamper from BornPrettyStore. You can read that review here. I used that stamper to compare this one to. While that one is squishy and soft, this one is much squishier and larger. I absolutely love it. The handle is much shorter, but not too short that it is uncomfortable to hold. It is just perfect. Now, the only thing going through my head is "Please let this thing stamp for me!!!" I always like to test them right out of the package, just to see if they will stamp. Let's see how this one did:

Pretty impressive! 

I did give it a good massage with some rubbing alcohol, hoping that would clear up the small areas that weren't quite as crisp as they should be. Here is my next stamp:

It did better. I think I waited a tiny bit too long, so I didn't get a couple of those fine lines. It picks up the image great!

Here are my swatches on paper:

After seeing how well this stamper was picking up, I was dying to put it to my nails. I stamped over the ombre mani I did when I reviewed BornPrettyStore's U-Shaped Spill Proof Nail Polish Stickers. You can read that review and get all the details on what I used and how I did this mani here. This is how it turned out:

For my swatches and mani, I used stamping plate BP-X15 from BornPrettyStore. You can read my review for that stamping plate here.

Overall, this is a great clear stamper, if you like squishy stampers. I absolutely love it, and it will be the new go-to clear stamper for me. It is so much bigger than the other clear stamper I have! I could easily stamp 2 nails at the same time (3 if I am very careful). Hmmm, that gives me ideas. I need to try that! You can find this stamper and scraper set 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 U-Shape Spill Proof Nail Polish Stickers Review

In this post, I will be reviewing some U-Shape Spill Proof Nail Polish Stickers from BornPrettyStore. Being allergic to latex, I am always looking for new products I can use to help with the clean up and prevent such a mess around my nails while doing nail art. These stickers are JUST the thing I have been waiting for!!!

They come in five different colors (pink, purple, green, black, and blue). I chose blue. 

These stickers are very thin, and appear to be made of vinyl. As you wrap them around each finger, the sticker can stretch without tearing, so you get a perfect fit on each finger. Just be sure the skin around your nails is very clean and dry for optimum results!

For this look, I started out with one coat of my trusty peel off base coat. You can read my review on that item here. Next, I painted one thin coat of Bonita Bond, Jail Bond as my base color. It is a very metallic silver polish. Then, using a latex free make-up sponge, I sponged on an ombre of two Fresh Paint colors:  Dream Catcher and Arrowhead. I did three layers of sponging, and after my third layer, I smoothed it out with a quick dry top coat. Here is what it looks like so far:

If you are a nail polish addict like myself, then you know how incredibly hard it is to clean up a metallic polish. I dread it! Let's see how these stickers did. In order to get them off, the easiest thing for me to do was to cut them where the two ends overlapped, under my nails. Like this:

Using my tweezers, I carefully peeled them off, making sure they did not stick to my polish as I went around my nail. And, here is all the clean up I am left with:

This is amazing! I definitely need MORE of these stickers! I think i would have had even less to clean up if I would have made sure my fingers were completely dry! I was just too excited to try these out. 

The last thing I wanted to mention was that, being allergic to latex, sometimes even stickers make my fingers break out (they use a cold latex glue in some products). It has been a couple days, and I have not had any signs of a reaction at all. 

Overall, I am extremely excited about these stickers. They have to be the best "tool" I have! I will continue to use these for those hard-to clean up mani's. Head on over and pick some of these up in your favorite color. They can be found 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 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,