beauty trend to try -- spring manicures.

COVETING: Club Monaco Karolina Dress

www.shopbop.com; $179.50

Club Monaco has a knack for bringing new life to old pieces, and this chambray dress is such a great representation of that.  I love the silhouette and charming waistband, and the tailored bodice is absolute perfection and perfect in contrast with the drapier skirt.  This would be brilliant with a blazer for breezy summer evenings or on its own with flat sandals for a lunch date.

When it comes to giving myself manicures, I'm truly, truly hopeless.  Until a year ago, I could hardly even stand to keep my fingernails painted (I found it distracting and chips to be incredibly painful to see) -- but then I realized what I'd been missing.  An entirely new way to express myself with color, be it bold or neutral.  Though this, this, and this are three of my personal favorite punchy spring shades, I think it's time to branch out a bit and explore some new, simple, and very sweet nail trends for spring.

 

{easy single-nail ombre via}

 
{simple sparkling pastels via}

 
{pattern-mixing and a single sparkling nail via}

 

{allover sparkle via}

What beauty trend are YOU dying to try right now?

xo Josie

Thanks to Shopbop, The West Street Journal, and Cupcakes and Cashmere for the photos.