Summer Citrus Stamping & BPS review !

Hi dear readers !

It's time for a new review from Born Pretty Store ! I really love that shop, they have tons of nail art stuff for low prices but great quality, I've never been disappointed with their items !
They also started some time ago to sell other items like smartphone and pads covers, toys, hair accessories, make up ... Visit them, I'm sure you'll find something to please you :)

This time I was able to try some of their stamping nail polishes. I chose two colors that I don't have yet in Konad or other stamping brands, yellow and red.
And I decided to mix both of them for my first stamping using more than one color haha ! Let's see what I did, then I'll give you my advice on these stamping polishes :)

I painted my nails in white with China Glaze Snow (two coats), then I did the stamping with the two colors from BPS and plate BM308. I added thin coat of China Glaze Wireless for an extra bling and ended with one coat of Seche Vite.

Getting the two colors for the stamping is easy, you just have to work quick so it doesn't dry: I applied some lines of each color randomly on the plate, mixed them a bit with a toothpick, scraped and stamped, that's all :)

On to the stamping polishes !
To be honest, I was really disappointed when I first opened the bottles, as the polishes looked jelly. I though they would never stamp correctly or opaque with such a texture, especially the yellow one. So I made a test on paper and I completely changed my mind !
Once stamped on paper, they appeared to be totally opaque, but also very bright and beautiful. The red is not a vampy red, it has a bit of orange in it, but used on it's own, it's still red.
They don't dry too fast, which makes them easy to play with.

I also tried them over a black polish to test their opacity. They are not totally opaque but still work well, but I noticed a slight color change over black: the yellow turned like lime green, the red one turned pink.

I'd say these are perfect to work over light or medium colors. For very dark colors, I still prefer to use metallic polishes that always remain opaque :)
For the price, you won't be disappointed !

You can find these on Born Pretty Store, under the Beauty Nai Art/Nail Art Stamping category.
Each bottle contains 3ml of product and costs 2.05$.
Don't forget you can also have free shipping, and get 10% off on your order with my code AYUUMIK31 :)

Did you like this manicure ?

Have a nice day :)

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Hello !

C'est le moment de faire une nouvelle review pour Born Pretty Store ! J'aime vraiment cette boutique, ils ont des tonnes de produits Nail Art pas chers mais de bonne qualité, je n'ai jamais été déçue de ce que j'ai acheté là-bas !
Ils se lancent aussi dans la vente d'autres petites choses comme des covers pour smartphones et tablettes, des accessoires pour les cheveux, du maquillage, ... Je suis sûre que chacune peut y trouver son bonheur :)


Cette fois j'ai pu tester des vernis à stamping. J'ai choisi deux couleurs que je n'avais pas encore en Konad, à savoir le jaune et le rouge.
Et j'ai décidé de mixer les deux couleurs, ce qui fait mon tout premier stamping avec plus d'une couleur !

J'ai d'abord posé deux couches de blanc avec Snow de China Glaze, puis j'ai stampé les deux couleurs de BPS avec la plaque BM308. J'ai ajouté une fine couche de China Glaze Wireless pour avoir un peu de paillettes et j'ai terminé avec une couche de Seche Vite.



Faire un stamping bicolore est assez facile, il faut juste travailler assez rapidement pour ne pas que les vernis sèchent: j'ai fais des lignes au hasard sur mon motif avec les deux couleurs, je les ai mélangées avec un cure-dents, j'ai raclé et stampé, c'est tout !

Passons à mon avis sur ces vernis !
Honnêtement, à l'ouverture des flacons, mon premier avis a été négatif ! Les vernis avaient une texture jelly assez transparente et je me suis dit que jamais ils ne marcheraient pour un stamping, en particulier le jaune ... J'ai donc fait un test rapide sur un bout de papier blanc, et j'ai immédiatement changé d'avis ! :D
Une fois sur le papier, non seulement ils étaient opaques, mais en plus les couleurs étaient assez franches et vibrantes. Le rouge n'est pas un vrai rouge "vamp", il y a un peu d'orange dedans, mais utilisé seul il reste tout de même rouge. Ils ne sèchent pas trop vite, ce qui permet de bien pouvoir jouer avec ;)

J'ai aussi essayé ces vernis sur une base noire pour tester leur opacité. Pour le coup, ils ne sont pas vraiment opaques mais fonctionnent tout de même. J'ai remarqué un changement de teinte par dessus le noir, le jaune semblant tirer vers le vert et le rouge paraissant un peu rose.

En résumé, je dirais que ces vernis à stamping marchent très bien par dessus des couleurs claires ou moyennes. Pour les bases foncées, je préfère toujours les vernis métalliques, qui sont opaques à tous les coups :)
Mais à ce prix là, comment être déçu ? :)

Vous trouverez les vernis à stamping sur Born Pretty Store, dans la catégorie Beauty Nai Art/Nail Art Stamping.
Chaque flacon contient 3ml de produit et coûte 2.05$.
N'oubliez pas que les frais de port sont gratuits, et que vous bénéficiez d'une remise de 10% en utilisant mon code AYUUMIK31 :)

Que pensez vous de cette manucure ?

Bonne journée :)

Review: Born Pretty Store Water Decals

Hi dear readers !

