Autumn Leaf Nails

So I thought I would try out doing all of my nails with a stamping design, and am proud to report that I only had to take off and redo one nail! I have decided that I am going to try to use the bundle monster plates in order, so I try out more of the designs rather than just picking my favourites, so this design was picked from BM01 and here is the plate -

I like all of the designs on this plate, but after a lot of deliberating I decided to use the single leaf design to try to create an autumn themed manicure. I tried to choose my most autumn related colours from my (extremely small) collection, and this is what I decided on -

The gold colour that I decided to use as a base is just called a touch of gold, it was a christmas present a number of years ago, and doesn't seem to have a brand. I decided to stamp the leaf design in both Rimmel Pro in 440 Orange Bliss, and No7 Stay Perfect in 100 Temptress. I then finished with No7 Stay Perfect Top Coat.

I had to apply 3 layers of my base colour, and this is the effect I ended up with -

I like this colour, it is subtle and pretty, and dried quickly even with 3 coats.

After waiting for the base colour to dry, I stamped on the orange leaves on each nail, before proceeding to stamp red leaves onto each nail. The orange is very subtle against the gold, but both colours stamped well, and I now am wearing this subtle autumn look -

I must've taken about a hundred photos of these nails, and I'm still not 100% happy that the photos look as good as the nails, but I'm sure my photography technique can only improve right?!

I'm really happy with how these nails turned out, I love how shiny the gold polish is, and the subtle effect of the leaves. I am also really enjoying the use of stamping, it is so easy to get a neat design, even when using my non-dominant hand (I am right handed and actually prefer the nails on my right hand which is a first!).

I'm sure there will be many more photo's of designs achieved through stamping :)

Bye for now, S x