Born Pretty Store Dual Ended Nail Art Pens Review

Happy Friday! 

More Born Pretty Store today. These are my first nail art pens like this and the possibilities for them seem endless! There are 24 colors in this set for around $20. There is a striper brush and the top of the lid pops off to reveal a super fine tip that when you squeeze the pen polish comes out.

Here are all the colors included in the set:

Here is the super fine tip part of the pen. For the most part they come out pretty easily, but the glitters kind of take more work.

And here is the striping brush. I noticed that the brushes varied in length throughout the set, but it wasn't too limiting in terms of making designs.

And here are little swatches of the striping brush and the fine tip versions of each color. My hands got a little shaky on some of them! The formula on most of these was super opaque, a few weren't so good. Some formulas work better as striping while others work best using the fine tip. All around though, there is nothing that would keep me from buying these again.

I have included these pens in some of my past Born Pretty manis, but I think these will be a good staple to have for nail art in the future for sure!

You can find this set on Born Pretty's website here. Coupon code AMBERL73 gets you 10% off too!

Have you guys tried these types of nail art pens before?

Born Pretty Glitter Swatches

Hi! Today is my little girl's first birthday! We had a little party for her, but she had no idea what was going on and was a little freaked out. haha It was fun for me and Dustin though!

I don't have any nail art for you today, but I wanted to show you guys a few more glitters from Born Pretty.  It's always sort of a surprise as to what you'll get when you buy polish online, so hopefully my Born Pretty posts help you out  a little! :)

The first is a glitter with a mostly gold/champagne base with blue and red glitters throughout. I don't think I have seen a glitter like this one before. This is 3 coats, but one coat is perfect for layering.

And the next glitter has holographic silver bar glitter and smaller silver glitters in a clear base. This is one coat over Born Pretty matte pink polish. I know there is a huge divide in the polish world about bar glitters...personally I don't mind them. Out of curiosity for those who don't, why not?

You can find these polishes here and here. Get 10% off your order with code AMBERL73!

That's today's post! Have a good evening! :)

*Products were sent to me for review in exchange for my honest opinions.

OPI You Don't Know Jacques Suede + Nail Art

Hi readers! I am late posting today...I think life is getting busier everyday or something! Also, I found out I have tonsillitis today. Ugh. 

But the reason you are all here is for nails!! Today I am showing OPI You Don't Know Jacques matte suede. This is 2 coats. I am a bigger fan of mattes with a little something to them rather than a creme matte. 

The orange and yellow stripes in this design come from the elusive dual ended nail art pens that I keep promising a review of. They have sort of a metallic finish to them. This is also my first mani using a design off our new stamping plates (Don't forget order info is in my shop tab)! This design comes from plate D. Funky, but I like it! 

The sad part about this mani is that it looks AMAZING with top coat and I didn't get a pic of it!! Dang busy life. You will just have to imagine it I guess. :)

Born Pretty Emerald Shimmer Nail Polish

Hi everyone! Today's post is more Born Pretty nail polish. I really love this line (it's from the same one as yesterday) and hope to have more to show you in the future! 

This is a gorgeous emerald green shade with the same shimmer/glitter as the rest in this line. It's number is 05. This color just makes me happy, and I think colors in this family are my favorite to wear!

Here it is with the flash, to show how it looks more like a glitter sometimes. PS...I just realized I was holding Seche Vite instead of the actual polish. Oops!

The design for my mani comes from the same plate as yesterday, M74. I hardly ever do flowers as nail art, but it's fun every once in a while! The dots were made with dual ended nail art pens, which I will be reviewing soon. I think my favorite is the ring finger.

Well that's it for today! Use code AMBERL73 for 10% off, as always. <3

Born Pretty Pink Shimmer Polish + Nail Art

Happy Halloween! Ironically, I don't have nails to celebrate. Oops. But I did include some pics of our costumes!

It's been a while since I have shown you anything from Born Pretty Store. It's no secret by now that I'm a fan, in fact I ordered a bunch of cute jewelry and hair accessories from there that I will show you when they arrive. Today though, I have one of their glitter/shimmer polishes for you. I have posted different colors of this line here and here. This one is sort of  a magenta shade packed with glitter/shimmer. Love it.

This cute flower image comes from Born Pretty plate m74. The little dots were done with dual ended nail art pens from Born Pretty and I will have a detailed review of those later!

Stamping plate M74 retails for $2.99 and you can find it here. 

The polish featured in this review retails for $4.74 and you can find it here.

Also, I have a coupon code that will get you 10% off! It's AMBERL73. :)

And now, here are our costumes! Dustin is Mr. Clean, I am a cleaning housewife (my apron says Born to Shop, Forced to Clean haha), and Taylee is a Magic Eraser. We won Cutest Costume prize at our church Halloween party!

Hope you all have a fun Halloween! I ate candy corn and a doughnut for breakfast. haha

*Products were sent for review in exchange for my honest opinions.

OPI Jade is the New Black + Nail Art

Hi lovely readers! I hope your weekend has been more relaxing than mine! Me and Dustin had so much to do that it felt like just another week day. haha

Today is the rare occasion that I show you a creme polish. ;)  I usually go for the glitter and shimmer, but a creme is a nice refresher sometimes. This is OPI Jade is the New Black. This is 2 coats and very shiny on it's own!

And then, I put Essence Nail Art Twin Edward on top. I LOVE this glitter topcoat. The square glitter is so much more fun. Also, I really wish that I could have gotten a better pic of this because it really doesn't  do it justice. Maybe because I was in a moving car at the time? Not gonna do that again! (PS I wasn't driving. :P)

Here's a yummy macro bottle shot:

And for nail art, this idea is sooo simple and easy and I have seen it floating around the blogging world lately. Just take black and white polish and makes some dots with dotting tools and your good!  Cute little monsters. :)

So that's it for now! Don't forget we still have a few bottles left from the winter franken collection. You can see swatches here. And if you haven't, go check out the amazing (and affordable!) stamping plates for sale here!

Thanks for reading my blog! You guys are awesome! <3

*Nail Stamping Plates Ordering Info*

Hi ladies! I know it was mean to tease you last night with so little info about these plates, but this post should make up for that! :)

First, I wanted to show you in more detail what's up for grabs. The end of this post will have ordering info. All of these plates have a blue rubber like backing on them to help protect them from bending. That's the blue you see in these pics, which are scanned photos of the actual plates. To my knowledge,  most all of the full nail designs are bigger than the original set of Bundle Monster plates full nail designs . So I think they should fit most everyone!

Ok so the next 11 photos are the XL plates. The dimensions including the blue backing is 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches.

PLATE A

PLATE B

PLATE C

PLATE D

PLATE E

PLATE F

 PLATE G

PLATE H

PLATE I

PLATE J

PLATE K

 And here are the XXL plates. Dimensions for these are 10 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches including the rubber backing.

PLATE #1

 PLATE #2

 PLATE #3

 PLATE #4

**Please note: these are pre-order, if you order now you should receive your plates in the next 3 weeks.


PRICES
XL Plate- $15 USD
XXL Plate- $30 USD

SHIPPING (contact me for international)
Within the US:
      1-11 XL plates: $5
     1-4 XXL plates:  $8

*If your order contains a mix of both plates you pay for just the XXL shipping.

I will have all this info in my shop tab hopefully by tonight! If you have any questions or would like to place an order, email me  at amberajohnson89@gmail.com.