Leopard Nails!

So this is going to be my new go to tutorial for leopard design because this is my new favorite that I've done! Probably because I love this barbie pink color and the tiffany blue together!

I would also like to apologize for the horrible quality of the picture but it's the only one I have ):

So this is how I personally do lepard print, it may not be how anyone else does it but it works for me and I get compliments daily on my leopard nails (:

But FIRST let me tell you which colors I used. (:

The pink (which you can't fully tell in this picture is literally barbie pink!) is Essie 152 "Fiji" and I LOVE the color, but I dislike Essie as a brand and I HATE to say that but with every Essie I use I notice that I have to use a LOT of polish to make it go on without being "streaky" and that is one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to nail polish! I hate having to glob on a TON of polish for it to come out nice!

personally I LOVE Revlon! It goes on easy, evenly and a little goes a LONG way! plus the brush isn't too wide for my long semi narrow nails, but that's just my opinion.

The other color I used was China Glaze 625 "For Audrey" I do love China Glaze but I find that half are too thick and I have to dilute them with polish remover or they're lumpy. It might be a coincidence but I just don't like having to mess them imediately when I buy them but I love their color selecion their seasonal colors and their price is better than OPI and Essie.

For the lines on the zebra accent nail, and the black around the spots I use Kiss Nail Artist, mine came in a pack of 3 (White, Black and Silver sparkle) I got them at Target for I think 5 dollars? Something along those lines. They aren't pens, it's normal nail polish just with very thin long brushes so they're great for fine details.

Now that I've talked your ear off just with the colors I'm going to attempt to explain how I do leopard print with no pictures. (I'm going to make a video sometime when I get back from Michigan) so until I have a video of it this is going to have to do!

I like to do an accent nail especially when I do leopard so the spots are the color of my accent nail, I just like the way that looks.

So pick two colors and paint your nails, let them completely dry. What you'll need is a pin, just a regular pin. You could use a sewing pin, or cut the tip off a tooth pick. I like the pin because I can clean and reuse it. Then take your nail polish and make a little puddle on a piece of paper that you can dip your pin into. Then all you need to do is make some spots on your nails. They should be different sizes, and shapes. Let them completely dry then I took my black Kiss Nail Artist brush and first did my zebra stripes, for those I just draw random squiggle lines starting at the top and working my way down.

When I first started doing designs I praciticed on paper until I felt comfortable to do them first try on my nails.

When it comes to the leopard spots you just draw a semi circle around each spot. (I think of them of funny shaped "C's") I also like to draw around 1/3 of the spot on one side and 1/3 of the spot on the opposite side just so they don't all look identical.

On these nails I did two nails of complete leopard, and two nails of partial leopard because I really liked the pink and wanted more of it to show through. But when you're doing your own nails it's up to you on how you want to do them.