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Nail Art Tutorial: Pink & Blue Leopard Nails

Pink-Blue-Leopard-Nails-Nail-Art-Swatches When you don’t have the patience to do intricate nail art that requires a lot of concentration and supplies, these Pink & Blue Leopard Nails are a great choice!

The messier the spots and outlines are, the better it looks, in my opinion. Also, you don’t need many polishes or tools to achieve this look. (That’s always a plus!)

And for those of you who don’t have any Konad or other nail stamping image plates with the leopard design, this post is to show you that you can still get the look by doing it freehand. 🙂 Try to be resourceful, and you may surprise yourself with the designs you can come up with. (I actually like the imperfections that freehand designs often have. They’re almost like your signature on each manicure in a way.)

Since I couldn’t decide whether to use blue or pink as the base colour, I thought…heck, why not just use them both? There aren’t any hard and fast rules when it comes to nail art. Just do what works for you and what pleases you.

For this look, you can see that I alternated between pink and blue. You might want to do something else…maybe a different base colour on each nail? (That would be cool to have a rainbow leopard design!)

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OPI DS Indulgence Swatches & Review

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OPI DS Indulgence Swatches & Review Here’s the second new OPI Designer Series nail polish added to the line – OPI DS Indulgence!

From the promo pictures and the official description, I was expecting this one to be more purple or pink. It actually leans strongly on the red side.

What a beautiful polish – it sparkles like crazy in the sunlight, and because of this, it really lives up to its name. It definitely is a polish that is indulgent!

And I think this would be great to wear for Christmas…Hehe, hey, Christmas in July?

Allow me to tell you more about OPI DS Indulgence!

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Giveaway: Canadians, Enter to Win the Entire OPI Germany Collection!

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Update (August 1): Congratulations go out to Jan! You’ve won the giveaway! Please check your e-mail and claim your prize within 48 hours. (I sent the e-mail at 12:17 am Eastern.)

Thanks to everyone for participating, and stay tuned! You know that I’ll be organizing another giveaway for you. 🙂

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As you know, I had been planning this OPI Germany Collection giveaway for quite some time.

I teamed up with OPI PR and chose July 25 well in advance (because today marks Swatch And Learn’s 2-year blogiversary)!

Win the OPI Germany Collection SwatchAndLearn

So…here it is! The huge giveaway that I’ve hinted at on many social-media platforms leading up to today!

Canadians, enter to win the entire 12-bottle OPI Germany Collection!

Please read the post for information on how to enter.

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OPI DS Luxurious Swatches & Review

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OPI-DS-Luxurious-Swatches-Review Whenever a new OPI Designer Series polish comes out, I get really excited because I keep hoping that the company will bring back some of the amazing hard-to-find holographic lacquers that people are going nuts over!

One of the latest additions to the Designer Series line is OPI DS Luxurious. No, it’s not holographic, but it sure is gorgeous! You’ll be able to get your hands on it in September…or sooner because some smaller shops tend to stock them earlier.

If you’ve been reading my blog posts for a little while, you’ll know that even though I have several orange nail polishes, they definitely are a minority in my collection. However, I’m trying to wear more because I’m starting to branch out and appreciate more shades rather than always sticking to my ‘comfort polishes’.

OPI DS Luxurious is one of my prettier orange polishes. Allow me to tell you more and show you swatches! Later on in this post, I’ll also compare it to 3 other nail polishes.

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My Top 5 Favourite Purples

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My-Top-5--Favourite-Purples-SwatchAndLearn After publishing My Top 5 Favourite Greens post, I got some requests to do My Top 5 Favourite Purples.

Took me long enough, but I finally did it. No, I didn’t forget, but sometimes I get bitten by the Procrastination Bug.

Don’t believe me? Here, I’ll show you the bite marks. Okay, maybe I won’t…

Purple polish was my first love before I fell in lust with greens. For a long time, the majority of my collection was purple. Now I think if there was a tug-of-war, there’d be a tie between purple and green.

So, without further ado, here are my purple picks out of the ones I’ve shown you on Swatch And Learn! 😀

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Nail Art: Summery Fishtail Braid Nails

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Summery Fishtail Braid Nails Nail Art Swatches You’ll remember that a few days ago, I shared a fishtail braid nail-art tutorial with step-by-step instructions and photos. It featured dark colours.

This time, I decided to try Summery Fishtail Braid Nails with a brighter palette.

Originally I wanted to use green, pink, and silver, but I sadly couldn’t find my bottle of China Glaze Millennium! *Sniff sniff* So, I used white instead because it would provide some contrast.

In this post, I’ll show you more photos of this manicure. But, but more importantly, I’ll share some extra tips and tricks that I learned while doing this a second time around so that your attempt will be smooth sailing. 🙂

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