Happy 4th!
So I was feeling weirdly patriotic and all of the sudden decided I wanted to paint my nails red, white, and blue. It is Independence Day after all.
So this is what I came up with...
It looked better in my head than what actually happened.
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The polishes I used were Julep's Jackie(a very bright red), Essie's Mesmerize (a true blue), Sally Hansen Hard as Nails in Hard to Get (a pure white), and OPI's Happy Anniversary! (a very pretty, sparkly silver white).
I do have to say that Jackie was such a dream to paint with. It went on so super smooth and easy and was pretty much opaque with one coat. Put an extra coat on just for the very true red color and it came out amazing and shiny, could even go without a topcoat!
Yep, so I went red, white, and blue for obvious reasons and wanted to try my hand at a tie-dye design. Very American and looks like a firework. Perfect choice for the occasion... I thought anyways.
So, I tried it on my pinky and it was kind of a fail. Definitely wasn't as neat as I wanted them to be. Don't have any fancy tools so I just striped my nails in the three colors then dragged a toothpick through them. Looks messy and not very tie-dye like but, oh well. When they're on, they're on. I was too lazy to take it off and try again.
Also, I did polka dots on the thumb and then added Happy Anniversary! to the middle of the polka dots but maybe that was a bad idea as well (Or maybe I was just impatient?) because when it was time to top coat, it kinda of smeared into the white and make the dots look uneven. =/
Oh, whatever!
It was a fun look I was trying to go for and definitely something way different for me.
Hope y'all enjoyed 'em and have a great holiday!
And Happy Birthday 'Merica!
