Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Spun Sugar???....Giveaway

I have seen so many of these manicures online and they are called a dozen different things, draped polish, striped polish, polish fibers, I can't remember them all.  I really wish I knew who first created it and that they would give an official name to it.  The one name I like the best....hand's down, is spun sugar.  It reminds me of how sugar is melted down and beomes stringy like making cotton candy. 

It takes time but it is a really pretty effect in the end.  I really like the super fine strands but this is hard to accomplish without a bit of patience.  I decided that I would go a step beyone the basic and attempt a gradient.  I used OPI Planks a lot for the base and Revlon Impulsive, Milani Violet Dash and Orly Lollipop.  I like the pic above the best.  The picture blow shows the rest of the hand but needed more touchups and my cuticles are not in great shape.  Too late now....
I wish I had taken more pictures once I cleaned everything up and moisturized but I forgot.  Oh well, I will probably be trying this again sometime because I do like the look.  Maybe someday on the patio in the summer with a sangria.

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17 comments:

  1. Oh my gosh! I love it so much! I want to try this now! It looks great!

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  2. Spun Sugar definitely is the best name! I hadn't heard that! I NEED to try this! It looks so pretty and fun!

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  3. wow that pretty cool! love it :)

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  4. Spun sugar is a perfect name for this mani. How did you do that?

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    1. Google the words nailskathy and slim lines. She has a you tube tutorial that will show you how to do it. You basically let the polish start to dry until it gets stringy and then drap it over your nail.

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  5. Awesome!! Everyone is doing these now!! I want to try this but the clean up is not motivating me to try! :)

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    1. I hear ya. I am not great at that anyway. Lazy.

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  6. Love it. The gradient effect is awesome.

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  7. I love your nails so much! You've got a new follower here (:

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  8. i even tried this... but it turned up a disaster :-(
    yours is so perfect, i love it *.*

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  9. gorgeous color choices. spun sugar is the perfect name too. :)

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  10. Agreeing that spun sugar is a great name. I have been too skurred to try this yet, I'm such a baby.

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  11. This is SO cool, i've been wanting to try it myself but it sounds hard lol. You did a great job.

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  12. Awesome! I have to do this this week!!! *.*!***

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