They say diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but to be honest, anything shiny and beautiful makes a good pal. This winter, New York City–based nail artist Julie Kandalec expects our taste in jewels (or at least nail jewels) to be smoother, cooler, and more free-form, like cabochon stones. “Cabochon gems are rounded instead of faceted,” Kandalec says of the polished stones, which throughout history have been believed to possess healing (even magical) properties and provide protection. Often made from turquoise, lapis lazuli, opal, or milky quartz, it’s a more colorful take on jewelry than your classic Tiffany’s diamond.
Start with a lineup of chosen colors, preferably in jewel-toned jelly polish to give the illusion of a polished stone. Then, “there are two ways to do the design,” Kandelec says. “Either by first drawing the circles out in their colors, then outlining in black, followed by a metallic or chrome, or you can polish the whole nail chrome first,” then follow by dropping on globs of color as your stones.
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