Nails in Space - Day 19 - Galaxies

Okay, so they are more like space nails than nails in space.  While I would love to go to outer space, I don't know if it would be a good place to paint my nails!

Space nails are something I really enjoy doing.  There is a prior post about them here Pre-Blog Galaxies.  I think I actually like the first set better!  I used the same polish colors as I did in the first set but instead of a make-up sponge I used a sponge tipped eyeshadow applicator.  That's a mouthful, sponge tipped eyeshadow applicator.

Mattified, just for fun!

I didn't get to see how the matte version looks in the sun but the shiny version looks even more fantastic, like real nebula.

Do you like it shiney or matte?

Space Nails!

When I saw my first set of space nails, I had a nerdgasm and said "OMG I HAVE TO DO THAT!".  Okay, well I said something like that or thought it....well, I may have actually said it out loud to myself.  Sometimes I don't realize I'm talking to myself so I can't be sure.

Honestly, I took this pic a while back before I started my blog but I really wanted to share it.  It looked so neat in the sun, you could see through the layers of color and it really looked like nebulae! I couldn't stop staring at them.

In addition to the black base, I used Claire's - Aqua, Sally Hansen -Twisted Pink and NYC - Taxi Yellow which I sponged on with a little piece of a make-up sponge.  Then I added a few small white dots with a dotting tool and little NYC - Starry Sliver glitter in the plain black areas to create, as the polish name indicates...STARS!  You can find some good tutorials on YouTube to see exactly how it's done.

Enjoy!