Leopard print does not go out of fashion for years, appearing everywhere: on clothes, interior items, and even dishes. So why not recreate the leopard print in a manicure? Moreover, this seemingly intricate pattern is actually easy to reproduce at home, fits perfectly on nails of any length and shape (including looks great on short and pointed nails), and takes very little time.

You don't need any special tools - leopard manicure easy to make with improvised means with minimal artistic skills. I made all these variants of leopard manicure on my own at home, and you can also repeat them with the help of this lesson. :)

Leopard print manicure options

So that you refresh your memory of the desired pattern and have a good idea of ​​\u200b\u200bwhat is to be recreated on the nails, I have prepared a small collection of leopard prints to use as a sample.

Print samples

As you can see, leopard manicure can be done in different colors, as well as with different frequency and size of the pattern - more on that below. And right now we will analyze classic (black-brown) leopard manicure on short nails.

For a classic leopard manicure you will need:

• Nail polishes, 3 pcs uki: light brown; dark brown; black
• Toothpicks, 2 pieces
• Scissors
• Palette (any surface that you don’t mind getting dirty, even a sheet of paper. In my case, this is a sheet of polyethylene)
• Base coat, top coat (optional)

Leopard manicure step by step

0. Standard preparatory step: do a hygienic manicure, apply base coat to protect nails (optional).

1. Apply to nails light brown background, if necessary - in several layers.

2. Preparing toothpicks. We'll need one toothpick for the big brown spots and one for the smaller black details. Therefore, we take one toothpick and cut off about 3 millimeters from its end with scissors - thus we will make the tip more blunt and wider, and it will give wider spots on the nails. Cut the second toothpick (for drawing black details) from the end by 1 millimeter.

3. Let's start creating dark brown spots. We drip a drop of dark brown varnish onto the palette, dip the first (more severely cut) toothpick into it and with trampling movements (not smearing! For this is not a brush) we print spots of arbitrary shape on the nail. Remember to leave enough spaces between the spots (we will still need to fit the black elements there).

4. Finally, we complement the manicure black elements of leopard pattern. We take the second toothpick (with a thinner tip), drip on a palette of black varnish, and draw the following elements on the nails:

1. "Parentheses" () : around part of the spots we draw semicircular elements similar to brackets on both sides.
2. "Semistroke" C : some of the spots are circled along the contour by about half - three quarters of the perimeter to get black elements that resemble the letter "C" in shape.
3. "Underline" | or ) : bring some of the spots on one side with a short black stroke. It can be straight or rounded.
4. "Black Blobs" ~:in the remaining large gaps, we apply small black strokes or spots of arbitrary shape (from two or three "stuck together" dots).

As a result, around each dark brown spot you should draw one of elements a-c. The remaining gaps are filled with elements d. Upon completion this step the pattern on your nails should take on the desired "leopard" look.

5. Leave the finished leopard print to dry completely, after which we apply fixing coating or clear nail polish to protect the pattern and long wear.

Congratulations, from now on you are the owner of stylish leopard nails!

(Other photos of this manicure can be viewed in .)

Playing with colors and sizes

As I said above, in a leopard manicure, you can vary the colors, as well as the size and density of the spots of the leopard pattern.

In case of flowers the rule is as follows: you take any light varnish + any darker varnish + black or very dark varnish. The first of them will go to the background, the second one will be used for spots, we will finish the details with black. The first two polishes can be swapped, but make sure the light polish is strong enough in color to stand out against the darker background.

If you want to experiment with frequency and size of leopard spots, toothpicks should be replaced with a set of purchased dotters or any. With their help, you can draw spots of any size - both fatter and smaller and more frequent.

Here are the results of my own experiments:

1) Leopard manicure in purple tones with a small print. Varnishes used: lilac, purple, black; a paper clip (for stains) and a clerical pin (for black parts) were used as dotters. More photos of this manicure.

2) Black-red-silver leopard manicure with large spots. Varnishes: silver, red, black. As dotters, a thick rod from ballpoint pen(for red spots) and a clipped toothpick (for black parts). More photos .

