Friday, September 7, 2012

SPACE NAILS

I loved this idea, and tried/failed to make space nails after Neil Armstrong died.  They were awful so I tried again and succeeded.  This is how I did it:

1. Trim/file/clean nails, add a base coat (I used black nail polish so I wanted a barrier between my nails and the black to keep them from staining).

2.) Paint nails black.  Don't worry too much about being messy, you're going to have to clean it up later anyway.



3.  Pour a teeny bit of white nail polish onto a piece of paper.  Using a makeup sponge, dip the very corner in the polish and dab most of the excess off on the paper.  Dab the polish on your black nails in a random swirly pattern.




3. Repeat the process with two or three other colors, working quickly before the polish dries.    Start with the darker colors first and work your way up to lighter.  I used a) deep purple (blend in the edges of the white) b. light blue c. bright green (very sparingly).  Tap with clean part of the sponge to blend the colors.  Add small amounts of black the same way to blend the colors.  


  

 4.  Using a toothpick, make teensy dots randomly around the darker parts of your nail (in space, not in the nebula!)


When everything is dry, top with glitter topcoat (or just a regular topcoat if you don't have glitter).  Repeat for your toes! :-D