4th of July Nails 2010

I love the 4th of July, its my favorite holiday. I think the barbecue has a lot to do with it! Its also the one time of year I actively search for a red nail polish to use. This year I was stumped for ideas until the last minute, but a little trip to Sally's changed that. They are having a fabulous clearance sale and I picked up a perfect blue, Orly La Playa from their Viva 2010 Summer Collection. La Playa is a opaque gorgeous navy blue creme, what you see in the pictures is one coat. On my middle and pinky fingers I did one coat each of Wet n Wild French White Creme, OPI Himalayan Hideaway and Orly La Playa. The stripes I did with my Art Deco polish in silver. The stars on my ring finger are by Nailene, who might I mention make great nail stickers!

What did you do for the 4th of July? Got any festive manicures you want to share?

-Lachelle

4th of July Inspired Manicure

Okay, here's a warning. This is a crazy red, white and blue skittle kind of manicure. A different design on every nail but I did it so I could decide what I wanted my 4th of July manicure to be. 4th of July has been one of my favorite holidays ever since I was a little kid but they seem to have gotten less "magical" the older I get. Its like that with Christmas too but that's a story for another time. Anyway, here's all the polishes I used:


L to R: Zoya Valentina, LA Colors Static Electricity, OPI Himalayan Hideaway, OPI Blue My Mind, Art Deco nail art polish in white, Stripe Rite silver glitter and Wet n Wild French White Creme. (Not shown is Zoya Armour topcoat)

Yes, that's red you see. I put aside my feelings about red polish and did it because whats a 4th manicure without red, white and blue? Sigh, I know. Anyway, here's what I came up with.

I think I'm going to go with the design on my middle or ring finger because I like them the best. I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July weekend! Be safe! :-)