A few of my
favourite bloggers, Chalkboard Nails, The Nailasaurus, Rebecca Likes Nails, and
Work Play Polish have created a new monthly nail art challenge called the
Lacquer Legion, and this month I decided to join in! This month’s prompt is
Adoration, so I decided to try and combine a nail art technique that I love
with one of my favourite nerdy fandoms – gradients and Star Wars!
Star Wars was my very first proper nerdy obsession, but I admit, I have been neglecting it for some of my other fandoms of late, so I felt it was time to give it some love again. I have done
some Star Wars art before, in the shape of different helmets, but the idea of
painting the famous Tatooine Twin Sunset came to me a few weeks ago, and I
thought this nail art challenge would be the perfect excuse to try it out.
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| Solo thumb shot (Please excuse the cut!) |
I started
with a base of China Glaze Life Is Rosy, and sponged a gradient of Life Is Rosy
with China Glaze Fade Into Hue once that was dry. After about 4 to 5 layers of
sponging, I put one coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl for a quick dry and to
help blend the gradient together. The sandy tips are a mixture of Rimmel Beige
Style, Beige Babe, and OPI My Vampire Is Buff. The suns were done using the end
of a striper brush, with OPI MVIB again (middle finger), and Essence Free Hugs
(ring finger). The dome of the Beru household was done using the sandy mixture
again, and MVIB for the detail.
In hindsight,
I should have painted the thumb design sideways on my thumb, as trying to take
a photo of all of my nails together was awkward, and resulted in some creepy
hand poses!
I enjoyed
painting this for the challenge, even though I think my gradient could have
been much better. Nice for the practice though! I can’t wait to see all of the
other manicures from this challenge, I think there are going to be some great
ones!
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