Born Pretty Store BP-L078 & BP-X52 Stamping Plates - Swatches & Review

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A couple of days ago I shared with you the two thermal stamping polishes I received from Born Pretty Store.  Today I have the two stamping plates to share with you.  One of these plates is a small square plate while the other is a rectangle plate.  Both stamp quite well and are full of full sized nail image (which are my favourite type of images to use).

BP-L078

This plate is the rectangle plate and features fourteen full sized nail designs.  I am a big fan of the mix of designs on this plate.

Image from Born Pretty Store

This image reminds me of cracked glass/mirror from some reason so that was the look I was going for.  For my base I used Color Club Beg, Borrow & Steel and stamped using Hit The Bottle's As Black As Night.

BP-X52

This plate is a small square plate and features size full sized butterfly designs.  This is quite a pretty plate.  I love butterfly designs!

Image from Born Pretty Store

Naturally I had to go for a really girly looking mani with this plate.  For my base I used Pretty Serious Cosmetics Poppet, Dollface and Bon Bon and stamped using Hit The Bottle Snowed In.

I quite like the designs on both of these plates and they both stamp really well.

You can find BP-L078 here and BP-X52 here on Born Pretty Store's website.  For a 10% discount use my code JADEG10.

Born Pretty Store Thermal Stamping Polishes - Swatches & Review

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I have discovered recently that I am a big fan of thermal nail polishes.  I saw that you can also get thermal stamping polishes so naturally I was curious.  Fast forward a little bit and Born Pretty Store contacted me asking me if I would like to review some more of their products.  Of course I chose two of the thermal stamping polishes (which I will be sharing with you today) and two stamping plates (which I will share with you in a few days).

06 is a thermal stamping polish that transitions from a light purple to light pink.  I honestly struggled to get this polish to transition.  Maybe the colour change isn't that drastic so I didn't quite see it?  But to me it barely changed (I even burnt my hard on the heat bag trying to get it to change.  It does stamp ok though.  It's definitely better over white than black.

Cold state

Warm state

09 is a thermal stamping polish that transitions from a purple to a bright pink.  Now this is a good thermal!  The transition was easy and it stamps quite well over both light and dark colours.

Cold state

Warm state

From the two of these polishes I have tried I would say that the thermal range might be a little hit and miss for them to transition.  They do stamp well (particularly over white) so I guess the only gamble is if they transition.

You can find both of these thermal stamping polishes here on the Born Pretty Store website.  There is quite the range to choose from.  For a 10% discount use my code JADEG10.

Born Pretty Store Stamping Plates & 3D Nail Art - Swatches & Review

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I have been buying nail art supplies from Born Pretty Store for a few years now.  I find that they have a great range of products at affordable prices and what isn't to love about that?  Recently I was contacted to see if I was willing to swatch and review some of their new products.  Naturally I jumped at the chance and today will be sharing with you my thoughts on some of their stamping plates and 3D nail art.  

Let's start with the nail stamping plates seems nail stamping is my go to form of nail art.  I received five plates in total (both the small round plates and the rectangle plates).  Overall, I have found that the designs are a great size and they pick up and transfer quite well.  I haven't had any issues with the designs that I have tried.

Item number 17917

Item number 18074

Item number 17920

Item number 21813

Item number 21815

Along with the plates I also received some 3D nail art pieces.  The first set comes with 10 Christmas themed pieces and the other is a wheel of various ocean themed pieces.  I personally found the Christmas pieces a little on the big side and found they slipped off my nail and if I actually wore them for day the would come off quite quickly.  These are definitely only good for pictures and not a long term mani.

Item number 22963

The ocean themed wheel I am a fan off.  I like that the pieces are a lot smaller and will stay on the nail for longer than the Christmas items.  I also like that these come in the wheel which makes for easy storage and makes each piece easier to see and get out.

Item number 21578

Item number 21578

Born Pretty Store have kindly offered my readers a 10% discount on all full priced items within their store.  Simply use my code JADEG10 at the check out.

2 Year Instagram Anniversary - Favorite Nail Art Posts

Two years ago today I decided to post my very first mani on Instagram.  I was so nervous and so excited to be venturing into the world of Instagram.  At the time I didn't think my manis were that bad but boy oh boy I cringe when I look at them now.  But they are a nice reminder of how fair I have come over the years.  To help "celebrate" I have decided to make show you some of my favorite manis that I have posted.  Unfortunately I am unable to save some of the older pictures to my computer (I don't have the original pictures only screenshots) so you will only see larger versions of pictures from this year.

I'm a huge fan of gradients and neons so it is no surprise that one of my favorite manis is a neon gradient.  This mani also happens to be my most liked mani ever on Instagram!  It currently has 1,765 likes which is huge.  Polishes used are OPI Alpine Snow (as my base), China Glaze Sun Of A Peach, Flip Flop Fantasy and Thistle Do Nicely.

The next mani uses the exact same polishes as the neon gradient above.  I just love how completely different polishes can look in different manis.

Continuing on with the orange theme - I absolutely love this dream catcher mani.  Polishes used are China Glaze More To Explore (I reviewed the entire Road Trip collection here if you missed it), Capacity To See Beyond, OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana and Konad Black stamping polish.  The stamping design is by Bundle Monster.

For those who follow me on Instagram you may already be aware that I have a slight obsession for neon polishes - in particular the China Glaze Sunsational cremes.  I absolutely love these cremes (the formulas aren't great but the colours are amazing) and uses them a lot.  They are my most used polishes (other than black and white).  For this mani I used OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze Bottoms Up and Highlight Of My Summer.

Another mani featuring two of the China Glaze Sunsational cremes.  For this mani I used China Glaze Highlight Of My Summer, Too Yacht To Handle and Konad Black.  The stamping design is by Pueen.

This mani is one that I re-created for a nail art challenge.  The original mani was done by @melcisme.  Polishes used are China Glaze At Vase Value, OPI Alpine Snow and This Gown Needs A Crown.  Studs are all from Born Pretty Store.

Now this blue I would have to say is one of my favorite blue polishes ever.  Add polka dots and a matte top coat and you have a simple but awesome mani.  Polishes used are China Glaze Boho Blues and my white nail art pen from Simply Spoiled Beauty.

Gradients and stamping always go so well.  This is one of those manis that I started out with no clue what I was doing, stamped over it and wasn't sure if I actually liked it, and then fell in love.  Polishes used are China Glaze In A Lily Bit, Lotus Begin, OPI Do You Lilac It? and Konad White.  Stamping design is by Pueen.

So there you have it.  Some of my favorite manis that I have posted over the last couple of years on Instagram.  Thank you to everyone who follows me, comments and likes my pictures.  You guys make my nail journey more enjoyable and I have made so many friends and meet so many amazing people along the way.  It is truly awesome.  Thank you all so much.