Right Royal Nails: Union Jack Nail Design!

Hi guys! 
 It's been a long time since I last posted - I'm sorry! But unfortunately I'm right in the middle of my GCSE exams at the moment so I've been very busy studying for those. But fortunately I now have a week off from exams so I thought I'd get cracking on a nail design for you all!
 For those of you who have miraculously missed out on the thousands of adverts for the Jubilee weekend, or for those who live in other countries and so are unaware, this weekend is the weekend of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrating 60 years on the throne. Now I have to admit, I’m not really into royalty much but this seemed like a good opportunity for a nail design so I thought why not?!
 I did think of crowns or English roses for the design but then I decided it just doesn't get much more British than the Union Jack so that's what I went for! It's a really simple, easy design to create as long as you have a steady hand (or a friend who does!), however it is far easier if you have a thin nail brush as this creates a smooth straight line far more easily.
 For the design you will need a blue nail paint (preferably a royal blue but it doesn't really matter), a white, and a red nail paint. I actually didn't have a royal blue in my vast collection so I used Collection 2000 Hot Looks in BMX Bandit instead which is a slightly paler blue, but I still think this looks just as good. I used N.Y.C Long Wearing Nail Enamel in 134 French White Tip for the white and Rimmel London 60 Seconds in 430 Coralicious (which is technically pink not red but I don't actually own a true red as I have yet to find one) with BarryM Nail Paint in 150 Red Glitter over the top to make it a bit more red and also to add a bit of sparkle, it is the diamond jubilee after all!

 Then the design is easy: First paint a coat of the blue over your entire nail and leave to dry. Then take your thin brush or cocktail stick, whatever you may be using, dip it into your white, and paint a cross on your nails then add the diagonal cross so that you end up with like a star on your nail. Remember to make these lines slightly thicker as your red has to run down the middle of it and make sure to take this right to the edges but don't worry about being too neat, sometimes a bit of scruffiness adds to the look! Leave this to dry. Next, dip your brush into your red and paint a thin line down the middle of the white lines. Leave to dry, add a top coat if necessary or a bit of sparkle if you feel like it and et voile - you have patriotic Union Jack nails!

 Of course you can put your own twist on this design, perhaps using other colours, maybe go for neons, brights or metallics. Or maybe just swap one colour, such as using silver instead of white. Maybe you could just do French tips instead of the whole nail! Whatever you choose to do, have fun with it!

 All that’s left is for me to wish you a happy Jubilee weekend - hopefully I'll be back relatively soon with another post but I'm not going to be able to promise anything unfortunately!

 Oh and as always, thank you so much for reading.

 xxx