Manicure Monday: Cat Gel Nails Inspired By Japanese Magazine (Early Halloween Nails)

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Happy Monday to all the bloggers and readers out there!

This week I was very inspired by a Japanese Magazine that I saw a few months ago. I do not remember which magazine I saw it from, its usually either Nail Up, Nail Max, or Nail Venus! I really like how white is the new color for nails. I see it everywhere whether it be toes or fingers! So of course I really wanted to do white nails with some crazy design. I was looking for inspiration online and I came across some cat nails, which allowed me to remember the crazy cat design I saw in the magazine.

For these nails I used Sally Hansen Gel "" and "". I was a little disappointed with the white because it was more of a creamy white and I was looking for a more opaque white. It also made it a little more difficult to do the white design on top of the black gel, which is why, if you choose to do this you should use white acrylic paint instead (for the design). I used a long skinny nail brush for all the designs except for the cat ears on the thumb and the cats behind on the middle finger, including tail. For the rest I used a dotting tool! They are very helpful and with practice you can make very good use with it.

This was all free handed and done by myself. It was pretty difficult using my non dominant hand but I did it. It all took about 3.5 hours which to me is average gel nail time when you do a design.

After looking at my nails for a day, I felt like these could also be early cute Halloween nails :) 

Enjoy!