31 Day Challenge - Tribal Print

To start off with I found this challenge really difficult. I sort-of cheated last year by using nail foils but I decided to go with freehand this year. Firstly, I'd never hand painted a tribal'ish design before and secondly I had no idea what pattern to do. I had a look at Google images for some inspiration then started doodling on my thumb. Showed my step-mum and she suggested adding in some more colour, which it really needed. So, I scrubbed off the design on the thumb and set to doodling a new set. Lines, chevrons and dots seemed the best way to go. For most of the lines I used the black polish with the long thin brush and dragged it carefully up and along the nail. For the finer detail I used a very very fine, short haired nail art brush (from The Works - art section) along with a Barry M nail art pen. It might be very amateur but this has now become one of my favourite sets :).

Polishes

503 Mind the Gap by Rimmel
Swoosh by George (ASDA)
Lemon Soda by Collection 2000
Black on Black by Sinful Colors
Snow Me White by Sinful Colors
Naked Glow HyperGel by Models Own

Other

Black nail art pen by Barry M
Long thin haired nail art brush
Short fine haired nail art brush

Last year's tribal print!

Blurgh!!

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