Happy 4th of July!

 Purchased By Me / Gift / Giveaway Prize 

Hi everyone! I actually have a holiday mani to share with you today. If you happen to be celebrating, I hope you have a safe and happy 4th of July.

So let's get to the mani shall we?

This mani was inspired by Dianna's half-moon 4th of July mani, I thought it was so unique and I fell in love with it. I just found her on Instagram a few days ago and immediately followed her.

I started off with a red holo base and let that dry. Then, I applied top coat since I'd be using reinforcement stickers to create the half-moon. I can't recall if I got the stickers at the 99 cents only store or the Dollar Tree, but it was one or the other. Once the top coat had completely dried, I applied the stickers to the top of my nail. Afterwards, I brushed on the blue glitter polish I chose and took off the sticker while the polish was still wet. While that dried, I adhered the tiny star glitter on my nails by using some top coat. To finish, I let my nails dry for some more time before applying a generous coat of top coat.

Close-Up:

So what do you guys think? I think they look pretty good, but I wish I could have recreated Dianna's mani more accurately. I just loved how the blue polish she used had red glitter, it gave it a cool look.

Well I really hope you guys like the mani, and you should definitely check out Dianna's IG, it's linked above in case you're interested. Thanks for stopping by, until next time.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
Red Holo: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol"
Blue Jelly Glitter Polish: Fangirl Polish "Bubbles"
Top Coat: Seche Vite

*Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol" was a giveaway prize; Fangirl Polish "Bubbles" was a gift.

4th of July Nail Art

(Purchased By Me, Gift, Giveaway Prize)

Happy Fourth of July! If you guys are celebrating, then I hope you have a fun and safe holiday. To those who aren't, may you have a wonderful weekend as well.

I usually forget to do holiday manis, but this time I did 2 just for fun. The first one is a holo 4th of July mani with studs and some glitter placement, the second one is an incredibly sparkly striping tape mani with silver glitter stars. I've listed all the polishes I used at the end of the post like I usually do.

For the first mani, I chose a blue holo (Aria) for my index finger. On my middle and pinky I did a white base (Snow Me White), and on my ring finger I put on a silver base (Liquid Metal). I put on some top coat on my middle and pinky so I could lay down the striping tape, and then added the according polish on top. For the pinky, I did 2 "V" shapes with the striping tape, and filled in the top and bottom with red and blue. It was supposed to be white in the middle, but the red smeared, so I decided to add the glitter. I also added a silver holo glitter (Spice It Up) over the silver base on my ring finger to add some sparkle. The studs I added were originally neon colored, but I used the silver polish to paint the star stud, and the light blue holo to paint the circle stud.

Holding LACC Beauty "2013 Top Coat":

Close-Ups of Index/Ring Finger:

For my second mani, I decided I'd do something more flashy and sparkly. Who needs fireworks when you've got glitter, right? Oh, and not just any glitter but holo glitter. Hehe. Well, I used a blue jelly polish (Kinda Jazzy) on my index finger, and a red jelly polish (Angry Angel) on my middle and pinky. On my ring finger, I put down some striping tape and painted on the blue. Then I just added the red underneath very carefully, trying not to get it on the blue. When that all dried I added some top coat on all the nails on which I'd be using striping tape, and then proceeded to place it when dry. When I had all the striping tape placed on my nails, I sponged on the silver holo glitter (Spice It Up) on top. To finish off I placed the silver stars on the blue parts of my nails to complete the flag look, and I added top coat. I love how this mani turned out. It's so sparkly, and I like the texture it has.

Holding Stardust Polish "Angry Angel":

Close-Ups:

Well I hope you liked these 2 different 4th of July designs. If you have any questions, please leave them below. Also if you recreate these, make sure to tag me on Instagram, and use the hashtag #annypolishandpaint so I can see it. Thank you for stopping by, and may you all have a great weekend. Until next time guys.
-Ana

Polishes Used:
First Mani:
Blue Holo: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Aria"
Red Holo: Daily Hues Nail Lacquer "Carol"
White: Sinful Colors "Snow Me White"
Silver: Elf Nail Polish "Liquid Metal"
Silver Glitter: Bonita Colors "Spice It Up"
Top Coat: LACC Beauty "2013 Top Coat"

Second Mani:
Blue: Stardust Polish "Kinda Jazzy" 
Red: Stardust Polish "Angry Angel"
Silver Glitter: Bonita Colors "Spice It Up"
Top Coat: LACC Beauty "2013 Top Coat"