Matte No wipe Top coat from Born Pretty

Matte nails have been trendy for some years right now and I am never tired of them. 

If you want your nails to be matte, you have two options:

The first is to buy special matte nail polish., your other, more economic option is to buy a matte top coat. There are many matte polish for normal polishes but a fewer options for gels.

Here it is  a vary good matte top coat for soak off gels form www.bornprettygel.com 

I think the best one out there for the price, Unlike other formulas, this one completely mattifies polish without changing its color. It looks very opaque and it is velvet at the touch, almost gummy like and the effect lasts long. 

In the bottle is looks a little bit more opaque than normal clear top coat but this is totally normal. 

It is very easy to apply and the formula is not too thick or too liquid, it does not drag the colour underneath. 

I used it over this Egg shell special polish and it gives the perfect effect for this nail art.

You can cure under the lamp (time depending on your specific lamp) and it is no wipe, perfect for a top coat. 

 

Gold rose wire nails with stamping plate for Nicole Diary

Hello,
another quick nail art with this amazing plate from Nicole Diary!
This is a very delicate affect on a pink nude polish, I stamped with a gold rose.

The plate I picked for this nail art is number 003 and you can find it here:
http://www.nicolediary.com/nicole-diary-rectangle-stamping-plate-tattoo-series-unicorn-rabbit-bird-nail-image-plate-p-331.html

Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off LAPI10 on www.nicolediary.com

This amazing plate is from the Tattoo Collection, I suggest you to have a look at the entire collection because the designs are very beautiful and unique.

Thread/wire nails with stamping! Nicole Diary stamping plate 003

Hello!
Today I have another beautiful plate to show you!
The company Nicole Diary recently sent me some products to review. They have a wide range of products and they offer free shipping worldwide. The company is based in Asia and the shipping time are around 3-5 weeks, you can pay with paypal.
This amazing plate is from the Tattoo Collection, I suggest you to have a look at the entire collection because the designs are very beautiful and unique.
The plate I picked for this nail art is number 003 and you can find it here:
http://www.nicolediary.com/nicole-diary-rectangle-stamping-plate-tattoo-series-unicorn-rabbit-bird-nail-image-plate-p-331.html

 This plate came in a protective bag with a paper sleeve and the blue protective film. The company is putting a lot of effort in the presentation of the products and I appreciate it a lot.

I think this plate is very well edged. Each design transfers easily and was extremely sharp as you can see from the pictures.

The designs are very unique, they all look like a little pieces of art, there are animals and human figures, each design is very minimal, each image is made with a graphic thin line that makes it looks like a sketch or ink pen drawings. Some designs reminds me also of the wire nail trend. 
The technique involves taking pieces of wire and bending them into freeform shapes.

The lines are so thin and delicate and I had not trouble at all picking them with the stamper.

 Don't forget to use my coupon code for 10% off LAPI10 on www.nicolediary.com

In this nail art I used a white base and then I stamped with a pigmented blue over it. I wanted to give the idea of some pen ink on the nails or of a blue sewing thred
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Around the world! Old postcard nail art!

Hello there!

Summer is the best time of the year to go travel the world! The only side effect of travelling is that it ends soon and you'll be back home with only photos to look back on!
 But why don't we use our nails as a nice reminder of our trip around the world?!

That's what I thought when I saw this little wonderful stamping plate from Born Pretty Store.

 You can find it at this link for only 1.59 usd :http://www.bornprettystore.com/born-pretty-round-stamping-plate-globe-scenic-spot-travel-55cm-nail-image-plate-p-39697.html

At the center of the plate there is a Earth design it is surronded by a landscape with all the most famous monument from all over the world: there is the Tour Eiffel, the Coloseum, the Statue of Liberty, The Big Ben and many more. There all also smaller travel inspired deisgn such as trains, airplane, luggage etc...

I already did some landscapes nail art (link)so I wanted to try something different.

I was inspired by an old illustrated atlas and some old post cards.
As base I used a cream colour nail polish and I created some stains with acrylic paint in grey and browm, then I stamped with a brown nail polish.

The result is very unique and with no effort because the plate is very well engraved and the images are so detailed that they tranfer very easly.
You can pick your favourite monument or only use the map design, as you can see I used both.

You can also create a nail art with all the places you would like to visit in the future! I'm sure this will bring you good luck!

Where have you been this summer? Let me know in a comment!

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