Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Stamped in Greenery was released in March this year by California-based indie polish maker Painted Polish in tandem with Gaga for Greenery as the Pantone Greenery Duo, inspired by Pantone's Color of the Year for 2017, Greenery. This polish is part of creator Lexi's "stamped in" line, a series of cremes with especially opaque formulas designed with an eye to stamping nail art. But you definitely don't need to be a stamper to enjoy them!

Described as leaf green, Stamped in Greenery is a creamy, vibrant, medium-toned yellow-green with a bright, leafy aspect, kind of like if you took apple green or limerick and freshened it with a healthy splash of spring green. It's more spirited and dynamic than pistachio, denser and leafier than lime -- an expansive, energetic shade with the take-no-prisoners attitude of a statement color and a bold, graphic sensibility.

Application was superb! The consistency of Stamped in Greenery is fluid, dense and very smooth with a medium viscosity and a fluent, creamy glide over the nail that self-levels like a dream and is amenable to thinner or thicker coats as preference dictates. Pigmentation is outstanding -- a true one-coater. I used two for this manicure to see if a second coat made any difference to the look and it did not. Cleanup is straightforward with a little bit of pigment travel as you might expect from such a saturated color and some faint trace staining to dry areas. Stamped in Greenery dries naturally in good time to a smooth, shiny finish.

Photos show two coats of Stamped in Greenery over treatment and basecoat with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery

What a great looking green! It kind of reminds me of one of my old favorites from China Glaze, Def Defying from the 2012 Cirque de Soleil Worlds Away collection, but this is better! It's creamier, with more subtlety to the color, and feels classier and more grown up. I love it. And the formula is out-of-this-world good!

If you want to see how it stamps, Becca of A Certain Becca Nails has photos of it over black and white in her review of the Pantone Greenery Duo, here. 

This is the original version of Stamped in Greenery. Lexi has since reformulated it for slightly lighter/brighter color as Stamped in Greenery 2.0, and that's the version that is currently available in her shop.

xo,
Liz