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