Once upon a time, I attempted to do galaxy nails but they turned out to be a flop. O-kay, they weren't that bad but after seeing tons of amazing galaxy nail art on other people, mine looked like unrecognizable splatters.
And me being me, the failed mani put me off trying it for a second time even though I'm kinda obsessed with space-related stuff and I really wanted to try doing it again. Then recently, I watched this great tutorial and decided to give it another shot.
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| Taken with flash |
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| Taken with flash |
Here are some pictures before I cleaned up. Haha, the white splotches are a bit big but I like them that way.
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| Taken with flash |
Can you say obsessed?! I'm in love with how these turned out! All I had to use was a sponge and a dotting tool.
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| Taken indoors |
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| Taken indoors |
The colors I used for this mani (and I used so many that I had to take a picture of the colors I used):
Base color:
Galaxy print:
- Orly - Snowcone
- Sally Hansen - Flashy Fuchsia
- China Glaze - Strawberry Fields
- China Glaze - First Mate
- China Glaze - Exotic Encounters
- China Glaze - Elephant Walk
- China Glaze - Fairy Dust
- China Glaze - Purr-fect Plum
- China Glaze - White on White
- Love & Beauty - gold glitter
- Random pink shimmery polish
- Random green glitter polish
- Random glitter polish (the bigger flecks of glitter you see on my nails)
Topcoat:
With Seche Vite, this mani lasted me 4.5 days straight with barely any chipping! I like playing around with colors so every nail had a different combination of colors sponged on.
Here's the awesome tutorial (in French - no, I wish I spoke it but I don't) that helped:
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