Varnishes: blue, black. The spots were drawn with a toothpick. Scotch tape was also used to create even black tips. More photos .

4) White and blue leopard manicure with small spots and a gradient. The peculiarity is that before the leopard print here on White background overlaid with a light blue gradient. Unfortunately, the light blue lacquer turned out to be so light that it is almost invisible in the photo. If white-blue background transitions are still visible on your screen, then keep in mind that this is due to the gradient (how to apply it is described).

Varnishes: white, light blue, light blue, black. The print was drawn with a paper clip and a toothpick. More photos .

The features of this design are that, firstly, the leopard print is not placed on the entire surface of the nails, but in pre-selected areas; secondly, in mitigating the general colors manicure by mixing all varnishes with white. Varnishes were mixed before application, on a palette, in a ratio of 1:1 (one drop of colored or black varnish + one drop of white), and stirred with a toothpick. The result is soft spots framed in gray. Although if you have muted varnishes in your arsenal, you can do without mixing.

Varnishes: white, black and several colors. The print was drawn with a toothpick. More photos .

6) Dark manicure with color spots based on leopard print. Of course, there is not much left of the leopard, but the principle of creating a manicure is the same. As in option No. 4, a color gradient is made on the background, which gives an overflow effect. Next, multi-colored spots are applied in leopard technique. When applied over a clear varnish/fixer, a Murano glass effect is obtained.

Varnishes: black, dark pink, orange, yellow, green. The spots were drawn with a toothpick. More photos .

… And today we will talk about leopard nail design. I'll show you 12 variations... 12 ways to use this patchy manicure technique. You yourself will be surprised at the variety of leopard nails that you can do at home. You will receive beautiful stylish manicure. And the satisfaction from the realization of the fact that YOU YOURSELF created such a beauty.

I will show and tell everything in great detail. I will give a photo, and step by step I will give a detailed breakdown of how to make a leopard manicure. So...let's get started.

Brown and sand shades of leopard on the nails.

Leopard nails look very nice, made in the same natural colors as the leopard skin. Depending on whether the spotted predator is young or old... depending on the season... on the illumination of the sun or moon... the skin of a leopard may have different shades from brown palette to light sand.

And this same color scheme can be used on your leopard manicure.

How to draw leopard spots.

Do you know what the charm and convenience of leopard spots are. The fact is that if you are a girl with an unbalanced temperament, then it’s a whole meal for you to evenly paint your nails - all the time you get uneven scribbles, especially on your right uncomfortable hand ... and JUST leopard spots will hide all the flaws of your manicure. All the crooked marks of the brush ... or under-dried careless dents ... all these imperfections will hide under the beautiful stylish spots of the leopard.

Even a child can make a leopard pattern on nails. Now you will see how easy it is.

White background for leopard manicure.

Classic leo print and classic black and white cinema can be combined into one manicure technique. It will look very nice as a stern version of “black on white and white on black” ... as well as gray spots in a black border of strokes.

Golden brown leopard spots look beautiful on a white background of nails.

Red passion leopard manicure.

It looks very nice with a combination of red + gold + leopard. Very luxurious and sophisticated. It turns out an evening manicure - under a beautiful ... special dress.

The red and gold leopard manicure from the photo above (to the right) is very simple to do.

1. Paint your nails red.
2. We seal the sides of the nail with adhesive tape obliquely - and in the open area we make a white background and black leo-specks.
3. We take off the tape. And on the border of the white and red zones - we carefully draw a golden stripe with a thin brush.

Adding BLUE to leopard print nails.

Leopard nails will look fashionable and original if you emphasize the contrast of the spots with an unexpected blue color. Best of all, the blue leopard harmonizes with the sandy-brown range of the main color.

LILAC color of leopard nails.

Here, a combination of soft purple shades with blue or red flowers looks advantageous.

Leopard spots on metallic nails.

A leopard nail pattern goes well with a metallic base nail shade. A sparkling background will emphasize the calm beauty of the spots and create the feeling of an expensive nail design.

Leopard nails with a zoned background.

You can do it yourself leopard print background make not one color - but zone the nail different colors . That is ... cover the halves of the nails with a different base varnish. And then dot both areas with spots. You can make it so that the leopard print is only on one half of the manicure ... or just a little bit climbed beyond the border of two colors (as in the photo to the left, below).

