Stamped Green Gradient Manicure

Hi everyone!  It's a beautiful Saturday here in Chicago and I'm inside, typing up a post on my neglected blog.  Work has been taking a huge toll on my hands, I should post a picture of how they look after I get done polishing a million little bits of metal lol  It's so hard to get them clean!  And then I've had breakage so I'm back down to nubs.  I actually am enjoying them.  My longer length always gets caught on things and I'm constantly stressed over breakage.  So, not having to worry about that makes life a bit easier.  Anyway, on to the manicure!

I've been a stamping fool lately, can't get enough of it!  I picked up the Pueen Cosmetics Encore stamping plates a couple of weeks ago.  The images are beautiful and offer almost endless possibilites for stamping...I love them!  They are currently available on Pueen's Storenvey site and Amazon for $24.99 per four, double-sided plates set. 

I began this manicure with a gradient.  I used Lilypad Lacquer's Apple Spritzer (which I snagged off of Llarowe when they had a huge sale a few weeks ago!) and Army of Me by Black Cat Lacquer (also purchased in the same sale).  It's my first experience with both of these brands and I wasn't disappointed with either!  Apple Spritzer is a delicate light green to gold holographic with a perfect formula.  Army of Me shares the perfect formula but is a deep almost-forest green holographic.  Both of these polishes are still available on Llarowe for $13 and $12, respectively.

After the gradient dried, I stamped over top with Sinful Colors Black on Black using Pueen's Encore plate SE01A.  I couldn't be happier with how this turned out!  The colors, the holo sparkle, the black stamping...so perfect!  

I hope you all enjoyed this post and thanks for reading!