Geometric patterned stamping plate

I continue my reviews and today I want to show you a very cool stamping plate (BP77) I received from the Born Pretty Store. At the first look these geometric patterns are not very exiting but stamped on any color make an eye catching manicure.

I created a colorful base for these patterns, maybe to daring and colorful but I had fun doing it. I painted a white base on each of my nails and with the help of a piece of a sponge and the nail polishes I dabbed the different colors on my nails. After adding a thin layer of top coat I stamped the patterns on my nails. I finished with a top coat to seal the design. 

The images are very well carved in the plate and they transfer crisp and sharp to the nails. Three of the patterns are quite big, excellent for longer nails and the others ones are smaller perfect for any kind of length. I love this minimalist style and the truth is, I could not freehand paint such shapes, so this stamping plate is very welcome in my collection! 

If you like it, just look up for it here and if you purchase anything from the Born Pretty Store you're welcome to use the bellow seen discount code!

Coffee is served!

I am sure you are curious what is with this title on a nail art blog!? Well, I had the opportunity to try some fun coffee patterned water decals (QJ-165) that I received recently for review from the Lady Queen website. 

I don't know about you, but I thought it is fun and interesting to dedicate a manicure for this potion called coffee. I used for my nail art three nail polishes, maybe not the best combination made by me, but here they are; the dark brow silver shimmery one called Sweet Georgia Brown - Rocky Road (it stained terribly my nails, I never going to use it again) and as an accent the Barry M - Gold Glitter. 

The water decals come on a white sheet, about 62 x 52 mm. If you have longer nails, this won't be enough to add on each of them, but you can use it as an accent as I did. They are easy to apply, they must be cut on proper sizes and after that you can put them in water and add them on your nails. I have to mention that they are translucent, so it is better to use a base shade, in my case they are put on one layer of Avon Color Trend - Rare.

It was fun to use these water decals, I find them very interesting on the nails. If you like them, you can find them here and you can use my bellow seen discount code for any of your purchase from the Lady Queen website.

Green plaid nails

I saw so many plaid nails on different blogs that I feel in love with this style. This is why I wanted  a great stamping plate that has several textile patterns on it. I found one on the Born Pretty Store that has various plaid and hounds tooth designs from I can choose. Here is my interpretation for this nail art style.  

I used the following nail polishes: Yves Rocher black for the base on three of my nails which I topped with the NYC Rock Muse Smoky top coat - Green Day 006. On two of my nails, as base for the plaid pattern, I used a BPS light green multi-glitter nail polish, I bought from quite a while called KR 600. It is an extremely sheer nail polish, and I had to layer up 4 coats. It dried super hard. After a quick dry top coat I stamped the plaid pattern on it with a black stamping polish. The image transferred nicely and each design from this plate is very well carved in. This stamping plate has no plastic back as the other BPS plates, but the quality of it is very good regardless of this detail! I enjoyed to were this fun nail art and soon I am going to try the other pattern too.

I hate the horrible smudging. I bought my usual Golden Rose Quick Dry top coat that never smudged...until now and this happened :( Maybe they changed the formula, but this new one does not work anymore for stamping and even on decals. The water decals melt underneath a thin top coat.  I definitely have to look up for another top coat brand!

If you like this stamping plate, you can find it here and you're welcome to use my bellow seen discount code.  Just check the Born Pretty Store site for several nail art stuff and more!

Thank you Born Pretty Store for sending me this great plate for review!