Popping Tribal Nail Art

When I saw that Hannah from The Dalai Lama's Nails listed Winstonia Store's brushes in her 'Can't Live Without' products in this month's Nail It! magazine, I knew I had to get my hands on some. I went for the 5-piece set (recommended by Hannah) and also the 1.4cm and 1.65cm stripers. All the brushes are really amazing but you can't beat a strong, skinny striper for some tribal nail art.

I also have to give a shout out to these Skinny Chevron Guides by What's Up Nails. I threw them in to my Winstonia basket along with the brushes, but they also have their own site where you can buy too (and you can get 10% off all vinyl products with the What's Up Nails code: NAILASAURUS10). All the chevron decals/guides/stickers/vinyls I've used in the past have been bigger and I can never fit all that many on my nails but the skinny size works so well on my tiny little nail beds. Can't wait to try more things with these!

Tomorrow, I'm off to Nail Harmony HQ to spend the day mastering Gelish. It's very exciting since I've never (EVER!) used gel polish before but I really want to learn more. Gels are such a huge thing now, even some of my friends who normally show little interest in nails have been asking me for advice about which techniques and products are best. They get a bit of a surprise when I sit there quietly and tell them I have no idea! Normally you can't shut me up when someone asks anything vaguely nail related! It should be a fun day and I can't wait to meet some new bloggers. As always, you can follow me on Twitter for updates on the day (and maybe a selfie or two!).


For this nail art, I used a base of Barry M Coconut and topped it with a thin coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl.

For the chevron nails, I used What's Up Nails Skinny Zig Zag Guides with piCture pOlish Sizzle and NYC Hudson Breeze.

I freehanded all the tribal details using the 1.4cm striper from Winstonia. The colours are NYC Hudson Breeze, piCture pOlish Sizzle and Sally Hansen Tahitian Sunset.

It's all topped with two coats of HK Girl.

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