The Little Canvas: Look Nail Color

Happy 4th of July!

9:00:00 AM

Good morning polished world! Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!!! I am excited because I am going to the parade today! Hopefully it doesn't rain.

Of course, you know that my nails are red white and blue! Actually, they match some of my resident's nails at the senior home I work at. Every other week, the facility has a polish spa for the women and everyone who wants gets their nails painted. A few of the ladies really wanted to have festive Fourth of July nails. Since they know my love for nails and nail art, they came to me asking for suggestions on what they should do. The night before the activity, I sat at home thinking of what simple designs I could do that would be quick and simple. I don't blame them for not wanting to sit like I do for an hour to do one design.

The first thing that came to mind was a dry brush manicure, where I would paint a white base then do red and blue swipes over the top of it. I showed the ladies what a dry brush manicure looked like and the agreed to try it. The end result, something the both loved and still cannot stop talking about.

So I decided to match my nails to theirs. Instead of doing all my nails with the dry brush design, I decided to accent it. Let's take a look.

Colors Used:

Look Nail Color - Oh Say Can You See, Rocket's Red Glare, and Broad Stripes Bright Stars
OPI - This Crown Needs a Gown
FingerPaints - Red White and Hue

Cute right? I'm in love with these Look polishes. The blue (Oh Say Can You See) was almost like a crelly. It applied in three coats. It really did need this because of the consistency of the polish. The red was quite nice for a red polish. If you know me, I am not a fan of reds, but this one was an exception. It applied evenly in two coats.

Last year I purchased FingerPaints Red White And Hue at Sally Beauty. I honestly forgot it existed until now, and I really wish I remembered it for Memorial Day. Unfortunately, in a years time, the red kind of bled into the clear base making it a light pink. I was happy to see that it didn't effect the white glitters.

Here's a photo of the nails I did on one of the ladies! Two weeks and she only has one chip (this photo was taken right after I finished). Not the best photo, but still you can see the dry brush!

What do you think? Fan of the look?? Something you think you would do for the fourth next year?

I'm off to enjoy the parade, some grilling, and hopefully fireworks!!! I hope everyone has a safe and happy fourth! :)

4th of July

Twinsie Tuesday: Splatter

9:00:00 AM

Press Sample

Good morning polished world! How are you all doing today?? Can you believe that tomorrow it is going to be July 1st? Where has the time gone?? I feel like summer really hasn't started because it's been so cool and rainy. I think our Spring and Summer seasons reversed or something.

Today is Tuesday which means it is time for Twinsie Tuesday. Our theme this week is splatter! I have never done a splatter manicure before so I was rather excited to attempt it. I've done a hand splatter design where I draw out the splats using a dotting tool, but it was no where near as cool as the real thing!

Since the 4th of July is right around the corner, I decided to use the Look Nail Color 4th of July collection! Let's see what I came up with!

Colors Used:

Look Nail Color - Oh Say Can You See, Rocket's Red Glare, and Broad Stripes Bright Stars

I started off with a base coat of Broad Stripes Bright Stars. I'm always in the market for a new white polish since I go through so much of it. This one is rather nice. Applied perfectly in two coats. I hate hate HATE when white polish takes three coats. I feel it gets thick and goopy looking, so when I find a two coater such as this one, it is automatically a keeper.

When the base was dry, I took a coffee stirrer and dipped it into Rocket's Red Glare. I then blew the red polish onto my nail creating the splatter look. I did the same thing with Oh Say Can You See until I was happy with how they looked.

Since this is my first splatter manicure, I can't really tell you if these polishes worked better than another brand for the technique. I think they worked perfectly. Trust me, if they didn't this post would have been all about how much I hate splatter and how I will never do it again. I'm actually excited to try it again in the near future!

I'm also excited to do another 4th of July manicure with these polishes!

What do you think? Fan of the splatter manicure? Something you've done before?

Don't forget to check out the other Twinsies posts!