As I’m sure you all know by now, I can’t get enough of nail art.  I’m always looking for new ideas, techniques, and styles.  Admittedly, when there isn’t a holiday or big event going on, sometimes it can be hard to think of new, creative nail art ideas.  Enter Nail Art Society. I recently signed up for Nail Art Society, a monthly kit of curated nail art tools. After receiving my first kit, I’m in love. Read on to see how I completely this look – entirely from this month’s Nail Art Society kit!

My nail art kit came with:

• Jessica Custom Nail Colour in Black Matte
• Nail art studs in purple, pink, orange and gold

I started my manicure with my usual filing, buffing, and a coat of Nail Tek II.  I then applied two coats of Jessica Custom Nail Colour in Black Matte, which is an amazing deep black matte polish.  I had never tried Jessica Custom Nail Colour before, and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised! The polish was opaque and my manicure lasted just as long – if not longer – than most other manicures.

I let my manicure dry completely so that I could work with the nail art studs.  Taking one stud at a time, I applied a dot of matte polish where I wanted the stud to go and carefully placed each stud one at a time using tweezers.

I finished the manicure – and sealed the studs in – with NYC’s Matte Me Crazy Mattifying Top Coat.  I absolutely loved the matte look with the shiny studs, so I had to keep the matte look going!

Was it time consuming? Yes.  Was it worth it? Definitely.  This is one of my favorite manicures to date (do I say that a lot?), and I can’t wait to try nail art studs again soon.

Have you tried nail art studs? Share your photos with us on Twitter @Collaboreight!

Check out more great manicure tutorials:

• Manicure Monday: Little Mermaid
• Manicure Monday: Superstition
• Manicure Monday: BCA Strength