Being that subtlety isn’t my strong suit, I had to up the gaudy ante by splish splashing my love of America with a patriotic mani for the Fourth of July.
To achieve this look, I followed a base coat with Orly’s Star Spangled (fitting, yes?). After allowing the two coats of red to dry a few minutes, I applied Aruba Blue by Essie on the tips of my nails. With a quick swipe of Silver Plated by Salon Perfect (which I purchased at the Dollar Tree and can’t find a website to link here – probably because of where I bought it…) in between the red and blue hues followed by one brush of Seche Vite Dry Fast top coat, my patriotic mani was complete.
Be careful with the backyard fireworks this weekend friends! Don’t worry about me as I’ll be sitting back and admiring my mani work, watching someone else light the wicks and run for their life.
I mean, where else can I unabashedly tell others that my nails are “jewels, not tools”?
Only in A-mani-ca.
CBXB
Gorgeous mani and what a professional nail blogging hand pose! : ))
I took pointers from you my friend!
Haha, aw : )))
Very sparkle and lovely patriot nails ! 🙂
You know I love anything that sparkles and shines!
Hahaha……yes I know and I appreciate it 🙂 !
Awesome!! I love the nail art 🙂 xx
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Thanks Girl! It’s a little time consuming but I just love the outcome!
Love that mani! Happy fourth of July (in a couple of days):)
Thanks MM! I’ve got all of my red, white and blue ready to go!