Broad Stripes & Bright Stars

To be honest, there are probably 1,000 different nail designs I have floating around in my head that I want to do to my nails this year for the fourth, but I only have so many fingers to paint on so I just whipped up some of the ones I am debating between sporting this coming fourth. So I hope you like these designs!

"Hurrah for the Flag of the Free" (The Stars and Stripes Forever)

Start off with a blue base

Using a large dotting tool and white polish create two big connected dots 3/4 of the way down the nail

Fill in the rest of the nail 

 With red polish and a striper, create red lines only in the white section of the nail

With a silver polish and striper trace over the top of the white

Seal in the design with a fast drying top coat

"Home of the Brave" (The Star Spangled Banner)

Start with a white base

Cut some page savers in half and stick to bottom center of nail

Using red polish and a striper create stripes from the page saver to nail tip

Immediately remove the page saver

Using nail gems or glitter, line between the stripes and half moon

Apply a fast drying top coat

"Uncle Sam Came Here" (Yankee Doodle)

Start off with white nails and paint one with 3/4 red strips and one 3/4 plain blue

Apply a blue dot on the bottom of the stripes and make an "X" across the nail crossing in the center of the blue dot. Fill it in.

Repeat last step on blue nail, but with red polish

Apply white dots or glitters onto the blue part of the nail

Outline the center dot and "X" with white polish. Apply a sideways "V" extending from the center dot

Apply a fast drying top coat. 

"It Waves Forever" (Stars and Stripes Forever)

On a white base, create a blue rectangle in a corner of the nail

Using a striper and red, create horizontal lines across the nail

Add some white dots or sparkles into the blue section of the nail

Apply a fast drying top coat

I hope you enjoyed the first of several July 4th nail art Howtos. Mix and match these designs with other designs of your own creation or with each other for unique, but still patriotic manis!

Harli