Pink and Gold Negative Space Stripes

This was my first nail design of the new year. I've worn this for the last couple of days - which slightly brightened up my return to work.

I did this with striping tape over bare nails, then painting Barry M Dragon over the side sections, and Binky London Gold Rush along the middle section. 

It's simple and basic, but I really like it!
 

Negative Space Snowflakes

Hello! Not only have I not blogged for two weeks, but I haven't painted my nails at all either. I had bare nails throughout Christmas... Plus they've all broken and chipped and had to be cut short.

Today I have a very simple look for my first nail painting in two weeks. I started with bare nails and stamped over them with Konad White and MoYou London festive plate 02.  

I thought this looked really simple and pretty!  

I then thought it was a bit plain, so I added a coat of China Glaze Travel in Colour topcoat, just for a wintry sheen.  I think that looks much prettier!

 What do you think?

Models Own Radiant Pink with Studs

The second of the Models Own Diamond Luxe collection that I thought I'd try, is Radiant Pink, the bright pink one. Like Pear Purple, this has a thickish but beautifully smooth formula, filled with shimmery diamond dust particles.

Rather than just wear this on the full nail, I used some tip guides to mark off half moons at my cuticles, because it occurred to me that I had still never tried a negative space mani. I then painted two coats of Radiant Pink and removed the tip guides. 

Then I used topcoat and added these studs from the Born Pretty Store. I reviewed the studs previously here, where you can find full details of where and how to buy them.  I really like these studs! They kind of remind me of eyes... which makes me think that I could do an OWL design with stud eyes! Omg, how awesome would that be?!

Anyway, I really like this polish - the formula is really good, and the colour is a lovely bright zingy pink.   And I really like the studs - the coloured ones are really shimmery and rich, and the black ones I used here give a really good contrast with the pink polish.

The studs are really light, and are easily reused - after the last time I used them, they stayed put for a good 24 hours, until I just picked them off and put them back in the pot to use again. 

As always, you can use my Born Pretty Store discount code to get 10% off any order. 

  These studs were provided for review purposes. See my Disclaimer section for more details.