Step-by-Step Nail Art Thursday - New Year's Fireworks Nail Manicure

Some Press Samples Featured*

Hello lovely readers! For  my last Step-by-Step Nail Art Thursday of 2016, I thought it would be great to share a simple DIY nail art design for the New Year's celebration.

Keep reading after the jump for all of the details!


The Base
For the color scheme, I went with 2 classic shades: champagne and charcoal. And to go along with the glitz and glamour of a fancy New Year's affair, I chose Blinded by Bubbly by Painted Polish by Lexi (ring and pinky fingers) and Fashion Show by F.U.N Lacquer (index and middle fingers, reviewed here).

Blinded by Bubbly by Painted Polish by Lexi

Fashion Show by F.U.N Lacquer
The Accent Nails
For the ring accent nail, I stamped a firework image from the Cici & Sisi Christmas 2015 plate using white and gray stamping cremes from Moon Flower Polish* and the original clear jelly stamper. I placed glitters from Open Waters by Reverie Nail Lacquer (reviewed here) around the fireworks, and carried the design scheme over by doing a reverse glitter gradient over my pinky finger.



The Final Look
I finished off the look with a quick drying glossy top coat.

diy fireworks new year's nail art manicure tutorial

More information on the products featured can be found below:
I hope you have fun accessorizing your nails this New Year's Eve and wish you an excellent 2017! Thanks for reading and stay tuned for more of Lacquerexpression in 2017!

*The products featured here were sent to me free of charge for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.


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20 comments

  1. This is fantastic! I've not even thought about New Year's Eve nails yet! Yikes!

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  2. I love how you did the fireworks! I can see them exploding and hear them too! <3

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  3. Such a cute way to do fireworks. I may have to do this for New Years!

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  4. Blinded by Bubbly is such a pretty base for those fireworks!

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  5. Love it! The fireworks look really nice

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  6. I adore the glitter placement for the fireworks! Fab idea! This manicure turned out beautifully!

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  7. I love this! Absolutely perfect for New Years Eve!

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  8. What fabulous accent nails - it's like jewelry! <3

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  9. Ohh, I like this design. Very pretty!!

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  10. This looks great! I like how you placed the glitters to add more oomph to the fireworks image, very creative. I'm also a fan of FUN Lacquer :)

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  11. This is so pretty! I love the way that you used the glitters as an accent to the fireworks!

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  12. What a great mani for tomorrow. Love the glitters as the base.

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  13. I LOVE this! It's so cute! I think the best part is the mix. I just recently had those acrylics where nearly every nail was different and nothing was matching and I LOVED it!

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  14. Those fireworks!!! They came out so nice and crisp. I'm loving the results you're getting with my polishes, thanks for doing such an awesome job testing them!

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  15. This is the most creative fireworks mani I've seen yet, I love the glitter booms!

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  16. I love how you added the glitters to the fireworks! So pretty!!

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  17. Thanks for the tutorial! It looks stunning!

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