Independence Day Nail Art

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Hooray and Happy Birthday, United States!!! How are you going to spend the US's 235th birthday?

I'm going to show you my July 4th manicure with 10 different looks. I couldn't land on just one so I went crazy. I made some winners and losers. However, it was a lot of fun to do these.

First, let me show you the polishes I used...

Here are the 'stars'...Nubar's 'Hologram Glitter' and Kleancolor's 'Silver Star.'

Avon's 'Rich Red' (which is a blood red, not an orange-red) and Color Club's Frosty Blue that has no name. Even with the vast array of polishes that I own, I didn't have one medium blue creme polish. So, the blue here is frosty.

OPI's 'Red Shatter', Sally Hansen's 'Distressed Denim', and China Glaze's 'Lightning Bolt.'

Here, I have a Color Club white creme and one from Sally Hansen. I tried both to see which I preferred. Color Club won as it wasn't as streaky as SH. Plus, that SH is years old.

Mix them all up...

 I won't go through and tell you about each design. I'll let the photos do the talking.

And, this is my right hand...

I did use an irridescent glitter from Color Club on some of these nails. I just didn't get a photo of it separately.

 

I think my favorite one is my left-hand pinky. I feel very patriotic, seriously.

Did you do an Independence Day manicure?

Party Hearty Steals My Heart

This has been one of the biggest pleasant surprises of the Holiday.  Here's China Glaze's 'Party Hearty'...

No cute build up before I reveal the finished work.  Here it is right off the bat.  I layered 'Party Hearty' over a French white tip by OPI.  The surprise is that the red glitter are teeny stars!  In a clear base it is mixed with different sizes of green glitter.

This is one I so would have grabbed out of my mother's hand if it was the last bottle.  But I would have quickly remarked 'But we can share!'

I worked on this one different ways...

I got this French white tip polish in a French mani set from OPI.  I realllllly wish nail polish makers could make all their polishes in this size bottle.  One, I could pretty much be sure I'd use up all the polish, two, I wouldn't end up with globby, gunky polish near the end and three, I think the prices would come down.  More for everybody!!!

This is the experiment.  On the thumb and middle finger, just 'Party Hearty' all by itself.  To see if I could enhance the pizzazz, I used the OPI white on the index and ring finger.  On the little finger I put on some Orly's 'Winter Wonderland'.  I am going to try 'Party Hearty' with that one momentarily.  However, this is 2 coats of 'Party Hearty' on each nail.

This is Orly's 'Winter Wonderland' and it's from their Holiday collection as well.  I'm admitting I'm still a novice at calling out types of polishes.  However, I'm loving my education from the blogs I follow.  (Check out who I follow over on the right hand column.)  And I'm going to venture that this is a sheer white base with ultra-micro silver white glitter.  Here's one thing I am sure of, it's purdy...

I did just the pinky with this color.  This is with two coats.

Next I put 2 coats of 'Party Hearty' over that.  At first, I was concerned that putting on the 'Winter Wonderland' and then the 'Party Hearty' was going to be over-kill.  (Yes, smarties, I do know what over-kill is!!!)  But you can see, that using 'Winter Wonderland' isn't any different than my middle finger with no undercoat.  I guess 'Winter Wonderland' will have to go on as its sheer self.  Or, an overlay.

Of course, it was a bear to take off!  But I think it is a very Holiday 'Party' manicure.


All this glitter too over the top for you?