The Last Unicorn

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

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?

Starry Night

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

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? 

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!