Growing up in Southern California meant that i spent a lot of time in Mexico as a kid. Truly some of my best memories were browsing artisan shops with my mom or stopping at roadside eateries with my dad. To this day, nothing evokes a sense of nostalgia for me quite like that distinct smell of Mexican leather.

In case you were wondering, I was never not a ham.

Last year I went back for the first time in over a decade and the memories from that trip still live rent free on a loop in my brain. It’s an insanely beautiful country and I’m proud to be of Mexican descent. Truly, I cannot wait to go back. Until then, let’s do some nail art inspired by the pottery markets and create some Mexican tile nail art.

You can totally put your own spin and mix up the colors (and I hope you do, please tag me because I wanna see!) but for me, the traditional off-white, blue and rust palette just hits different.