Geometric nail art

Hi!

Just a short up date to show you how quick and easy nail art is with these wonderful geometric water decals from Born Pretty Store. 

                                            Decals Transfer Sticker BPY04

You can use my coupon code at check out to get 10% off RASX31 on www.bornprettystore.com

You get 2 different pattern with one sheet. I picked this one because I am very fascinated by geometrical and abstract designs and I think that these kind of pattern are very hard to draw in free hand and even more difficult to get with stamping nail art.

One design reminds me some sixties optical art or wallpapers while the other  is clearly inspired to Mondrian paintings. That's the main reason I wanted to try this one first!

The colors are great, red, orange, black. When the sticker separates from the paper backing you can clearly see that the white parts are transparent and the other are quite sheer. That's why these kind of decals works perfectly on white, nude, or light colours but the design is less visible on black or darker colours. 

The application is very easy.
The waterdecals are protected by a transparent sheet. You can select the size and the design you want, cut it with a scissor. Don't forget to remove the plastic sheet. Cut out two section of decals, and let them soak in room temperature water for about 20-30 seconds, slid the decals off the paper backing with tweezers and place on the nails with the white or nude base coat
The instructions suggest to place it on  the nail and blow dry. The last step is to secure it with clear nail polish.

Let your nail art do all the talking

Hello!
Today I'm really excited to show you this Born Pretty Store stamping plate.

                                              

                                                 Image Plate BP-L055

The plate is a really good deal for only 2.99. I will leave you my code that will offer a 10% off your entire order for everything that is not already discounted.

You can use my coupon code at check out to get 10% off RASX31 on www.bornprettystore.com

                                                     

                                                    Image Plate BP-L055

All Born Pretty Store plates come in a cute branding protective sleeve and they all come with a white hard plastic backing.
The designs are engraved on to the image plate and covered with a plastic protective film which need to be removed before use.
The plate includes 25 different designs-statements and it measures about 12 x 6 cm.

I immediately felt in love with this plate because it has so many positive quotes and these can be used in different occasions to express your love or gratitute or simply wish happy birthday to your beloved ones.

I thought that this kind of plate was the best one to reminds me some inspiring and precious new year's resolutions. Some statements are really motivating: "If you want it go for it", "Enjoy this sweet moment", "Dream without fear, love without limits".

As base for my work I used a grey purple shade, I personally created this shade mixing some old nail polishes.

 Then I mixed some other shades as baby blue, peach pink, magenta and I applied them randomly with a fan brush. I stamped with a black polish from Kiko and fixed all with a clear top coat with small iridescent glitters.

The images tranfer very well, althought smaller images are quite hard to be picked up so I suggest you to use a marshmallow sticky stamper.

See you soon!

Bye


Laura

Gold and black geometric nail art

Hi there,
it's a bit late for a New Years Eve nail art but I'm still in the mood for glamour and sparkles.

Some time ago Born Pretty Store came out with a new line of stamping plates and...surprise surprise with one of the most beautiful geometric plates I have ever seen!
They were so kind to send me thise plate and some others brand new items to try.

 http://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-126cm-rectangle-stamping-template-geometry-design-manicure-nail-image-plate-l054-p-36312.html

You can use my coupon code at check out to get 10% off RASX31 on www.bornprettystore.com

The plate is rectangular, approx 12x6 cm and it provides 20 geometric designs, some are quite big so they can fit longer and larger nails and some others (in the central part of the plate) are smaller. I think these tiny designs are meant to be overlapped or mixed with the bigger ones to create a double stamping look. The designs are engraved very well and the images easily transfer on any stamper.

Moreover these kind of geometric patterns are perfect with reverse stamping technique, you can fill in the gap with any colour you like.

I really appeciate the simple and elegant look of this plate. It reminds me of some art nouveau design or some sci-fi decorations. I tried a smooth look with the tones of gold, white, black and nude negative space. I added a couple of studs here and there. As you can see from pictures this plate offers endless possibilities and combinations.

The process of this nail art was made even easier by this fantastic tool: manicure saver cotton claw.

This is a unique device that allow you to remove polish from your nails or stamping plates without even touching the acetone soaked cotton ball.
At first sight it looks like a pen,a plastic bronze stick. You can push in the button on one end and the claw part will open to hold the cotton ball or pad in place. At this point you can soak the cotton with acetone and start cleaning with no mess for your finger nails.

I think this tool is a life saver, I really love it!

Vintage Floral nail art

Hello!!!
Happy New Year!

Just before Christmas I received an e-mail from Born Pretty Store. I am part of the affiliate program and this company always has the best nail trend items at the best price.

Today I felt like experimenting with tools and techniques!

I really felt in love with this Flower pattern water decals .

You can use my coupon code at check out to get 10% off RASX31 on www.bornprettystore.com

http://www.bornprettystore.com/patternssheet-born-pretty-flower-pattern-nail-water-decals-transfer-sticker-bpy11-p-33947.html

As you can see from pictures it shows an intricate black and white floral pattern with beautiful blooms and bunches of retro florals. To tell the truth the design is in black and rest of the sticker is transparent, so you can use it on any background.

That's why a strange idea came to my mind. I could use the water decal and colour it with the reverse stamping technique.

After pluging it into water the design will separate from the paper. I placed it onto the soft head of a stamper and started colouring the flowers and the blooms with acrylic paint and a small brush.
I haven't tried with nail polishes but I guess that too much polish would melt the stickers and ruin the nail art.

So I let the acrylic paint dry. ( You realize that it's all dry because it will became matt).
Then you can use the decal as a sticker and place it onto the nail.
I secured it with a matt clear top coat.

For this nail art I used a greige purple base on all the nails and a burgundy and light peach for flowers, light green for leaves.
 

I really hope you like it!

Best wishes,

Laura