108 Days To Go: 4th of July Pt. II

My 4th of July ensemble is complete!!  Here's the before... New Dress A Day - DIY - Vintage Dress - Stripes - 109

Here's the continuation of yesterday's paint drying and the beginning of the tape peeling process too!!

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My anchor is starting to take shape!!!

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The finished top looks like this...

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Hello painted anchor :)  It's all ready to wear to the beach to celebrate the fourth!  I paired it with some dark denim colored linen shorts from Forever 21 and a pair of Kimchi Blue yellow flats from Urban Outfitters.

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Also, there's nothing like getting into the full on red, white, and blue spirit with some painted nails!!  I took my polish assortment and began to get artsy!

New Dress A Day - DIY - 4th of July Nails

I started with a red base (Zoya Carmen) on all the nails...

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...then got to some design making.  I added a white (LA Colors)/white iridescent glitter (Wet n' Wild) firework to the thumbs using a toothpick...

New Dress A Day - DIY - Vintage Dress - Red Zoya Polish

...a navy (NYC Color - Skin Tight Denim Cream) heart to the ring finger, and a multi-glitter (Wet n'Wild Party of Five) coat to the pinky nails!

New Dress A Day - DIY - Vintage Dress - 4th of July Nails

Action shots tomorrow!