This polish has a rather thick formula but not really in a bad way. :) Of course if it's too thick for you, you can add a little polish thinner to it. The formula is not very self-levelling (possibly could be fixed by adding some thinner), but a good top coat will sort that out. It also has a nice wide brush that I found really easy to control and covers the nail really easily too.
This polish is 15mL for $4.99 USD.
I used 3 coats and added 1 coat of Seche Vite top coat to help it level out and dry fast.
(I have also just realised that this polish is supposed to glow under black light/UV light and I didn't test it under mine! I might have to re-swatch it and show you guys!
Update: I tried putting it under my UV lamp and it didn't glow...)
Here is a comparison between some other neon pinks in my collection (photos taken from my iPhone because it photographs neons much better than my camera!):
Pointer to pinky: Ulta3 Fruit Tingle (2 coats), Born Pretty #14 (3 coats), China Glaze Shocking Pink (3 coats), Color Club Jackie Oh! (2 coats).
In person the Color Club and China Glaze polishes are the brightest, with Ulta3 being a little less neon. The Born Pretty polish is the least neon out of all of these. But it is still really bright. :) The colour is quite similar to Ulta3 Fruit Tingle.
This is the stamping plate MLS301. I'm not an expert at stamping but I would say I'm okay at it so I hope I do a good job at reviewing this plate for you guys!!
The plate comes with a blue protective plastic over the plate which you have to peel off before you can use it. (I have already done this obviously.) Be careful because this plate is a quite sharp at the edges. This plate has 11 images (sort of, lol). Two birds, a rainbow, an icecream/cupcake/sweets design, some stars, a lightning bolt and some little candies.... and I'm not quite sure what the thing at the bottom is supposed to be lol.
This plate costs $2.99 USD.
I just randomly stamped some of the images onto my nails over the pink nail polish. I found this plate to be really great quality for such a cheap plate! Absolutely fantastic quality. I had no trouble whatsoever picking up the images and getting them to stamp well! I was seriously impressed! :)
**Please remember that stamping DOES take some practice! If you have never stamped before, you will most likely not find it very easy. If you'd be interested in a stamping basics post or video, let me know.**
I used a Winstonia stamper and a gift card as my scraper. I stamped with a Born Pretty stamping polish in black which I purchased a few months ago and am only just now giving a try. I absolutely adore the stamping polishes from Born Pretty Store, they really work very well and they are so super cheap!
I actually really loved the way the black stamping looked over the pink. I will have to do some more pink + black manis soon. :)
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I used a Winstonia stamper and a gift card as my scraper. I stamped with a Born Pretty stamping polish in black which I purchased a few months ago and am only just now giving a try. I absolutely adore the stamping polishes from Born Pretty Store, they really work very well and they are so super cheap!
I actually really loved the way the black stamping looked over the pink. I will have to do some more pink + black manis soon. :)
You can get 10% off your Born Pretty Store order with the code CAL91. They also have free worldwide shipping. :)
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Looks good. It took me a while too, but I've realised that 'thing' at the bottom is claw marks with leopard print showing through! Very random.
ReplyDeleteOHH! That makes sense!! Hahaha kinda weird though. :P
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