Sleep Tight

After the disaster of my last night sky nails I thought it was time to try again. What better time to post night sky nails than at night?

I used China Glaze First Mate as my base color. I dabbed a very small amount of black around my nail near the cuticle to show some depth. The gradient was created by first mixing First Mate with some white and dabbing down my nail. China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le was mixed with a very small amount of white and then a bit more to create the last two 'layers'. I used white polish and a sewing needle to dot the stars on, using more or less white to create larger or smaller stars. Be random. :)

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Night Sky

I fell asleep the other night looking up at the night sky and an idea for a mani hit me full force. What if I tried something somewhat like a galaxy nail but based around a night sky instead?

This is what I managed to come up with. It's not exactly what I had in mind. Honestly, I'm not really pleased with the end product. I'm by no means an astrologist or even a constellation enthusiast. I know the very basic constellations and nothing more, but I do love to gaze up at the night sky and admire the stars. With near to no knowledge of constellations, I wish I had taken the extra few minutes and mapped out the constellations I used a bit better. I think the only recognizable one is Cassiopeia on my middle finger.


That said, the actual night sky turned out surprisingly well. I used China Glaze First Mate, China Glaze Secret Peri-Wink-Le, and an unnamed black polish much as I would with a galaxy nail. Then I added a coat of a thin glitter and the constellations themselves. I might have to try these nails again just to see how they would look with a few tiny dots of white scattered around for stars instead of trying to form constellations with larger stars. I think they would look much better this way.

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