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Patriot Inspired Nails

Start with clean nails. 

A manicure is recommended. To see how to do a manicure go to the article How to Give Yourself a Manicure

Beige cosmetic sponge applicator.

Paint your base coat.

For this tutorial, the base coat with be a dark blue. 

Blue nail polish swatch on a neutral background.

Add a white star. 

Paint a little white star in the middle of your nails with a nail brush, pen, toothpick, or whatever your comfortable with. For your non-dominant hand, create a stencil. If you don't know how, see the article How to Make Nail Art Stencils. The star should look like this.

Nail art design featuring a blue star on a nude background.

Outline the star in red. 

Using a nail brush, pen, toothpick, or whatever your comfortable with, outline your white star in red. It should look like this.

Nail art design featuring a blue background with a red star.

Add "P"

If you want to show off your Patriot pride even more, add a little "P" in the middle of the star. It should look like this.

Nail art design featuring a blue background with a red star and the letter "P."

Add a clear top coat. 

Not only does this add shine to your nails, it keeps the polish from chipping. 

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