Allo polish Pals!
How are you all doing
today? Today I am kicking off my first review for the Born Pretty
Store in 2016! And what better way then to throw some holographic at
you. I think my new camera picks up holographic's better but what do you guys think? I've been quite impressed with some of my other pictures I've taken lately, not so much these though. I keep getting obsessed that some look blurry and then I'm just really unsure.
Today I am showing you
Easy Star Nail Vinyl Stencil Stickers from the Born Pretty Store.
Also
I discovered during this post that no matter how hard I try its impossible for me to type
the word vinyl without making a typo!
These nail vinyl's come
on a long sheet containing 12 entire vinyl's in two different
patterns (6 of each) I opted for these super cute stars and leopard print sheet.
I'm aware leopard print can be easily achieved with a dotting tool or
stamping plate but I find it less easy to get a good star pattern on
my nails (we all know what my stamping abilities are like. Its not
much to get excited about!)
My first thought was...
“There are only six of each pattern. And I need all
the stars on all the nails because... I'm Ithi and
have you not met me yet?! Lets put everything on all the nails!”. Basically.. If you want to have a star
party on all your nails one packet will not be enough. This also
doesn't really allow for any mistakes or accidents either since you
wont really have any left over to start over with.
Play time was
interesting... That's for sure. I applied two coats of Color Club's
'Eternal Beauty' and allowed ample dry time because we all know what
happens to wet polish when you peel off a sticker – nobody likes
that weird gloopy mess that gets left behind.
Now I'm not entirely
sure if it was the vinyl's or myself.. but it looked as though the
vinyl's were somehow too sticky, as I carefully
tried to peel the vinyl after the polish application it pulled and
created this awfully stringy sticky mess causing some of my stars to
get really, really... quirky.
See left side of my
thumb for reference. Those are some real interesting stars, huh?
I would say I need more
practice but I've used other vinyl's before and not experienced the
actual vinyl being so tacky and sticky. I think everyone has their
own favorite brands of nail vinyl's and probably good and bad
experiences with different ones. I would certainly try this again but
as an over all I wasn't inlove with this.
Browsing through the customer gallery there are some fantastic manicures so perhaps I'm just not a good viynl'er
Have you
experienced super sticky nail vinyl's before? How do you think my
manicure turned out?
Have a fabulous day!
Love
Ithi
It looks fab! I have never tried vinyls..so do not have any idea about it...But yes, you said it right...everyone has their own favourite brands and yes ofcourse, experience also plays vital role...Overall, I am loving these look!
ReplyDeleteAww thank you, Nailfame! That makes me feel quite good since I felt so hit and miss with this finished manicure! Perhaps I just need more practice! xx
DeleteI love the holo polish and the start look nice on it. I never tried vinyls, so I can not give you any tip, how to use them to get a flawless effect!
ReplyDeleteThese look great! I LOVE the holo base. I've never worked with vinyls but I've been seeing them everywhere recently and I'm loving the designs. Also, lol I can't type the word vinyl either! It always comes up vinly.
ReplyDeleteThey sometimes leave glue indeed!
ReplyDeleteI like the design :) I've had the stringy gloopy problem before when using striping tape. For me I think the polish i used over it was too thick and dried too fast causing it to stretch into gooey strings when I peeled the vinyl away. Not sure if that's the same issue you're having? Maybe try it again with a different polish over the vinyl and see if that helps?
ReplyDeletegood vinyls are not too sticky....
ReplyDeleteAmazing design dear Ithi :)
Hm, sorry to hear that it didn't work out for you! I've tried these vinyls myself (but a different pattern) and didn't have that problem with them. Love the design you created though! And yeah I agree, six of each pattern is a really weird number!
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I don't tend to have great luck with vinyls, but maybe I just haven't tried enough.
ReplyDeleteI have also tried vinyls a few days ago but I didn't have any problem with them. I usually stick the vinyl to my skin to make it less sticky and the apply on my nails. It's just to be sure that I will not ruin the design.
ReplyDeleteI love those ombre stars!!
ReplyDeleteI have yet to test BornPretty vynils but my first reaction was the same as yours: why only 6??
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