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Nail Art Tutorial : Galaxy Nails

The famed galaxy nails.. surprisingly easy to do !

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/nail-art-tutorial-galaxy-nails • Posted by Sarah W.

I've done galaxy nails a couple of times now and the initial prospect seemed rather daunting, but once I got going I was surprised to find out how easy it is to do, due to the forgiving nature of makeup sponges ! I've shown the time as a good two hours to do this design, as I find it always takes longer than you'd expect as you get carried away with the galaxy !

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

2 h 00

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
Medium tutorial2

Description

I've done galaxy nails a couple of times now and the initial prospect seemed rather daunting, but once I got going I was surprised to find out how easy it is to do, due to the forgiving nature of makeup sponges ! I've shown the time as a good two hours to do this design, as I find it always takes longer than you'd expect as you get carried away with the galaxy !

Instructions

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    Start with two coats of your base colour. I used Butter London Royal Navy.

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    Use a makeup sponge dab some white nail varnish on randomly. I used American Apparel T-Shirt.

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    Next, cover all the white with a mint green colour, using the same technique as in the previous step. I used American Apparel Office.

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    Dab on some dark blue nail varnish around the edges. I used China Glaze Man Hunt.

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    Randomly dab some turquoise polish over the mint green. For this I used Orly It's Up to Blue.

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    Now sponge on some glitter all over the nail. I used China Glaze Fairy Dust.

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    Using a white nail art pen or a nail art brush and white nail varnish, paint on some dots and small stars.

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    Add some top coat and that's it !