Independence Day / 4th of July Nails

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It’s hard to believe that next week is July already, and one of my favorite holidays is coming up.  I love celebrating the 4th of July with family and friends… watching fireworks is always the highlight of the day for me.  This is the first design that I came up with for the 4th of July this year.  I have another idea that I want to try, so there will likely be another 4th themed mani featured next week.

The main colors used in this manicure are Gelish Spicy Fortune (red), Gelish Arctic Freeze (white) and Gelish Mali-Blu Me Away (blue).  I used some striping tape to create the chevron look on my middle finger.  My intention was actually have some negative space between each color, but the colors bled under my tape making the lines look messy so I drew on some silver glitter lines using a dotting tool and Ink Chrome Silver to hide those ugly lines.

The Bundle Monster holiday stamping collection has a couple of nice plates for Independence Day themed nails.  The star pattern on my pinky is from plate BM-H25, and was stamped with Mundo de Unas white.  The fireworks pattern seen on my ring finger and thumb is from plate BM-H14 which is more of a New Years themed plate.  I used three different Mundo stamping polishes to create the multi-colored look; red #9, yellow #11 and blue (round bottle with no number).  I applied dots of each color randomly on the stamping plate, so each nail is only stamped once.

They’re a little busy, but they’re festive!!

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