Leopard manicure on gradient nails.

Leopard print looks very gentle on smooth transition nail colors. To do this, with the help of a sponge, we apply a smooth transition of the color of one varnish to another on the nail - and then draw spots and strokes on top of this gradient color. (How exactly to make such a smooth transition of the background on the nails with the help of a sponge, I told in a special article

And ... I really like reception of BORROWING COLORING (see photo below). That is ... where the background is pink, we draw blue spots ... and where the background is blue, we draw pink spots. It turns out a gentle interception of color - when each background takes on leopard spots of the color of the neighboring background ...

Leopard French manicure.

The photo below shows another option for placing leopard spots ... As we can see, we first do a basic French manicure. And then when the French base dries, we make leopard spots on top of it.

Moreover, you can (see the left photo) draw spots only on the French zone.

Or you can (see the right photo) and bring a flock of spots beyond the french edging onto the nail plate.

ZONED leopard manicure (scotch technique).

You can also do such a zoned leopard manicure at home - for this you will need a regular adhesive tape.

1. We paint nails in base color- you can not completely, but only the part that you need. We are waiting for it to dry completely.
2. Then we seal this part with adhesive tape (obliquely or directly).
3. On that part of the nail that is not hidden behind the adhesive tape, apply a different color of varnish ... Dry it ... Wear a leopard pattern ... Remove the adhesive tape. And we get two zones - one-tone and leopard.
4. On the border of these two zones, you can lay out a chain of rhinestones or simply draw a strip with a different color of varnish ... or you can stick a metallic strip for nails.

Leopard spots + drawings on the nails.

You can combine the leopard print with other patterns on the nails - with a classic stripe or some kind of symbolism (for example, a heart). Or add fluffy streaks of velor nail powder…or paint on lace.

Here step by step master class to create such a leopard manicure with lace - I specially drew it so that you understand HOW SIMPLE ALL THIS IS.

Here is a selection of ideas for leopard manicure. Make your own mini-masterpieces... Come up with bold color combinations... add other manicure techniques to the leopard print and create beauty for the joy of yourself and your loved ones.

And also…

I will tell and show how can you combine those leopard nails with your clothes - with a dress, with jewelry, and shoes.

You will learn that it is not necessary to do such a manicure under a leopard dress. The dress can be plain - and the leopard pattern will support a scarf, handbag, bracelet or earrings well.

It never loses its relevance and pleases with the eye-catching result of the Leopard nail design. This versatile print features a rich selection of colors and gives you the opportunity to unleash your imagination.

Description

This spotty nail polish technique offers fashionistas a lot of variations. The beautiful and stylish Leopard nail design (photos of the results are provided in this article) is especially good in natural natural tones that match the colors of a real leopard skin. Depending on the season, the time of day and the chosen concept, the shades of the overall color scheme can be dark brown or sandy. Manicure strikes with its depth and richness, it is always unusual and bright, looks stylish and favorably emphasizes the individuality of its owner.

Preparatory stage

In order for the Leopard nail design to look particularly advantageous on the nails, do not forget to prepare them well for further coloring.

1. Make a healthy bath with aromatic herbs (chamomile, calendula). If the nails are prone to delamination, add a drop of iodine, a spoonful of salt and a little liquid soap. Hold your hands in it for at least ten minutes. Now you can start working on the cuticle.
2. It is worth applying special oil to especially hardened places, after which gently push the cuticle back with a special orange stick, dry the nail plates well, give them the desired shape with a nail file.
3. Don't forget to nourish your nails. Before applying varnish, they should be well treated with cream, rubbing it with fingertips, and give it time to absorb well.

The Leopard nail design on extended and long nails looks especially stylish. It is better to perform it with the help of gel polishes, which are characterized by maximum durability of the coating.

Tools for the job

The basic procedure for performing a manicure always remains the same. The base is applied in a thin layer (alternately on each hand) and dried in a UV lamp. To perform a spectacular nail design "Leopard", we need:

• cotton pads;
• dots and foil;
• adhesive remover;
• base and top coat;
• a set of contrasting colors of gel polishes;
• cuticle oil.

