Noble Blossom - China Glaze Golden Opportunity, Hit the Bottle As Black As Night, Fireball, Born Pretty Chinese Style L005

I'm pretty stoked with today's stamping mani! Check it out!

[Chinoiserie]

I think peonies just may be my favourite flower, and this chinese-themed design is just gorgeous!

[Born Pretty Chinese Style L005]

The plate I am using was provided for review by Born Pretty and it's called Born Pretty Chinese Style - L005 - you can find it here! I love the designs on here so much! Not just the full nail designs, but also the little details in the top half of the plate, so gorgeous!

[Bottle to nail: China Glaze Golden Opportunity (1 coat)]

My base from last week - China Glaze Golden Opportunity, a one-coater (!) yellow shimmer.

[Base: China Glaze Golden Opportunity (1 coat); Plate: BP Chinese Style L005;
Stamping: Hit the Bottle As Black As Night; Fireball (leadlighting)]

You can see the design I picked on the bottom leftmost side. I stamped in black with Hit the Bottle As Black As Night, then painted over the peonies with Hit the Bottle Fireball - a red jelly polish specifically translucent for leadlighting. It worked a treat!

[Base: China Glaze Golden Opportunity (1 coat); Plate: BP Chinese Style L005;
Stamping: Hit the Bottle As Black As Night; Fireball (leadlighting)]

This was so quick and easy to do, and you can see how the fine leaf and stem details transferred perfectly as well.

Remember to check out the plate here, and our usual code above is available if you're going shopping at Born Pretty. Happy stamping! =)

In Colour - Rimmel New Romantic, Born Pretty Harunouta 05, Revlon Apple-tini Fizz, Revlon Desire

I finally got to try out a technique I've been super keen to test since I got into stamping.. but for some reason, never got around to doing...

[Now in technicolor!]

Yes! It's a leadlight manicure!

[Base: Rimmel New Romantic (3 coats);
Stamping: Hit the Bottle As Black As Night, Haru no Uta Plate 05]

Quick recap of my base and stamping from last week: I used Rimmel New Romantic for the pastel pink base, then stamped over with a chrysanthemum floral design (Harunouta Plate 05) in black.

[Bottle to nail: Revlon Just Tinted Desire (leadlighting)]

[Bottle to nail: Revlon Apple-tini Fizz (leadlighting)]

The two polishes I chose to colour the design in with are Revlon Desire, an absolutely juicy pink jelly polish, and Revlon Apple-tini Fizz, an apple-scented green jelly with tons of pale blue flakes.

[Base: Rimmel New Romantic (3 coats); Stamping: Haru no Uta Plate 05;
Leadlighting: Revlon Just Tinted Desire, Apple-tini Fizz]

I think it wasn't too bad for a first try! It certainly reminded me of all the potential leadlight-suitable polishes in my stash, for next time!

[Base: Rimmel New Romantic (3 coats); Stamping: Haru no Uta Plate 05;
Leadlighting: Revlon Just Tinted Desire, Apple-tini Fizz]

I definitely think a couple things coulda been better such as a smaller stamping design, and a green that doesn't lean quite as yellow as Revlon Apple-tini Fizz did here. However, I'm generally pretty pleased and am looking forward to trying out more of this technique!