Saturday, July 21, 2012

Galaxy nails + a police box bigger on the inside?! [my Doctor Who nail art series]

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Hello people of my page :) I've missed you :)   Wait til you see my newly short and rounded nails... I HATE THEM! Can NOT wait until they grow long again and I can square these babies the way they belong! hah


 Ahem, soooooooooo....
  In my extreme excitement over the new season of Doctor Who coming up in about a month, I figured I would do a big 'ol nail art series showcasing my favorite episodes/characters/etc. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!








So I figured I best start from the beginning, actually... my kid's FAVORITE part of the show (yes my little Violet is a Whovian just like her mama and I AM SO DAMN PROUD!)... The opening credits... time... space... tardis... you know what I'm sayin'?!


I hopped on over to my friend Jacki's blog Adventures In Acetone, and got clicky on her galaxy nails tutorial (you can view it here!), figured what better background for a tardis than the universe/galaxies/planets you know... stuff the doctor loves to save :D

I used a base coat of OPI Natural Nail base coat followed by my base color, Deborah Lippman Lady Sings The Blues. I figure this is a great base, it's dark blue and has blue and pale silvery glitter bits that could be what oh I dunno planets? stars? use that imagination, baby!
While that was still a bit tacky but not too much... I used Jacki's tutorial for the sponging of Hard Candy Beetle and a mixture of OPI Skull & Glossbones (1 drop to every 3 drops shooting stars) and China Glaze Shooting Stars. Lastly I took China Glaze Blue Sparrow (neon) and made light swirls all up over my galaxified (new word?!) nails!

Then my favorite part... the Tardis... or... Sexy, if you will   ;P
I used a mixture of SinfulColors Midnight Blue, China Glaze Blue Sparrow, and L.A. Colours Sea Siren for a sweet sweet 'tardis blue'! I did the windows and print on the police box with OPI Alpine Snow and a VERY fine nail art brush!
Finished up with a good thick coat of Ozotic Elytra 528 !!!!!! holy moly!
wanna see?!?!
ALLONS-Y ALONSO!










Keep posted for more Doctor Who posts in my Doctor Who nail art series!!!!!!!!!

--Cas Pin It

14 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh Dr Who series! How cool! I might have to do my own at some point! This manicure looks so great too!

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    1. Yes, do! Please let me know so I can see :D

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  2. I love IT! my 10 yr old and i LOVE!!!!!!! doctor Who! i have been watching it since tom baker but i have to say david tennent is not my fav! my hubby went to the UK i while back and brought all the figures for my girl and ended costing him $500 in excess baggage!!! i really hope the new series is good last season was not as good as it could have been. i cannot wait to see your next nails i hope you do one for blink!

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    1. I've been showing it to my (almost) 1yr old she is OBSESSED! She loves captain jack haha :D I hope to go to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff some day, it's on my bucket list hehe. I most definitely WILL be doing one for Blink :) Going to try and get a regeneration one, silence, daleks (my fave) the whole bit!

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  4. I tried this too! Yours looks fab! I would love you to check out mine :)

    http://luckybeauty07.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/galaxy-nail-tutorial.html

    Sophie xx

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  5. You're awesome! I'm totally not a creative person, so I rely on people like you to come up with awesome nail art I can copy. ^_^ This is SUCH a great idea - putting a Tardis on galaxy nail art! Brilliant!

    Also, the picture where your friends don't understand about getting excited about something really nerdy? Yeah, I *totally* feel like that this morning, 'cause while my co-workers are happy for me that I won a nail polish giveaway, they just can NOT comprehend why I'm so excited about winning a bottle of Nerd Lacquer Gorramit! (Three hours after I saw the email, and I still feel like squeeeing and doing the Snoopy Dance! :)

    Also, just in case you're like I was and don't realize you have word verify on, I thought I'd let you know. If you *want* it own, no biggee, but a lot of us don't realize it's there since we don't comment on our own blogs. :)

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    1. Oh man oh man! Gorramit is one of my FAVORITE nerds ever! I love all of the Firefly themed ones she made :D I'm a major major nerd over Firefly and Doctor Who heh.

      Thank you for the compliments on the nail art :D I thought Tardis would be fantastic in it's natural habitat haha ;P

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  6. Your Tardis is awesome! I have just recently became addicted to Doctor Who and love it. Maybe i'll do a Doctor Who manicure, my SO would love to see a Dalek on my nail.

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    1. You should! I'm doing Dalek nails in a day or two after my next one which I think is going to be the Weeping Angels :D let me know if you do, I'd love to see!

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  8. Love it! Doctor Who is one of my favorite shows!

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