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i really wanted to do something special with my nails this week but making such complicated designs was such a bother :( thank god for glitter polish though! 

good to be back after a long, long time ;o; i'm surprised i still have followers here even though um, i updated this like .. a month ago D; LOL BUT ! i do have exciting news :) recently an online nail shop called bornprettystore hooked me up with some freeeebies ! <3 you know me, and freebies . :) WE GO TOGETHER LIKE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY

and i was able to pick up some 3D nail art as well as a stamping plate ! yaaaay new things ! ♥ it took roughly a month to get here and i was starting to lose hope near the end because i thought they forgot about me :( but they didn't ! so yay ! plus one for bornpretty ! it came in a little envelope and for first impressions , i was  genuinely surprised and impressed at the quality :) it looked pretty kick ass to me ! they even had this little card thanking me for purchasing ^__^ how cute ! 

now as for the actual products , well .. let's say the ride wasn't so smooth :( at least for me , maybe the experience will be completely different for you :)

first of all , i was completely indecisive whether or not i should stamp my nails or slap cute tiny food on them , but in the end , i ended up picking the stamper because it was completely new to me and i was a curious cookie :)

i opened it up and the first thing i noticed were tiny specks or scratches ? on the plate :( as you can see here :

it was a bit dirty and yes , the specks are quite visible ( that wasn't the outcome from sharpening on photoshop ;o; ) but eh , i shrugged it off and continued with my usual process . after youtubing how to use a stamper plate , i proceeded to adding white nail polish over the hello kitty design up at the side ( yes ! it had hello kitty , it was the selling point for me hehe :3 ) and when i scraped it , i noticed that the white nail polish stuck onto the plate D: and i wasn't sure if that was normal or not so i went ahead and pressed the stamp on it and it didn't stick at all T_T 

why ?

well this isn't the store's fault T_T it's mine D: i should have known cool gadgets like these were in need of special nail polish that only worked for stampers . so i can't properly review this product aside from the slight scratches on the plate :( i am rather disappointed that it wasn't a stamping product that could be used on nail polish but oh well T^T that's not the store's fault now .

as for the stickers , they are quite neat :) they're not smushy and they do seem pretty durable . the only thing about them is that they look a little like the filmo art ( or is that what you call it ;o; ) that you can find elsewhere . i would have used them but i don't think they matched with the overall theme i was going for for this week's NOTD :( maybe next week though !

overall , the bornprettystore is reliable and they are worth your money ( given , you already have the right prep items for the products XD ) the people working there are seriously so nice and they reply almost instantly :) prices are really cheap and they always have new stock coming in so what's the wait ? ^o^

and if anyone's interested , i have a 5% off coupon that you can use if you feel like purchasing . simply type JESSAW21 and voila ! instant savings :)

on my trip back to philippines , my cousin bought me this adoraaable wrapped pink braided bracelet that i love to death ♥ weeks later , i finally was able to register on pinterest and i saw a tutorial JUST like it ;_; man , if only i knew how easy it was to make !