Plate came in a cardstock sleeve for safe storage, with plastic backing that gives plate some more stability and makes it easier to handle, without fear of unwanted cuts. Plate also came with a blue protective film, that needs to be removed before use. That is only prep work you need to do to use this plate.
Plate is full of gears and robots and different lights and lines, and all images are well etched and will pick up easily regardless of what kind/brand of polish you use, and what kind of stamper.
When I wrote yesterday's review, I told you that I did some stamping over the top of the chrome powder...
That was true. It all looked good in my head, but after I was done, I was not happy with it. It did not help that I was unable to take good photo of it.
Just because I already did it, and to give you ideas about possibilities, here is what I done.
I removed this, and started from the scratch.
As a base, I used L'Oréal - Shinetastic - grey/nude that seem to be perfect neutral background. On my thumb and pinky, I added some glitter from Claire's - Pillow Fight , that contains light and dark blue matte bar glitter, and then good amount of holographic micro glitter that looks really pretty. I liked texture of it, and thought it would be fun contrast to industrial, steam punk manicure.
I stamped gear images using Kaleidoscope St. 1- Black, and over that I layered some MoYou Nails - Sky blue. I also used it for stamping the clock on my ring finger. I double stamped with Esmaltes da Kelly - Haltere. For all of the stamping I used big red stamper item #30987 that I still need to review.
Everything was sealed with Seche - Top coat.
As for plate, I can see myself using this again. If you like steam punk, or robots, this is definitively plate you need. As it happens, I really love this type of manicure, I love contrast of polished, feminine nails with something so masculine.
I already told you that this plate is no different from other plates from Born Pretty Store. They are all good quality, well etched, and picking up of images is easy, regardless of your stamping skills. If steam punk is not your style, there is no worry - there is plenty of different styles there to choose from, and while looking, have my discount code SHGK31 ready for 10% savings on all full priced items in the store, and trust me,there is plenty to choose from there. All that, and free shipping world wide!
***Product used here was given to me for my honest review. All opinions are mine, and are based on my own experience in use of the product. For product availability and prices, please refer to the store, all links are provided.***