Hello, friends! Todays mani DIY is so easy and looks incredibly beautiful. I love the galaxy effect and how intricate it turned out despite being a few simple steps. Mesmerizing! Here’s all you need to get started.
Supplies:
–black polish
-Royal Blue, Plum, White and Silver Sparkle acrylic paint
–top coat
–makeup sponge
-toothpicks
Step One: Apply 1-2 coats of black polish to your nails and let dry.
Step Two: Pour out a little bit of each of your acrylic colors on a plate. Taking a makeup sponge, start with the white and lightly sponge on a bit of white. Follow up with a little bit of the royal blue and purple. Play around with the sponging until you like the look. To add more dimension, add just a tiny bit of white over the top with your sponge. Make sure you leave some of the black polish showing around your nails for added depth. Finally, take a little bit of the silver sparkle—I love the ones from the Martha Stewart line. I know it’s tempting, but just add a teeny tiny amount of sparkle. It ends up taking away from the look too much if it’s too sparkly.
Step Three: Using a toothpick, add little dots on your nails to represent stars. I even made a slightly bigger star on each by drawing a tiny cross with the toothpick.
Step Four: Seal the deal with a top coat. This brings everything together and gives a nice shine to the look. Don’t forget this step. Makes a huge difference in the final look and keeps your mani from chipping. 🙂
A perfect way to impress your friends at your next girls’ night. 😉 So fun to wear during Halloween time too with the dark colors. Enjoy! Lots of love, Sav.
Credits//Author: Savannah Wallace. Photography: Isabel Jones. Photos edited with the NEW A Beautiful Mess actions.
18 Comments
They look absolutely incredible, beautiful!
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Love these!! I would love to try these, but I don’t think my left hand would do a very good job…
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I LOVE this and it looks amazing and beautiful, but HOW are you doing this when you have to do your non-dominate hand? I can barely get a regular coat a paint on my right hand. Obviously, my DIY manicure skills are inadequate.
Your nails look amazing!
xo, Liz
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Galaxy nails are beautiful! I once did it on my nails and I loved it! The only reason why I don’t do it more often is because it takes a bit of time and I don’t have time right now…
Maaadly in love! <3
These are so fun! Acrylic paint is the best for nail art!
That is so cool!! What a great idea!!
These look amazing, must try them out! Sophie x
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I love this manicure idea!! Such a great one now that the days are getting shorter – time to embrace the night 🙂
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Love this! Such a fun and pretty mani! Thanks for the tutorial.
xo, Heather
Great idea. It looks simple enough.
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I never ever paint my fingernails, but this looks SO AMAZING that I might just have to try it out.
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So pretty and such a clever idea!
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So nice !
Sarah xx
WHOA! Those look AWESOME! I wish I could paint my own nails!
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Wow, this is so pretty and simple! I love the galaxy look and am thrilled to know that you can use acrylic paint to decorate nails.
Oh, what a coincidence! This morning I made myself a galaxy mani on two accent nails, and it’s very similar to this tutorial!