I hope you're fine ! My week is going to be very calm and I'll have more free time to read your blogs and prepare stuff for my own as I took one week off work to rest :) I'm not going anywhere, I'll just stay at home and enjoy that week with my bf and the kitties! The real holiday will be in august ;)

On to today's post ! Again, Kevin from Born Pretty Store asked me if I'd like to review some thing from their great shop. This time I chose to review water decals, as it's a something I like a lot (but use to rarely imo haha)
They have a large choice of water decals, from flowers and lace to cute characters like Hello Kitty, Snoopy ... Everyone should find something they like.

I got the Flowers and Butterflies patterns, I've always loved that sweet and cute style. I got a sheet of no less than 133 decals, which makes a lot for the price: 2.99$, free shipping.
There are silver butterflies in different styles, flowers and very pretty arabesques. Here's a view of the whole thing:

Water decals are very easy to use. There are instructions on the back of the pack, but I think they have been translated from Chinese with something like Google Translator, and some sentences are funny or have no sense.
If you never used water decals before, here are the instructions:

- Paint your nails with the desired color and let dry
- Cut the desired pattern from the water decals sheet and soak it into room temperature water for 20 seconds
- Remove carefully the water decal from the paper with tweezers and place it on the nail. As long as it is wet, you'll be able to move the decal until you find the look that you want
- Tap a paper towel gently on the nail until it's fully dry. At this moment, the decal will be stuck on the nail and won't move anymore
- Finish with top coat of your choice

That's all ! It takes a little longer than simple stickers to apply but the result is much better, the water decals look like they are inlaid in the polish, there are no clear borders, neither thickness as with stickers. Here's the result:

The last pic is overexposed but it shows the patterns better. I used two arabesques and two butterflies.

To get this result, I first painted my nails with two coats of Essence Hang Loose, then sponged with OPI Done Out in Deco. Then I applied the decals as explained before, and sealed with one coat of Seche Vite.

I love how the water decals looked, they have a foil finish and are very shiny. And they were more than easy to apply, I tried other brands that were sometimes hard to place on nails but these were simply perfect.

You can get these on Born Pretty Store for 2.99$, and other patterns are from 2.99$ to 4.73$. Click here to see all their water decals.
Shipping is always free*. Don't forget to use my code AYUUMIK31to get 10% off your order :)

*you can add a 3$ fee to your order to get an insurance with a tracking number, but it's optional.

Do you like it ? Have you ever tried water decals from BPS or another brand ?

Have a nice day :)

Born Pretty Store Magnetic Polish Review

Hi dear readers !

First, I'd like to ask you a little something ... I entered Bundle Monster's Stamping Contest and need your votes !
I submitted a design I made last month with one of their plates, the purple and white gradient which had a lot of nice comments from you.

So, if you like it and want to give me some help, please visit this page and vote for me :) Thank you for your support !

Bundle Monster Contest

On to today's polish ! Kevin from Born Pretty Store offered me to try and review one of their recent magnetic polish. As I like this trend a lot, I didn't hesitate and said yes !

I obviously chosed a purple shade, which is referenced as L001 on their site. As I have other brands and magnets, I wanted to try different magnets on that polish. Let's see the pics first, then I'll tell you why I loved it !

Isn't it pretty ? Once you use the magnet on this dark purple polish, you can see a peachy pink pattern appearing. I love the contrast between the two shades you get. 

BPS Magnetic polishes are sold with a magnet. Using them is simple, I did one coat on all the nails as usual, than I added a second coat and applied the magnet after each nail. 

You have to put the magnet 2-3 millimeters away from the wet nail and wait for 10 seconds, then you'll see the pattern appear. It's really easy, the only difficulty is not to touch the polish with the magnet.

Here's the detail of the magnets I used:

There's not a big difference between the BPS magnet and the others, which means it's strong enough to create a beautiful contrast. I have a magnet from Essence which isn't strong at all and disappointed me a lot ! 

BPS Magnet comes as a plastic stick with the magnet at the end of it. It's simple and easy to use. 

The Flormar Magnet is curved to follow the natural shape of the nails and closed in a plastic tip. It's the strongest I have and my fave to use. The only problem is that you can't see if you are touching the wet polish because of the curve.

Claire's Magnet is my fave, because it has a wavy pattern. I was craving for Icing Magnetix polishes because of that pattern, I got the Claire's one in a swap, and it appeared to be the same color and magnet than Icing's, yay ! It has two little tips near the magnet that helps you to switch the design in the direction you want, and above all, it helps to maintain the magnet at the good distance.

Last is Kiko Magnet, it comes as a simple rectangular plate which is a bit difficult to hold correctly as it's small. It's like the BPS magnet without the stick !

So, the magnet from Born Pretty Store is strong and handy enough to be recommended :)

If you are bored by the diagonal lines pattern, you can buy magnets individually. They have straight lines, chevron, star and cross patterns to chose from (but you'll always get the diagonal lines when buying a polish)

The only thing I liked less is the drying time, it took a bit long to dry but I fixed it with a coat of Seche Vite, which didn't ruin the patterns as you can see in my pics. 

Oh, it also has a chemical scent, but it's not too strong and it didn't bother me (it's nothing compared to Kleancolor scent).

You can buy Magnetic Polish from Born Pretty Store for 6.38$, and get additional magnets for 2.03$. You can also get a 10% off discount by using my code, AYUUMIK31 !

All their Magnetic Polish range can be found here:

Born Pretty Store

What do you think of the magnetic polish trend ? Did you jump on it ? 

Have a nice day :)