Girly-Girl Challenge Day 7: Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice!

Hi everyone!  This is the final week of the Girly-Girl Challenge!  I feel like it went so fast!  Today's theme is Sugar, Spice and Everything Nice!  I had a lot of ideas for this but decided to try out a technique I have been curious about: "spun sugar" nails =)

For this look, I used two coats of Essie Eternal Optimist as my base color.  I love Eternal Optimist...I think it is a must have basic for any nail polish lover's collection!!  Then, for my "spun sugar" I used China Glaze White on White.  My bottle of WoW is getting to be about 2/3 empty and sort of thick, so it worked well for this technique.  I added some Eternal OptimistI originally was inspired to try this by The Nail Buff's post, which linked back to a youtube video by NailsKathy that shows how to do it!  If you have questions about how I specifically did the technique, let me know! =)

So my "sugar" is definitely a little on the thick side...it made for a really awesome looking, textural manicure.  These pictures are all without top coat.  I added some later, but I think it completely altered the look.  So unless you only do really thin stripes, I'd say skip the top coat and embrace the bumpiness of this technique!! =)  Just give it plenty of dry time.  With the new "caviar mani" on the horizon, bumpy is in, right?

Check out the sweet and spicy manicures these other bloggers came up with!


Lindsey of Neverland Nail Blog
Ashley of Follow The Yellow Polish Road
Stephanie of A Little Polish
Kelly of Devilish Polish
Jodi of Captivating Claws
Danielle of Polish. Glitter. Rock & Roll.
Elly of Polishable
Olivia of Unprofessional Nails
Kate of This Charming Kate
Bethany of  A Plethora of Nails
Lizzy of The Do It Yourself Lady
Eugenia of Talon-ted
Johanna of Neues vom Kellerkind
Amanda of Nox Nails
Ashley of Smashley Sparkles
Sarah of See Sarah Swatch
Jess of LuvMyLacquer
Tressa of O' Natur Nail
ChiChi of I'm just me...ChiChi 

CR of Color Me Silly

Amanda of Berry Polished 

Robin, Erin, and Anna of Polished Cousins
Bonny of Over Stuffed 

Taylor of REJOICE! 

Jess of Nearly Natural Nails

I hope you guys like these nails.  I want to try it again with just a few lines across the nail, so it's a bit less bumpy.  But I love how these turned out still!  Thursday is Day 8!  Thanks for reading!! =) <3