Twinsie Tuesday: Julep America

With the 4th of July coming up in two days, it should come as no surprise that we used this week's TT theme as an opportunity to celebrate the holiday! I decided to go the red, white and blue route for my interpretation, using Julep America!

I've swatched Julep America on here once before (for another TT theme, even--oops, didn't realize that 'til I went looking for the post just now), but I really couldn't think of a more perfect polish for a 4th of July mani, so out it came again! America is a clear base with red, blue and silver glitter, plus some silver stars to make this polish literally star-spangled. This time around, I layered it over Essie No Place Like Chrome, a silver chrome. This seemed like it would be a really awesome combo in my head, but it kinda fell flat on the nail. :-/ See what you think!

America and No Place Like Chrome didn't quite pop like I'd envisioned they would. I figured a silver base would really make the red and blue glitter stand out, but it also takes some of the "oomph" out of the silver star glitter, which is probably the funnest part of this polish. *sad trombone* Waahhhh wahhh. I think it looked much better over the red I paired it with when I first wore it.

Oh well. I guess I'll have to try again later this week! I do hope my Twinsies had better luck with their manis!

Amanda at Amandalandish

Amber at Nails Like Lace

Anna at Going to the Showing

Anne at Grape Fizz Nails

Chelsea at Nailed Blog

ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi

Cordia at Seriously Swatched

Elizabeth at Did My Nails

Heather at Peace, Love, & Polish

Kelly at Tuxarina

Lakeisha at Refined and Polished

Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Marisa at Polish Obsession

Meredith at Polish and Charms

Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails

Rachel at Top Coat It

Róisín at Cuti-CLUE-les

Sarah at See Sarah Swatch

Traci at DrinkCitra

Twinsie Tuesday: Julep America

I'm a bit late with today's TT post, courtesy of the flu from hell, but thankfully I managed to leave my deathbed long enough to pull together a mani for this week's theme: inspired by a nationality, ethnicity, culture or flag. Although it's a pretty broad theme, I must confess to feeling uninspired for this one. I'm gonna blame my illness and also a desire to avoid nail art, but mostly my illness. ;)

My ethnic background is overwhelmingly Irish, so I toyed around with a couple ideas based on that, but ultimately decided to do a mani inspired by a flag--the American flag, to be exact, and I can't think of a better polish to embody the stars and stripes than Julep America! America is a red microglitter base with silver and blue hexes, plus some fun silver stars to top it all off. This is one coat of America over OPI Die Another Day, a metallic red.

Although my original idea may have not been all that inspired, I'm actually pretty happy with how this mani turned out. It's got this kind of kitschy, all-American '50s pin-up vibe to it that I really like.

Be sure to check out what my other Twinsies are wearing today too!

Amanda at Amandalandish
Anna at Going to the Showing
Anne at Grape Fizz Nails
Ashley at Art Evolve
Brandi at The Beaulieu Review
ChiChi at I'm Just Me...ChiChi
Cordia at Seriously Swatched
Elizabeth at Did My Nails
Jamie at Polish, Please!
Katherine at Haul of Fame
Maribeth at Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite!
Marisa at Polish Obsession
Meredith at Polish and Charms
Nory at Fierce Makeup and Nails
Rachel at Top Coat It
Sarah at See Sarah Swatch
Tara at Polishy of Truth