Bornprettystore Tribal Water Decals Review!

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have this mani using tribal water decals from bornprettystore.com to share with you! These were SO easy to use (definitely saying something for me since I am usually terrible with full nail decals of any sort) and I even did a live demo on my Youtube channel to show you how they work! If you'd like to see the live demo of these, click below!

Before I get into how I did the mani, let me show you how these little guys come packaged: 

Item number 21576

 They come inside a little plastic package with a cardboard surround to help prevent them from bending. You simply remove the film packaging, cardboard and plastic front of the decals and you're left with just the sheet of decals themselves. You'll want some scissors so that you can cut them out to fit your nails better, and a container of room temperature water similar to this:

To complete this mani, I first started with a base coat to protect my natural nail - I use Nail Magic. Once my base coat was dry, I cut out around the decals I wanted to use to make them fit better to the size of my nail. Using tweezers, I dipped one into my water and held it there for about 15-20 seconds until it started lifting off of the paper backing. I took the paper backing off and placed the decal onto my nail and sort of smoothed it around until I had it where I wanted it. The nice thing about decals like this is that you can continue to manipulate them until they dry. I started the smoothing from the middle of my nail and outwards towards the tip and cuticle so that I could remove any bubbles. Then I molded the excess around the tip to the shape of my nail. After it was mostly dry, I started cleaning up the excess with pure acetone and my cleanup brush to make sure it was nice and neat. I added Indigo Bananas LiLoo (Lithium Loo) on my other nails. Then I top coated with Seche Vite. Here's the final result:

 Interested in picking these up? You can find them HERE! If you've been toying with the idea of trying some full nail water decals from bornprettystore, I can definitely recommend these. I was thrilled with their performance, especially because I am terrible at free handing tribal prints! Don't forget to use my code, PPPQ10 for 10% off your order of originally priced items. :) 

What do you think of this mani? Do you like tribal prints? 

Thanks for reading! 

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**bornprettystore sent me this item free of charge in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own. I was not compensated.**

Born Pretty Store Review - Hawaiian Water Decals

Hey y'all! Today on the blog I have a review of some water decals from Born Pretty Store. This is the first of four items I have to review by BPS. Water decals are very easy to use, keep reading after the break and I will tell you how I did this mani using them.

Water Decals from bornprettystore

I started with a sunset gradient using neon polishes from Indigo Bananas and top coated it with Seche Vite. Once everything was dry, I cut out around some of the palm tree and "Aloha" decals and submerged them in room temperature water for about 10-15 seconds. I removed them from the water and used tweezers to carefully slide the decal off of the paper backing and laid it gently on my nail. Water decals are easily manipulated on the nail before they dry, so I was able to slide them around until I was happy with the placement. I used a square of paper towel to very gently dab the excess water off of my nail and allowed it to dry. I top coated again with Seche Vite and that's it! I really liked using these decals from Born Pretty Store - they were very simple and turned my gradient into a super fun, super summery look.

If you want to purchase these water decals you can find them HERE. Don't forget to use my code, PPPQ10 to get 10% off of your entire purchase of originally priced items.

What do you think of this mani? Do you like using water decals for easy nail art? 

Thanks for reading! 

**This product was provided to me free of charge in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed in this post are my own.**

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Peacock nails!

Hey y'all! 

Today on the blog I have these super cute peacock nails! 

This was one of those manis that I didn't really have a clear vision for when I started. I just sort of went where my inspiration took me! 

Here's a picture of what I used: 

Left to right: Nail Envy, Zoya Staasi, Zoya Jacqueline, Zoya Willa, Seche Vite 

I also used water decals from Born Pretty Store and my blue dotting tool for the design. 

Here's a macro of one of the designs, look how cute those water decals are! 

And a macro of Zoya Staasi. I absolutely adore this polish! 

I'm really happy with how these turned out. I usually don't like how my unplanned manis turn out but these were a pleasant surprise. 

Have you used water decals? What are some of your favorite looks to use them for?