Zoya Ciara Leopard
I’ve been wanting to try a freehand leopard pattern with silver and black. So today I went for it. It’s actually pretty easy – I raced through it in no time by following this great tutorial by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails.
The base is two coats of Zoya Ciara, a warm purple creme from the Fall 2009 Dare Collection. This polish is actually new to me…but I love berry colors and I love creme finishes (I sound like a broken record, I know) so it was only a matter of time before this polish made its way into my shopping cart! The centers of the spots are Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Celeb City and the outlines are Essie Licorice. These two polishes are my go-to silver and black.
I really like how this turned out. In some ways, it’s subtle. I maybe could get away with it at the office…on a Friday…during a heavy snowstorm…after business hours…when hell freezes over. (LOL)
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This is rad! I want to copy this combo! I love Sarah’s tutorials – it is how I did my leopard mani!
Thanks, Tara!
So nice
Thanks lady! Where’s your blog?
very pretty! i tend to shy away from doing freehand nail art and rely on konad stamping instead :/
I’m usually a Konad girl myself…but this really was super easy!
Look wonderful! Gorgeous colours!
Thanks, Amanda!
Looks amazing! I’m not one for traditional animal prints, but I do like this, great job
Thank you! Unfortunately, this mani didn’t last too long as I had to schlep into the office the next morning. Boo.
Oh man tell me about it! I’m only getting away with bright colours this week because half the office was out on an offsite. It kills me to stick to neutrals some days!
I love! I wish you were my neighbor so we could hang out, drink wine and you can paint my nails leopard. C’mon!
This made my day. LOL. This scenario makes perfect sense. Come on over!
That is funny – great minds think alike. I had gone over to chalkboardnails and had seen a cool gradient and tried it and it was an epic fail – your leopard turned out great!
Erin, knowing you…I’m sure your gradient was FAR from a fail and really a masterpiece! :)
Well thank you for the vote of confidence, but it really didn’t look all that good. I have trouble with gradients, the sponge, application, etc. Still working on it. BUT, thank you. :)
love!!