Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night!! (depending on what time it is when you might read this :-P ) Today's nail design is out of this world...literally. (It's the solar system!) :-P I've had this on my list for some time, but only just now got around to doing it. (too many other fun ideas kept presenting themselves!) Oh well, it's done now, and YES, I included Pluto, because to me, it will always be a planet, scientists be damned. I think Earth and the comet on the pluto nail ended up being my favorite things about this mani.
In correct order from the sun:
Left Hand:
Right Hand:
I used:
American Apparel Hassid as a base for all 10 nails, with
American Apparel Cotton lightly sponged to make distant stars.
Left Thumb: Sun
American Apparel Manila as a base for the sun, with
Electric Orange,
Zoya Pinta and
American Apparel Manila again sponged over it to give a fiery, mottled look.
Left Index: Mercury
American Apparel Cotton mixed with
American Apparel Hassid and a touch of
Essie Mink Muffs, and shaded with the same combination with more
American Apparel Hassid.
Left Middle: Venus
American Apparel Cotton mixed with
American Apparel Manila, the mixed that combination with
American Apparel Pinto and a touch of
American Apparel Hassid to shade.
Left Ring: Earth
Pure Ice French Kiss as a base for Earth, highlighted with
Pure Ice French Kiss mixed with a touch of
Essie Mint Candy Apple, For the continents, I used L.A. Girl Army Green as a base, then mixed with
American Apparel Hassid and
Essie Mink Muffs to create some topography. For the clouds, I lightly brushed
American Apparel Cotton.
Left Pinky: Mars
American Apparel Cotton mixed with
American Apparel Pinto as a base, highlighted with the same mixture with a bit more
American Apparel Cotton, and shaded with straight
American Apparel Pinto.
Right Pinky: Jupiter
American Apparel Cotton mixed with
American Apparel Pinto as a base, with
American Apparel Pinto to add in the lines and big red spot. :)
Right Ring: Saturn
Essie Sag Harbor mixed with
American Apparel Cotton, then added a little
Pure Ice French Kiss to the mixture to add more of the bright blue color that Saturn's Northern Hemisphere is supposed to have. For the rings, I used
American Apparel Cotton.
Right Middle: Uranus
Essie Sag Harbor mixed with
Essie Mint Candy Apple for the planet, and
American Apparel Cotton VERY lightly used to create the almost non-existent looking ring.
Right Index: Neptune
Orly Gumdropas a base for the planet, then mixed with
Pure Ice French Kiss for the outer shadow, and mixed with
American Apparel Cotton for the highlight.
Right Thumb: Pluto and Comet
For Pluto, I used
American Apparel Manila mixed with a tiny bit of
American Apparel Cotton, then dabbed a little
Essie Mink Muffs and
American Apparel Hassid on it. For the comet, I used
American Apparel Manila and
Electric Orange.
Topped everything off with 2 coats of
Seche Vite top coat.
Did you know that this past week the sun had it's most violent eruption in 15 years?!
