Leopard Number Two!!!

Ok so I decided to try something new with the blog and so I added pictures of what my nails looked like as i went a long. I hope it's not TOO much. So, here is my second attempt at leopard print and I think I am getting the hang of this... So here is the look


And from another view...

Video tutorial for this look!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTYQOIJKLmw


After my first attempt at leopard print (see "Fall and Leopard Print") I fell absolutely IN LOVE with it and decided to dedicate more nail space to it and came up with that.

Here are my products used


***DISCLAIMER***
I purchased all of these products with my own money and did not use them for the company I just honestly love these products and chose to use them with my own free will. My opinions are simply mine and not biased by the companies. And I am not sponsored by an of these companies.

Base coat- Salon Sciences Fiberglass Networks
NUDE- Sally Hansen Nail Growth Miracle in Innocent Nude
BLUE- Kiss Nail Art Paint in Soft Blue
PINK- Kiss Nail Art Paint in Beach Pink
SILVER Glitter- Sinful Colors Nail Art in Fashionista
LIGHT GREEN- China Glaze in Re-Fresh Mint
GOLD Glitter- Sinful Colors Nail Art in Flower Girl
BRIGHT GREEN Kiss Nail Art Paint in Beach Green
BROWN- Revlon in Hot For Chocolate
BLACK- Revlon in Black Lingerie
top coat- Salon Sciences Instant Artificials

Paint brush for the dots
A paper to use as a pallet

1. I applied my favorite base coat twice to clean nails.



After one coat...

After the second coat.

2. I applied one coat of the nude color because two of the Fiberglass Networks base coat is kind of opaque in its self. So, in my personal opinion one coat is enough.




3. I took the blue and pink polish and the piece of scrap paper and dropped big spots of polish on the paper so that I could use it as sort of a make shift artists pallet and took the paint brush and made small pink and blue dots all over my nails for the main big spots.

Here is what it looked like


4. Then I took the silver glitter and made a line separating the are with the spots from the area with just the nude shade of polish

Here is what it looked like


5. I took the light green and made dots with the scrap paper and paint brush in a "v" shape Which I outlined with the gold glitter. I did this on my ring fingers only.




6. With the lime green I decided to make zebra stripes in the space on my ring finger that was open. I had to go over it about three times to get it opaque enough.


7. Then I took my scrap paper and dropped some black for all of my nails EXCEPT my ring finger and used the pain brush to make little "c" like shapes around my nail as well as Random little tiny black dots. Then I took the brown polish to do the same thing with the brown polish because i figured that brown would look better against the green.


8. With my usual top coat and after all my nails had completely dried of course, I put two coats of my Instant Artificials top coat to seal and protect my design and my nails.


As always make sure to hit your free edges with at least one coat of each polish you use to help thicken your nails, protect them and to seal and protect your nail art!

ZOMBIES!!! And Other Stuff

So last night, as I was searching for Halloween stuff online, I randomly got the idea to do some zombie themed nails in the spirit of Halloween (which just so happens to be my favorite holiday!)

I had recently (recently being like...3 weeks ago haha) been to Walgreen's and bought a green Sinful Colors polish from their Halloween display that they had up and I have been trying to think of a way to use it and yesterday it hit me, zombie nails!

***DISCLAIMER***
The products I am about to list are ones that I have purchased with MY OWN money. I am in no way shape or form sponsored by these companies, nor did I receive them for free.

Products Used:
RED - China Glaze - Rose Among Thorns (Neon)
GREEN - Sinful Colors Professional - Irish Green
RED GLITTER - Sephora by OPI - What's Your Poison?
BLUE - Kiss Nail Art Paint - Pearl Blue
TOP COAT - Salon Sciences Instant Artificials Protect



So, here is how I did them.

1. USUALLY I do use a base coat but its a fiberglass one that I only use when my nails start getting long as an added form of strength. I know that base coats are important and protect your natural nails, provide a "base" or "foundation" for your nail polish (kind of like eyeshadow primer for you make up girls out there) and help avoid stains/discoloration and what not, but I dont really put too much into them personally.

2. I first decided to do a reverse french manicure with the red and green. When I first purchased the green, I tried it out and found out that it is EXTREMELY sheer so I knew going into this that I would need to think of a way to work around that. Since they are zombie nails, I decided to put the red (Rose Among Thorns China Glaze) first and just painted a small half moon on the bottom of my nails for the reverse french part. since they were zombie themed, I didn't put too much emphasis on perfection. i only did one coat of the red.

3. On top of the red, I put two coats of green (Sinful Colors Irish Green). This over the red made it look like a weird warped red color, perfect for the zombie virus theme I had going :).

4. Since I am ALL ABOUT the bling and the glamor, I decided to put a thin coat of the red glitter (Sephora by OPI What's Your Poison?) over the red that was showing through the green. It still let a bit of the original red show through, but added a bit of sparkle at the same time. Who said zombies can't be glamorous? hahaha...(ew)

5. After that, I decided to put like...stitches I guess you would call it too because it looked a bit strange with just the red and green and besides, were trying to go for Halloween, NOT Christmas, thats a whole different blog and nail design right there. For this I just used the blue nail art polish and the brush that comes with it (Kiss Nail Art Paint Pearl Blue). I know that this can make it more Frankenstein-ish...but I decided on zombies so whatever I ended up doing to them, no matter what, they were going to be zombies.

6. I had to go to work so I had to wait until I got home to top coat. which can be a very dangerous move. I always use the same one, my Instant Artificials by Salon Sciences. I am in LOVE with this product. I used to use it as a base coat actually but now I use it as a top coat. It adds a nice shine to my nails and adds the strength of acrylic to them as well. love love love it.

So, my finished product looked something like this...


I hopefully, will be able to upload a video on this and how I did it so that I'm not just attempting to talk you through it. Because if your anything like me, you learn better by watching.