Same Prompt One Decade Later Nails: Black and White Leopard

Today I am sharing my of the prompt 'Black and White Leopard' a decade on from the original which you can see here.

Black Base Polish | Barry M - Black Forest

White Base Polish | OPI - Alpine Snow

Black Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Stamping Polish Black

White Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Stamping Polish White

Stamping Plate | Born Pretty Store - Tropical Punch L002

2014 Version;

   

Nails: Almost Leopard Print

Base Polish | Sally Hansen - Carnivale
Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate | MoYou - Trendy Collection 4

 

Nails: Green Leopard Print

Base Polish | Barry M - Kiwi
Stamping Polish | MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate | Born Pretty Store BP 69

40 Great Nail Art Ideas - Orange

My prompt this week was leopard print as well as orange.

Base Polishes
Nails Inc - Optic Flame
A England - Natasha's Dance / War and Peace
Stamping Polish: MoYou - Special Nail Polish - Black
Stamping Plate: Bundle Monster 221

Hole Reinforces

Review: BornPrettyStore - Nail Foil in Leopard Print*

These are listed on the Born Pretty Store as "1Pc Enchanting Flower Lip Starry Nail Art Roll Foils Strawberry Feather Glitter Transfer Stick". The particular nail foil I am reviewing is design number C17, a darker leopard print.

 

As you will be able to see the foil design doesn't transfer across perfectly, choosing a complementary base polish is a good way around this. This was my first time using nail foils and I found there was a bit of a learning curve with them but it wasn't too difficult.

Tips:
- Use complementary base polish
- Wait for the nail foil glue to go transparent
- Make sure to use the design so the design is facing upwards
- Test your topcoat on one nail first to see about potential shrinkage

First I began by using Leighton Denny's Supermodel as a base;

Apply some nail foil glue over the nails and wait for it to turn transparent.

I found cutting single nail sized foils useful. To use these you need to place the underside of the foils on to the nails. For this particular foil it was easy to distinguish between the two sides, one side was patterned one was white. 

I then rubbed the foils on to the glue, I used a mixture of my nail, a hoof stick and my finger wrapped in cotton wool to get the edges stuck down. Once the design looked as though it was coming away from the clear plastic I removed the foil leaving behind the design.

Usually with foils you can't use a topcoat because it causes the foil to shrink. I used HK Girl Fast Dry Top Coat, and for me this didn't cause shrinking.

The design may be a little much for every nail so I thought I would see what it looked like as an accent nail, which worked quite well.

These are from BornPrettyStore, you can see some of there new products here and what is most popular here.

$2.88 - BornPrettyStore

[item send for reviewing, this doesn't affect my views]

 

Tri-Colour Nail Challenge: Pink, Grey and Brown #3

This month the colours are Pink, Grey and Brown. If you want to join or want to know more about this then you can do here.

I chose to use Barry M Buzz, La Femme Grey Cream 100 and ELF Smoky Brown.

Polishes used:
Barry M Buzz
La Femme Grey Cream 100
ELF Smoky Brown.

Black Acylic Paint

15 Day Nail Challenge - Day 8 - Leopard

This short challenge is being ran by Fee from Makeup Savvy

Color Club - Twiggie
Dark Green Nail Art Pen

Nails: Blue Leopard #2

Nails: Leopard Print

Base: Essence - Metallics - 01 Iron Goddess

Stamping Plate: BM 221

Stamping Polish: Special Black

 

Nails: Green Leopard Print

Nails: Grey Leopard

This was my first attempt at doing acrylic nails, very long and make doing normal things so hard! 

Besides the acrylic nails I think this leopard print is good. They look better in real life, some of the silver spots are GOSH Holographic and others are UV silver.