In the end I opted for Let's Get Lost from Essence as my base. You could almost get away with one coat of this polish as it's really pigmented, but I always tend to prefer two coats anyway. I really like the brushes in these bottles because they are flat with rounded tip, so you get a really good coverage in just a few strokes, but I find I have to be careful not to flood polish at the sides of my nails.
To add the extra bright factor to my design I used neon studs from the Born Pretty Store as petals for flowers. I added a small dot of yellow polish as a guide for the centre of the flower and then painted a thick coat of top coat over the whole nail. Whilst it was still wet I carefully pushed the studs onto my nail, sticking them in the wet top coat. To pick up the studs, I used an orange stick with a small bit of blu-tack on the end shaped into a point. Once I had finished the placement, some of the studs covered up the yellow for the centre of the flower, but nothing another dot of yellow polish in the centre wouldn't fix. I couldn't decide if I wanted to add a flower to all of my nails, so I worked from the outside in, and when I had finished the pink flower I really liked the accent feature I had created and thought that any more might spoil the look. What do you think?
One thing to note is that the ends of these studs do lift away from the nail slightly, as they are flat, and nails are curved. I added a thick layer of glossy top coat over my finished flowers to seal them in place and prolong the life of my flowers.
If you'd like to get these studs, or anything else from the Born Pretty Store you can get 10% off using code HFG10. You can see how I used the square ones from this wheel at Christmas here. I particularly like this shape combination because there are so many different ways you could use them.
Thanks for stopping by
Aimee x
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