Born Pretty Store Review: Feathers!

I have another Born Pretty Store review for you today. Feathers!!! I have so wanted to try out a feather manicure so I JUMPED at the chance to try them out. I felt super intimidated by them at first, but this actually turned out to be an incredibly simple nail art technique to use on my nails.

First off these cute baggies of feathers contain 5 pieces each and cost 1.35/bag. I went with the neutral color in #8 but they have 12 colors available which you specify when you go to add to cart. Use code EBL91 for 10% off and they always have free shipping.

Onto the goods:

First off I LOVE that by using a color underneath is kind of "colored" the feather to match. I was hoping for this effect. The color underneath is Zoya Neeley. I let it dry and then used a french color on top to adhere the feather to. To see my fumbling with application check out my video:


I used nail clippers to trim the excess once I put them on. Little tip though. GENTLY press the feather on. By pressing it on too much the polish underneath, which is tacky, will squish up into the feather and get gunky and gooey. Not a pretty look. Also you can get TWO nails worth from each feather. So there's a full manicure's worth in each bag. Or lots of accent nails.

These are really fun and I'll be ordering more sets of them. The look is fun. They seal in perfectly (fun texture too). I feel they are easy to transform from funky to classy to sweet.

How do you feel about feathers?

Born Pretty Store Review: Valentine's Day decals with a sexy night out vibe

In picking out my Valentine's day themed items from Born Pretty Store I knew I wanted something versatile. So when I saw these fishnet heart decal stickers that could easily be worn on a date night out I snapped them up:

The fishnet tips is what really called to me and I plan to use some of those on my nails with red and gold and, well, have sexy nails.

What comes in the package is what you see right here - a single sheet of sticker decals. I used tweezers to position mine before putting them down because once they are down they are down.

In terms of decals these were no harder or easier to use then any others I've ever used. You simply lift from the clear plastic, position and place. The fishnet tips are perfectly curved and one was longer then my nail but this long time nail blogger somehow doesn't have a set of manicure scissors to properly trim it down. That's going to change later this week...moving on!

Basically I understand that some of you just don't want to spend hours getting a cute design - you know I have those moments too. I want something super quick to jazz up my nails and these are totally the answer. Quick, simple and no mess. Could it be better? AND they have TONS of designs to choose from too!

So if you hop over and check these out be sure to use the coupon code EBL91 for a 10% discount and they always have free world wide shipping. Have a good one!

Born Pretty Two Way Nail Art Pen Review

Good morning lovely readers! Today I have the other item I selected to review: a two way nail art pen in black! I've been very curious about these for some time so I jumped at the chance to review one when Born Pretty Store asked me to pick two items to review. I went with black because the other color I picked was super mod and I wanted to heighten that look. First a closer look at the pen and striper brush itself:

The pen itself is kind of bulky (slightly larger then a double sided marker). I thought one end would be the pen and the other end would be the striper but that wasn't the case.

So the cap pops off to reveal the pen and can be attached to the other side to keep the elongated pen feel for ease of drawing. The "pen" is a tiny metal tube that the polish runs through. The polish is smelly but is actually just the right thickness so that manipulating the pen to draw with is very easy and smooth. This will not turn you into an artist, however, and it's going to take me several manicures to master this new tool.

Put the cap back on and then twist the area below with the indents and you get the striper brush. Here's the MEGA design flaw. It's a marker-like tube...that you have to balance while trying to use the striper. It's not impossible but not overly practical. The brush itself is like any other striper I've used coming to a fine point and works excellent (also I need more practice).

Onto the good stuff: The mod design! I just LOVE this look so much!

I played with the pen a bit - you don't really have to squeeze to get the polish to flow so if you just hold it down it beads at the end for perfect dots. I experimented counting to get smaller and larger dots and it works like a charm. The more up and down you hold it the quicker it flows. Super fun! The stripes along the top are the striper part. Again I was so focused on not tipping the marker over that I had a hard time getting straight lines.

