Simple Handpainted Tribal? Design

As I promised in my last post, I have finally stepped away from my stamping supplies and hand painted my nails!

I decided I wanted to paint a pattern on my nails with grey, black and a fluoro polish and found this simple pattern from http://ingredingrid.com/

 I started off by painting the pattern down the centre of my nails. Unfortunately I couldn't fit many repeats on!

 

 I really liked my nails like that and wore them for a day before adding more of the patten to the sides :)

 I had a lot of trouble photographing the fluoro polish- if anyone has any tips I would be forever grateful!!!!

The Polishes I used were:
Fluoro yellow: China Glaze Sun-Kissed  (This is slightly shimmery and very opaque)
Grey metallic: China Glaze Awaken
White base: OPI alpine snow
and the black is acrylic paint :)

 So what do you think of this simple pattern?
I like it- It was easy to do and looks sort of tribal :)


Thanks for stopping by my blog
xx

MoYou Pro 14, 12 and Kitty 02 Mix and Match Stamping

Hi Everyone,
I hope you have been well.
I'm back from holiday which is slightly depressing but I've missed my blog, Fiance and puppy dog (in no particular order)!

I can't seem to stop myself from using my MoYou stamping plates....I hope I'm not being too boring. I think I need to push myself to do some hand painted designs...I always enjoy it, but it's just so easy to quickly stamp something!
For these nails I used 5 different stamp designs which were a little bit similar- all floral and finely detailed.

Pinky to thumb the designs are from Kitty 02, Pro 14, Pro 12, Kitty 02 and Pro 12. Sorry that you can't really see the thumb- I didn't get any good pictures and they are chipped now!
For the ring finger I used the reverse stamping technique on my left hand (tutorial here) so that the design was mirrored.

The polishes I used were:

Picture polish sky- which I have swatched below- it is the most perfect baby blue with the slightest hint of mint. The formula was very impressive too. Probably the best Picture Polish I have used so far. Has anyone else used Picture Polishes before? What do you think of them? I think they have the most perfect colours but for the non glitters, I've found the formula of some a little gluggy (Coral reef and honey dew were like this). All in all though I will continue to buy them as they have such stunning colours and most have a good forumla :)

For the stanping I used a konad  polish - Its just called dark brown, and it seems to have a hint of burgundy. 

Thanks for stopping by :)