A new year means a new manicure. Celebrity nail artist Zola Ganzorigt just made a wintry French manicure for Vanessa Hudgens, which you can see in her latest Instagram video. This white tiger print French mani is a little wild but totally wearable. I want to copy it right away.
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Get into the animal print nail trend
Hudgens has had animal print nails before. A few weeks ago, the actress and new mum of two wore a leopard French with a cat-eye finish. Around the same time, Hailey Bieber posted her own version of the animal print French on Instagram. The trend is definitely in right now, but Hudgens’s latest manicure feels especially new because it has a frosty black-and-white, winter-ready look.
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Full disclosure: If you’re not a DIY expert (and I know you are), you’ll probably want to bring a picture of Hudgens’s nails to the salon to get the same look. That being said, Ganzorigt did share the steps. You could also get some tiger-printed stickers or press-ons. Amazon has a lot of them.
Ace the base
She shaped the nails into long almonds and then painted them with a nude polish to make the base. This is important because the neutral colour keeps the design balanced; it’s like the calm before the storm of the French tips.
Make a perfect French tip
Next, I painted a deep French tip with a silver-white colour. Tip: The polish brush is usually too thick to make a straight line, so use a striping brush instead.
Put in the stripes
For the fun part, Ganzorigt painted jagged, horizontal tiger stripes along the tips only (this is another good job for a striping brush).
Make it sparkle
To finish, she put a chrome topcoat on it to make it look frosty. This is what makes it perfect for winter.
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Leopard may be the most popular animal print, but Hudgens’s new nails make a strong case for tiger.
