Nail Challenge Day 1

As most people know, I've really gotten into nail art these past few months. So when Erica of Erica's Nails and More announced she was going to do another month long challenge, I jumped at the opportunity. Not because I think I'd win, but because it was a way to attempt certain types of manicures that I felt I could use the practice on. I've always been curious about nail art competitions, so I figured why not?

The first type of mani for the contest is called a Galaxy mani, for obvious reasons. I've always admired these and if you do a image search for them on Google you'll see some pretty awesome ones.  There's a zillion different things you can do for these, which is probably why I had so much trouble making up my mind.  I literally made three attempts at this before settling on the one below.

The polishes used in this were:

-Barry M basic black
-Emily de Molly 'Dark Crystal'
-Essie 'Midnight Cami'
-Nails Inc. 'Holland Park Road', 'York Street' and 'Sumner Place'

Since Erica is living vicariously through us due to being on a self-imposed 'No buy', we're required to use at least one untried polish in each manicure.  All three Nails Inc. polishes were previously untried..mainly because I picked them up earlier in the day in a mad dash to the store looking for some pastels :)