Since the 4th of July is only 2 days away...I just had to do a red, white & blue mani. Which I think turned out really great. It was kind of hard trying to figure out exactly how I wanted do this design. At first I was thinking stars & stripes...but I remembered I had a design that was actually a spray of fireworks, so I had to use that image. But as I was looking through my designs, I was actually surprised I didn't have more images that would fit this theme. I have plenty of star images to choose from but all the "lined" images were curved or at an angle and I had a particular look in mind. I recently purchased the 2013 themed jumbo plates from Cheeky and on the holiday IP, it only had 1 image that would fit and I didn't really like it, so I came up with my own rendition. I ended up using some stars (not traditional stars) and the fireworks spray.
This mani is different than normal, in that my left hand is red & blue and my right hand is blue & white. I normally would have each color on both hands, but I just wanted to switch it up bit...kind of like having 2 mani's in one. But to bring it all together, I used all 3 colors for my stamping.
Here's what I used:
- Base coat: Julep Nail Therapy
- Base color 1: Most Sinful by Sinful Shine
- Accent color 1: Wisp by Sinful Shine
- Accent color 2: Layla Ceramic Effects (CE 53)
- Top coat 1: Seche Vite Top Coat - I apply this before stamping, if I mess up I can remove the design without removing the base color
- Stamp colors: Red by +Konad Nail, Sinful Shine: Most Sinful & Wisp and Color Club: Harp on It
- Top coat 2: IBD UV Top Coat cured under a 54 watt UV lamp for 3 minutes
- IP: Dashica Beauty Shop - Big SdP D & X
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