Things To Do // Green Leaf Print

The last few posts were a bit pink heavy (but pink is a great colour) so I decided to finally dive into a recreation of this sticky pad note book I've had on my desk for the last few weeks. I got it from The Works for £1.99 and I knew the second I saw it that I wanted to do a nail look based on it. Unfortunately though, I don't have that many green stamping polishes but I think I did quite well considering!

This was actually quite simple to do and if I had the time, I would've done my other hand (I know right? Nail Art? On the other hand???) It's basically, a white base coat and then multiple layers of leafs in different colours. I had to use a few different stamping plates to get similar leaf patterns but the result is that my nails almost blend into the design.

To spice things up, I used one of my colour shifting stamping polishes. That darker olive green looking print at the bottom is a deep blue which shifts into a beautiful olive/gold shade, It's part of the Born Pretty Universe Series. I have three of them so far but they're £3/4 a pop and I can't find them cheaper on eBay so they'll have to wait for the moment. Not that that's expensive compared to MoYou but still, I'm used to buying Born Pretty polishes in sets of 6/7 for £6.

Also, to even out the green shades I used an Avon polish which I think I got in 2011/2012. It had completely separated but a good shake and it stamped quite well; I was most surprised.

Polishes/Tools Used:

- Essie // Blanc (white)

- Born Pretty // Leo BPU01 (blue with olive/gold shift)

- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #12 (Primary Green)

- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #18 (Teal)
- Born Pretty // Stamping Polish #379 (Light Yellow/Green)

- Avon Arabian Glow // Electric Green (Mottled Green) (discontinued now)

- Revlon // Colorstay Diamond Top Coat

- Harunouta // Stamping Plate 17
- MoYou London // Tropical Stamping Plates 25 & 36