The Last Unicorn

Go check out my post about these nails at Polish Art Addiction! 

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Galaxy - For the Millionth Time

Man, galaxy nails will be the death of me. Every time I do them, I love how they turned out, then I go on the internet and am reminded of how much better everyone else is at galaxies than I am. I think these are by far my best attempt and I think they would have been MUCH better if I hadn't made the galaxies quite so light. But, I'm getting closer and closer to my goal of making these look awesome. Do you have any tips for galaxy nails?

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Starry Night

These are some stars. I am tired. I will fix this post later.

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A Creepy Night Sky

And now.... For all of my really belated Halloween posts! As if you aren't already tired of Halloween nail art! These are a simple gradient that I made to look like a creepy night sky. I ended up loving them! I really enjoy gradient looks and it's a look I can usually do pretty quickly, so I tend to do them a lot!

I ended up liking my right hand more than my left hand for these nails (which is odd since I'm right handed). I notice that that's happening more often, I wonder if it's because I paint my left hand first, then I figure out all of the intricacies when I move on to my right hand. Does that ever happen to you? 

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Tips For Great Galaxy Nails

I went to Wales for two week this summer and I wanted a set of low maintenance yet flashy nails. So I decided to do a second attempt at galaxy nails. Well, when I first finished these I loved them and thought that they turned out perfectly -- basically that I was the galaxy master. But every time that I look at them now I see where I went wrong. I now know how to accomplish the best ever galaxy nails, and by looking at this picture I can explain to you what some "beginners" mistakes are. First, when sponging on color it is INSANELY important to use a light hand. You can see in these pictures that the colorful areas don't really blend into the background, giving a stark contrast between the nebula's and sky. This makes it look more like a mash of colors than the galaxy. The second really important lesson I learned from these nails was that you can never have enough stars. Here I was doing stars from memory and they ended up looking more like sesame seeds than stars. A good technique is to make the stars really small and put them in clusters. This makes areas appear more like the milky way and less like a hamburger. I hope these tips help... I feel like in every tutorial I've ever watched no one has mentioned anything like this and I know that I would have found it to be helpful information!

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