| I’m using false nails, these were the only ones I had left in my stash and they weren’t quite the correct size or the shape I prefer unfortunately. Kind of makes me want to grow out my natural nails again or get awesome glitter acrylics but I just don’t have time or patience for it at the moment >_<
Start with clean, filed nails.
Apply 2 coats of base coat and wait until completely dry. The base colour I used was White Gold.
The next colour I’m using is Gold. This is where the tiny paint brush comes in handy!
Paint little splotches all over the nails randomly.
They don’t need to be even or the same size, you can make them as big or small as you like.
Last colour I’m using is Bronze.
Use the tiny paint brush to edge the spotches. Don’t worry about being neat about it and don’t go around the edge in a complete circle, you want it to be broken up into 2-3 parts with gaps between them.
Let it dry, apply a clear top coat for extra shine and you’re done!
You could reverse the colours to put a light leopard print on a dark background for a really pretty effect too.
This is a really good pattern to break your teeth on if you’ve never tried nail art before because it doesn’t matter if you make mistakes :D |
This is cute :) I’ve been wanting to try out a leopard print mani for a while now!
You should totally give it a try :D
I love the colour combo!! So gorgeous and sexyXD
Perfect for gyaru heehee!
I’ve currently got a leopard print mani on at the moment as well! I’m surprised by how easy it is to do! :)
I know what you mean, it looks much more complicated than it is XD
Very nice nails and good tutorial. This set of colours works great here!
Thanks Rabbit!
i think the nails are a nice shape and nice tutoril the nail polishes u used are amazing!
Thank you so much Naka <3
Wow! This looks really great and it seems likes it would be super easy to do! I think I will try it =D
Thanks for posting this ^^
No problems! I’m glad you found it helpful :D
Oh these are so cute :)
I’m gad you like them :D
Aaaaaand suddenly, I desperately need more nail polish, lol.
Thank you for the tutorial! <3
Hahaha I know the feeling! There’s always a new colour to buy XD
I love this tutorial!!
Looks so pretty!
I love you btw
Aww thank you so much <3
Looks fab!
I am too scared to try it myself.
I’ve used the Konad with black over the gold and it looks fab.
I love using my Konad templates! It’s typically so fast and easy, but can be frustrating on stubborn days.
I so know what you mean, on a good day Konad is awesome but on a bad day Konad=seriously fail!
I used to be obsessed with the konad leopard plate! The looks awesome with an orange base then gold stamp then black :D
So chic! Can’t wait till my nails grow out again to try this.
:D I hope they grow faster than mine haha!
Your nails look great! Thanks for sharing with the class. ^_^
Haha no problems!
I have a general nail question if you don’t mind. I want to paint some acrylic nails, but I’d like to be able to do it without putting them on my own nails first. Do you have any tips on how to do this? The only thing I can think of is using a small bead of glue on a stick to hold the nail in place, but then I’d have dried glue on the underside, which won’t look good when I put them on. Help?
Just use some blutac to hold them onto the ends of match sticks or wall hooks, works really well and at the end there’s no damage to the nail :)