Tennis star and Olympian, Venus Williams is great with her hands and since they get lots of attention as the racquet and ball moves back and forth, her nails won’t go unnoticed. If you’ve had the chance to catch any of the women’s Olympics then you’ve seen the rising trend in showing off USA’s red, white and blue via nail art!
 
Skyy Hadley, owner of As U Wish Nail Spa, has some tips and tricks on ways you can root for team USA with DIY nail art techniques.
 
How to get tennis pro Venus Williams’ chic look:
                -using a red polish with a hint of shimmer adds an element of chic sophistication to this look
                -after brushing on two coats of a shimmer red polish on all nails except one on each hand, dip a toothpick into gold polish and add small dots on top of each red nail
                -to create the fashionable flag:
                                -brush two coats of gold polish along the base of the nail in a downward curve
                                -draw a line using white polish on a toothpick along the gold curve
                                -brush on two coats of red polish following the same downward curve
                                -paint the remaining tip with two coats of blue polish
                                -finish by drawing stars in white polish using a toothpick
 

 
Gold medal winner Missy Franklin shared this picture of her patriotic mani/pedi with her twitter followers and she is just stylin, isn’t she!!!I

To create Missy’s American flags:
                -choose a pure white polish and paint one or two nails on each hand so the flags stand out
                -after brushing on two coats of white, create the red vertical stripes using a small design nail polish brush or a toothpick
                -then apply a thick line of bold blue polish across the tip of the nail as you would for a French manicure
                – dip a toothpick into the white, or silver, nail polish and draw little stars on the blue background
                -finish with a fast dry clear top coat