NOTD: Summer-Friendly Studs

Hi!

While I am not the biggest fan of hot weather, I do like the odd bit of sun. Today was another beautiful day here in Ireland (there's a sentence you don't hear often) so I wanted to do something really bright and neon on my nails. However - I have been having a love affair with all things studded for a long time now and I really don't think a couple days sunshine is a good excuse to end things. Enter my newest favourite polish and a packet of eBay's finest 99c studs.

Already much raved about in this post

Studs from HERE.

Just a note on the studs - firstly, they took bloody ages to arrive from China. Secondly, they're hard to pick up, so use a blob of blu-tac on the end of a dotting dool or pen to pick them up. You don't need nail glue, just pop them on wet polish and then use a topcoat.

Three coats of the glorious Sindy pink that is La Vida Loca and 3 studs later......

I wore that mani for a day until I got sick of the plain pink nails so decided to do this with a black polish and a striping brush (btw, the picture above is the most colour accurate one here):

Outside it's even pinker:

It's so, so hard to capture the colour of that pink, but here it is against a bottle of Cocoa Brown Tan - it should give you an idea of the type of pink it is in reality.

I LOVE this mani. Love it. Who says studs aren't summery?