Lifestyle and Beauty Through the Eyes of a Makeup Addict: SUPER EASY Fourth of July Nail Tutorial

One of my favorite holidays is July 4th! Not only do I love the cookouts, fireworks, and time with family and friends, but I love doing patriotic nails!

This year I decided to keep it pretty simple with a super easy, patriotic manicure.

The first step is to apply a base coat. You can apply whichever one works for you, I used the Nail Tek Intensive Therapy 2 (need to post a review on this)! Don't skip this step though because it is very important! It makes your nail polish apply better, last longer, it protects your nails, keeps your nails from staining, and even makes your polish easier to remove when its time to take it off.

I let this dry for about 5 minutes before applying the next polish.

Next, I applied a classic, deep red polish to all of my nails except my ring fingers. I used an opaque red so that I could get a pretty good looking even color in one coat. You can use whatever red polish you like, I used Personal Shopper from Sephora by OPI and it was kind of a hassle because after the first nail I realized that the polish I had was old. Still a beautiful color though!

I let this dry for 10 minutes before applying the next polish.

On my ring fingers, I applied a blue color, and again, you can use whichever blue you like. This one takes two coats but is one of my all time favorites. I used Blue My Mind by OPI.

This polish dried for 10 minutes between each coat and before the next polish was applied.

This next step is where you can really get creative. You can draw stripes on your nails, stars, use nail stickers, etc.

I applied a chunky silver glitter polish. I love this because it adds some sparkle to the look and the big silver glitter represents stars on our flag! I used the Essie luxeffects nail polish in Set in Stones.

This dried for 10 minutes before applying the top coat.