As a base, it is recommended to use beige and sand shades of varnish. Spots can be done in dark brown colors, make them saturated pink or white. The piping in classic leopard print is always black. It is she who gives him a resemblance to the natural spots of a predator.

Application order

Nail design "Leopard" requires an exact sequence in execution.

1. Apply a base coat to the nail plates and dry them in a lamp. If necessary, and for additional brightness of the base coat, you can apply it in two thin layers.
2. We drip a little of the selected stain varnish onto the foil and, using a dots, carefully apply it to the nails. It is important to maintain a small distance here, since a manicure cluttered with spots does not look very natural. Consider the randomness of the natural pattern on the skin of a leopard.
3. If the result is more than satisfactory, fix it in the lamp and start drawing the contours of the spots. It is done in black and does not require excessive accuracy.

Dry the manicure in a lamp. Do not forget to strengthen it with a top coat and pay attention to the cuticle by treating it with a special emollient oil.

Fashion options

The Leopard nail design always looks spectacular, fits perfectly with any shape of nails and is as simple as possible in execution. The most trendy are the following variations:

• white and black - is a kind of classic, ideally combined with any outfit, looks very nice in a strict version and with additional decorative elements in the form of sequins and rhinestones;
• pink shades - especially relevant variations in the upcoming summer season involve the use of a soft pink base with spots of brown, red and beige contrasting colors;
• bright red - the addition of silver is allowed here, which blends perfectly with black and red tones in manicure; this design looks beautiful in combination with graphic elements - stripes, rhombuses, zigzags.

The technique of such a manicure is simple:

• paint your nails with a base red;
• stick adhesive tape on their side parts;
• work out the middle zone using the Leopard technique;
• remove the tape and cover the entire nail plate with a transparent top.

pros

The Leopard nail design (photo, new items are presented in this material) is suitable for any event and outfit, if you experiment a little with its shades. At the height of fashion now deep Blue colour, which in this design looks really luxurious. Use it in combination with a soft cream base for more contrast. Best of all, the blue "Leopard" is in harmony with sand and milky tones.

French manicure looks piquant with small patches on the tips. Stones, sequins, beads, iridescent ribbons can become an addition to it. Now many manufacturers recommend simplifying the procedure for applying this ornament even more, offering girls ready-made stencils and stickers with characteristic spots of all colors and shades. No less popular is the implementation of this pattern in the "stamping" technique.

Animal prints in the fashion world are becoming more in demand and popular every season. And this applies not only to accessories and clothing, but also to ordinary manicure. The leopard print manicure, made both in the classic design and the original, looks especially stylish and fashionable.

Who can suit leopard design

Unfortunately, such fashionable spots are not suitable for everyone, as short nails with this print will seem even smaller and visually increase the hand. Nails that are almond-shaped and rectangular, slightly elongated or generally as long as possible, are considered ideal for a manicure with this pattern. It should also be taken into account that leopard manicure can be used not only as an original nail design, but also in a great way to mask absolutely any flaws in the nail plates.

In addition, nail design in this thematic direction can complement the everyday look, fit into Office Style, highlight your owner at a noisy party and make a typical evening outfit perfect.

Interesting trendy shades of leopard print

The usual leopard manicure is a monotonous pattern, in the form of uneven small spots that differ in size and shape. As a rule, spots are applied to a transparent base with chocolate, brown or dark beige lacquer and outlined with black lacquer.

But in addition to the standard combination of colors, leopard nail design allows you to use other no less stylish shades. So, for example, bright light green, coral, blue and red colors circled with black lacquer are a stylish trend of this year. And specks of cold metallic shades, although considered catchy, look incredibly attractive.

It is worth noting that the ability to choose the colors of the spots when creating the original drawing makes it possible to experiment with their size and frequency. Thus, there is a chance to come up with a new design every time and conquer those around you with your creativity.