Overall the price is 3.96 which is what you'd pay for a striper alone so this is incredible value. The black is super pigmented (not sure about the other colors but from what I've seen it's a pretty good guess that they are too).

If you hop over to check these out be sure to use coupon code EBL91 for a 10% discount (they always have free shipping world wide). Hope you enjoyed and I'll be back with more nail art soon.

Born Pretty Sweet Candy Polish #32 Review

So I'm JUST getting over being sick (for WEEKS). I got another package from Born Pretty Store to review and this time I got to pick two items! This first one is this super amazing polish in number 32 from their Sweet Candy polish line. All images are two, thin coats without topcoat:

On the site it looked more honeydew melon colored but this has stylish mod runway color written all over it. I just love it! I'm a little lost on why the label says BK though....

It's a neon green with yellow tendencies though much less then most spearmint colors. It actually feels unique and it's a mod shade I can totally rock!

As you can see it becomes quite cool in shade and warms up supremely well with direct sunlight.

Check out that brush! This is where I was expecting the cheapness to come out in full swing. You can almost count on a terrible brush with stiff bristles you have to fight to get a good sweep of polish on the nail. Not with this one. Medium length brush with the perfect stiffness and a high bristle count with no flyaways. Made application perfect!

What I love:

• The bottles are 8ml making them a perfect try-me size at 2.95 with free shipping and a wide array of creamy and nude shades.
• Dries supremely fast with a beautiful medium gloss.
• Two coats brought the shade to full opacity and it self leveled despite the fast dry for an even, no-streak finish.
• Brush is as near salon quality as a cheapie can get.

What I don't love:

• The smell. Sadly these have an odor to them - nowhere near as strong as a Kleancolor but there none-the-less. It will not be deterring me from ordering more of these though!
• No idea if these are 3 free or not. I can see on the back that DPB is mentioned but all the rest is caricatures so I'm thinking it probably is.

If you head over to order these be sure to use coupon code EBL91 for a 10% discount (and free shipping always). If ten of you do orders using this code they will sponsor a giveaway through my blog! How cool would that be?

I'll have another review up of the second item I chose (nail art this time) so stay tuned!

*Product was sent to me for my 100% honest opinion*

Mommy does fuzzy nails (a Born Pretty Store review)

So my package from Born Pretty Store arrived! When I was asked to pick and item to review and I saw they had flocking powder I knew I had to try it. I've been on the fence about this trend but consider me on the side of this design type. The possibilities!

I don't know why I haven't seen this before but art using the flocking powder - I so want to stamp flowers and accent the middles with yellow and orange! How fun right?

Ok for starters here's what I received:

Flocking powder (BIG container too - about one and half the ones at the art store I think) and a brush.

Close up of the brush - it's a medium brush with bristles that aren't too stiff or too soft. It shed a little but it was definitely nice to have in cleaning off the excess flocking powder. I recommend buying the kit with the tweezers - I did use my own no problem but I notice theirs has longer and flatter heads which would probably pick the flock up far easier. You really only need one kit and then you can just get individual colors.

The flock itself was nice and super fuzzy once on the nails. It stuck to the paint very well and was fairly easy to clean up. Now don't think this isn't a messy art type because it makes a MESS. But these pictures are all taken after I've washed my hands and the flock is still there and FUZZY!

I want to get all kinds of colors now to do all kinds of accents! I did try to sprinkle this on OPI shatter and the shatter barely split so kind of sad on that front. Still, as I said, the possibilities!

As you can see it doesn't stand very high so it's not like you have massive amounts of flock stuck to your nails. Just a little coat of velvet. This would be super fun for special events. How great would this look with a cocktail dress?

All in all Mommy recommends this one! It's super fun and now I'm considering flocking my daughter's nails. If you decide to go and grab a kit (or get one as a stocking stuffer!) I'd love it if you used my coupon code: EBL91 - Born Pretty Store tracks the use of this 10% off code and if 10 of my readers use it they host a giveaway through my blog.

*This product was sent to me for my honest review and opinion*