4th of July Manicure 2013

Happy Holidays, everyone! This week many of your favorite beauty bloggers will show you their 4th of July manicures, and Glamorable! is no exception. I had so many design ideas in my head that I decided to feature them all at once, one pattern per finger. Here they are!

  1. Thumb: I first applied an all-over base color using Color Club Mod in Manhattan. After it dried, I took a sponge and patted Zoya Carmen on top of it, starting from about 3/4 down. Then starting 1/4 down from the top I patted on some Color Club Insta This, until it turned opaque. To even up the gradient, I swiped the entire nail with one good thick coat of Wet ‘n Wile New Years Kiss glitter, and sealed with Sally Hansen Insta-dri top coat.
  2. Middle finger: I applied Zoya Carmen as a base, then painted half of it with Color Club Insta This. Waited for the whole thing to dry, and applied dots on the blue side with Color Club Nail Striper in White (I don’t have a dotting tool, so that’s why the dots look a bit sloppy). Using the same nail striper I painted the stripes on the red side.
  3. Ring finger: The base color on this finger is, as you can already tell, Color Club Mod in Manhattan, with two thin stripes of Zoya Carmen and Color Club Insta This.
  4. Pinky finger: Zoya Carmen used here as an all-over color, with thin stripes using Color Club Nail Striper in White and Color Club Insta This.
  5. Pointer finger: The easiest of them all! I applied Color Club Insta This as a base, waited for it to thoroughly dry, then swiped a line along the edge with a top coat and dipped the nail into some nameless Chinese nail glitter.

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    • July 3, 2013 / 12:56 pm

      Thank you Erica! trying to be a little festive here ๐Ÿ˜€

    • July 3, 2013 / 1:00 pm

      Haha thanks Ryan! No way, yours are gorgeous, too! I love that Julep top coat, it looks amazing especially over that white nail polish ๐Ÿ™‚

  1. July 3, 2013 / 8:59 am

    I love all of these! Gorgeous and such great designs and ideas, but it doesn’t look like too much even with all five decorated. Amazing job.

    writingwhimsy.com

  2. July 3, 2013 / 1:22 pm

    Awesome nails! I’m a manicure BEGINNER, but I’m trying to experiment more. I might have to look into this Nail Striper thing. I attempted to do a Dark French manicure last night and it did not go well. Then I attempted polka-dots with a tooth-pick and that didn’t go well either! Practice makes perfect, right?

    I really like your blog!

    – Michelle
    http://beautifulgoodies.wordpress.com

    • July 3, 2013 / 2:56 pm

      Hi Michelle! Absolutely, practice is always the best way to learn! ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m actually a beginner myself (and a recovered nail biter) since I only started experimenting with my nails very recently, a few months after I started blogging, which was less than a year ago. By the way, I love your bangs, they frame your face so beautifully ๐Ÿ˜‰

  3. July 3, 2013 / 8:04 pm

    AMAZING nails! I find that, since I’m a righty, my nail art comes out flawless for my left hand and not so much on my right hand. Do you have that same problem at all?

    • July 3, 2013 / 10:48 pm

      Thank you, Angela! Yes, I have the same problem, and it’s especially noticeable with nail art. I have five more patterns on my right hand right now, but they look a lot worse than what’s pictured above. Here’s hoping that practicing this regularly will eventually make me ambidextrous ๐Ÿ˜‰

    • July 6, 2013 / 1:58 am

      Thank you, Daria ๐Ÿ™‚ You have a cute blog, too!

  4. July 5, 2013 / 2:08 pm

    Awesome job! I can’t decide which nail I like best, lol ๐Ÿ™‚

    • July 6, 2013 / 1:58 am

      Haha thank you! I couldn’t decide either, so I ended up with this mani ๐Ÿ˜€

    • July 6, 2013 / 1:57 am

      Aw thank you so much Betzy! :))

    • July 6, 2013 / 10:45 am

      Thank you, Britney ๐Ÿ™‚

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