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Helloo! Today I'm back with another Born Pretty Store review. This time I have their 'Starlight' nail vinyls to show you, which I used to create the mani below. I chose black and orange polishes as a sort of transition into Halloween nails. Initially I did have a little bit of trouble using the vinyls, but soon sorted it out. Read on for more info! |
| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls @acertainbeccaa |
First, here's a look at the Starlight vinyls (item #27412, online here). They come as a sheet of 9, but you can use both the inside and outside of the pattern, so you technically get 18. There are also some partial stars for smaller nails.
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| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls @acertainbeccaa |
I started by painting my ring finger with Pretty Serious 'Absence' (one coat - swatched here), and the rest with Crabtree & Evelyn 'Clementine' (3 coats - swatched here). Both are shown below with topcoat.
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| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls @acertainbeccaa |
On my first attempt, I used the vinyls directly on my nails. I've never used the cyclone type vinyls before, so managed to get them all tangled trying to stick them down. By the time I'd fiddled and got them on, they'd lost a fair bit of stickiness and bled.
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| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls (fail) @acertainbeccaa |
I decided to try again using my mini Uberchic mat. I placed the vinyls directly on the mat, polished over the top, and then peeled them off straight away. After 5 minutes I generously topcoated over them, before leaving them for 20 minutes to dry.
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| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls @acertainbeccaa |
I carefully peeled the decals off of my mat with a pair of tweezers. I placed them on my nails and removed the excess from the edges - using a pair of tweezers for the larger bits, and polish remover to neaten the edges. I finished by topcoating to seal them to the nail.
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| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls @acertainbeccaa |
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| Born Pretty Store 'Starlight' Nail Vinyls @acertainbeccaa |
What do you think? I'm really happy with how they turned out in the end. This was actually the first time I've used my mini uber mat, and only the second time I've made decals. With that in mind, I think it went really well! It was much easier using uber mat, and I might well do it for all vinyls in the future.
You can find Born Pretty Store's online store here, and Instagram page here. I definitely recommend checking them out if you haven't already.
Hope to see you in the next post!
Becca x
These are so pretty, I love the orange and black combo and those star vinyls look amazing. I get scared by the more complicated designs but you make it look so easy.
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Thank you Vicky :) I was a bit scared of them at first but they worked a treat on my mat xx
DeleteThere two colours looks great together and your stars are making a really good statement - love it and i adore your long nails...what your secret to such long nails!
ReplyDeleteThank you Leanie! I use lots of oils and creams, and make sure to use moisturising removers - I never use pure acetone :) x
DeleteThese look awesome! Great color combo!
ReplyDeleteThank you Amanda! x
Deleteblack and orange goes together perfectly. I like vinyls but it takes too much time in cleanup and drying time but final results are worth.
ReplyDeleteI love black and orange for Halloween. They can take a while but I do think it's worth it :) x
DeleteYou used these perfectly! I always have horrible luck when I try to peel the vinyl off after using the polish. It always messes up.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I do find they bleed on the nail but using it on a mat was much easier :) x
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