Chic Patriotic Manicures You Can Actually Do Yourself

Want to show your patriotic spirit without sporting stripes and stars all over your body? We got you. Here, we teamed up with LA-based nail salon Olive & June to create 4 (super-cute) red, white and blue manis in less than 5 minutes. Now you can participate in 4th of July festivities without looking like a mascot.

On The Dot

Nails: Karla Morales for Olive & June

Get The Look

Step 1: After applying a base coat, paint all nails with an opaque white nail polish.

Step 2: With a dotting tool (or a toothpick), add a dot of blue polish at the base of the thumb, middle and pinky finger nails.

Step 3: Repeat with a red polish on the remaining nails and seal with a topcoat.

Party Streamer

Get The Look

Step 1: After applying a base coat, paint nails with an opaque nude polish.

Step 2: Use a thin striping brush to quickly paint wispy vertical red stripes.

Step 3: Repeat with a blue polish.

Step 4: Repeat with a white polish and finish with a clear topcoat.

All-American Babe

Get The Look

Step 1: On clean nails, use a metallic gold polish to paint haphazard vertical stripes on a few nails.

Step 2: Repeat with a dark burgundy nail polish.

Step 3: Repeat with a dark teal nail polish.

Step 4: Fill in any gaps with an opaque white nail polish and seal with a topcoat.

Baby, You're A Firework

Get The Look

Step 1: Start with a transparent pink base coat to give nails a healthy glow.

Step 2: With a navy nail polish, create diagonal and horizontal stripes that vary on each nail.

Step 3: Go over the blue sections with a silver glitter polish and follow with a clear topcoat.