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August 9, 2011

outer space nails experiment

hello! these photos are of my first real try at doing freehand nail art. i used a tiny paint brush, a makeup sponge/wedge, an assortment of polish colors, and a shotglass of acetone. i first saw a photo of 'galaxy nails' or 'nebula nails' on a message board, and got REALLY excited, so i googled a tutorial. i was very disappointed to find only one half-ass tutorial that basically said, 'get a sponge and put these colors on your nails and you're done' - it had no mention of any kind of technique, so when i tried to use the tutorial, i failed. hard. instead, i removed it all and googled actual photos from space and did what i could. enjoy =)






even though my left hand turned out like a paint splattered canvas instead of anything resembling space, i like 'em a lot.

7 comments:

  1. whoa whoa! those are awesome nails, so different! my nerdy side who loves constellations and the planetarium just squeeeeeed


    Vonnie of Socialitedreams.com

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  2. These are gorgeous! I love what you've done (:
    xoxxx

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  3. I'm not sure if my previous comment posted since I accidentally closed the tab while it posted D:
    Sorry if it did, feel free to delete this!

    I love the designs and would gladly make my own nails your nail art slaves!
    xoxxx

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  4. WOW! Your nail art is absolutely amazing.

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  5. Well these are awesome, go you! How'd you do the ring finger, was that sponging or did you just paint it in?

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  6. thank you ALL! nail nerd: i used a tiny paint brush. my secret is using acetone to blend the colors together.

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