Born Pretty Store stamping plate review – QA27

Hi lovelies,

It’s Friday!!  Yay!  I know for those that have gone back to work this weekend couldn’t come soon enough.  I hope the week has been kind to you and you have a lovely weekend.  I am probably going to go shopping.  😛

Born Pretty Store was lovely enough to send me a stamping plate to review.  I’ve mentioned before how I love getting my nail art goodies from them at really good prices.  I’ve also used a few of their stamping plates and only had one slightly disappointing one.  The plate I got to review was QA27 which you can find here (or click on the image)

 

I was particularly excited about the swirly flowery images on this plate.  All I could think of was making decals with it.  So that is exactly what I did.  Let me show you.

On my pinky and index I used 2 coats of China Glaze – It’s a trap-eze and left that to dry.  On my middle and ring I used 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Snow me white and let that to dry.  I made the decals by stamping the longer flowery image on the right and then randomly filling in the flowers with a thin nail art brush.  The orange is China Glaze – Flip flop fantasy. The pink is China Glaze – Bottoms up and the turquoise is China Glaze – Too yacht to handle.  I then used a small dotting tool and Essence – Love is in the air to make the yellow centre of the flowers.  I also left some of the flowers as is.  I then left the decal to dry completely before applying it over the white base.  I accidentally smudged the tip of my ring finger during cleanup but I hope it isn’t too bad.  I then topcoated everything and left to dry.  What do you think?  As you can see the image transferred really well.  I realise that making a decal isn’t 100% the same as just stamping so I thought I would do something else with another image.

This is 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Black on black on my index and middle and 2 coats of China Glaze – Some like it haute.  I then stamped over the black using the bottom left image and Tip Top – Armour plate.  I topcoated everything and left it to dry.  As you can see it stamped perfectly and I really like the image too.  My nails are super super long here and the image is a hair too short for my middle nail but still fits on my index.  This is impressive for me if I consider how long my nails are here.  I really like this plate and I am even more eager to try out a few more.  If you want to try out a few  – or any of the other amazing nail art stuffs – you can use my discount code below.  You can also use my affiliate link in the sidebar.

I also have some swatches for you.

China Glaze – It’s a trap-eze

This is 2 coats with no topcoat.  It is a white base with multi coloured glitter.  I can see yellow, green, orange, blue, white and purple.  It dries to a slight gritty finish as expected but smooths out well with topcoat.  This is similar to Tip Top – Milkyway except that the glitter is bigger and a few colours are different.  I kinda like the bigger glitters though but I think they both have their place.

China Glaze – Some like it haute

This is 3 coats with no topcoat (except on my ring finger)  I added topcoat on my ring finger because this polish dries matte and gritty and I wasn’t sure if it would make a huge difference on camera.  I can see it but it isn’t super obvious.  This is a charcoal / gunmetal base with gunmetal, black and silver glitter and slightly larger silver holo hexes.  It is crazy beautiful.  I love it so much.  It is also super sparkly with the holo flashes (which you can also see in the bottle)

Thanks for reading,