Closing out my Star Trek series, I have to make a nod to all the boys wearing command red. Q is of course my fave, especially in his completely over-the-top judge's robes from the very first episode, so this design has as much black in it as red.
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Baroness X has been releasing some amazingly pretty fluid art polishes - instead of simple crème finishes, she's adding shimmer or flakies, and for X Marks the Spot she's added a handful of holo dust.
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To get this look, I started with a layer of Julep Karmen, a fiery red foil that's been used several times in nail art experiments, painted thickly across a silicone mat. I then added drips of OPI Glamour Game, a somewhat sheer champagne gold shimmer, and drips of X Marks the Spot. When I had a big enough pool to work with, I folded the mat in half a couple of times, and tilted the mat on it's side to get the paint to flow and spread out.
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I let the sheet of paint dry for about 2 hours - you'll need longer if your final puddle is thicker, and thin decals are easier to work with, so it's definitely worth trying to get things to spread evenly - then cut it into sheets a bit bigger than my nails.
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I made enough in one go for both hands, and as always, even after I picked the best spots for my swatching hand, I ended up liking my right side better:
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To get the decals to stick onto my nail, and simultaneously make sure there weren't any see-through patches (it's ok this way if your decals end up too thin), I painted a single very thin layer of the red polish and let it dry partway. Then I applied the decals, smoothed them down with my finger, trimmed the edges, and topcoated.
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It's not as obviously Star Trek TNG as my other designs have been, but I think it perfectly captures the nebulous and mutable nature of Q... and maybe a bit of the swirling galaxies in the opening credits.
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~Michelle
That is cool!
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