How to do tribal nails.

Today i just spontaneously decided to do tribal nails, i've done this pattern many times before and if my favorite pattern to do on my nails!

I had purchased two new polish colours from Topshop a while back and I think they go well together so I used them. I know some people do some super awesome complicated patterns that make you go "wow!" but some of us don't have the time or patience so I simplified it.

The pattern you see was only done with the nail polish brush and a very thin one. Mine are from a Rio Nail Art set I purchased a while ago from Argos; it cost roughly around £25 for 8 different colours. however you can buy these from lots of other places, they sell some WAH nail art pens at urban outfitters for £6 each.

I did this pattern by first painting a base coat on then I painted the base colour of my nail with Jewel in the crown from Topshop. After that i used the polish brush to create thick lines on my nail as shown in the picture. I then used the thin silver brush to paint on the pattern. I finished off with a topcoat.

The trick to drawing on a pattern is to keep your elbows still and have patience! If you rush then you might make a mistake!

You can experiment with different colours and patterns, i just thought that this was simple and quick to do. Altogether it took me about half an hour per hand minus the drying time!

I'm not so happy with the middle finger but oh well, i'm only human they don't all have to be perfect!