Artsy Wednesday: Matte and Glossy Nails

I've been itching to do animal print nails for ages now so I thought I'd incorporate it into this week's AW theme of matte and glossy nails:

Thumb - Essie No Place Like Chrome with Essie Matte About You top coat over it plus tiger stripes in a dark grey polish nail art pen.

Index - Leighton Denny Ink Jet, I used a dotting tool for the silver splodges (Essie's No Place Like Chrome) I then matted it with MAY and then used a Models Own Black nail art pen for the leopard highlight but left that gloss.

Middle - Leighton Denny Ink Jet, matted down then tiger stripes not matted.

Ring - Essie No Place Like Chrome with Nails Inc Albert Bridge top coat over it to keep it glossy.

Pinky - same as index only didn't matte it down... kept the whole thing gloss.

And this is how it looks during daylight without Instagram:

I'm fairly pleased with how this has turned out.  It's also the first time I've used this Essie mirror metallics shade and I'm really impressed with it!  I haven't got a true silver so this is a welcome addition to my collection! :))

Now be sure to check out the other Artsy Wednesday manicures by clicking on the links below: 

Michelle - Lab Muffin

Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish

Holly - Hooked

Maria - Maria's Nail Polish Blog

Tif - Polished Genius

Lyndsey - Nails by Ms. Lizard

Melanie - Nail & Polish

Jessica - Beauty Gnome
Kamen - Kaka Beauty Blog

:))