Feeling geeky! Star wars Nail art! R2D2 and Stormtroopers!

Some of my favourite films have to be the original Star Wars trilogy, so I tried out these Star Wars inspired designs for my 19th birthday. On the right hand I designed stylised R2D2 and on the left simple yet effective Stormtroppers. R2D2 is rather tricky, to create him I got a simple cartoon off Google and picked elements of the little droid that I felt would best represent him. Here is a quick run through- 

Colours - 

• LA Colors White 
• LA Colors  Blue 
• LA Colors  Black 
• LA Colors Red 
• Revlon "Iced" Silver

Methods

Make sure you allow the varnish to fully dry between steps. 

Stormtroopers - 

1. Base coat - to protect your natural nails (this is particularly important if like me you paint your nails every week and don't allow them to "breath")
2. 2 coats of white varnish (LA Colors)
3. Using a detail brush dipped in black varnish (LA Colors) paint a curved line close to the nail bed from side to side
4. Underneath this line two triangles for eyes
5. Then another upside-down curved line in the middle for the mouth 
6. At the chin (tip of nail) paint a small triangle in the middle with dots either side
7. Finally add a fast drying top coat

R2D2- 

1. Clear base coat
2. 2 coats white varnish (LA Colors) 
3. Tip the first 1/4 with silver/grey (Revlon Iced Silver)
4. add details with a mixture of blue and black as per your own design or my photos (having a steady hand is best as he is rather fiddly) (I added a little red dot on the silver tip, thought it set it off well)
5. Finish with fast drying top coat

Hope you like these nails as much as I did, thanks for reading :)