Hey ya'll! Whew - Day 7 of the Flip/Flop February Challenge! For Day 7 our choices were Sugar Spun or Pattern. I chose sugar spun. Before this manicure - I had never done sugar spun and I wanted to try it. However, if I had thought this through a little more, I would've realized how close the look is between "Fan brush" nails and "Sugar Spun" nails - AND that they were back to back on the challenge. The reason I didn't realize this before now is I did Sugar Spun long before I went out and bought the fan brush in order to do the Fan Brush nails! None the less here they are.
For this design I used a base of Butter London Bossy Boots and then I used Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure (CSM) Buttercup, OPI Charged Up Cherry and Revlon Royal for the sugar spun effect.
I am very pleased with how these nails turned out - but don't let the photos fool you. These were the only 4 nails that turned out this good. And even if other nails turned out well, this technique is hard. And time consuming. I was literally falling asleep as I was stirring the polish to try and get it to the consistency it needs to be to "spin". I was really kind of frustrated with the whole process by the time I was done. I didn't even sleep in these - just took them off and went to bed because I was in no mood to finish the nails I hadn't done! lol.
Looking at these pictures now - I think the colors are cute together, and I might group them again in the future for a different, less annoying design. Am I the only one that find this technique irksome? How do ya'll feel about it?
See you guys tomorrow for Day 8: Color Blocking or Black & White!! I'm excited for this one!
It looks so cool! I need to try this technique sometime :)
ReplyDeleteDo! I can't wait to see what you think about the technique!
DeleteHa I chickened out and just did a pattern instead they seemed like too much hassle lol.
ReplyDeleteI love the colour combo on these though!
Cazzy, they are! They are too much hassle! lol. Good instincts on that one.
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beautiful .. i like doing sugar spun .. :)
ReplyDeleteWhew girl - you need a lot of patience, the whole waiting for the polish to get stringy enough is really what got me. That part is so annoying! I there a good way to get it dry enough?
DeleteI've never tried the technique, but this looks amazing. And the colors are great together!
ReplyDeleteI've always thought this looked really cool too, but now that I've done it, I think I'll just enjoy it on other people's blogs. :) Yours for instance... ?
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