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Hello!
There are four days each year where I like to make a special effort to remember all of the brave men and women from our country and around the world that have given the ultimate sacrifice four peace and freedom: Memorial Day, the anniversary of D-Day, Fourth of July, and Veteran's Day.
For me, as silly is it may sound, part of that is a patriotic manicure. I had planned to do mine last night in preparation for today, but after cooking 2.5 lasagnes (one was half-sized) and writing a book review for my other blog, I just didn't have time. These are the days when I love Incoco, because I can throw together a super cute manicure in no time flat, and I was glad to be able to do that today.
Incoco sent me two samples from their Made In America Collection, the namesake Made In America, and Americana. Made In America has four designs in red and blue, over a silver-white shimmery background:
Incoco Made In America |
Incoco Made In America |
Incoco Americana |
Incoco Americana |
I used Made In America for my first mani, and chose patterns to make a flag-like look:
Memorial Day Flag mani |
Memorial Day Flag mani |
For my second mani, I decided to do a skittle with Americana, using Zoya Arianna and Nori to complement the colors in the appliques; I chose pixies because just like the wraps, you don't have to use a base coat or a topcoat with them:
Memorial Day skittle mani--no topcoat |
Memorial Day skittle mani--no topcoat |
But of course I ended up throwing top coat over the pixies because that's how I roll--shine, shine, shine:
Memorial Day skittle mani--with topcoat |
Memorial Day skittle mani--with topcoat |
Memorial Day skittle mani--with topcoat |
Both manis took about five minutes to do; the skittle mani took a little bit longer because I put on two coats of the Zoya polishes. Even with the topcoat and dry time, it took less than ten minutes all total. Not shabby at all for beautiful nail art! :) I love both of them, and plan on wearing them again on Fourth of July and Veteran's Day.
I hope you are having a pleasant day off--here's to the people that made it possible.
M.
These look good.
ReplyDeleteThank you. :)
DeleteI would love to have a Canadian set! Cute!
ReplyDeleteI think they have one--I think they used to...
DeletePretty nail art looks! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! :)
DeleteBeautiful! Loving your skittle mani too!
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you!
DeleteI love your incoco manicures!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteThese look fantastic! I wish I could rock wraps this well!
ReplyDeleteYou totally could!!
DeleteThose look like they sit quite nicely on the nails.
ReplyDeleteThe cool thing about them is they stretch, so they're a lot more universal than most wraps. :)
DeleteThese look great. I havent tried this brand before and I wish I had seen then earlier. I think I'll pock up a set for the 4th.
ReplyDeleteThank you! They're by far the best brand I've tried. :)
DeleteI love stickers and wraps for special occasions and these look really nice!
ReplyDeleteTotally agree! They're an awesome way when you need a special look quickly. :)
DeleteIncoco's wraps looks gorgeous and you have applied the perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :)
DeleteLove how you combined the wraps with Pixie Dusts!
ReplyDeleteI love me some pixie dust!
DeleteThese look like so much fun! Love how you pared them with the pixie dusts!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I love that sparkle. :)
DeleteThese are so fun! Love how quick they were to do and you apply them perfectly :)
ReplyDeleteThank you thank you!
DeleteOh wow- only five minutes? Do you have a ton of practice with these, or are they easy right out of the gate? I'm intrigued.
ReplyDeleteI do have some practice with them, but they are very easy. They shouldn't take you more than 10-15 minutes even on your first try. The only real trick is if you need to stretch them (they stretch to give the best fit) start being very gentle until you get used to them so they don't rip. :)
DeleteBoth looks are so cute and I love what you did with Americana!!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! :)
DeleteThank you!
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