Animal Prints

I've never been a huge animal print kind of gal, but I'm totally in love with these nails. Does that sound a little conceited?  Oh well, that's how much I like these nails -- enough that bragging about them outweighs any fears of seeming too into myself! I wanted to make a sort of organic overlay of both leopard and zebra prints and this is what came out. I think the design looks really cool, but if I were to go back and do it again I would probably use different colors for the leopard print. I would have used the lighter color as a background and the medium shade as the center of the spots. Anyways! This was my first attempt at zebra print and I think it was a success. I always get worried about print type things because if you try to hard to be random, you create patterns and then the art looks fake. Another thing I love about these nails: the matte finish. I love mattes + animal prints. Yay, these were some super happy nails!

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Fruit Stripe Gum

Fruit Stripe gum was one of my favorite treats when I was growing up. Which is totally illogical since I always acknowledged that Fruit Stripe gum lost its flavor in like 5 seconds and didn't really taste that great to begin with. I think my love for it stemmed from the free temporary tattoos that came with every pack. On my nails, I painted the look of the actual pieces of gum, then for accents I painted the Fruit Stripe logo and Yipes, the zebra mascot of Fruit Stripe. Do you get nostalgic for candy you had when you were a kid? What was your favorite candy?

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