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| Galaxy Nails with Spell Polish |
Normally when I do galaxy nails I tend to pick out a wider variety of colours and polishes. This time it was fun to stick to one colour, blue, with some variation within that. I also used black, white, and off-white to add the light and dark areas.
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| Galaxy Nails with Spell Polish |
To get this look:
Some people have a hard time with galaxy nails. I just take my time and build up the colours using torn bits of makeup sponge, dabbing on the colours. I found the blues weren't showing up that well so I sponged on some highlights, and then went in with more blue.
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| Galaxy Nails with Spell Polish |
Normally with galaxy nails I like to stick to a glossy top coat, because it really highlights the shimmer and depth. But I find in photos, the glare masks the nail art, so I went with a matte top coat.
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| Galaxy Nails with Spell Polish |
- Base: Spell Polish Lizard's Leg
- Galaxy colours: Spell Polish Lizard's Leg, Eye of Newt, and Tongue of Dog
- Dark areas: Cult Nails Nevermore and Spell Polish Lizard's Leg
- Light areas: OPI My Vampire is Buff, and Cult Nails Tempest
- Stars: Cult Nails Tempest
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| Galaxy Nails with Spell Polish |
Final thoughts:
I love the more restrained palette with these. Overall, they read "blue" but if you look more closely you can see the subtle variations of the colours.
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| Galaxy Nails with Spell Polish |
What do you think of these? Are you a fan of galaxy nails?
*Products sent for review, all opinions are my own. See my disclosure policy for more details.*
Lovely, absolutely lovely.
ReplyDeleteThose are some pretty galaxy nails!
ReplyDeleteThese are so lovely! I'm a sucker for matte nail art anyway, but it lends itself really well to the galaxies! Love <3
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
ReplyDeletewow, i love it with matte, i will have to try it!
ReplyDeleteThis mani is amazing! I wish I could master galaxy nails - mine always look like a mess :(
ReplyDeleteYou did SO well mattifying these! It makes them even more perfect ♥.
ReplyDeleteI've always loved galaxy nails and have wanted to give them a try since the first ones I saw, especially since I'm always hearing how easy they are... Thank you for addressing that some people do have difficulty with them, it makes me feel a bit better in my hesitance :) In the meantime, I'll admire yours. I dig the blue palette-- sort of organized chaos, tee hee :)
ReplyDeleteThis is one of the most beautiful galaxies I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely stunning! You are amazing!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous <3 I love galaxy nails and you really pulled them off :)
ReplyDeleteSo pretty! Galaxies are one of those techniques that never gets old :)
ReplyDeleteYour galaxy manicures never cease to amaze me <3 I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love this, it's so unique and beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous! Pretty sure I've only done galaxy nails once, but I do love them!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I still haven't done galaxy nails! Your are making me want to do it already! You did such a great job.
ReplyDeleteIncredible! Okay, I have tried to do galaxy nails twice in the past, they definitely didn't look galactic lol! I think it's because I'm short on time for art and rushed through it, it was like abstract finger painting on my nails haha! Yours are perfect!!! :)
ReplyDeleteThese galaxy nails are perfection!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these! I think the decision to mattify these was a great one as it really makes the look for me. And I agree, I love how the restrained palette looks!
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love them! And it looks so amazing matte! Great call!
ReplyDeleteThese are seriously gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are really beautiful! To me, the more monochromatic look seems more realistic.
ReplyDeleteThis is super beautiful!
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ReplyDeleteI really love that these are matte - it enhances the quality no end xx
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