SWATCHES: Born Pretty // Warm Tea Series

So, I accidentally added this entire series to my shopping cart on Born Pretty....don't look at me like that. I couldn't help myself...plus they were only £1.20 each. That's a good deal man. The review photos also tipped me over the edge, one person literally said "just get all of them". So I did.

I ordered on the 12th of Feb '19 and paid £2.75 for tracked shipping and they arrived on the 23rd. I swear Born Pretty has invented teleportation or something, I once had a package arrive from them in 6 days but yet 5 weeks later I'm still sat here waiting for my shipment from MoYou London....you're  a 4 hour drive away MoYou, four hours.

Anywho, lets get straight into the swatches! As these are stamping polishes, I've tested them out on both a black and white base and tried to keep everything consistent so results wouldn't vary wildly (3 days after writing this, I cut my nails short...so the summer mints swatch is on my old nails; ffs). 

Also, here is a list of the ingredients found on the box. Born Pretty are quite mysterious about their polish contents and every box in this series has the same information so I'm not sure how accurate it is considering they haven't listed individual colourings. However, if these ingredients are anything to go by it would appear they are at least 3 Free polishes.

Born Pretty Warm Tea Series Ingredients:
-Butyle Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Dibutyl Acetate, Tin Oxide, Isopropyl Alcohol, Acrylates Copolymer, Titanium, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Mica, Dioxide, Silica

May Contain:
- Aqua, Acrylates Copolymer, Peg12 Dimethicone, Parfum, Propylene Glycol, Alumina, Stearyl Alcohol, Iron Oxide, Polyvinyl Acetate Emulsion, Polyester Glitter

Swatch Conditions:
- Black Base // Essie - Licorice
- White Base // Essie - Blanc
- Stamping Plate // MoYou London - Tropical 14
- Stamping Tool // MoYou London - Crystal Clear Rectangular Stamper
- No Top Coat
- Indoors at night with spotlight & two daylight toned softboxes

WT01 Melody of Music Box // Olive Green

I love this shade, I really do. I can understand why some would hate it as it's that strange olive/mustard green colour but I love nearly all shades of green so it does it for me. There is actually a h&m shade called Olive Twist that I've seen a lot in nail art but it's been sold out for a while now and this is practically identical so I'm really happy to have this. Also, I just bought my first h&m shades and now I think I'm glad I don't have it....you'll see.

WT02 Blueberry Macaron // Sky Blue

This one is super easy to apply and works well on both dark and light colours. I'd say this is probably the best performing one in the set.

WT03 The Noon Sunshine // Lemon

Apart from being almost neon, this is the worst performing shade. It's extremely thick, streaky and dries ultra fast making it very hard to apply. It is nice and bright though and works very well with dark colours.

WT04 Summer Mints // Pool Blue

This one is a little bit weak on top of darker colours but has good all round performance. Not only is it easy to apply the smell on this one is quite weak compared to the others.

WT05 Crimson Cheeks // Rosy Red

This one is extremely pigmented and you can almost get a away with 1 coat if you're using it as a polish. It's not as vivid on dark colours and I'd say this is more red than crimson but it looks great on white.

WT06 Cherry Blossoms // Cherry Blossom Pink is accurate

This is a very nice soft pink that stamps well on top of lighter colours; it is a little wishy-washy on darker shades though. This one has the thinnest formula so it's done quite well considering. I'd say this one is my second favourite out of the lot. It's also very glossy by itself whereas the others have somewhat of a dull finish.

WT07 Coral Grapefruit // Coral

And last but not least is the reason I bought this set in the first place. I don't have many peach/coral shades and wanted a stamping shade specifically. I like how this looks stamped, not so much as a block colour by itself but it is easy to apply. 

// Verdict

I have quite a few of their small square stamping polishes and compared to those, these are no where near as pigmented but I have a feeling their supposed to be used for both stamping and as a regular polish. As a cross between the two I think Born Pretty did a really good job with the formula; especially since they're only £1.20 each. I consider this to be an absolute bargain. The greens and blues will definitely get used now we're heading into spring. A solid little set here from Born Pretty, I highly recommend!

Also, if you do want to buy them all, make sure you add them to your basket individually instead of the option that says "add all 7 colours" as it will actually cost £11.02 instead of £8.40. 

Born Pretty Warm Tea Series