G'day, boys and girls! Today I'm happy to be reviewing some Born Pretty Store stamping polish, and I've created this elegant black and gold mani to show it off :)
I've been looking for a good gold stamping polish for aaaages, and I'm so happy to have found it! I have lots of good silvers that work beautifully, but for some reason none of the golds would do--they weren't opaque enough, or were too shimmery to create a clear image. This is exactly what I've been looking for!
The base is simply one coat of Wet N' Wild Black Creme, everybody's favourite standard black creme polish :) Once that fully dried, I used Born Pretty Store's gold stamping polish and Bundle Monster plate BM-023 on the two middle nails + thumb, then topcoated with Seche Vite.
For the index and small fingers, a small gold stud (also from BPS!) near the cuticle, and then I carefully added OPI Matte Topcoat around the stud, just to the black polish. Normally, one would add the topcoat first and then glue on the stud, but I can never seem to do this without making a shiny blob of topcoat or glue around the embellishment, which is ugly. This worked much better! I was able to gently scrape off any matte polish that got on the stud using an orange stick.
I'm thrilled to finally have a good gold to stamp with, and I'll definitely have to get another bottle or two of this! If you want to get your hands on a bottle (or any other colour--they have tons!), there are lots of options on the Born Pretty Store website! Don't forget to use discount code CITYG10 to get 10% off your order :)
I feel very classy with this on! I hope you like it as much as I do. See you soon for more! xoxo
*product sent for review--the experience described above is my honest opinion and was not influenced in any way by the retailer*
I've been looking for a good gold stamping polish for aaaages, and I'm so happy to have found it! I have lots of good silvers that work beautifully, but for some reason none of the golds would do--they weren't opaque enough, or were too shimmery to create a clear image. This is exactly what I've been looking for!
The base is simply one coat of Wet N' Wild Black Creme, everybody's favourite standard black creme polish :) Once that fully dried, I used Born Pretty Store's gold stamping polish and Bundle Monster plate BM-023 on the two middle nails + thumb, then topcoated with Seche Vite.
For the index and small fingers, a small gold stud (also from BPS!) near the cuticle, and then I carefully added OPI Matte Topcoat around the stud, just to the black polish. Normally, one would add the topcoat first and then glue on the stud, but I can never seem to do this without making a shiny blob of topcoat or glue around the embellishment, which is ugly. This worked much better! I was able to gently scrape off any matte polish that got on the stud using an orange stick.
 |
| It's very shiny, even with such a thin layer! Love it :D |
 |
| Close-up of the design on the thumb |
I'm thrilled to finally have a good gold to stamp with, and I'll definitely have to get another bottle or two of this! If you want to get your hands on a bottle (or any other colour--they have tons!), there are lots of options on the Born Pretty Store website! Don't forget to use discount code CITYG10 to get 10% off your order :)
I feel very classy with this on! I hope you like it as much as I do. See you soon for more! xoxo
*product sent for review--the experience described above is my honest opinion and was not influenced in any way by the retailer*
Oh pretty. Sort of reminds me of Steeler's colors ;) ;)
ReplyDelete