The original version of the leopard manicure can be seen in the following video:

Original ideas for leopard manicure

Listening to the opinion of designers, a classic-looking leopard manicure is not the only solution, and besides, it is not at all necessary to draw a predatory print on all nails. In some cases, a couple of marigolds with spots is enough to focus on well-groomed and stylish nails. In addition, experts recommend mixing a leopard manicure with a moon or french design.

A typical French manicure can easily be turned into a leopard jacket. To do this, it is enough to apply a few spots on the base. Moreover, spots should be drawn, only on the French zone. But you can also bring a couple of spots, beyond the edging, onto the nail plate.

The lunar style that is relevant today can also be easily transformed into a leopard print. And it is worth noting that moon manicure with spots, like the French style, can be done in your favorite shades, choosing colors that can complement the overall style of the image.

Ideas and technology for creating a leopard manicure

If you listen to a few tips from professionals, a unique leopard print manicure will delight the owner with its beauty and originality. For example, how to make a leopard manicure with notes of exotic and glamour, while leaving the main style, is quite easy. You just need to decorate the prints with rhinestones, glass beads and pebbles.

It is also worth noting that this nail design is combined with soft monochrome clothes and the presence of spotty prints on accessories. But if there are predatory shades in the clothes, it is better to choose a regular French manicure. Massive rings with colored stones are ideal companions for a leopard-style manicure.

How to make a pattern "Leopard" on the nails?

Manicure leopard very relevant and always looks bright and original. You can come up with many options for such a manicure, and I suggest you watch a few manicure master classes leopard

this is a very nice version

here's another option - no frills so to speak)

• How to draw a Leopard on your nails?

  In my opinion, the drawing Leopard always up to date. Both for things and for nails. To explain for a long time and it is unlikely that it will be possible to explain it clearly. Let's take a look at the video tutorial.

The animalistic pattern on the nails, that is, imitating the skin of an animal in this case, a leopard is already considered a classic in manicure, and like a French manicure, it is unlikely to ever go out of fashion, because it emphasizes youth and shows a daring character with its owner.

To make such a manicure is very simple, despite how impressive it looks.

You will need three colors of varnish:

1 for the base, 2 for the color of the spots you like and 3 for the edging of these same leopard spots, most often it is black, but others are used.

First, we apply such a base, do not wait until it dries and immediately make droplets of the second color, dilute them a little randomly and then dipping a toothpick or a needle into the 3rd color, let it be black, circle the paradise of our spots with it, and cheers manicure is ready!

Scheme Help you.



Videos from detailed master classes from professionals.

Leopard drawing always looks beautiful on the nails. Drawing in the style of leopard" on the nails you can do it yourself at home.

To fulfill leopard print on the nails, you need to practice for a while to learn how to draw leopard spots individually.

First of all, the nails must be ready for manicure and carefully groomed beforehand.

Then we apply a base layer of varnish - beige or transparent, white, etc. Now you can make leopard spots. it step by step process stain drawing. At first it seems not easy, but then there will be skill and experience, it will be easier.

You can draw leopard spots with a brush, dots or improvised items, like a wooden stick:





You can draw a leopard print in stages: first, a small spot is placed with a dots, then a line of a darker color of varnish is drawn around it, then the line is drawn again more clearly, again a line is made clearer around the spot.

As a result, combinations and variants of leopard spots for a leopard print pattern are obtained:



Having made a drawing, it is allowed to dry, then it is painted over again with transparent varnish on top.

You can see which beautiful drawings With leopard spots. You can perform over the entire area of ​​​​the nail or partially paint the nail in leopard spots, including a jacket with a leopard pattern.













Ombre pattern plus leopard spots:





Drawing Leopard very popular even now. It is almost universal, as it is suitable for any image. If your style is mostly business. then the leopard print is optimally placed on the tip of the nail, or literally make a couple of spots on french manicure. In the second version, the nails look aesthetically pleasing and original. Before making a drawing, you need to prepare all the tools. If you are making a drawing at home, then you can take a needle or a toothpick. In addition, you will need a varnish for the base (flesh, white, transparent, red, gray, and so on). First, we will make the basis for the drawing, for example gray color, and then we will give the nails a spotted color). If the main varnish is gray, then you can make the leopard print black, chocolate, burgundy.