Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Review of Double Sided Stamper & Scraper (Born Pretty Store)

Hello you guys! How have you been? My schedule is off the hook!! But we have a beautiful sunny day, I am waiting for lunch before I go back to my studies and then Español! Wiii! I am falling behind with my reviews, I am seriously late with some of them, so let us proceed with the review of the double sided stamper and scraper Born Pretty Store kindly sent to me. 

As you all probably know, I am trying to do more nail art and failing each year to achieve that goal, simply because I lack time for practise (even though most of nail art I tried is not time consuming at all). When I saw the offer of a double sided stamper, I said, why not, maybe it is easier to use and a new toy might make me do stamping more often. 
In the set (named 3Pcs/set Hot-sell Double Sided Stamping Nail Art Stamper & Scraper, item ID # 12024) you get a double sided stamper and two scrapers, one bell shaped and a classic shaped one.






The stamper fits into your palm perfectly, it is very handy that way. Plus the scrapers are both plastic so they do not scratch the templates. So far so good. But I had a big problem with the stamper. When I tried to do my first mani, it would not pick up the pattern from the template. Or it would, but very poorly, just some lines. I used the black stamping polish I also got from Born Pretty Store and when I switched to my old pink Essence stamper it worked perfectly. 

After that I tried to use the stamper with the white stamping polish from the Born Pretty Store set and with the silver Essence stamping polish. And it worked perfectly with them. After that I tried it with the black one again and again the pattern was very poor. What's up with that?!? What bothers me the most is the fact that I am using stamping polish from the same store that offers the stamper and it doesn't work with it? Major disappointment. 

I think the shape of the product and the scrapers are great, I will be using them instead of my usual credit card, as they do not damage the templates. But the fact that stamper apparently does not work with all stamping polish is a major turn-off. And all the varnishes were stamping varnishes. So go figure. I will use it for the white and silver polish I have, but the fact that I need a back up stamper just in case this one won't work with some polishes is bad enough that I would not recommend buying this product. It might work perfectly fine for you though. 

If you are purchasing something from Born Pretty Store you can use my discount code for extra 10% off (SSL91):







Did you encounter the same problem with this (or any other) stamper? Any advices on how to fix it?


Thank you for reading and commenting!

*Product sent for reviewing purposes, you can read my disclosure here.


8 comments:

  1. How odd! I have that stamper and I love it! What I have noticed is that the soft stamper end can get very hairy/fluffy and doesn't clean easily between nails - but I discovered that sticky tape works perfectly to clean it between stamps. Maybe if you sticky tape across it to make sure the surface is totally clean before you stamp, maybe that will help?

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    1. Hey, thanks for the advice!! I will try this next time I do stamping mani and hopefully it will work. Although the funny thing still is that only the black stamping polish doesn't work. :S

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  2. Thanks for the useful & honest review! I own a similar stamper (from Mo-You London) and the very soft stamper (almost sticky) works perfectly with all polishes :-/ also I love the fact that being so soft it follows the curve of my nails (and I have no more "blank sides").It's so strange that this one works just with some polishes!!

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    1. Yes, it is strange, but the filing of the stamper really works, awesome!

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  3. baš čudno :(
    nadam se da pri idućem pokušaju budeš imala više sreće :D

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    1. Dobro je, cure su pomogle i sad radi, yes! :D

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  4. Try to use a nail file on all the surface of the stamper,gently,only to make it a little more porous. I have a similar stamper bought on Ebay and this procedure worked for me . Made the surface more friendly to all brands of stamping of nail polish I have.I hope it helps :)

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    1. Thank you so much for the advice, I appreciate it! :) It works, so it was tons helpful! :)

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