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Artsy Wednesday: Independence Day

July 4, 2012 By Michelle 15 Comments

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(No new manis posted since last Artsy Wednesday, whaaattttttt.)

Happy July the 4th! To me, July the 4th just means the day after my birthday (I’ll post my birthday nails later in the week), but for you US folk it means holiday, so at AW we had a very loose “related to Independence Day” theme. So what does that mean to me? Aliens!

Instead of the weird praying mantises in the film, I chose to do some standard cartoon aliens. The base is BYS Colour Change Blue, which is jade green when warm and medium blue when cold (I wore it alone for a few days before this, some of the most fun I’ve ever had with a mani – swatches to come!). I painted ulta3 Black Satin on top. I took the photo in my freezing cold house, and warmed up two fingers with a hairdrier right before shooting.

More Independence Day manis:

Pretty Purple Polish – Hooked! – Maria’s Nail Art – Polished Genius –
Nails by Ms. Lizard
– Unnaked Nails – Nail & Polish  – Beauty Gnome – Kaka Beauty Blog


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Filed Under: Nail Art, Nails Tagged With: Artsy Wednesday, blue, BYS, colour change, freehand, green, nail art, nails

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Comments

  1. Marias Nail Art says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:04 pm

    LOL, I would have loved to see you warming up your fingers – but the effect is fun – great mani, and I’m still laughing hahahaha 🙂

    Reply
    • LabMuffin says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:07 pm

      I’ve been playing around with it all week 😛

      Reply
  2. Catrine says

    July 4, 2012 at 11:47 pm

    ahhh this is clever michelle! and i like it… n i wouldn’t usually like alien stuff but this is clean if that makes sense? like u can clearly see what it is… yes i like this lots! good colour choice too xxx

    Reply
    • LabMuffin says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:08 pm

      Thank you! 🙂 I’m not a huge fan of aliens either but I had fun with this one.

      Reply
  3. ♥ Sarah Claire ♥ says

    July 5, 2012 at 12:40 am

    This is AWESOME!!!

    Reply
    • LabMuffin says

      July 5, 2012 at 10:14 pm

      Thanks SC! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jacqueline Colman says

    July 5, 2012 at 12:57 am

    haha youre so funny! and happy belated!

    Reply
  5. nevernakednails says

    July 5, 2012 at 1:13 am

    this is awesome! happy bday=]

    Reply
  6. Ms. Lizard says

    July 5, 2012 at 2:45 am

    Shoot! I forgot to wish you a Happy Birthday! Happy belated! I’ve the aliens!

    Reply
  7. sandipalien says

    July 5, 2012 at 6:23 am

    I approve and love your take on Independence Day 🙂

    Reply
    • sandipalien says

      July 5, 2012 at 6:23 am

      Oh and happy belated birthday!!

      Reply
  8. mgiandzi says

    July 5, 2012 at 9:18 am

    This is super duper cool Michelle and HAPPY BDAY!!

    Reply
  9. PrettyPurplePolish says

    July 5, 2012 at 10:31 am

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! 😀 Your aliens are awesome!

    Reply
  10. kakabeautyblog.com says

    July 6, 2012 at 4:38 am

    Aww so cute! Loving the alien interpretation! I’ve never seen changing colour polish before? Thats crazy! 🙂 Also Happy Belated Birthday!

    Reply
  11. hollysagemini says

    July 6, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    LOL this is super cute! LOOOOVE aliens!!

    Reply

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