Deadly Sins Challenge - Day 3: Gluttony (Sugar Spun Nails)

It's the second week of the Deadly Sins Challenge and this week's sin is Gluttony. The instructions of Day 3 say: Delight yourself with a Sugar Spun inspired manicure. This one was perfect for me, because I love Sugar Spun Nails!

Illustrations by: dahlig

I wanted to do a very realistic version of caramel spun on vanilla ice cream, which didn't really work out. So I just added some "chocolate" and describe it as "something sweet". I used three coats of Essie - Marshmallow and did the Sugar Spun with Essie - Tea & Crumpets plus Essie - Chocolate Cakes. 

Candy Cane Sugar Spun Nails

And we're back to Christmas! While making my Gingerbread Sugar Spun Nails I immediately thought of Candy Canes! How awesome would it be if I could create thin lines just with the sugar spun technique? So I tried it on top of two coats of Essie - Lacquered Up with sugar spung made of Essie - Blanc. It doesn't really look as neat as I wanted it to be, but I guess it still looks presentable. The problem with sugar spun is, that you really need to pay attention not to accidentally move your hand while placing the polish, especially if you're planning to do similar and regular lines. My right hand turned out quite different, with thicker lines. This time I decided that I don't want the real sugar spun look, so I added one coat of BTGN Top Sealer to smooth the surface. It smudged a tiny little bit of the white lines though, even after waiting a few minutes. I guess the longer you wait, the better the result will be.

Gingerbread Candy Nails with Sugar Spun

Yummy, right? Already with my previous Gingerbread Nails I planned on adding Sugar Spun, but then decided against it. Now I got the prettiest rainbow glitter polish from Candy Lacquer and it seemed perfect mixed with some Sugar Spun and Gingerbread. So I started with two coats of China Glaze - Foie Gras and then added two coats of Candy Lacquer - Over The Rainbow. Over The Rainbow is a colorful glitter nail polish - really just like the rainbow - with round, square and hexagon shapped glitter and in between some hearts. The great thing about this one, just as in my previous post about Sugar Mama, the application is great, even the hearts come out of the bottle by choice. That's how you make a good glitter nail polish! After the glitter I added one coat of BTGN Top Sealer and let everything dry. Then I used an almost empty and quite gooey China Glaze - Snow to create the Sugar Spun. Voilà - candy nails!

Sugar Spun Nails

This weekend I found an amazing beauty & nail art blog: Just Tis Ems. Her nail art is so colorful and new, I love it! Especially her Sugar Spun Nails are amazing which is why I had to recreate them on my own nails. I didn't change a lot besides using different polishes and the gradient. I chose to do it more simple by using only two colors on each nail. I love the Sugar Spun technique, however it is quite time consuming. To do it faster you could prepare the polish upfront so you don't need to wait for it to get goopy. I used the following colors:

Essence - Bienvenido A Miami (Yellow)

Essie - Mesmerized (Blue)

China Glaze - Pool Party (Pink)

Essence - Passion For Fashion (Purple)

O.P.I. - Friday Devil (Red)

Essie - Mojito Madness (Green)

Essie - Mint Candy Apple (Mint)

I didn't use a top coat after the sugar spun to keep the special look. However it takes a little time to get used to the rough surface. Glitter nail polish without top coat is worse though!

And a creepy picture to go of both my hands: 

Thanks for reading!