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Hey dolls! There actually was a tie between studs and chevron in last week’s poll, each with 35% of the votes. I recently received some new studs from BornPretty to review, so I knew this was the perfect time to try them out. I had this great idea to use the studs along with a chevron accent; I failed and failed miserably. My nails are too long for full image stamps right now, so that didn’t look cute. I then tried using craft scissors to cut tape. The clear tape I had wouldn’t cut easily, so I tried masking tape. The masking tape cut with a cleaner line, but polish kept seeping under so the chevron didn’t look clean. Around 8p, I decided to give up and just go with the studs.

The stud set I chose for review included 12 different types of studs in both gold and silver. This set features hearts, squares, stars, ellipses and more and there are approximately 300 pieces for $4.89. I also received a rhinestone picker wax pen for review (two for $1.99).  These are actually just pencils with wax lead and they are unsharpened upon arrival.

The Dance All Night collection from Cult Nails was sitting on the table and I knew I wanted to use all of the creams because they looked so great together. I started with a base of Love At First Sight, a gorgeous bright purple cream. This polish is amazing! Only one coat was needed for opacity and the formula was a breeze to use. Faded, a gray creme with blue undertones was used for an accent nail. The formula was a little bit thinner than Love At First Sight, but still manageable. Two coats were use for opacity.

My initial plan was to stamp/tape on a chevron pattern using Nakizzle’s Shizzle (blue cream), but I already mentioned above how big of a fail that was. Instead, I went for a studs only look using the silver square studs from the BornPretty set. I really like the size of these studs. At first, I thought the purpose of the wax rhinestone picker was to be able to pick up the studs without needing a clear polish to help it adhere; that was not the case. I dipped the pencil in a little bit of base coat and then placed the studs on the nail. Finally, the studs were sealed in place with top coat.

I love this look! I think it’s chic with a little bit of edge. You all know I like to keep my nail art simple, so this mani is perfect. I’m excited to use the other studs in this set. I love that you get so many (300 pieces) for such a great price. The rhinestone picker, while easy to use, didn’t perform much differently than when I use a small dotting tool to place studs. I’ll have to try it with actually rhinestones to see if there is a difference. If you’d like to purchase any items from BornPretty, feel free to use my 10% off code of TPJ61.

For this week’s poll, I have three purple untrieds for you to chose from. Please take a second to vote below! I’m so thankful that you all are participating in these polls because it really gives me direction, while helping me use untrieds.

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