A Rip in Time & Space

Hello!

Sorry it's been awhile. A few different things have been keeping me busy the last couple weeks, but it's all been good!

A couple weeks ago I did this mani, and for the first time tagged myself into a trending theme. This thread was started by The Nail Art Guild, a small group of nail bloggers I follow on Instagram. I'm happy to say this mani has gotten more likes than I've ever received before! For a newbie like myself, hitting just over 100 likes (about 105 last count), is very thrilling!

This theme was Time & Space, so I decided to interpret a wormhole, a rip in the space-time-continuum.

nebula, before the rip

I actually freakin' love this nebula look before I added extra streaks and sparks - but it didn't represent the theme well enough for me so I had to take it to that next level. However, next straight-up galaxy mani I do HAS to have a nebula like this!

I started with a black base of Essie Licorice. Then with a makeup sponge I did a bit of a circle gradient plus random spots with Sally Hansen White On, bondi nyc Blue Skies, Misa Blue Over a Boy, China Glaze Orange Knockout, Misa A Sunny Smile Makes Me Go Wild and bondi nyc Fuschia-istic. Using a few of those colours I also took a detail brush and drew light outward streaks from a centre point - the tiny dot is actually Dance Legend New Prisms Optical Illusion.

wormhole mani!

I continued to add the coloured streaks, added a few light black streaks on top of the colour for dimension, and a few white spots. To soften the look I added little splotches of white and grey in the form of Nfu-Oh Jelly Syrup 01 & 04. Topped with KBShimmer I Only Have Ice For you and a coat of Cult Nails Wax That (after Seche Vite, of course).

I'm so proud of these results that I plan on tagging myself into more themes in the future!

-L

Galaxy Nail Fail, NOTD

You win some, you lose some.

I've done galaxy manis before, not sure what happened this time around!

I don't mind the way my thumb turned out, but I guess my sponging on the other nails was too haphazard, and maybe my colour choices weren't great. I don't know.

abstract galaxy

I still wore this for a few days, and was still complimented at the bakery! So maybe not a total fail!?!

abstract galaxy

-L

Two galaxies...

From the iPhone again!

My first attempt at a galaxy mani I feel was my first foray into 'real' nail art.

A year later and I still like it! My cuticle cleanup needs improvement, and I'm much happier with my current nail shape, but I consider this my mani nail art baby.

Below is my second attempt, maybe six months later.

Very different looks! This one is obviously more blue based and much brighter. I think I did this one in warm weather and wanted something a little lighter than the original concept, but I can't really decide which one I like better.

-L