Day 27: Nails Inspired By ARTWORK

I think most people are probably familiar with Van Gogh's painting, Starry Night. If not, there is a picture of it below. I have always liked this painting, so it was the first idea to pop into my mind for Day 27. I had no clue how to approach this though, so I used Cutepolish's tutorial. I started with two coats of Ulta - Blue for You. Then, I made the swirls using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Pacific Blue followed immediately by Pure Ice - Super Star, so that I could swirl the two colors together before the blue dried. Then, I using Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Mellow Yellow to create the stars, and I dabbed some white around the edges of the stars. I used a fine-tip brush and Pure Ice - Black Rage to create the dark object on the left, along with the town along the bottom of the nail. I used a tiny bit of Wet n Wild megalast - On A Trip just above the black at the bottom of the scene. I used the brush to add some white marks at the bottom, as well, to create the look of the town.

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Day 19: GALAXY Nails

I had never done galaxy nails before either, so I used Nail Art 101's Tutorial as a starting point. I started with two coats of Ulta - Blue For You. Then, I tore a small piece off of a makeup sponge. I used this piece of sponge to sponge on Pure Ice - Super Star in a diagonal pattern across my nails. 

Then, I sponged on Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - The Real Teal just outside of the white. I also added a little bit of Essie - Sexy Divide, Sinful Colors - Purple Diamond, and Essie - Borrowed & Blue. Then, I sponged on some Pure Ice - Black Rage in the corners, just as Nail Art's Tutorial directed. Finally, I used Milani Nail Art Polish - White Canvas to create white dots that look like stars. 

I like how they turned out before adding glitter (above), but then I decided to see what it would look like if I added some Claire's silver glitter from the Claire's Precious Metals set. 

Finally, I added Claire's - Glitter Top Coat to give me the look below! 

Here are all the polishes I used, in the order I used them.

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Day 3: YELLOW Nails

Also not really a big fan of yellow..so I had to buy this yellow polish for the challenge, as well. Didn’t really know how to make them a little more special than just yellow nails, so I decided to make them my school colors..buff and blue..

First, I applied two coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear- Mellow Yellow. Then, I used a very fine tip paint brush to paint the GW onto my nail using Ulta - Blue for You.

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Dark Blue Nails with Glittery Tips

First, I applied 2 coats of Ulta - Blue for You. Then, I waited for the polish to dry, and I cut a rounded edge from a piece of thin cardboard. Next, I placed the cardboard on my nail allowing room to apply the Claire's Glitter Top Coat for my glittery tips.

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