31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2.0, Day 12: Intricate

Wow, I can't believe it's been almost two months since I last posted a challenge manicure! It was a much longer break than I anticipated, but life got in the way and I had a ton of swatching to do. Plus, today's theme was the most daunting yet - intricate nails?! If you have been following me for any length of time, you know that "intricate" isn't a word you can use to describe my nail art. So of course, I held off on doing my intricate nail art for as long as possible, but I finally had to face my fear of doing freehand nail art and came up with this:

When I saw this beautiful pattern  by Charuca, I just knew I had to try it on my nails (and that I could possibly pass it off as "intricate"!) To get this look, I started with a base of Cirque Carpe Diem, and then using a nail art brush and a dotting tool, I made my floral pattern with Zoya Cole, Zoya Rocha, Zoya Tilda, and Zoya Ryan. I mattified my nails to make the design easier to see!

Although my freehand skills leave a bit to be desired, I absolutely love the color scheme of this manicure and I would love to revisit it! Maybe I need to trim my brushes so I can achieve more precise designs!? How do you find success in doing detailed nail art?

Anyway, I will hopefully be back on track with the challenge now, since the swatching rush has eased up (but don't worry, I will always have a ton of swatches for you guys!) Too bad an equally frightening theme is up next - geometric nails!! I will have a field day with those! At least I will be getting back into more serious nail art, which I have missed doing.

Here are the polishes I used. You can purchase the Cirque here and the Zoyas here.

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