Fourth Of July Nail Art Ideas

I did these for the Flag challenge day of Californails July challenge on Instagram. I plan on doing more of the July challenge so if you want to see more up to date nail art from me follow me there @nailbybayles. Back to my flag inspired nail art. For this nail look I used all China Glaze polishes. I started with my regular base coat, China glaze Strong Adhesive Base Coat, and then painted two coats of White On White. Then added some Fast Forward Top coat to speed up drying time. Once that was dry I applied 4 pieces striping tape starting about a third of the way down. And painted the top with Man Hunt and the bottom stripes with Salsa and immediately removed the tape. I individually placed the Glitter (or Stars) on the blue. And finished with a thick coat of top coat.

Colors for Flag Nail Art

For these simple 4th of July dot nails I started with the same base coat. Once that dried I painted two coats of China Glaze White On White. Using a dotting tool I added rows of dots starting with Opi Red Lights Ahead...Where? then Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away and China Glaze Icicle (pictured). When placing the dots I made sure to place the dots on the next row in between the dots of the previous row. I waited for as long as I could and finished with a thick coat of top coat.

Other Colors for Dot Nails

I hope you liked my two fourth of July nail art ideas. If you recreate any of my nail art tag me so I can see them. And If you have any nail art requests leave a comment here or on my Instagram.

Have A Great Fourth of July!

Cute Halloween Nail Art

I decided to do the design from Halloween straws/sticks.

Colors used:
Sally Hansen Hard as Nails-Hard To Get
Sally Hansen Xtreme wear- Sun kissed
Orly- Liquid Vinyl

August Challenge: Stripes

Stripes can be pretty boring. And I couldn't think of anything to make stripes cooler that hasn't been done. So being completely uninspired I just painted this simple little design with just black and white.
I guess they are better than stripes that just go in one direction.

Colors used:

Sally Hansen Hard As Nails- Hard To Get

Orly- liquid Vinyl

Rainbow stripe Nails

So two days before I painted these I tried to do Gravity Falls themed nails, well that was a huge fail. I didn't like any of the nails and it made me really sad and uninspired. But I love painting my nails too much to stop, i mean every time i go shopping i could look a nail polish the entire time. So I decided to paint these which was way easier then painting cartoons on my nails with nail polish. They are totally not something new and never done before because they are stripes, but I didn't even feel like painting flowers. Good news though I am much more excited to paint my nails for next time because I got my favorite topcoat (china glaze) and don't have to use my now least favorite top coat (O.P.I.).

Colors used:

Nicole by O.P.I.- Hit The Lights

O.P.I.- Don't Pretzel My Buttons. ( used on all nails )

Sally Hanson Xtreme wear- Coral Reef and Sun Kissed

Sinful Colors- Sizzling, In The Limelight*, My Kryptonite*, Jolt*, Break Away*, Pragmatic*, and Royal Flush*

* = cold color nails

Stripes and Dots Nail Art

I recently bought the polishes I used to do the stripes and felt I had to paint something with them really soon and this is what  came up with. I feel like they are good summer nails.

Nail polish used:

China Glaze Pool Party

Sinful Colors Sizzling

Sinful Colors Jolt

Sinful Colors Shock And Awe

Sally Hanson Hard As Nails Hard To Get

Do you like these nails?

Neon and Ombre Stripe Nail Art

I decided to do a Mr. Candiipants look(link below), because I love her nails so much, I just changed the colors. It's totally not my best work I even got some purple on it when making the owls on my left hand but I love these colors together. I used white to do the ombré with Quick Teal.

Milani: Quick Teal

China Glaze: Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and Pool Party (which looks like a reddish orange in the pick but its neon pink) and white on white

http://mrcandiipants.tumblr.com/