Beauty Big Bang XL Stamping Plates BBBXL-001 and BBBXL-002

Beauty Big Bang sent me 5 plates to review and I have reviewed XL-003, XL-004 and XL-005 on 3 separate blog posts but BBBXL-001 and XL-002 both had images which went well together.
I have been using these 2 plates over the last month or so but on many occasions I have used both in one mani so I decided to blog the two of them together.
They are both really beautiful plates and have featured in many of my manis this summer.
BBBXL-001 has 14 14 x 24 mm images including fruits, shells, flowery and leafy patterns, flamingos, seahorses and other underwater creatures.
BBBXL-002 has 7 14 x 24 mm images and a selection of smaller individual images like ice-creams, drinks and seaside scenes.

Beauty Big Bang XL-002 with Painted Polish Deux 2.0 over yellow and grey striped base (Happy Birthday from another plate)

Beauty Big Bang XL-001 & 002 with Painted Polish Autumn Twilight 2.0 and Deux 2.0, Virago Screen Name and Props on the Flat Top, Painted Polish Stamped in Seafoam over Nail Lacquer UK July (2018)

Beauty Big Bang XL-001 with Powder Perfect White, A England Lancelot and Painted Polish Autumn Twilight 2.0 over sponged base

Beauty Big Bang XL-001 with A England Lancelot over a pink and blue stamped base.

Beauty Big Bang XL-001 with Colour Alike Kind of White and Painted Polish Stamped in Seafoam over OPI My Chihuahua Bites

Beauty Big Bang XL-001 with Painted Polish Autumn Twilight 2.0 over Wikkid Polish California Gurls

Beauty Big Bang XL-002 with Painted Polish Stamped in Charcoal over Painted Polish Stamped in Blush, Colour Alike Lemonade, Fresh Mojito and Blue Sky over A England Carnation Lily Lily Rose

 

Beauty Big Bang XL-002 with Colour Alike Kind of White, Painted Polish Stamped in Seafoam and Barry M Flamingo over a fanbrush base

Beauty Big Bang XL-001 with A England Camelot over Avon Iceberg White, coloured in with Sharpies.

Beauty Big Bang XL Stamping Plate BBBXL-003

This is the 3rd of the 5 plates I was sent for review by Beauty Big Bang.
BBBXL-003 is all about nature - flowers, butterflies, leafy patterns and some very natural looking swirlies.
There are 11 14 x 24 mm images, 1 18 x 24 mm image and a small buffet style selection about 24 x 24 mm of butterflies and a little tree.
As I was quite tight for time (sadly - I would stamp all day if I could!) I did manis using 4 images at a time over a black gel base with different polishes.
All the images stamped beautifully and I had no issues at all with transfer of image onto the stamper or the nail. This is a lovely plate with very usable images, either as a base for multi stamping or as main stamping images.
This is the first of the 4 manis I created.

Beauty Big Bang XL-003

 This is the 2nd mani.

Beauty Big Bang XL-003

This is the 3rd mani.

Beauty Big Bang XL-003

And finally I stamped over the previous mani with the tree and butterflies. (this one looked better in real life, reflections made this a bit hard for the camera to pick up)

Beauty Big Bang XL-003

Beauty Big Bang XL Stamping Plate BBBXL-004

This is the 4th of 5 plates Beauty Big Bang sent me to review.
BBBXL-004 is a mixture of 14 images, each 14 x 24 mm in a variety of geometric designs. These are all quite general designs so I used this plate over a series of manis where colour of base was specified but the choice of stamping was entirely free. As a result all of these have appeared on my Instagram page over the last month or so.
Again I tried to vary the types of polish used to give a thorough test of the plates and used my clear stamper for all of them.

2 images stamped in white over a fanbrush mani.

 4 images stamped in pink over a blue base (these seem to be a bit of an optical illusion as its really not clear if its pink on blue or blue on pink - they really confused my camera! very strange)

 2 images stamped in purple over an orange base

 2 images stamped on purple over a fanbrush base

 1 image double stamped in Black and Neon green over a yellow base

 2 images stamped in dark blue over a smooshy base

Beauty Big Bang XL Stamping Plate BBBXL-005

Beauty Big Bang sent me a set of 5 plates to review and this is the last of the 5 plates, BBBXL-005
I have used the small square plates before and found them to be excellent so I was delighted to review the larger plates.
XL-005 is a lace plate. It has 14 images 14 x 24 mm and they are all lovely.
Having committed to doing this review I then found myself really busy at work and struggled for free time so I was not able to do a full mani with each image but I did 3 separate manis using a combination of the images, and one full mani for a challenge using 2 of the images.
I tried a mixture of polishes, some stamping polishes and some "normal" polishes that I regularly try for stamping and for most of the manis I used my clear stamper. That seemed the toughest test as the clear stamper does not not always work for me, but I had no issues whatever with pickup and transfer of images. All the images stamped really well and this is a delightful plate to add to my collection.
This was the first mani using 4 of the images.

Beauty Big Bang XL-005

This was the 2nd mani using 5 images, 1 as base layer of stamping on the 2 middle fingers. I liked this simple image as a background to the main stamping.

Beauty Big Bang XL-005

 This is the 3rd mani, again using 4 images

Beauty Big Bang XL-005

And finally a mani using the tiny swirls as a base and the half lace image.

Beauty Big Bang XL-005

I apologise that the pictures look a bit blurry, my watermarking software seems to be letting me down.

Born Pretty Manicure Set

Here is another item Born Pretty Amazon Store asked me to review, available here
This is a very pretty 3 part set which comes nicely boxed and in a lovely tin. It would make a great present for someone who has basic manicure needs.
The 3 items are multicoloured / multichrome so they really are very pretty.
The items in the set are a glass nail file, cuticle nippers and nail clippers.
The nipper and clippers are made of stainless steel, they are sharp, precise and well made. I don't tend to use cuticle nippers much but these are perfect for catching those annoying little bits of skin down the side of your nails (that you mustn't pull because they will hurt for days!!) and good for the occasional cuticle that does need trimming. They are quite small so easy to get into awkward areas.
The nail clippers are good too, nice and strong and easy to use, I am really very impressed with these 2 items and both come with a plastic cap to protect the sharp cutting edges.
The glass file is good too. I often use a rougher finish to take length off my nails but a file of this grade is perfect for everyday tidying up, leaving a lovely smooth edge to your nail.