Red, White, & Blue Nails
I have a dear friend who loves America…and anything red, white, and blue…so I always keep an eye out for cute things to show her. Last weekend Nicole and I attended a bridal shower for one of our friends with some ladies from church. One of them had an amazing manicure; her nails were french tip, only instead of white polish there was red and white stripes on one half and solid blue with a star of the other to create an American flag. I loved it! And was inspired to try to create something similar to celebrate the 4th of July.
These were by far my favorite design. I painted my big toe blue and my other toes red and white and free handed the stripes (you can tell cause they look messy).
To make stars, I used blue painters tape because it is a little bit more durable. Simple draw a star on the tape with a pen and cut it out with small scissors to create a stencil.
Put tape on nail once polish is dry and fill in with white polish. Allow to dry a few minutes before removing tape; dry completely before reapplying tape to make another star.
Nicole graciously let me paint her nails to have a few more designs. For a simple design, I painted her toes with the same dark blue. Then once they were dry, I used a glitter polish with red and silver glitter to create a red, white, & blue theme that was a little more calm.
My last 4th of July theme nails, although Nicole also said the reminded her of Captain America. Maybe this can be used for a costume as well?
For her fingers, I started with a base of a lighter blue. Once that was dry, I used french tip stickers to paint a white french tip on her nails. Allow the white to dry a few minutes before removing stickers. Do any touch ups as needed.
Create a star stencil as mentioned earlier, only this time the stars will be a little bigger to cover the whole nail. Paint stars red to match theme. Allow polish to dry a few minutes before removing tape and you’re done!
