Press Sample of Baroness X
GalaXy Prisms | Pleiades
Good morning and happy Saturday! I’m kicking the day off with the start of a little “series” I’ll be posting over the next few days. Demi of Baroness X sent me a hearty amount of her burnishing powders and glitters and flakes to review, and first we’re looking at Baroness X GalaXy Prisms in Pleiades.
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Now, I can’t be a total grownup and use these without making a tiny mess which is what took so long to get these up. While they are easy to use and pretty fun – taking photos after doing a series of them gets messy and I redid some so the photos didn’t look like a 5 year old dug her fingers into mommy’s makeup. The first photo always turned out well, but since there is usually a series of apply, photograph, remove, apply, etc – after 3 sets of photos the pigment builds up in crevices and dry skin patches and just doesn’t look good. And if I wash my hands between photos – my nails do the weird flared out, bendy thing and .. yeah.
So I’m finally ready to show them off.
First is the Baroness X GalaXy Prisms in Pleiades which is the only flake one thus far. I also have the GalaXy Glitters to share ) which will be up later today, then the Glints Iridescent powders, and finally the Glints Iridescent Holographic powders. In all -by Monday – I’ll have shown 26 of the offerings in burnishing goodies from Baroness X.
All of these photos were done using Girly Bits ‘It’s Definitely Him’ base which is a 1 coat black creme, Baroness X Bind & Burnish Base Coat and Dirty Delete Liquid Latex Nail Tape.
Basically – I start the mani with a good base coat for nail protection. Since the powders are rubbed on, I didn’t use a latex peel off like I usually do. I can be heavy handed and one small mistake of applying pressure risks having to start over. Then I applied 1 coat of Girly Bits black creme and let dry. Again – these will be “burnished” or rubbed on – so if you get impatient and go to town on them – you risk needing to start over if your layers aren’t done. That’s why I opt for 1 coat cremes as a base color, less dry time.
Once dry – apply 1 coat of Baroness X Bind & Burnish and let dry. I usually wait about 2 minutes and that does the trick for me – but everyone is different – you can lightly touch the top to see if it’s still wet or tacky. You want a tiny bit of tackiness for application, but not so much that it’s gonna cause the nail to slip n slide.
I generally do this coat of Bind & Burnish and then apply Dirty Delete around the nail for powder protection on the skin… by the time the Dirty Delete is dry – it’s also time to burnish. For those impatient – that’s a good way to know when you’re ready to go.
The next part can be done a few ways. Baroness X provides a dual sided eyeshadow applicator to dip into the powder/glitter/flakes and then you lightly rub the product onto the nail. I did use this technique for these photos. However – you can also use a nail stamper. I find the nail stamper to be the easiest for me. Use a stamper and rub the powder/flakes/glitters onto the stamper head, then “stamp” it on the nail.
If you use the stamping technique – don’t use your good clear stamper. It will cloud up the stamping head over time, so I use an older stamper that is already “cloudy” and I don’t care if I can see through it or not.
You can also stamp with the powders – but I’ll go over that when I get to those reviews.
Okay – we ready to see the Galaxy Prism in Pleiades?
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There’s a closeup. These do come in small sifter jars – I prefer to take the sifter off for the flakes, but I leave them on for powders. It’s a preference thing.
So these are tiny silver holo flakes. They are thin so they will not add a ton of texture to your nail unless you REALLY build them up. As I mentioned, I did a 1 coat black creme – but any base color will do. I have a thing about consistency in reviews so I try to stick to a single base color and do the same across the board.
So I “burnished” the flakes in completely on the index and pinky nail, but on the middle and ring I dabbed the applicator only on half the nail. You can do gradients or designs with them. I’m not coordinated enough to do designs though.
When done – simply top with top coat and you’re ready!
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These flakes are insanely sparkly and my camera was like “What the hell do you want me to focus on?” so it took a lot of shots for these. They are very fun to use and very glitzy.
The side of my index finger looks a bit lumpy – that’s user error and not the product. touched the Dirty Delete to the polish and didn’t notice – so when I removed the latex it lifted that part.
They are smooth to the touch the way I did it – but the light just bounces off them and sparkles.
Price: $6.00 for a .3g Jar | $10.00 for a Kit (includes powder/glitter/flakes – your choice + small bottle of Bind & Burnish)
Where To Buy: Baroness X Shop
Baroness X Social Media: Facebook | Instagram
Here are links to other products I used from Baroness X:
Dirty Delete
Bind & Burnish
Liquid Crystal Quick Dry Top Coat
Hope you enjoyed – I’ll be back later today with the GalaXy Glitters!
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1 comment
That looks amazing and so sparkly :-D
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