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Hello everyone! If you live in America then tomorrow is an exciting day for you, full of celebration. With that celebration comes amazing fireworks. So, without further a do here are my Independence Day firework nails. The polishes I used were Sally Hansen's "Co-balt Blue" (#320), "Red My Lips" (#470), "Silver Sweep" (#230), and "Grape Shifter" (#423), NYC's "French White Tip" (#134), and Blackheart Beauty's "Deep Sky Blue". I also used a nail dotter to create the fireworks. I started by painting the base colors on my nails, alternating the colors on each finger, and letting that dry. I chose to do my fireworks on the navy blue nails, but you can do them on the red or even on all the nails if you choose. For the fireworks I started with a dot for the center of the firework and added a red star there. Remember, the center of the firework does not have to be in the center of the nail (I only did that on one nai...

Hey guys! So this is the tutorial I have been waiting for. This is my gradient red, white, and blue nail design for the 4 th of July. I’ve been seeing a lot of gradient nails this year and I thought this would fit the trends.  The colors I used for this design were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri “Rapid Red” (#280) and “Brisk Blue” (#430), Xtreme Wear “White On” (#300), Revlon ”Stunning” (#340), and Sally Hansen’s Base & Top Coat. For this nail design, you will need a makeup sponge, preferably one with a wedge shape. You will start with a base coat in white and a clear coat on top of the white. This extra clear coat will keep your base on and make the polish extra smooth and easy to work on. Now you will paint your wedge with your red, white, and blue polishes. Pat the sponge on your nails, doing this a couple times to make the polish opaque. Clean around your nails, add your glitter, and you're done! This nails design is fun, easy, and very festive. You can change...

Hey guys! I have a tutorial for you that fits perfectly with summer’s hot weather lol. I really loved these flame nails and people asked about them and said they looked great. I actually miss them lol. The colors I used were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri "Lightening" (#280), "Rapid Red" (#280), and "Wined Up" (#350), Triple Shine "Play Koi" (#240), and Sally Hansen’s Base & Top Coat You start with the yellow base coat and let that dry. Now you will need a small brush to paint your tips. If you don’t have one you can use a skinnier nail polish brush that comes with a bottle of polish and just be really really careful lol. Anyway, you start by applying the orange polish in curved lines. Then you paint on the red color overtop of that, but with shorter lines, and do the same with the darker red. Apply a clear coat and you are done. Let the compliments pile in lol. I got this nail idea from Pinterest (per usual) so I’ll put a link below...

Hey guys! I’m back again for another flower nail design. My first flower nail design is found on my old blog, so go check it out. This time I added a lot more flowers in different colors and got a lot of compliments :) The reason I am posting again is because I want to be able to show you my 4th of July nail design so that if you'd like to recreate it you could. Anyway, the colors I used were Sally Hansen’s Insta-Dri “Flashy Fuchsia” (#220), “Lightening” (#280), “Brisk Blue” (#430), “Lickety-Split Lime” (#29), and Xtreme Wear “White On” (#300). For this nail design you have a lot of options. You have several colors you can use for the base and the flower petals; really it’s all up to you. I hadn’t used my hot pink in a while so I really wanted to use it. I really like flowers for spring and summer and I’ve been obsessed with them lately. Do the flowers with a nail tool or a bobby pin if you don’t have one. That’s all for now, but don’t worry I’ll be back sooner than...

Hello everyone! My name is Rachel and I have moved from totesperfnails.wordpress.com . I’m trying to catch up with blog posts because I want to post about my nails when I actually do them, not 4 weeks later. However, Wordpress refuses to let me upload anything and I've been wanting to expand my blog and do more with it so I moved. Anyway, these are my tribal nails and I’ll show you how it’s done! The polishes I used were Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “White On” (#300) and “Black Out” (#28), Insta-Dri “Mint Sprint” (#440), “Jade Jump” (#450), and “Lightening” (#280), and Sally Hansen Diamond Strength Base & Top Coat. I started with a white base coat. I let it dry for a while because gradient styles work best with COMPLETELY DRY nails. I recently learned that putting a clear coat overtop makes it work even better. After your white base coat, you will need a sponge. Wedges work better but all I had at the time was a round makeup sponge; use whatever you have available. P...