Born Pretty BP-L049 Stamping Plate Review & Nail Art

Recently I treated myself to some Born Pretty stamping plates. As I only started nail stamping in September last year my only stamping plates were cheap knock off ones purchased from Amazon (although my experience using them has been very good!).

I purchased this set here. It comes with 5 plates and it was under a tenner - awesome right?

Today I am going to show my first test using the BP-L049 plate, which is this guy:

Using this I created:

So as far as I can tell the etching on this plate is really good quality. I did also try picking up a few of the other designs and I didn't have any trouble with them. I tried it with both a clear sticky stamper and a firm rubber one. Both picked up fine, but I prefer the clear one so that's what I used on my nails. A quick rub with a cotton ball soaked in acetone was all it needed to clean away the polish after use.

The black polish I used was a stamping polish, so I wasn't too surprised that that one worked. The green is Seventeen Gel Colour in Emerald Tropics i.e. not a polish designed for stamping, but that one worked really well too!

It's not a perfect design (I didn't quite line up my middle finger right), but I'm happy with the quality of the stamp. This wasn't the first plate I tried and by this point I was a little frustrated as the previous two had not worked at all (more on that in another post - I refuse to give up!), so when I saw that the design had picked up I just threw it on my nails!

Overall I am really happy with this plate and will definitely be using it again! Some of the designs look like they are perfect for colouring in and creating my own decals with, and with spring around the corner (although as I am typing this the UK is covered in snow - go figure) it seems like the perfect time for some colourful nails.

I will be posting reviews on the other plates as and when I get round to using them properly and creating some nice nail art to show off, so definitely check back for more!

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