Born Pretty Store Review: Halloween Themed Water Decals

*Decals provided by Born Pretty Store for honest and unbiased review.  All other products purchased by me.*

  Hi there, folks!  I can't tell you how awesome it felt to open up Blogger today and see that I have 216 followers on GFC!  And to top that off, I opened up Facebook and I've got 406 Facebook likes!  Seriously, I can't thank you all enough!  I'm so thrilled to think that so many people have taken an interest in my little ol' blog...it's just crazy!  I'm planning another "thank you"/fall/Halloween giveaway for October, so I do hope you will all stick around for that :)

Ok, on to today's post!  I have some fun Born Pretty Store nail decals to show you.  With Halloween right around the corner, these little skulls are perfect to decorate any spooky mani! 

This listing of water decals has 24 different patterns to choose from.  The pattern I chose (#71) contains 26 skull and 10 crossbone decals.  The skulls are influenced by the Dia de Los Muertos sugar skulls, very cute!  I was pleased with the amount and variety of patterns and, they currently retail for $0.99 so you can't really beat the price!  Over all, I like these decals.   I think they'll be perfect for the upcoming Halloween season!  I have to apologize that I don't have a couple more photos, but for some reason Warm He-Art-ed showed up very green in all my photos.  The polish is actually a soft brown with a pretty pink/orange shimmer, so I'm not sure where the green came from.  I had to color correct a bunch just to get the two photos I have and they're still a bit green.  Oh well, we win some, we lose some lol

The decals were fairly easy to use, although the directions on the package are a bit confusing.  Basically, you want to paint your base color (here I've used Finger Paints' Warm He-Art-ed) and let it dry.  Cut the decal(s) you'd like to use from the card and remove the plastic film from the top.  Float the decal in water for 10-15 seconds and then place on your nail.  Here's where there's some confusion.  Other water decals I've used have the pattern facing the backing, so you place them face down on your nail and then peel the backing off.  This set has the pattern facing away from the backing, so you have to peel the decal off of the backing before placing it on the nail.  Fortunately, they don't stick immediately so you've got some wiggle room to move them around.  After I figured out what was going on, it was a snap to flip the decal the right way with tweezers.  Then I applied a coat of Seche Vite and I was good to go!


*Decals provided by Born Pretty Store for honest and unbiased review.  All other products purchased by me.*
 
If you decide to order these decals or any other BPS products, please use my 10% discount code, YFL91.  BPS is a great place to find all kinds of great nail polish and supplies so be sure to check them out!  Thanks so much for reading!

Born Pretty Store Review: Nail Art Water Decals

*Nothing to disclose.*

Evening everyone!  I know most of you are probably out doing fun things with your Saturday night but I have a quick review for you. While checking out  Born Pretty Store's $0.99 sale a few weeks ago, I found these fun water decals and, even though they weren't on sale, they were just so pretty I had to give 'em a try!

The set I purchased (G074)  contained 15 decals, with 6 different designs.  In person, the designs were just as pretty as they looked online, always a good thing! 

I used one decal on my thumb and middle fingers.  I wanted to do a sort of skittle manicure, so I didn't end up using a decal on each nail.  These decals are really easy to use.  You trim the design you want to apply from the decal sheet and float it in water for 10-15 seconds.  While the decal is soaking, drip a little water onto the nail you're applying the decal to as well.  Then (I used tweezers) pick up the wet decal and place it, decal side down, onto the surface of your nail.  Press firmly and slide the backing off the decal.  On my first try, which is the middle finger on the above photo, I did have a little placement issue, but on the whole I didn't have any issues with these decals.
 

This shot is my middle finger on my right hand, which came out a lot better than my left so I wanted to show it off a bit :)  I am considering purchasing the XF1265 set as well.  The designs look the same but seem like they have a bit more contrast, which would be the only problem I had with these designs.  The colors didn't come across as dark as I'd hoped.

These decals retail for $2.86 on bornprettystore.com.  Shipping might take awhile, depending on where you live, but in my experience, bps usually gets to my door faster than expected.  Has anyone else tried these or other decals from bps?  What did you think of them?

Thanks so much for reading!

Polishes Used:
Sinful Colors~Tutu, Over It, Song of Spring, Southern Belle, Bombshell, and In the Spotlight
Wet 'n' Wild fastdry~Can-Can You Hang the Mistletoe