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Hello lovelies!
I cannot lie, I'm pretty happy with today's nails. I did them while half-drunk last night, which would usually portend abject failure, or hilarious hijinx, but in this case: success!
Today's ABC Challenge prompt is G for galaxy. Galaxy nails have a long, honourable tradition in the nail art world. They're fun and low-pressure; usually you just sponge on various colours, have at it with a dotting tool and some white polish, and voilà! But noooo, Jolène had to go all realiiiiistic.
Here's my source image:
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Obviously, I didn't try to replicate the source photo exactly, but I did try to keep my design sort of in line with the spirit of the thing.
I used so many polishes for this. I've listed them all below, but I can't really get into the process of painting this. It kind of went: black, dark colours, medium colours, lighter colours, turquoises, white. That's as descriptive as I can get. I was really feeling this one through! I'm really pleased with how it turned out, though. :)
And, frankly, I'm also super-pleased that I did it all with nail polishes. Woot woot! Sometimes polish is actually more appropriate a painting medium than acrylic, and galaxies are one of those instances.
This photo can be super-zoomed to see all the detail, including the faintest starts that are a combination of Galinda and black + acetone (the only thing that doesn't come across is the faint holo from Greatest Treasures):
Polishes used:
OPI - Germanicure, Rally Pretty Pink, Funny Bunny
Nfu Oh - JS42
Nubar - Stardust
Modha HD - Ousada
American Apparel - Moon
Deborah Lippmann - Mermaid's Dream
Duri - Rejuvacote (base coat)
la couleur couture - 2013 (top coat)
Have you ever tried galaxy nails before? (Fun, hey?!)
xo,
J.
Galaxy nails are always cool!! Like your version very much!!!
ReplyDeletelove your version! but sorry i disagree - galaxy nails have NEVER once been low pressure for me. they are one of those idiot proof manicures i cannot master. i think i overthink them and then i hate them because i suck at them.
ReplyDeleteWow, these look awesome! Not like the common galaxy nails I've seen so far, and I love yours better!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Victoria! I definitely tried to aim for a slightly different look, I'm really happy it worked out. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks sweets! And it's all good, I apparently can't do a French tip to save my life, so we all have our Things... :P
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Anastasia! :) :)
ReplyDeleteThese look fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, Josephine! :)
ReplyDeleteHoly moly, these are some of the most awesome galaxy nails I've seen! And I can not believe you did them when you were half in the bag!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteAw, thank you so much, sweetie! Honestly I think that sometimes being half in the bag is good for me, helps me to be less persnickety about stuff...
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