Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Born Pretty Store Floral Water Decal Nail Art & Review

Hey stamp champs,

I have some cute nail art for you today!  When Born Pretty Store approached me about reviewing a few of their products I was so flattered.  You all know I'm a huge fan of their recently released stamping plates as well.  And so I wanted to create something appealing and also do their products justice.  I picked out items that I felt were in sync with my own personal style without narrowing the scope too much.  Today I'm going to show you some decals I chose and how I used them to create a look that was still very much in my venue of art.

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So I think if you read this blog you know I am a nail art stamper - duh right? Yet you have never seen me use decals.  I've always wanted to, but I've been a bit of a wuss about using them until now.  I decided to stay true to my usual craft though and integrate the decals into my stamping and I really love how this look turned out! I will say when one is using layered techniques the best thing to do is to keep one technique simple so that whatever you are layering stands out.

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Mani-louge
Basecoat/Topcoat: OPI Natural Nail Basecoat / Sally Hansen Diamond Flash
Base color: Essie Sand Tropez
Gradient: Essie Tart Deco, NYC Midtown Mimosa, Sally Hansen X-treme Wear Green With Envy
Glitter topper: Freak Show Polish Star Wars Trio The Force
Stamping polish: Mundo de Unas 22 (Mexican Pink)
Stamping plate: Marianne Nails MN25
Water decals: Born Pretty Store Item #G080

I created the straight lines using one of my stamping plates from Marianne Nails (all details are in the Mani-louge) and Mundo de Unas polish.  After everything was dry I simply placed the water decals over the stamped base and then topped everything with one more layer of topcoat.

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How do you like the finished product?  I'm really happy I stepped outside of my box of comfort a little bit because I ended up creating something really cute.  These water decals are extremely easy to use and if you have problems with placement you can always re-wet the decals and scoot them around until you find just the right position on your nails. I also created a quick 15 second tutorial for this nail art as well :)

Lacquer Lockdown - Born Pretty Store, water decals, nail art stamping, nail art stamping blog, Marianne Nails, MN25, stamping, essie, NYC, Sally Hansen, floral nail art, mundo de unas stamping polish, cute nail art ideas, diy nail art, gradient nail art,

You can find the decals I used here or enter G080 into the search box on the Born Pretty website to find them.  You can save 10% off your purchase by using the code DMB10. Normally I will not pimp a code, but apparently with enough uses, I think about 10, BPS will allow me to host a giveaway for my followers.  Pretty sweet eh?  Happy stamping lacqueristas and I'll see you next post....

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