Review: Born Pretty Hello Kitty Decals & Pressed Flowers!

Hello beauties! Today I have a couple of awesome nail art items from Born Pretty! First some info on the site!

Born Pretty Store is an awesome site full of fantastic items to add some pizzazz to your manicures! The have a huge selection of decals, stamp plates, rhinestones, polish, and more! They are located in China, so it may take a little longer to arrive, but they do offer free international shipping, which is always a plus!

Another plus - Use the code listed below, KBL91 and receive 10% off your order! If enough shoppers use this code, Born Pretty Store will host a giveaway for you all! So lets get on to the good stuff now, shall we?!

Hello Kitty Nail Decals 

So who can turn down anything Hello Kitty? I know I cant! This is one of the many different Hello Kitty nail decals that Born Pretty has to choose from. And theyre glittery!

These decals are very easy to use and apply very easily. Just peel, place and smooth on! 

Base Color: Butter London - Marrow - 2 coats

Top Coat: NYC Top Coat New York Minute

When I apply decals, I tend to apply then when my polish is still slightly tacky to help it better sick. This takes a little patience and a pair of tweezers to not smudge. 

12 Colors Dried Pressed Flowers
These are very fun! It took me a while to just decide what colors I wanted to use! There are 2 different styles of flowers in many bold colors! They come in this handy little wheel that makes it easy to not spill or crush these little lovelies!

Base Color: Deborah Lippmann - Human Nature - 3 coats (all nails)

Ring Finger: Deborah Lippmann - Fairy Dust - 1 coat over Human Nature 

While my ring finger was still tacky I added a section of the flowers to my nail. I lightly pressed them down with the tip of my tweezers. I topped this off Gealous top coat to give it a good seal, and to cover any roughness. I really loved how this came out, as it was my first attempt with pressed flowers. I had to share some other shots.

Have you shopped from Born Pretty Store yet? What have you ordered?

** This item was provided to me for review by Born Pretty Store. All opinions are that of my own experiences.**

Born Pretty Design Templates for Nails Review!

I mentioned a couple weeks back that I would be getting some items from Born Pretty to try out and share with you all. Today I bring those to you!! I decided to try out something a little different, that we don't see too often, Stencils.

The info? Born Pretty Store 
Design Template for Nails

They have a very fun assortment of nail art supplies, tools, polish, stamp plates, decals and more!

They are China, so you will want to allow for a few weeks to arrive, however they offer free worldwide shipping, and you can get 10% off with the code KBL91!! 

I'll save you the hunting - click on the image and it will take you straight to the Nail Stencils on their site. 

We make these ourselves with scotch tape or painters tape and hole punches, and exact-o knives, why not take the extra prep work out of it with this easy peel and stick!   

They have 10 different designs to play with, and each design comes with 10 stencils in each. So that's one full set mani, or many manis with accent nails! I did learned that some require a little more patience and practice than others!

This is the size of each stencil tape

My results after my first attempt!

I had some troubles getting this to stick down on my nail completely to keep from bleeding under.

Success!! I Love this design! So many fun ideas with this one!!

And one of each of my other stencils. 

In my first nail - the flower wouldn't even stick through the cut out. I tried 2 different polishes on that and it didn't want to stick!

My thoughts?

I love them! They're very easy to use and honestly save some painstaking prep work. Not to mention, so picking tiny pieces of tape out of my punches!

Like with many nail art techniques they do require some patience practice, and different polishes seem to make it very easy or messy (like my attempt with the spiders!) The spider and flower both seemed to me too intricate almost. The stencil is thicker than a piece of tape. So the thinner edges (i.e. spider legs) didn't want to stick down with the curve of my nail working against it. Maybe because they're too thick? You can see this in the close up of the spider stencil. 

I adore the little paw prints, and the "Y" design, and I am pretty sure I will be picking up more! They were very fun to try out, and I have some ideas for what I have left! 

Have you tried out these or any other nail stencils? What were your thoughts?