Twist on the Traditional Leopard Print Look

I say "The Traditional" leopard print like animal print nails are the most common thing in the world, but here in the UK at least, you still don't see them that often! I love a leopard print manicure, it's so eye-catching, and there's so many different colour combinations to try out. Today is a grey and silver combo, and my first time doing leopard print with the Konad M57, as opposed to my usual freehand technique - which do you think is better?

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All photos are in natural light, no flash. I started out with 2 coats of Urban Oufitter's Sparkle and Fade in Light Grey, and then stamped the leopard print image from Konad M57 using Konad Black Special Polish. Does anyone else find this relly messy to work with?! I find it gets eeeeverywhere and my hands always end up covered in it haha! Maybe I just need to improve my technique! I added silver dots to the centre of the circular designs using Claire's Silver Nail Art Pen. I finished off with 2 coats of Seche Vite Topcoat.
What do you think?  What other colour combos would you try? I'm dying try a neon one!

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Who doesn't LOVE Leopard print?!

I used two Bloom polishes today to create a kind of Spring inspired Leopard print look! I'm really happy with the way it came out, Blom polishes are just so easy to work with the formulas great - they're really pigmented and rich in colour.

I used "Flamingo Sands II" which, FYI, is my favourite polish for this spring, and will continue to be into the summer - it's a gorgeous corally pink and it looks so different depending on the light you're under. Sometimes I could swear its orange, sometimes I would swear its almost a neon pink! I painted two coats of this, added dots of "Kate" - a lovely sky blue, and outlined them with "C" shapes and dots using Claire's Black Nail Art Pen.

I found it hard to pick which photos to show you, heres a few of my faves:

 

Happy Orange loves getting in on the action.

I love a good leopard print Mani, and these are SO easy and quick to create, the whole thing only took 20 minutes, and that includes base colour drying time - instant fashion statement :D

I hope your Monday hasnt been too depressing my Darls, Let me know what you think! :)  xxx



Disclaimer: I do not endorse Bloom Cosmetics and all opinions are my own. Polishes are purchased by me, by my own funds and endeavour.

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There really is no better way to start the day than a hot cross bun and a good strong cuppa!

From my reading of other blogs I am completely aware that this is unoriginal and overdone, but to start off the Mani element of this blog, I'm opening with.....leopard print nails. This is one of my favourite designs as it's so attention grabbing! I get way more compliments on this Mani than any others, possibly because its quite rare over here in the English Kingdom to see outrageous nails!!

The polishes I used for this look are:

• Barry M all-in-one base coat, topcoat and hardener
• Bloom polish in Goldie
• Barry M Mushroom
• Claire's black nail art pen
• Claire's Matte topcoat

L-R = basecoat, Bloom Goldie, Barry M Mushroom, Claires black pen, Claires matte topcoat.

FIERCE! (please forgive me for the state of my cuticles and shoddy clean up - I'm still learning! :D)

I love this look because it looks impressive, yet its so simple to create. Although the leopard full nail  image on Konad M57 is great, I really don't think it's compulsory in creating this effect!

I painted my nails with one coat of base coat, followed by two coats of Bloom's Goldie (which is one of my favourite brands btw, the formula's great - chip resistant, fast drying, and nearly always opaque in two coats), I then added random "spots" of Mushroom. After it was dry, I outlined my leopard spots using semi circles and "C" shapes, adding dots and flicks here and there to fill in the gaps. I topped it all off with a matte topcoat. As I said, people are always fascinated by this design, and can't believe I do it myself when its so easy and really takes no time at all.

Although Konad is more accurate and neater in it's finish, i like the freehand effect - its not uniform! what leopard has perfectly symmetrical spots eh?!

What do you think, is my freehand attempt a fair compromise for the professional finish of the Konad design?

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