Galaxy Nails

I know you have all seen plenty of galaxy nails all over Pinterest.  I have fallen in love with this nail design.  I have wanted to try it for a long time but really felt too intimidated.  So after pinning about a million versions of it and sitting around on a Saturday with a few hours to work on my nails, I decided to bite the bullet and give it a shot.  Here are my results.  I will say that for my first try I was very pleased with the outcome.  And they really weren't that hard thanks to my favorite nail artist/teacher on YouTube, cute polish.  Below you can see the picture of my nails and I have added a link to the video tutorial that I watched to be able to accomplish this.  Give it a try too!

Check out the tutorial here: Galaxy Nails by cute polish

Spun Sugar Nails

I have seen so many version of this interesting nail art technique and I thought I would give it a spin.  The idea is to pour out a small amount of polish on something and stir it around until it dries just enough to make it "string" when you pull your stirrer up.  I hope that made sense.  It is kinda like making peanut brittle and you wait until the mixture makes a string of sugar from the spoon when pulled out of the pan.  After you have said string of polish, you lay it across your nail.  Then do this about 30 more times per nail (which takes quite a while, mind you) and you're done!  I used just one color for the spun sugar overlay this time, but I think that it would look good to layer four or five different "sugar strings" or maybe sponge several colors on the nail and then lay black polish strings over the top of it.  I enjoyed it - hope you do too.

Rock Candy Nails

Hello all!  I hope that everybody is having a great start to 2013.  I got some interesting nail art stuff in my stocking and I couldn't wait to give it a try.  I am not sure if these pieces are bits of rock or maybe shell, but when I put them on my nails they reminded me of rock candy.  Anywho, I put down a layer of this strange but fun greeny color then added purple glitter and finally the rock candy stuff on top.  I had to use a bonder top coat instead of my usual clear coat.  I was very surprised with how well these decorations stayed on.  I thought they would get caught on things and pop off, but, to my amazement, they stayed on for a whole week.  I loved the color combination and can't wait to try the same basic style with different colors.  Kudos to my hubby for picking out the fun nail art.  Unfortunately for my picture the remains of last week's manicure is visible around the edges of my nails.  I had some bright neon green that didn't want to leave.  I scrubbed and scrubbed my nails after removing the color and then did a soak in baking soda and peroxide (which usually does the trick).  I don't know what possessed it to hang on so long, but it is what it is.