Barry M Plum with Born Pretty Store stamping plate QA27

 

It's getting colder and colder, and we are heading further and further into the recesses of winter, so decided to go with something dark and vampy.  This is Barry M Plum, from their Gelly Hi-Shine range.

I didn't do the best job with application on this one - was probably not concentrating as much as I should have been - but it is a gorgeous, deep vampy plum, which to my eyes dries a little darker than the bottle, but like the rest of the range, has a gorgeous, smooth shiny finish, which you don't need top coat over.  I actually have about seven bottles from this range now - perhaps I should do a swatch of them?

Over the top, I used a plate I had picked up ridiculously cheaply on my last order from Born Pretty Store but hadn't used yet.  Having only used Bundle Monster and Konad so far, I am actually quite impressed with the quality for the price - seems to stamp cleanly for me (not that my stamping technique is the best).  I used a Konad Special Stamping Polish in a bronzy colour - sorry, I don't know the names of my stamping polishes (well apart from black and white of course) - I grabbed a load when they were selling them for £2.00 each and the mini bottles don't have names on!

And I am rather excited - I am on a weeks leave from work and planning a trip to Ikea to get my very own Helmer!  I don't have NEARLY enough to fill it, but hey - nothn' wrong with a little room to grow, is there?