Born Pretty Stamping Polish Preview: 14 & 22

Born Pretty is one of my go to stores for most things in nail. Prices are really reasonable and quality is nice. When they launched their own line of stamping polish I was very curious to try out some as the colours are bright and different from most konads I have. 

Thats the package BP kindly sent to me for review (opinions are unbiased and truthful)

First up today for review are their stamping polishes: #14 and #22

This purple shade is called #14 (item 22179; link). Its a very bright shade, shows up well on both dark and light backgrounds. See swatches above and below. The colour is very opaque and stamps well. The shade is purple leaning towards slightly pinkish.

Next up is #22 (item #23191)

This shade #22 (item 23191; link) is a very bright neon yellow. I love how nicely this stamps over both light and dark backgrounds. its quite opaque and stamps well. Its quite visible even on lighter shades and I am definitely going to be using this much more in my manis.

Both of these stamp well and are quite opaque. They pick up well in a stamper and are very vibrant shades. They sell for $4.99 for 15ml but sometimes you can get them at a good price during promotions.

Use my discount code: ARTX31 for discounts on the born pretty store.

How I take my Macro Nail Pics

Isn't this gorgeous??!!

Its a macro pic of Krizia Merman (see full swatch below)

I recently got a new clip on lens on Aliexpress for around $5. Its not the all-in-one kind of a thing with different attachments. This one is just a macro lens that can be clipped on any phone. Its really very good and I am surprised by the pics coz my old faithful point-n-shoot camera cant get as close as this does. So how close does this go?

First up heres a few pics of the product:

The white part is the clip. Incased in it is the black rubber type case which holds the lens.

So you gotta put the lens in the white clip and clip it on your cell.

The back section (see above pic; where my pointer is) that will clip on to your cellphone, while the lens will go right in front of your camera.

Below is a half zoomed pic (as in zoomed in my camera not on computer/pic); the top most one of this post is where its fully zoomed in)

This is how that pretty polish looks like in real

So the deal with this is that you have to go realllly close with good lighting directly on your nails.

Like as close as 1cm or even less and make sure ur hands are steady and you dont let your shadow fall on  your nails. and go clicking!!