My nails were neglected over new year and ended up broken, short and weak. I thought a simple design might make them look a little longer. The middle fingers were particularly short, hence the central vertical lines. Colour and negative space are always favourites of mine so I adapted these into a varied geometric design. 

I started off with two coats of nude polish, I used the one from my French manicure set. Thereafter I added the purple and green in turn and finished with lining everything in black. I’ll admit this was pretty time consuming, over an hour, it was a nice way to spent a Friday morning off work though.