I feel like despite and even because of  the fact that 2020 is a hornet's nest - a murder hornet's nest? - of messed up, a lot of us are feeling extra proud to be Canadian this Canada Day. No, it isn't because we're perfect or don't have huge, overwhelming problems like the rest of the world - we do! But I feel like, as Canadian's, many of us have really come together through all of the eruptions surrounding the pandemic and the long-overdue mainstream acknowledgment of privilege and systemic inequality and that gives me hope. No, we aren't perfect and we as a country have a to acknowledge and deal with some pretty profound issues, but I still feel incredibly proud to be Canadian this Canada Day because I feel confident that we as a people have come together to face the issues that we've been hit with this year.

On my accent nail, I applied two coats of Color Club's French Tip. I generally HATE working with crisp white polishes, so I rarely do white base nail art looks, but it was necessary for this one and this polish is probably my favorite white for a full nail application. I followed that with a coat of Seche Vive and then allowed that to dry for about an hour so that I wouldn't mess up the base when I applied the nail vinyls. 

Of course, I had to bust out the WhatsUpNails Canadian Flag Nail Vinyls* for this mani, so once that base was completely dry, I applied the nail vinyl and did the same combination I did for the rest of my nails starting with a coat of A Kiss On The Chic and immediately following with Issues before quickly (and carefully) peeling the vinyl off. It turned out SO CRISP!!

And, of course, I finished with one more coat of Seche Vive to seal in the design and voila!