February Nail Art Challenge Day 1 - Galaxy Nails

This is my day 1 Galaxy Nails mani for Erica's Nails and More's February 9 Day Nail Art Challenge.

A big part of her challenge is to support her current No Buy by using either untried polishes or ones that haven't been used in awhile. So in support of that all the polishes I used fell into one of those two categories.

I wanted to do something different with this galaxy mani than I have done on my previous ones. Instead of using a dark blue or black base color I used I Love You by Sinful Colors. Which is a beautiful dark purple glitter. This is an untried for me, I have had it for ages and never used it on myself.

I then used a makeup sponge piece to apply Endless Blue to start creating my nebulae. This is another untried color which I love. However you can't really see it in the final results of the mani.

I followed this up with Unicorn by Sinful Colors another I believe untried, if not it hasn't been used in forever. I then did a few spots on the nebulae with Tantalize by Sinful Colors, a recent gift that had yet to be tried.

I then used a nail art brush to dot and draw a few bigger stars on with Tantalize. My last step was to do a very thin coat of Glitter TopCoat by Claire's. This was a Christmas present, (which had not been used yet) from a friend I have had my whole life, how well she knows me!!!

She is very big into science and I wanted to make sure I was using the correct term for what I was attempting to create on my nails. I have provided a link attached to the word nebulae in case you would like to know more about what it means.

I hope you enjoyed this slightly different looking take on galaxy nails!!!

Please take the time to check out the awesome creations from the other lovely ladies participating in this months challenge.

Polishes used:

Base color: I Love You by Sinful Colors

Nebulae: Endless Blue, Unicorn and Tantalize by Sinful Colors

Painted/Dotted stars: Tantalize by Sinful Colors

Glitter stars: Glitter TopCoat by Claire's

80's inspired mani

80's parachute pants inspired mani.

My brother had a friend who in High School had a pair of grey stone washed blue jean looking parachute pants that had paint splattered all over them. That was the inspiration for this mani. What is your 80's mani inspiration?

I used the sugar spun technique for this. Which I have to say I am not very good at, but this is only my second attempt at doing sugar spun nails.






You can see that I traveled from my pinky towards my thumb. I started to get it to work around my middle finger.

Polishes Used: 

Base Color: 

China Glaze: Immortal

Accent colors:

Maybelline New York- Express Finish: Orange Blazes

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dry: Grape Going

Sally Hansen - Insta-Dry: Lightening

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri - Lightening

Lightening by Sally Hansen Insta-Dri

This is a beautiful rich yellow that I bought because I wanted a yellow like I remember from my crayon box.