Camo is sick

Camo is sick says a boy.

I have a Pony Palm plant growing on my desk at work for the past two years, it is so over grown that I have nick named it The Congo. So after a year I finally did it, I went and got a bag full of little green plastic army men and hid them among the bushes for recon missions.

With that wonderful idea my men needed to be incognito ... camouflaged. What a nail polish fanatic to do but obviously camo him out with nail polish of course! ... one idea lead to another ... Why don't we play matchy matchy with my men and camouflage my nails too! I'm gonna have me some fun.

What you will need: 
- CD palate
- dotting tools
- tons of greens, browns and black for green camouflage - forest
- tons of white, greys and black for white camouflage - snow
Optional - Essie Matte About You (cus c'mon ladies we ain't going to really play war rocking sparkley nails)

Colors used for green camouflage are (front lightest to darkest):
Butter London - Bossy Boots (green) - base
OPI: Jade is the New Black (green)
OPI: Cuckoo for this Color (green)
OPI: Wooden Shoe Like to Know (brown)
OPI: Tickle Me France-y (pale brown)
China Glaze: Liquid Leather (black)

Colors used for white camouflage are (front lightest to darkest): 
OPI: Alpine Snow (white)
OPI: Moon Over Mumbia (greyish white)
OPI: Skull & Glossbones (greyish white)
China Glaze: Recycle (grey)
China Glaze: Liquid Leather (black)

I used the lightest color as my base. Using the dotting tool I did a free for all splatter like pattern because camouflage is supposed to reflect messy, dirty, decaying animals and leaves in nature so just glop it free style!

I repeated it with the next darker shade and the next darker shade until I only had black left. In the same fashion without care splotted it until it was one hodge podge of camouflage mess.  TA DA!!! perfection in imperfectioness!!!

After letting it dry I applied two coats of Essie's 'Matte About You' to make it look more rugged ... this is one chip worthy nail art I am looking forward to!

Time to find myself a ghillie suit and start learning how to army crawl if I want to be next to hottie Mark Wahlberg in The Shooter.