Neon & Nude Leopard Print

After swatching for many days, I definitely missed having fun nail art on my nails. My dotting tools and brushes were calling my name! With many design ideas floating in my head, I decided to go with a very classic and simple design. When in doubt, go for some leopard print!

I started off with three coats of Porchester Square by Nails Inc. It definitely was fine with two coats but I just wanted to make sure that it was really opaque. The consistency was somewhat thick but a breeze to apply. After having it on my nails, it dried more of a wet cement color than nude, but it still has hints of brown. Although a nude color can seem very dull during the blazing summer time, adding a bright neon polish can definitely fix that problem!

Once Porchester Square was dry, I added the leopard spots with Shocking Pink by China Glaze and Liquid Leather by China Glaze. Shocking Pink is a bright neon that dries matte. I also used it to create high bows on my thumb and ring finger. For a tutorial on my bows click here.

Since I recently purchased OPI's Matte Top Coat, I definitely wanted to try it out! I turned this look matte by first applying my trusty Seche Vite Top Coat which gave this design excellent shine. I only added this top coat to make sure my nails would last. When that dried, I counteracted the shine with the matte top coat that I was extremely impressed by. It made my nails matte within 8 seconds! I love this design even better matte, than I did when it was glossy. 

Overall I think this design was a great choice for a nail art comeback. Neon and nude has been a very popular color scheme lately and it feels good to finally have it on my nails! Try this design yourself sometime and feel free to choose whatever neon color you want! I'd love to see this done with a highlighter yellow or bright blue! If you recreate this or any of my other designs, use the hashtag #inspiredbysabrinasnails on Instagram or send me the picture through Kik or Email and you could be featured on my Your Recreations page, here on my blog!

Bestie Twin Nails With Filippa!

This week Filippa (@Filippa_Bengtsson) and I decided to do the famous Bestie Twin Nails tag! This is my third time doing the tag and it's honestly so much fun! After much chit chat about different designs, colors and

patterns, Filippa and I decided on doing white bows over a blue gradient. After a quick sketch, we both knew that it was the perfect design for us to do.



When we were both finished with our nails, it was actually quite freaky how similar they looked, haha. I am very pleased with how they turned out though. I think that Filippa did an excellent job!

For this design we decided on a blue gradient using Sunday Funday by China Glaze as our darkest color (since we both own that polish), topped with a bit of glitter, and two white bows outlined in black on our index and ring finger. 

For the gradient I used a makeup sponge, Royally Yours by Loreal (light blue) and of course, Sunday Funday by China Glaze (dark blue.) I also topped it off with Fairy Dust by China Glaze to add touch of sparkle to the look. After that I painted white bows on two of my nails and outlined them with my striper brush in black. I hope you guys like this design and perhaps want to try it for yourself! Also don't forget to check out Filippas Instagram page, her username is @Filippa_Bengtsson!