Nail Art.

Well as I mentioned in my last post I've decided to give nail art a try.
There are so many nail art designs all over the internet and I'm by no means an expert. I saw a leopard print nail art feature in a copy of Look magazine a while ago and always wanted to give it a go.

I started off with "Parma Violet" nail varnish from Topshop as my base colour.

After two coats and waiting for them both to dry I used "Peeping Tom", also from Topshop to place random dots on my nails.

Once they were dry I used my Andrea Fulerton Nail Boutique Dog & Flick nail art pen in black. It has a nib and a seperate thin brush. Typically I could only unscrew the lid to expose the brush and have only now just been able to pull off the cap to expose the nib (which would have made the nail art so much easier, but never mind!) Anyway, I drew random lines around the pink dots.

They're not perfect, but considering its the first nail art I've ever tried (unless we're counting Barry M nail effects haha) I'm pretty pleased with my results!
Now I know how to open the nib on the nail art pen I'll be doing more designs and hopefully buy some nail art pens in different colours.
The leopard print design can be done in any colours you wish (obviously) and I didn't follow any pattern or picture I just places the dots and lines where I wanted. I did practice a bit on paper first, but that was really just to get myself used to the nail art brush as its so long and thin!


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