Galaxy Nails

I love the idea of galaxy nails! Capturing the beauty of space on your nails. I've been wanting to try it for the longest time, but was always nervous I would fail at it. But I got a little nudge. This week's theme on PAA is Galaxy Nails. This urged me into attempting it.

They did not come out exactly as I expected, but I still love them.

Artificial Light, Flash

Artificial Light, No Flash

It is basically a lot of layering, mostly with a tiny piece of a makeup sponge. The torn edge gives it a nice fading effect. I used several polishes, mostly glitter to give the stars some depth. I started off with two coats of Love My Nails Black Rage. Then with the makeup sponge, I added Sinful Colors Snow Me White, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, a light pink Bon Bons polish, and a dark blue that no longer has a label (which I've decided to call Brand X No-Name Midnight Blue for the sake of wanting a name). I added some dots with Snow Me White to act as stars. For more stars, I added on the glitter. I sponged on L.A. Colors Sparkling Diamonds and Sassy Sparkle. I also brushed on Nicole by OPI Let's Get Star-ted and contoured my galaxies with e.l.f. Light Pink. Its a very sheer pink with so much shimmer. 

It is a lot of polish, I know. But it does not feel like a lot. Its not thick at all. Which I love. Usually layering polishes has a thick look or feel.

I am definitely going to do this design again in the future. With some tweaks that I think will make it better and give more depth.

I hope you like it! And are inspired to give galaxy nails a try yourself :)

Let's Get Star-ted!

I'm a little behind on posting this. I've had a couple of things happen that I won't go into. But here it is.

For my birthday my lovely friend Amanda got me a beautiful polish. Tons of glitter and little iridescent stars. Holy Holo! I was so excited to try it out. So Saturday night I went to painting. First I used two coats of Love My Nails Black Rage then two coats of Nichole by OPI Let's Get Star-ted. I was in love from the first brush stroke!

Articial Light, No Flash

Artificial Light, Flash

You can clearly see that there is tons of glitter for just two coats. And the stars! I love the little stars! From the picture of the bottle you can tell they are iridescent.

This is my first bottle of OPI. I had no idea what I was missing. The polish went on so smooth, which I found amazing especially for a glitter. The brush was wonderful. The neck of the bottle has a little sticker saying its a "New Perfect Stroke Brush." And it is. Its a shorter wide brush with practically perfect application.

Getting back to the stars... if anyone is wary about purchasing the polish because of the large stars, don't be. I had no trouble getting them on flat. I have not had any issue with catching on my hair or anything else.