nail art
birds of a feather
![birds of a feather](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/americas/us/articles/nail_art/birds-of-a-feather/640x640_nail_art_spring_2022_01.jpg?h=640&w=640&la=en-US&hash=2D01E36294B8DCA01C82E8B9604F20A3)
step 1: apply a thin coat of your preferred essie base coat.
step 2: next paint two coats of stretch your wings.
step 3: with a fine detail brush dipped in flight of fantasy, polish small dashes in a wing pattern on some of the nails. each can be different.
step 4: repeat step 3 with sing songbird along, in smaller dashes beneath the first blue ones.
step 5: repeat step 4 with followed by two coats of stretch your wings, with dashes just beneath the sing songbird along.
step 6: finish with gel setter top coat.
![stretch your wings](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/master/dmi/spring-2022/products/stretch-your-wings/essie-enamel-spring-2022-stretch-your-wings-front-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=36893296C98E1C39FD862155233F5C10)
![flight of fantasy](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/master/dmi/spring-2022/products/flight-of-fantasy/essie-enamel-spring-2022-flight-of-fantasy-front-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=549078C0775FAA6962C916C1C328ADBB)
![sing songbird along](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/master/dmi/spring-2022/products/sing-songbird-along/essie-enamel-spring-2022-sing-songbird-along-front-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=5647875D3C6FDD46ABFF4076FCA6B767)
![gel-setter](/-/media/project/loreal/brand-sites/essie/americas/us/products_nailpolish_hd/base_coats/essie-nail-polish-care-gel-setter-upc-av11-530.jpg?h=320&w=320&la=en-US&hash=1B7A2C750DEC7F349724EB63B2C1AB0A)