Sassy Studs

I recently ordered some fun nail art supplies from Amazon, including these cool square silver studs that I wanted to try out.

I started with two coats of Orly's Charged Up. It was a little thin and started out sheer, but turned out fine with a second coat. I used my Sally Hansen Insta Dry topcoat and a dotting tool to place dots of top coat, then put the studs down on the dots, pressing each for about 10 seconds once I was happy with its placement. I put two studs on each thumb and ring finger to create some fun accent nails. Most of the studs fell off after 1-3 days, although one lasted for 5 (I replaced the others over the course of the 5 days). 

I really liked the edgy look this mani had and liked how I could create a really cool effect with relatively little effort. Let me know what you think and if you'd like a step by step tutorial. 

Coral Tribal

I wanted to work on my freehand skills and create a fun, bright look for spring/summer, so I decided to draw inspiration from Chalkboard Nail's tribal print, but use a coral color scheme and do the patten in one color instead of three in order to give it a more simple and sleek look.

For the base, I used two easy coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear in Coral Reef, which dried quickly and was opaque and shiny. I freehanded the pattern with a brush and dotting tool and Essie Watermelon, which was perfect to work with because it's very opaque and just a little thick. Once I painted the pattern, I cleaned it up a little with Coral Reef to make the lines as sharp as possible, then finished up with Sally Hansen Insta Dry topcoat. 

I really love the finished look- it kind of reminds me of henna- and I got tons of compliments on it! Let me know in the comments below what you think and if you'd like a tutorial!

xo,

J