4th of July Skittle Mani

Double post! Today (or rather yesterday) I decided to try a skittle design for 4th of July. I knew I wanted to use red, white, blue, and silver but the other details were pretty hazy. In the end...I came up with this amalgam.

I painted two coats of Sinful Colors Snow Me White on all my fingers as a blank canvas. Snow Me White is a basic stark white creme; the formula is okay but pretty chalky/not self-leveling. The polishes I used for the designs are: Forever 21 Silver glitter (I don't think this has a real name...), OPI Russian Navy, a mystery red OPI mini, and Zoya Trixie. Using Scotch tape as a guide, I made the chevron design on the ring finger. Using striping tape, I did the red and white stripes on the middle finger. The index finger is a coat of Russian Navy plus a very thin coat of the Forever 21 glitter. The thumb is a solid coat of Trixie. And finally, the pinky has a gradient tip using the Forever 21 glitter.

The colors used

It didn't turn out as neat as I would have liked. First, I guess I globbed on too thick of a layer of the OPI colors since they tended to pool out after I removed my tape guides. In other words, those crisp lines weren't so crisp anymore :(. Second, my CND Air Dry top coat caused the red OPI polish to streak. Uuuugh. It looks alright from far away at least? So far, I do like my CND Air Dry, but I have to keep in mind that it tends to cause my polish to streak, especially red pigments it seems. Overall, it looks messy and random. I probably should have done one or two types of designs, rather than having all five nails be different.