The mini leopard print strikes again! This time it's a soft pastel version.

I used a sponge to create a mottled pastel design using Picture Polish swagger, chillax, wisteria and cotton candy.

I stamped using Winstonia W101 plate for the mini leopard design using a grey stamping polish I mixed up by mix Mundo de Unas black and white stamping polish.

I think I'm a little bit obsessed with mini leopard print, after I was inspired by Tips and Topcoats the first time round.  I suspect that I'm going to be doing more of them because I discovered that I actually have a stamping plate with a mini leopard print design on it, so I no longer have to try and paint it with perfect tiny little spots.

The image plate is from the first set of Winstonia plates W101, available here from the Winstonia site. I used OPI Push and Shove for the silver chrome base and OPI Big Apple Red.  For a person that doesn't wear red very often, I absolutely love how this one turned out.

Tonight I have my picks from the Orly Baked Collection, which has six new bright shades, or as it's described in the Australian press release, a vivacious palette of six uber-saturated colours!

First up though, I want to share the nail art I create with the polishes, because I love how it turned out!  I attempted another mini leopard print design, and this time I've managed to make it a little smaller than the last one I did, but I'm still a way off how small I want to make it (which is like Tips and Topcoats).

I used three polishes from the Orly Baked collection, Ablaze, Neon Heat and Tropical Pop.  To create this mani I first started with a white base.  Once that way dry I did a full gradient using all three colours on my middle finger, and a half nail (taped off) on my index and pinky.  I really loved the golder shimmery finish that Ablaze had, so for the final sponge I did one layer of Ablaze over the entire gradient.  It didn't change the colour at all but just applied the golden shimmer over the full nail.

Next I painted the mini leopard print free hand using black acrylic paint and the dotted in Neon Heat and Tropical Pop to make a slight gradient effect.  Lastly I added some stripes on the pinky and thumb nails to finish up the design.

Here are some swatches of each colour on it's own.

Ablaze - Bright orange with a gold shimmer.

Neon Heat - Fuchsia Creme

Tropical Pop - Neon Orange creme

I was really impressed with the formula on these.  Usually I wear a white base when I'm putting on a neon polish, but these neons didn't need it.  I used two coats for Ablaze and Neon Heat and three coats for Tropical Pop.

The Orly Baked collection will be available in Australia in July.  Check www.orlybeauty.com.au for stockists.

Polishes provided for consideration.

Do you know what nail art I've never painted before? Leopard print. I think I may have stamped it, but I have never actually tried to paint it myself.  Now, of course, for my first attempt at hand painted leopard print I chose probably the most difficult sort - mini leopard print.  Nothing like throwing myself into the deep end.

Back in January this year, I saved a photo on my ipad of a mani created by the undisputed queen of mini leopard print - Tips and Topcoats.  She has done quite a few manis featuring mini leopard print, but it was her pink design that inspired me to create this one.

This is a very poor blue copy of Louise's stunning pink one.  I'm still baffled how she gets her leopard print so tiny.  I counted up her nail and can see she fits in about 15 leopard dots vertically, my mani only has about 8, which means her leopard print is almost 100% smaller and finer than mine. So mine is only half way to becoming a mini leopard print. Or maybe I can just call hers micro leopard print.