I grabbed out a few nail gems from a pot I bought on eBay (I cant find the original link but these look similar). I picked them out using some tweezers and put them to one side ready to place them on the nail. On the nail I decided to make my accent nail I popped a secondary coat on and then moved quickly to apply the gems before it dried. It's actually much easier than it looks to apply the gemstones as we aren't going for a uniform pattern it doesn't really matter where you place them. By using tweezers, I find its much easier to grab and apply these than your fingers as you can get a good grip before placement.
The finished look is a really glam simple but eye-catching manicure. The scattered look seems to look much better than applying them in a shape or pattern as you sort of want it to look jewel encrusted. I found the gems lasted a day or two before falling off but if you wanted them to last a bit longer you could always use a nail glue to make them stick. This would be a perfect christmas manicure look so definitely keep this in mind over the holiday month!
Would you try this look?
