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31 Day Nail Challenge, Day 23: Inspired by a Movie ~~STARGATE!~~

Yay!  Finally decided on a movie while scrolling through my idea folder, wherein I had a picture of nails done up gold - ra - gold - ra like my index - pinky that I’ve been dying to try since forever (If anyone recognizes my Ra configuration, please holler at me so I can source!)  Currently re-re-re-re-re-marathoning SG:1, and this was the excuse I was very pleased to remember existed.  Yay there were MOVIES!  This one is for the original Stargate movie ^_^

My left hand thumb is GORGEOUS a STARGATE!  For both, I used studs I had harvested from my bluejeans (they were cheap and started dropping them the day I bought them!)  I used the saran wrap technique I found out about last night with white and sky blue to make my event horizon on my left.  Then chrome around the circle, clear coat, arranged my studs, clear coat, painted my symbols, took a picture in case I messed them up, and promptly messed them up when I put the last layer of topcoat.  LUCKILY, I took the precautionary picture xD

For the other thumb I used turquoise base, clear coat, arranged my gold studs (that I had to paint, cause they were all silver before,) into a pyramid– then a couple more layers of clear coat! 

For the middle and pinky fingers I simpy did clear base coat, gold (zoya ziv, the shiiiiiniest polish I own!,) and then a few layers of top coat.  I’ve noticed foils eat top coat in a very rude manner.

For the Eye of Ra nails I did clear base, turquoise, and gold tips.  For the left hand I outlined the black of the eyes, went back through with the gold, touched up the black, and then had to touch up the gold again.  So on the next one I did the gold, then the black, then the touch ups on the gold.  This was a bit quicker.  Then I used dots of black to affix the red gems, then a couple of layers of top coat after that was nice and dry to prevent ruining my lines again.

Basically the moral of this story is that OMG STARGATE NAILS!  I wish for all of my nails to bear tiny stargates now <3 

Phdhyper was of the same brain as me, and did STAR TREK nails!!! <3  We are clearly cool (-er than everyone else.)