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Tribal Nails



Hello everyone! My name is Rachel and I have moved from totesperfnails.wordpress.com. I’m trying to catch up with blog posts because I want to post about my nails when I actually do them, not 4 weeks later. However, Wordpress refuses to let me upload anything and I've been wanting to expand my blog and do more with it so I moved. Anyway, these are my tribal nails and I’ll show you how it’s done!

The polishes I used were Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On” (#300) and “Black Out” (#28), Insta-Dri “Mint Sprint” (#440), “Jade Jump” (#450), and “Lightening” (#280), and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Base & Top Coat.

I started with a white base coat. I let it dry for a while because gradient styles work best with COMPLETELY DRY nails. I recently learned that putting a clear coat overtop makes it work even better. After your white base coat, you will need a sponge. Wedges work better but all I had at the time was a round makeup sponge; use whatever you have available. Paint your colors on the sponge and pat the sponge on your nail. You’ll need to do it more than once to make the polish opaque. Now all you have to do is clean off the excess polish (easier said than done lol). 

For the design you can basically do whatever you want. Paint straight lines, jagged lines, dots, add more color or got all black. You can choose what you think looks best and have fun with it. Add another clear coat and it’s complete! I think this is a great nail look for summer. That’s all for now (sad face). I will post a lot this next week to get caught up for my 4thof July nail tutorial.BYYEEE

Oh btw since I have moved, if you are new here, I have an Instagram @totesperfnails and I have already posted about this design on there. So check it out and follow me if you'd like.

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