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Born Pretty’s Nail Stamping Polish collection review with swatches

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  • Manufacturer: Born Pretty
  • Availability: part of their polish lineup
  • Description: 75 stamping polishes ()
  • Cost/Amount: USD$4.99 per 6ml bottle
  • Would you purchase again: yes, some of the colors
Born Pretty’s Nail Stamping Polish collection

These are smaller bottles - less than half the size of traditional nail polish. Since these are not meant to be used as all-over colors, though, perhaps this is a decent idea. It wouldn’t make a lot of sense to buy lots of bottles that you know will dry out before you can use it all. The brushes are regular-size, though - useful for nail stamping, but not at all for freehand nail art.

The formula is thicker, so if you do use it for freehand nail art, apply it as thinly as possible. It will take longer to dry and cure. They’re grouped into color families, but I haven’t found too many options to buy an entire color family…except for the classic colors. I have several regular nail polishes that I can use for nail stamping, but I thought I’d try these out and see how they worked. I tried at leasst one color from every group, except for two. I didn’t buy any of the holos or the thermals - the former, because I don’t konw that I trust the holographic effects to really show up when used for thinner-line nail stamping, and the thermals because I assume that they’ll have about a 6- to 9-month shelf life, like most other thermal polishes.

I’ve used these with my dotting tools, with my nail brushes, and with my nail stamps. I do notice the difference when I use these: the finer lines in a given stamping design are smoother, bolder, and more definite than when I use a standard nail polish (even if it has a thicker formula.) I still have some problems with the nail stamps if I don’t move quickly enough for the thin lines to get onto the nail before drying out, but the drying-out happens more slowly when I’m using these stamping polishes than when I’m using one of my regular nail polishes. I haven’t used them for wide-area or large-form freehand nail art, and I don’t know that I will. My regular nail polishes work just fine for things like colorblocking and gradients.

The names that I've found for the colors aren't 100% consistent (maybe some are renamed or re-released at some point), so while I've run across many of the same names on different sites (Born Pretty, Amazon, Ebay) that isn't always the case. Here is a semi-comprehensive list that I assembled from Born Pretty, with the numbers included, because those don't seem to change:

Candy Colored

  • BP-AC01 Pomegranite Red
  • BP-AC02 *Cosmos Bouquet
  • BP-AC03 *Bright Yellow Sprouts
  • BP-AC04 *Tulip Celebration
  • BP-AC05 Lucky Clover
  • BP-AC06 *Ariel Mermaid
  • BP-AC07 *Shannon Macarons

Ocean Blues

  • BP-BW01 Starfish
  • BP-BW02 *Howling Seas
  • BP-BW03 *Ingalia
  • BP-BW04 *Diana
  • BP-BW05 Nile River

Earth Tones

  • BP-ET01 *Clear Eyes/Blue Sky
  • BP-ET02 Moonlight
  • BP-ET03 *Misty Grey
  • BP-ET04 Sunset
  • BP-ET05 Sunrise
  • BP-ET06 Twilight
  • BP-ET07 Flowing Clouds

Laser Holo

  • BP-FHS01 Starry Star
  • BP-FHS02 Pink Paradise
  • BP-FHS03 Flaming Fireworks
  • BP-FHS04 *Splendid River/Dazzling Galaxy
  • BP-FHS05 Fantasy Sky

(couldn't find a color-group name)

  • BP-FS01 Carry On
  • BP-FS02 *Fist Fight
  • BP-FS03 Be Lost
  • BP-FS04
  • BP-FS05
  • BP-FS06
  • BP-FS07 *Wondering
  • BP-FS08 Wall

Thermal Colors

  • BP-I01 Blooming Summer
  • BP-I02 Hoh Xil
  • BP-I03 Campsis Blossom
  • BP-I04 Micro Peach
  • BP-I05 Green Flower
  • BP-I06 Plum Spring
  • BP-I07 Pink Lotus
  • BP-I08 Blue Enchantress
  • BP-I09 Temptation Amethyst
  • BP-I10 Beauty in Pink
  • BP-I11 Pumpkin Fairy
  • BP-I12 Foggy Rain

Agate Greens

  • BP-ML01 *Scenery
  • BP-ML02 Leisurely
  • BP-ML03 *Balsam
  • BP-ML04 *Aloof
  • BP-ML05 Indulgency
  • BP-ML06 Recluse

Roses

  • BP-Q01 Party Dress
  • BP-Q02 *Birth of the Queen
  • BP-Q03 Last Dance
  • BP-Q04 Lost Herself
  • BP-Q05 Girl's Party
  • BP-Q06 Miss Pink

Classic Colors

  • BP-U01 *Leo
  • BP-U02 Galactic Center
  • BP-U03 Pink Planet
  • BP-U04 *Moonlit
  • BP-U05 Mars
  • BP-U06 *The Milky Way
  • BP-U07 *Sunset Bach
  • BP-U08 Purple Sky

Pink Purple Rose

  • BP-WN01 *In Fire
  • BP-WN02 *Time Fly
  • BP-WN03 *Throne
  • BP-WN04 *Pure
  • BP-WN05 *Dark Armor
  • BP-WR01 *Orange Autumn
  • BP-WR02 *Misty Life
  • BP-WR03 *Tail of Dark
  • BP-WR04 Eternal Beauty
  • BP-WR05 Pretty in Pink
  • BP-WR06 Warm Mist

Candy Colored (2)

  • BP-WT01 Music Box Melody
  • BP-WT02 Blueberry macaron
  • BP-WT03 The Noon Sunshine
  • BP-WT04 Summer mints
  • BP-WT05 Crimson Cheeks
  • BP-WT06 Cherry Blossoms
  • BP-WT07 *Coral Grapefruit

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