Today we're going to take a look at a new Born Pretty Store plate, BPS-L103, which features just about any sort of chain you've every imagined...Here's a look at the video review I did of the plate:
Born Pretty Store BP-L103
I selected this plate to review because I love the look of chains on my nails, but I hate working with actual 3D chains. Cutting them to the right size, getting them to stay put, and finessing everything around them is just way more of a nightmare than I am normally willing to put myself through. But this plate allows me to do just about whatever I want--in any color I want.
Here are swatches of the test looks I did in the video:
Stamping sammich with Born Pretty Store BP-L103 over Zoya Paris
Stamping sammich with Born Pretty Store BP-L103 over Zoya Paris
Stay tuned, because I'll have a tutorial for this up on my YouTube channel shortly! And here's what it looks like matted:
Stamping sammich with Born Pretty Store BP-L103 over Zoya Paris
For my second mani, I wanted to use play around with the look of chains along with the naked mani look...I used Zoya Dream, and I stamped with Kaleidoscope White and Moyra Silver:
Zoya Dream accented with Born Pretty Store BP-L103
Zoya Dream accented with Born Pretty Store BP-L103
And here it is matted:
Zoya Dream accented with Born Pretty Store BP-L103
Zoya Dream accented with Born Pretty Store BP-L103
If you run over to Born Pretty Store, be sure to use my code, MCL91, to get 10% off your full sized order--although most items are usually on sale.
Hi guys! I hope you had a great weekend. I made jam. A lot of jam. Mixed berry jam, apricot jam, plum jam. Why? Because last week we my neighbors and my inlaws were sharing the bounties of their trees--and there was A LOT. We ate as many as we could, and I made jam with the rest. And if you didn't already know--I have thoroughly learned that jam is basically fruit flavored sugar. You don't want to know how much sugar I went through.
But anyway, on to nails! Today's post is has a dual purpose--to show you Born Pretty Store's Spring Garden-L003 plate, and to do day one of The Digit-al Dozen's White theme. :)
Let's start with the plate--here's the video review I did giving my ideas for using it:
And here's a closer look:
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003
I love the spiritual, mystical feel of this. I'm also a big fan of watercolor tattoos, and this has that feel imo.
Here's a shot with a rule to help judge how big the images are:
And here are three sample looks I did in the video:
For my first mani, I started with a base of The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, and stamped with Hit The Bottle Polish A Rose By Any Other Name and Copper-Haired Girl (also available at Lantern & Wren). I'm annoyed at how hard it was to photograph, so I included the best macro I could, because the polish and the images are beautiful, even if my camera rebelled!
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
And here it is matted:
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
I think the images with these colors are soft and romantic. :)
My second mani is for this month's Digit-al Dozen theme--which is 'White". We had a little discussion about what that meant, and we're taking several different approaches. I decided that for me it meant manis that either used white as a base or stamped with white, or both.
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over Sally Hansen Get Mod and fluid nail art with Zoya polishes
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over Sally Hansen Get Mod and fluid nail art with Zoya polishes
Here it is matted:
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over Sally Hansen Get Mod and fluid nail art with Zoya polishes
Born Pretty Store Spring Garden-L003 over Sally Hansen Get Mod and fluid nail art with Zoya polishes
Stamping with white can go horribly, horribly wrong--a little goes a long way, and the color combo can make or break you. But white and blue is such a classic combo, especially with light floral prints, and I think that's what gives this a harmonious feel. This is one of the few that I think I like just a little bit better without the matte--I think the fluid nail art shows a little more. What do you think?
Hey, how's the week going for you? I voted today, tried to do my civic duty. If you had a primary today, I hope you did, too!
Born Pretty Store is releasing a bunch of new polishes today, several different types, and they sent me one of the multichrome holos from their Flower In Sunshine Series. Take a look at Years (BP-FS04), a blackened teal that shifts from blue to green:
Born Pretty Store Years (BP-FS04)
Born Pretty Store Years (BP-FS04)
Born Pretty Store Years (BP-FS04)
Born Pretty Store Years (BP-FS04)
Coats: 2
Formula: Excellent
Cruelty-Free: Unknown
I always love the combination of holo and multichrome, and this is no different. And of course I love the night-sky feel to this.
This month's Polish Pickup theme is Video Games (hey, does Candy Crush count??)--and this month's offering from The Lady Varnishes was inspired by a game called Kingdom Hearts. I'm ashamed to admit I've never played it--have you? Should I?
Anyway, today we're gonna take a look at The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, inspired by said game. Describing this one is a bit tricky--it's a taupe crelly, but it has a pink-copper multichrome finish and royal blue flakies that make it so much more than that. Here's the glossy version:
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless
This is two coats with a coat of Seche Vite, and the formula on it is excellent. This takes my breath away whenever I look at it--if there were such a thing as woodland fairies, this is what their wings would look like. Just stunning.
Here it is matted:
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, matted
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, matted
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, matted
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, matted
Again this is two coats, with a coat of Sally Hansen Big Matte topcoat. I was worried the shimmer might dim a little when matted, but it doesn't--is still absolutely stunning. Elegant, sophisticated, magical.
Yes, I've already done some nail art with it, I couldn't resist! First I pulled out UberChic Beauty's new Bottoms Up plate, and did an elegant, vintage tea look. I stamped with Hit The Bottle Polish Everyday I'm Truffling, Moonshine, and A Rose By Any Other Name:
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, stamped with UberChic Beauty Bottoms Up and Hit The Bottle Polish stamping polishes
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, stamped with UberChic Beauty Bottoms Up and Hit The Bottle Polish stamping polishes
I've never had tea in a fancy tearoom, but I want to, and when I do, I want to wear this mani! Something about this felt like it needed to be matted, so I did.
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, stamped with Born Pretty Store L003 and Hit The Bottle Polish stamping polishes
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, stamped with Born Pretty Store L003 and Hit The Bottle Polish stamping polishes
I really like this one glossy, but wanted to test out the matte here, too:
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, stamped with Born Pretty Store L003 and Hit The Bottle Polish stamping polishes
The Lady Varnishes Nobody's That Heartless, stamped with Born Pretty Store L003 and Hit The Bottle Polish stamping polishes
I like the matted version, but I think in this case I like the glossy better. Either way, it was a bear to photograph! Which do you prefer?
If you love this polish as much as I do, hurry on over to Polish Pickup to buy it--it's on sale only from June 1st to June 4th. You can check out her other awesome polishes here, and can check out the fangroup for Polish Pickup here, to get advance news and swatches and try to trade for any polishes you've missed in the past!
