How Do You Paint Nails Animal Print?
• Clean your nails thoroughly. Clean your nails thoroughly. Clip if needed (this look is best on nails that extend about 1/8 inch beyond the end of your finger– shorter nails don’t show off the pattern, and too much longer looks overdone) and file. • Coat your nails with a primer. Coat your nails with a primer. This is usually white or clear, and helps the colored polish stick. • Paint your nails with a medium to pale shade in your desired color scheme. Paint your nails with a medium to pale shade in your desired color scheme. For example, if you want traditional leopard print, choose a neutral cream. Make sure it is applied. • Add spots once this coat is dry. Add spots once this coat is dry. You will need two colors to do this: one three shades darker than the top bottom coat, and one shade darker; in this example, chocolate brown and tan. • Using the dark color, make a small circle of five dots close together. The dots should almost touch each other. • Add a dot of the light color i
