Born Pretty Stamping Plate and my first Skittlette

Born Pretty Store Review: Stamping Plate QA5

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Hello everyone!  Hopefully the week has been treating you well :)  Today I have a really cool stamping plate that I received from Born Pretty Store.  As you all know, Born Pretty Store is a great place to find all sorts of nail art supplies.  This is my first stamping plate from here and I was very impressed.  

This stamping plate has three themes of small images: bows, skulls, and nautical images.  It is a unique combination but I love the amount of manicures that I'm going to be able to use it for.  Today I showed my favorite part of the plate....the bows.  I look forward to using the nautical images for an upcoming trip to Cape Cod and the skulls will be really fun for Halloween.  

The exact stamping plate I used can be found here.  The item i.d. is #4868.  First up is a close-up of the stamping plate.  As you can see, it's very shiny.  If you look close, you can see me and my camera ;)

 

On the plate are eight bows, four large and four small, three sets of skulls and crossbones, an anchor, a ship wheel, and a set of eyes with an eyepatch.  For my skittlette I used Shimmer Jasmine on my pinky, OPI Vant to Bite My Neck? on my ring and middle ringers, and Essie In the Cab-ana on my pointer and thumb.  I then used Essie Penny Talk for my adorable bows.

Overall, I rate this product very high.  I had no trouble with the image transfer and I did test the other images on my right hand without any trouble.  My only compliant would be that the back isn't lined so the edges are a little bit sharp, not a big deal in my opinion though!  This stamping plate retails for $2.99 with free shipping and if you use my coupon code below, you get an extra 10% off!  

*Product received for review in exchange for my honest opinion.

Golden Blue Striping Tape Nail Art

Hello Folks, another day with striping tape nail art. Last time, I had shared digital striping tape nail art. That was one of my favorite  nail art that is a combination of colorful pattern and striping tape. Today, I am back with a golden blue striping tape nail art.

So, let's start this nail art tutorial.

Things Required:

First of all, collect all required products with you for the ease of your nail art work.

1. Nail polish colors: Golden and blue.
2. Striping tape (I bought from ebay India).
3. A small piece of tape with half-circle cutting (you can do by yourself with ease).
4. Top coat (preferably fast drying).

Steps For Nail Art:

Step 1: Primarily, apply blue nail polish on the third finger nail. My suggestion is to apply two coat for the base of your nail polish and let it dry completely. Now, apply tape with half circle on your nail, as shown in the photo.
Now, take a golden nail polish and cover half circle, as shown in the photo. Then, remove tape from your nail.

Step 2: Now, let's move to striping tape nail art part. We will make a contrast nail art and apply two coats of golden nail polish on the rest of the nails. Let it dry completely.

Step 3: Then, take small pieces of striping tape and paste of your nails as shown in the photo. You can create your own pattern as well.

Step 4: Now, apply blue nail polish carefully on your nails. Try to prevent cuticles for a clean nail art. Let it dry properly.

Step 5: Finally, remove striping tape and apply top coat for long lasting nail art.







Additions:

You can apply rhinestones to give an extraordinary look to nail art and mesmerize everyone.

I hope you liked my Golden Blue striping tape nail art. If you are not in India, then you can buy striping tape from ebay International. I would like to hear suggestions..:)

Shimmer Polish Erica: Swatches and Review

Shimmer Polish: Erica

Hi everyone, happy Wednesday!  Half way through the work week, hopefully it goes by quickly!  Today I have another Shimmer beauty.  This was the polish I was really lemming for and I finally caved and bought it the other day.  Best choice ever!  All I can think now is the meme Buy all the Polishes!

Shimmer Erica is described as a peridot green shimmer.  I see a mix of light green, gold, holographic, silver, and teal glitter.  This polish is so sparkly in sunlight and even inside.  I'm staring at it in low light right now and it is sparkly as ever.  I decided to do three different swatches to show the versatility of this polish and I think it looked equally good over light and dark polishes.

First up is my dark base coat with photos taken in sunlight (yay for summer!).  For the swatches I used three coats of OPI Vant to Bite my Neck? and then used painters tape to create a diagonal with two coats of Shimmer Erica.  I topped it off with one coat of Seche Vite topcoat.

My second look is a glitter triangle tip with three coats of Butter London Cheeky Chops and two coats of Shimmer Erica.  I included both sunlight and lightbox photos.  The swatches are taken with one coat of topcoat.

Last up are opaque swatches.  The formula was exactly like Shimmer Jasmine.  Perfect density, no fishing for glitters, and full opacity in three coats.  Photos are taken without topcoat this time and are taken in both sunlight and in the lightbox.

And of course....a beautiful macro to show all of that glitter goodness!

This polish is available for $12 on etsy...which can be found here.  I hope you enjoy, I know I am :)