Wednesday 29 October 2014

Born Pretty Store Double Sided Stamper and Scraper Review Featuring China Glaze X-Ta-Sea!

Hello everyone! Today I have a Born Pretty Store review to share!

I've come to the realization (as I often do) that I should be studying a little bit everyday rather than spending all of my time studying for midterms in the few days leading up to one. That way I could post more frequently and be less stressed. But like I said, I always say that and never actually do it. Today I'm going to start doing the readings before the lectures! Baby steps haha.

China Glaze X-Ta-Sea

Anyway, I started off with two easy coats of China Glaze X-Ta-Sea and a coat of top coat (Sally Hansen Insta-Dri, London Drugs was all out of Essie Good to Go when I went in but I'm really loving this top coat too).

China Glaze X-Ta-Sea

A day or so later I went in with Julep NoraBundle Monster Plate BM221 and a double sided stamper and scraper from Born Pretty Store. I actually found that the smaller and thinner scraper scraped the plate too deeply so when I tried to pick up the image there was hardly anything there. I have heard that Bundle Monster plates have shallower designs and since I don't own any Konad plates, it's hard to say if that's a problem with the scraper or the plate.

Purple Floral Stamping and Born Pretty Store Double Sided Scraper Review

The larger and thicker scraper worked like a charm though! The stamper also was really great and the bigger white end is so squishy and awesome! The polish I decided to use (Nora) seemed to dry really fast and had a strange consistency, and I'm convinced that's why the image didn't transfer completely. I quite like the distressed floral look though!

Purple Floral Stamping and Born Pretty Store Double Sided Scraper Review

I finished off everything with another coat of top coat and I was finished!

Purple Floral Stamping and Born Pretty Store Double Sided Scraper Review

What do you guys think of these nails? I'd love to hear in the comments!

Purple Floral Stamping and Born Pretty Store Double Sided Scraper Review


Be sure to use my coupon code SKBQ10 if you decide to pick up any nail art stuff!

Thanks so much for taking a look everyone! I'll be back with some Halloween nails very soon! Happy Wednesday! =)

2 comments:

  1. Really cute combination! I love the insta-dry polishes, trying to find the top coat. :)

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  2. Thank you so much! :) The only thing I'm not liking about the top coat is that it doesn't actually flatten/level anything out, including a design as thin as this from a stamp. I think Essie Good to Go is still my favourite! I agree, I LOVE the polishes but the top coat isn't perfect :P.

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