Independence Day Mani!

Hello and happy fourth of July my fellow Americans! Anyone going to see fireworks later? I'm not sure if I'm going, I haven't really been into fireworks lately. Just a bunch of people gathered to see pretty lights with loud booms and then get choked by smoke. I don't like going to crowded places, so fourth of July fireworks=unnecessary social contact. 
However, I decided to get a little into the fourth of July spirit with an independence day manicure!

Originally I wasn't even planning on doing a red white and blue manicure because I don't really like those colors together. But I figured I'd have to show my patriotism in some way, so what better way for me than on my nails!

The white base is Kleancolor-White, while the red is Essie-She's Pampered and the blue is Essie-Butler Please. The accent nails are Julep-Michelle with Milani-Diamond Dazzle glitter on top. I used a fan brush to do the red and blue zig zaggy stripes. 

There's a piece of rogue copper glitter on my index finger :P
Here's a close up of my accent nails. I tried little fireworks on them with glitter. I wish I had more colors of bar glitter, but I only have gold. The silver glitter I pulled from another polish. Note to self-buy more bar glitter.

It's kind of funny, because my friend was always joking that I should take mini firecrackers and attach them to my nails, and then I could fire them off and have mini fireworks! So these mini firecracker nails are dedicated to her ;)
I also really like this "firecracker" design. I might have to use those in another manicure sometime!

More fireworks on my thumbs yay.

So that's all I have for today! Anyone have fun fourth of July plans? Whatever they are, I hope you enjoy, and I'll see you next time!

Nail Art Spam!

Hey so I found these pictures of some nail art I had done a while ago. This was before I started blogging, but I thought they would be cool to share!
I call these my "stained glass" manicure.

I remember when I first did these I got a ton of compliments and "OMG how did you do that?" They were actually really easy, I just used my ever trusty striping tape to block off sections, then used a dotting tool with different colors! Easy!

I also did these, which I definitely remember seeing from somewhere else first and copying, but i seriously can't remember where. These are supposed to looks like little flower necklaces!

The last pictures I have are of these: which is a manicure I did when my friend told me that my nails "weren't colorful enough" and that I should use "more colors"

I used the fan brush method and three different colors on each nail to do the striping. I also have glitter on my pinky (?).

And please disregard all the blue pen ink on my nails. I always seem to get ink everywhere, and I have no idea how!

That's all for today guys! I'll have some new swatches up later this week, thanks for reading!