Stamping plate BP-L 010 from BornPrettyStore

Stamping plate BP-L 010 from BornPrettyStore

This plate is the sort of plate that makes me think of brown/orange manis. I love the patterns though!

This is what it looks like:

I actually managed to take a good picture of a shiny stamping plate! I even impressed myself here, haha!

Anyway, I decided not to go for a brown or orange coloured mani – I’m not crazy about brown you know. So I went for colours that reminds me of Africa: Red, yellow and green (I used turquoise, but mixed with yellow it turned out green).

Take a look at how that all turned out:

The colours are dapped on and then mixed with saran wrap/cling film.

I seriously love that the animals are small enough to also fit onto smaller nails like my own. I’ve got both elephants and giraffes on my nails, how cool is that!!

I used these three Dance Legend polishes:

Dance Legend Fresh: 73, 80 and 76.

The verdict:

Pros:

Cool designs

Etched perfectly

Great that the animals also fit onto smaller nails

Cons:

None

Glittering Elements ~ Be Daring

Glittering Elements ~ Be Daring

A raspberry red jelly base with plum and charcoal laser glitter and a holographic shimmer

Be Daring is from the Aspire to…-collection from Autumn 2015.

The formula is good and the polish applies easily and evenly. I used two coats for my mani and the drying time is good. I took a couple of flash pictures, but they definitely required an extra coat so I won’t post any of those.

I made three dots by the base of each nail with Models Own’s Chrome Blue from the Chrome collection.

Here’s two coats, three dots and a layer of topcoat:

Isn’t that colour just squishy looking?

I’m holding the Models Own polish on this last picture.

Be Daring is a super cool and delicious looking polish. The quality is top notch, so yes, I love everything about this polish!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Good

Finish: Jelly with glitter and shimmer
Overall impression: I love the colour and the glitter and everything else about the polish

Buy again: Yes

Glittering Elements ~ Be Anything You Want To Be

Glittering Elements ~ Be Anything You Want To Be

A purple jelly base with pink and plum laser glitters and a decent amount of holographic shimmer

Be Anything You Want To Be is from the Aspire to…-collection from Autumn 2015.

The formula is good and easy to work with, even for a jelly. I used three coats for this mani. If I hadn’t been a nail blogger with a camera that picks up every little flaw and imperfection I would have been able to get away with two coats. The drying time is good.

So dear readers, here’s three coats and a layer of topcoat taken with flash:

This feels like looking into a purple cosmos!

Here’s the low light picture. I see little sparks no matter what time of day it is!

I was in sort of a hurry, so I didn’t add anything to this. Next time I’ll try stamping on it with a silver holo, I think that would look really cool!

Number of coats: 3 for the camera
Drying time: Good

Finish: Jelly with glitter and shimmer
Overall impression: Nice effect in all sorts of lightings

Buy again: No, but only because I thought it was too dark for me :) 

Lovely ~ Summer Sand #5

Lovely ~ Summer Sand #5

Light blue texture with darker blue shimmer

Here’s a mani I made to try out a couple of polishes. The blue is #5 from Lovely’s Summer Sand collection. The formula is good and so is the coverage. I used two coats for full opacity and the drying time is okay.

The polish on my ring finger is “Stir in Sugar” from Cuccio. It’s a white jelly topper with iridescent glitter and textured effect. I thought it would be a polish that worked on its own, but after three coats it looked really weird. I topped everything with a layer of topcoat because that tends to make everything better.

The blue shimmer in #5 doesn’t make a big deal out of itself on the nails unfortunately. The textured effect isn’t very prominent, which is a good thing in my opinion :D

I actually tried the Cuccio over a dark colour and it does overwhelm the underlaying colour quite a lot, but I do like the effect of it. I’m not quite sure how to actually use that polish.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Okay

Finish: Texture with shimmer
Overall impression: I wish the shimmer showed itself more. The colour is pleasant though

Buy again: Probably not

Stamping plate BP-61 from BornPrettyStore

Stamping plate BP-61 from BornPrettyStore

Today I’m going to show you a cool stamping plate. It’s full of hearts in various patterns, and this is what it looks like:

 

I love hearts! I wasn’t quite sure which of the patterns I was going to try out first, so I went for two different ones. But first I painted my nails pink with OPI’s Starry Eyed for Poor Daniel from the Hello Kitty collection; two easy coats of that, and then I stamped my patterns:

The patterns pick up perfectly, I had zero problems with the stamping.

I love all of these designs so this is definitely a plate I’m going to use again. I have actually bought a lot of BornPretty’s stamping plates myself, and I am a big fan. I’ve never had a bad or a faulty one.

The verdict:

Pros:

Great designs

Picks up perfectly

Cons:

It can be hard to pick which stamping plate to pick, haha!

Color by Llarowe ~ You’ve Been Served

Color by Llarowe ~ You’ve Been Served

Cherry red scattered holo

You’ve Been Served is from the New Year collection that came out by the end of 2014.

The formula is good and easy to work with. I used two coats for full opacity and the drying time is good.

I added glitter before taking any pictures, take a look at the whole thing taken with flash:

I love reds like this one, the colour is soooo beautiful.

The glitter is from Dance Legend and I just think it’s called “Pretty Top”. It’s a mix of silver and golden glitters in various sizes. I love it.

This picture is taken in low lights.

I wore this for a special occasion at work and was really happy with it.

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Really good

Finish: Scattered holo
Overall impression: Good quality, nice colour!

Buy again: Yes