I'm sure there was probably a quicker way to achieve this look...but doing these late last night, I took the long way, naturally. Still, I think they turned out pretty well, especially considering the number of broken short nails I have at the moment (don't know what's going on there!). They're actually much more glittery than the photos show...I just ran out of time trying to photograph them.
I started with Avon base coat, then two coats of China Glaze "Ruby Pumps". I used a Stripe Rite nail striper to divide each nail diagonally, then added the white stripes to one side of each nail (botched some of the lines by the cuticle, but it doesn't really stand out unless you're looking at a close-up photo...). I decided to do that first, so that the blue would cover any mistakes I made by going "too far" over the center line - which turned out to be a good idea.Then I used Zoya's "Kotori" for the blue side, with the white dividing line as a guide. Two coats made for a nice opaque sparkly blue. Then I retraced the white dividing line again to cover any mistakes.
I applied a coat of Avon top coat to stick the plastic stars into, then another thick coat of the same to seal everything up. And voila, sparkly flag nails for Independence Day.
Have a safe and happy holiday, everyone!
6 comments:
These look great! Much better than I will have patience to do mine. I'm not sure if that made sense or not. :)
Wow! How creative. Beautiful results. Whew! Times flies by fast! Happy 4th of July!
heh, cant believe, i did pretty identical design for independent day, but did not post it yet, saving for the holiday.
Yours is really cool
Love the design you created. Most patriotic! Nice and bright and sparkly. Really pretty.
Thanks ladies!
I've done them just straight "french style" before, but decided to go diagonal this year. They're making me feel very patriotic this week... :-)
I really like this! You did a great job :)
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