Blue*Joe Fresh Navy Marine // Glitter*Julep America the Beautiful
Blue*NYC Skin Tight Denim Creme // Red*Sally Hansen Cherry Red // White*NYC French White
You know I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do a themed manicure for the 4th of July! I actually did the bottom manicure first. I thought of doing stripes on each individual nail, but didn’t have a small enough brush, so I decided that each nail would count as a stripe. The white is a bit tricky to apply, just because it comes out so streaky/chalky, but I think I did okay here. The stars that you can see on my thumb are actually stickers that I put on top of the blue nail polish, then I applied a top coat over the whole thing.
Then, the very next day, I was unhappy with how my nails looked (the polish was a bit clumpy and dried with air bubbles), so I took it all off and did the top manicure! I also received my July Julep Maven box yesterday, so I really really wanted to use that glitter polish for my Fourth of July manicure. I did a base coat of navy with the Joe Fresh nail polish, then painted one coat of the glitter polish from Julep. Definitely a simpler manicure and I feel better that my nails look so much neater!
Happy 4th of July to my American readers!
I’ll be taking tomorrow off, so see you back here on Thursday! :)
![It's a very belated book haul! These are the four books I picked up on my trip to Australia back in May. Of course I had to check out some bookstores on my first trip to Sydney and I think I ended up visiting 9 in total (check out my stories to see the mini bookstore vlog I made)!
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It was so fun book shopping over there since majority of the covers are different from our US covers. I couldn't resist this pretty edition of PACHINKO, which I've already read. And when I picked up this copy of PEOPLE PERSON, I was so excited to see it because it wasn't out yet in the US at that time. I also bought two books that I hadn't heard of before I discovered them in the bookstore: IDOL and LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES.
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Do you tend to prefer US or UK book covers?
[P.S. This is an old photo that includes a HarperCollins UK title, but please note that I support the HarperCollins Union.]
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[ID: A stack of the following books sits on top of white bedding in front of a white wall (from top to bottom): PACHINKO, IDOL, LOVE AND OTHER PUZZLES, PEOPLE PERSON.]
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I think both manicures look seriously pretty. I am always so horrible at painting my nails.
Sunny Days and Starry Nights
Thank you Tracy! Painting your nails just takes lots of practice, I think! :)
OH how festive! You did a great nail job! Enjoy your holiday.
Thank you! Hope you had a great 4th!
totally loving your glitter manni!
Thank you Lydia! I like that one better myself :)
These are awesome! I’m so jealous, I would end up with a hand covered in glitter if I tried this.
http://room-334.blogspot.com
Thank you Elana! That’s the beauty of nail polish remover- you can fix up any mistakes afterwards! :)
Loving the red and white!
xo,
Angela
headtotoechic.blogspot.com
Thank you Angela! :)
awww, wish i couldve seen this post sooner! i only have red nails on for this july 4th =P very cute! i wish my nails would look that good after i paint them =) hope that you are well sweet heart <3 muah!
xx, james
&lechic
Red nails are a classic :) Thank you friend! Hope you had a lovely 4th of July! :)
Oh, excuuuuuuuse me! Not one but two 4th of July manis? I am impressed! ;)
I absolutely despise white polish. I always think it looks messy, but your nails looks perfect here! Well done!
I’m giving away two bottles of Zoya polish – you should enter!
Haha, it was mostly by accident- I didn’t like my first one so I did another one! I’m glad it’s not just me who finds white nail polish so difficult. Ooo yes, thanks for letting me know- I’ll enter right now :) Hope you had a great 4th of July Santina!