Today’s the day! The VMAs are this evening and Gaga is scheduled to not disappoint!  Last year I did a design based off of the Meat Dress.  Here’s the look that I’ve been waiting a full year to do: the McQueen gown.  (View all click-through links for the full effect!) Gaga arrived at last year’s VMAs wearing a stunning Alexander McQueen gown (printed with an image from the Renaissance Annunciation by Stephan Lochner), jeweled neckpiece, feather headdress, and an almost color-changing wig.  To recreate this look as a nail design, I spared no expensive using gold leaf, real feathers, Swarovski crystals, and even a print-out image! Thumb: Gold leaf with Renaissance Annunciation image (printed and afixed with a clear topcoat). Index and Pinky: Glitz (gold) by Orly, Emerald City (green) by revlon, and Divine Wine by Sally Hansen (red), painted to mimic the fabric on the front of the gown. Middle: Gold leaf coated with Swarovski rhinestones to mimic the neckpiece. Ring: Mixture of Gumdrop (lavender) by Revlon, grey and white to match Gaga’s wig, sponged-on tip in For Audrey (teal) by China Glaze, and a gold feather accent (real, trimmed-down feather). I can’t wait to see what Gaga does for this year’s show and what kind of designs I’ll be drawing from it.  Enjoy the show everyone! ox PPU

Today’s the day! The VMAs are this evening and Gaga is scheduled to not disappoint!  Last year I did a design based off of the Meat Dress.  Here’s the look that I’ve been waiting a full year to do: the McQueen gown.  (View all click-through links for the full effect!)

Gaga arrived at last year’s VMAs wearing a stunning Alexander McQueen gown (printed with an image from the Renaissance Annunciation by Stephan Lochner), jeweled neckpiece, feather headdress, and an almost color-changing wig.  To recreate this look as a nail design, I spared no expensive using gold leaf, real feathers, Swarovski crystals, and even a print-out image!

Thumb: Gold leaf with Renaissance Annunciation image (printed and afixed with a clear topcoat).

Index and Pinky: Glitz (gold) by Orly, Emerald City (green) by revlon, and Divine Wine by Sally Hansen (red), painted to mimic the fabric on the front of the gown.

Middle: Gold leaf coated with Swarovski rhinestones to mimic the neckpiece.

Ring: Mixture of Gumdrop (lavender) by Revlon, grey and white to match Gaga’s wig, sponged-on tip in For Audrey (teal) by China Glaze, and a gold feather accent (real, trimmed-down feather).

I can’t wait to see what Gaga does for this year’s show and what kind of designs I’ll be drawing from it.  Enjoy the show everyone!

ox PPU