Leopard Nail Art Tutorial

Well, I was so disappointed with how sheer Essie "Action" came out, I felt the need to do something to save this manicure.  I decided that some bright leopard spots would be just the cure.  These are super easy and super cute! See below for the tutorial.

1.  Start with a base color of your choosing.  When it is dry, take some of your acrylic paint, and paint little dots or c shapes on your nails.  I used pink.  I suppose you could use a nail art brush and some polish instead, but it will take longer to dry, and you will have a little less control over the paint than with the acrylics.

2. Next, take some black acrylic paint and paint little c shapes around the pink spots. For some of these I did c shapes on both sides, and for some I did a c shape along the bigger c and a dot on the others.

3.  If you feel that you don't have enough spots, you can go in and add a few random spots with just black.

Thats it! So simple, and such a cute way to spruce up a boring manicure, right?  Do you think you will try this?

How to make your own nail art decals

Hello!

My spree of overnight shifts is over! This means that I finally have time for some nail art again.  Today I am going to show you how to make some cool nail art decals.  This is perfect if you want to make some geometric designs on your nails but don't have a steady hand.

My manicure with nail art decals

So, read below for how to make your own nail art decals.

1.  Start with a sheet of wax or parchment paper. Choose your nail colors.  Paint each color in thin layers on the paper.

2. Wait for color to dry, continue to paint more thin layers. I painted about 5. If you paint too few, it won't come off of the paper correctly. Painting several layers of polish will also make the colors opaque so that you will be able to apply them to a darker color base polish.

3. Wait for the colors to dry completely.  I waited overnight.

4.  Gently peal polish off of paper.

5.  Cut into whatever shapes you want. Then, take thin paintbrush and apply clear top coat to back of decal and stick on nail. 

6.  Use nail scissors to cut to proper shape on nail.
7.  Finish off with top coat over decals. I used Seche Vite top coat for this because it is thicker, so will cover up any bumpy-ness from the nail decals.

There you go!  That is how I make some neat decals.  I used the dotting tool to create some extra dots on this nail after I applied the decals. What do you think? Will you try this look?