Stamping Plate: Born Pretty Store - BP16

 

Born Pretty Store recently came out with their own range of stamping plates, I managed to get a couple of these in a special 1p sale. Having not tried any of there plates before I was interested in seeing if they actually stamped, and they do.

These plates come with a branded backing which means the edges not sharp.

I used Kleancolor Metallic Sapphire to stamp with and as you can see I didn't have problems with any of the images other than the rock the wolf is standing on. This plate has quite a lot going on, 6 single images and 3 full nail images.

I really like the longer image, I think it will make sunset designs so much easier. Both of the zebra images are cute too.

Once I have used this plate you will be able to see all of them by clicking here.

I also have a 10% off code for the website which you can use if you want to;

$2.99 - BPS

   

Nails: Icy Cold

Winter in Northern England is always cold, and pretty much always dark. Now we are officially in to winter I thought it would be good to do some icy cold nails, they were very sparkly;

Base Polishes: Barry M - Matt White, Barry M - Blue Moon
Holographic Polish: Kleancolor - Blue Holo 135, Models Own - Juicy Jules

Pick n' Mix 52 Week Challenge: Grey + Distressed

Ciaté - Vintage 018
Sally Hansen - Dorien Grey
La Femme - Grey Cream 100
ELF - Metal Madness

Nails: Knitted Blue Jumpers

Base Polish: Maybelline - Cool Blue
Stamping Polish: Barry M - Blackberry (Blue Plum)
Stamping Plate: Messy Mansion 40

3mm Round Silver Studs

Nail Polish Battle 2014: Top Three!

These are the top polishes of 2014, if you want to see what won in 2013 then you can here, and if you are really interested you can see what won in 2012 here.

  

Leighton Denny - Opaque Elegance // Barry M - Silver Foil Effect // A England - Encore Margot

  

Claire's - Dizzy // Nails Inc - Optic Wave // Jacava - Red Velvet 

  

OPI - Do You Have This Color in Stock-Holm? // W7 - Twilight // OPI - Alcatraz Rocks

  

Nails Inc - New York Noir

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From the top ten polishes I chose my top three;

3) OPI - Do You Have This Color In Stock-Holm? - This purple is a gorgeous cream finish polish, it looks vibrant in the bottle but translates to the nails quite a bit darker. 

2) Nails Inc - New York Noir - This polish is a one coat black cream finish polish. It is great to wear alone, or as a base. I also found that I could use this to stamp with. Something which I have gotten a lot of use from during 2014.

1) W7 - Twilight - Meaning that Twilight is my favorite nail polish of 2014, I did struggle to choose between this and the black however the black wasn't special enough to win. This is a purple to navy (with a slight lean to pink) glass flecked duochrome polish, which works on it's own or over a dark base. I liked this polish so much I used it to create a 'dragons egg'. It is dark and magical and that is what I really like.

Nails: Festive Sweater Snowflakes

Base Polishes: Essence - Black is Back, Jacava - Vanilla Slice
Stamping Plate: MoYou London - Festive Collection 04
Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black