NOTD - Golden Leopards

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After seeing this design on Emily's blog, after her guest post over at DoNotRefreeze, there was no way that I couldn't play copycat. Yeah, yeah, everyone does them and they're pretty cliché these days, but I still love them! The one time I've tried them before ended in disaster - my hands looked like a cross-breed of a Fimble and a cow had thrown up on them. Not this time...




GHETTO FABULOUS.

Gold base - Barry M 'Gold'
Silvery tip colour - Avon 'Mystic'
Brown dots - Barry M 'Mushroom'
Black lines - Claire's liquid eyeliner
Topcoat - Seche Vite

I applied the gold polish, sponged some silvery taupe onto the tips, dotted on some brown dots and squiggled around them with black liquid eyeliner before adding a topcoat for some shine. The silvery tips look so awesome in the light, giving a subtle two tone effect which looks way more interesting than straight up gold :) Unfortunately this wont last very long - I've got some plaster work at college I need to do! Darn you, art, with your nail ruining effects...

What do you think of leopard nails? Boring? Fun? Tacky? 

21 comments:

  1. Absolutely fun and totally tacky, but as my sister says: "When it comes to nails, the tackier the better".

    :D

    Love them.

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  2. Awwww these are cute! Yeah they're everywhere at the moment but i still love them. I esp like the gold :) I still haven't tried this on myself...no patience!!

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  3. ah its bloody brilliant!! Although you see this design everywhere it's still one of my faves because its SO trashy-fabulous and eyecatching! You did an awesome job aswell, using an eyeliner for the black is INSPIRED - why am i wasting my money on nail art pens?!?! Annoying that Real Life has to get in the way and ruin them - but it looks like you've got it perfected now, so shouldnt be too hard to re-do! LOVE IT! xxx

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  4. I love leopard print nails. Surprisingly not many people have them IRL. If my nails weren't peeling right now I'd totally be doing this

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  5. Who cares if they're tacky! Your turned out lovely and fun, so much that I might even finally decide to try them... after seeing how they look on a short-ish nail like mines! :)
    Loved how you mixed the gold base with those taupe-ish centers!

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  6. I love them :) they are so much fun!

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  7. absolutely loving this. wow! this is so fun and too well done to be tacky x

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  8. I love Love LOVEEE these =D x x

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  9. I wish I had the patience to o something funky to my nails!

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  10. Leopard print nails are the best! And I don't think they're too tacky, comapared to some of the bejewelled monstrosities you see...

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  11. I love it! You did a great job aswell, absolutely love it <3

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  12. I think leopard looks cute on short nails but on long extensions it looks tacky! Yours look so sweet :)
    Sarah
    sparkle-and-grey.blogspot.com

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  13. I really really like this! I wish I knew how to do it!

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  14. They might be cliche in the blogging world, but I still adore them! These are cute!

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  15. Stunning! Love the gold! xx

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  16. @ Helga, ahaha, I like your sisters thinking!

    @ Jo, thanks! Yeah, you need patience by the bucket load. So work the end result, though!

    @ Emily, aw, thank you, so glad I did you proud ahaha. I think they're tacky fabulous/ cheap punk :P Loved them while they lasted, though!

    @ Tass, weird how they're everywhere is blog land but hardly ever seen 'in real life'. I've only ever seen one person with leopard nails!

    @ Alhrayth, I personally love tacky anyway haha. Tacky is the epitome of fun! I hope you like 'em if you try them out!

    @ CopyCat, thanks!

    @ JessicaFrench, thank you :)

    @ Liloo, I bet you'd rock some leopard print nails - get it done!

    @ Alisha, thanks!

    @ MakeupMonologue, aha, it's quite relaxing if you're just watching TV or something.

    @ JuliaM, I love the bejewelled monstrosities, too :S Adore Asian nail art with all the gems, pearls and glitter!

    @ esteeem, aw, thank you!

    @ Sarah, thanks! I think long nails (when they get like talons) look tacky anyway!

    @ Jess, just pop on your base colour, splodge on some coloured dots and squiggle around them with an eyeliner. Then layer over your top coat!

    @ Kelliegonzo, thanks!

    @ Robyn, thanks! I want leopard nais all the time now :S

    @ Emily, thanks! the gold is a really pretty colour. Needs 3 coats for opacity though :S

    @ Phyrra, thanks!

    @ Elisa, thank you :)

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  17. I don't know how I missed this post, but those nails are so cute! and who cares if they are cliche or not. :D

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