Tribal Nail Designs

Some designs I created playing with colours, patterns and nail jewellery... Here are just a few ideas which I may use for my editorial look (the ones with more detail) and the simpler ones for my catwalk look. The designs were based on the textiles which I had seen throughout my tribal research with the patterns and colours which they wear.

Here are some tribal nail designs I found which I really like. Some have been posted on blogs, makeup pages and also the 'Nail Rock' collection which is sold in many highstreet shops such as topshop and new look.

http://www.a-makeup.com/2012/07/07/go-tribal-with-nail-paint-in-spring/

http://couturecourier.tumblr.com/post/7468258437/love-this-feathery-tribal-pattern-nail-design

http://prettynailswag.tumblr.com/post/10553786751

These design reference tribal colours and patterns from textiles and body painting. I am going to be creating my own nail designs to incorporate into both my catwalk and editorial look.

My catwalk look will be more simple and probably just include a couple of colours or one bold colour where as with my editorial nail designing I will use assessories such as jewellery, patterns and sick on shapes and beads.

Hand DesigningI could also link my nails to the sleeves which I am creating for my editorial look. With the designs shown previously on the other posts I could connect the sleeve to the nails and their design...  
Below are a couple of designs which I could use in both my editorial and catwalk look. The lines on the fingers could mimic the wrinkles with the knuckles and also symbolise the ear stretches and jewellery which tribal men and women wear.
I could colour these in gold to represent the jewellery or the black to match with the full sleeve.

 

Inspiration for the lines on the fingers.

Inspiration for my hand design linked with my sleeve idea.
West african tribal design in henna found on google images.