The New 31 Day Challenge : Purple

Danasnja tema u novom 31 dan izazovu je ljubicasto. Ljubicasti i plavi lakovi za nokte su moji omiljeni, i te dve boje cine polovinu moje celokupne kolekcije lakova. Zato je bilo tesko odluciti se za jedan odredjeni ljubicasti lak koji cu danas nalakirati, a izbor je pao na Aura - Purple Revolution. Nakon toga, stala sam bez ideje sta cu preko njega, a onda sam se setila da dugo nisam radila Sugar Wool tehniku (mozete ovde videti tutorijal za nju), koju sam radila sa neon zelenim lakom, Rapsodi #195.

Today, theme in new 31 Day Challenge is purple. Purple and blue nail polishes are my favorite, and those two colors are half of my whole nail polish collection. That's why it was hard to pick one specific purple polish that I will use today, and choice was Aura - Purple Revolution. After that, I stopped because I had no idea what I will do next, and then I remembered that I didn't do Sugar Wool technique for a while (you can see tutorial for that here), and I did it today with neon green nail polish Rapsodi #195.

Da li vam se dopada ova tehnika? Meni se svidja zato sto je efekat odlican, a potrebno je jako malo vremena da je napravim :).

Do you like this technique? I like it because effect is great, and you don't need a lot of time to make your nails perfect :).

Sugar Wool Tutorial

Nisam dugo pravila tutorijal, a ovaj je na zahtev jedne drugarice. Zelela sam da napravim svoj prvi video tutorijal, ali nemam adekvatnu kameru pa su snimci bili mutni, a i ruke su mi se previse tresle (trema :) ). Nakon 3-4 neuspela pokusaja, sinoc sam napravila tutorijal, ali u slikama. Moje prosle verzije ovakvog nail art-a ste mogli videti OVDE i OVDE. 

Potrebni su vam lak za nokte koji cete koristiti kao podlogu, lakovi kojima zelite da napravite "secernu vunu", i cackalica/tackalo/igla... Za pocetak, nalakirajte nokte lakom za koji zelite da vam bude boja pozadine. Ja sam izabrala Aura Inches - Dig that Gold! Na neki papir/paletu stavite malo vecu kolicinu laka (ili vise njih) kojim cete praviti secernu vunu, a zatim cekajte... 

I haven't made tutorial for a long time, and this one is on a request by a friend. I wanted to make my first video tutorial, but I don't have good camera so videos were blurry, and my hands were shaking a lot :). After 3-4 failures, I decided last night to make tutorial in pictures. You can see my previous versions of sugar wool nail art HERE and HERE.

You will need nail polish that you will use as a base color, polishes with which you want to make "sugar wool" and toothpick/dotter/needle... For start, apply a nail polish that will be your base color. I chose Aura Inches - Dig that Gold! On some paper/palette put a bigger amount of nail polish (or more of them) which you will use to make sugar wool, and then wait...

Pokusala sam da izracunam tacno potrebno vreme koje je potrebno da se lak malo stvrdne, ali ocigledno zavisi od marke lakova... U svakom slucaju, zakljucila sam da je 10 minuta nedovoljno, a posle 20 minuta je neupotrebljiv. Znaci da morate reagovati brzo. 

Posle otprilike 10ak minuta, promesajte ga malo brze sa cackalicom/tackalom, a onda polako povucite na gore. Znacete da je dobro kada budete mogli da napravite ovo sto vidite na naredne dve slike. Ako niste uspeli, mesajte ga jos malo pa probajte opet da ga povucete na gore.

I tried to calculate exact time needed for polish to be thicker enough, but obviously it depends of a brand... Anyway, I came to conclusion that 10 minutes is not enough, and after 20 minutes it's useless. So you have to be really fast. 

After about 10 minutes, mix it up a little bit faster with toothpick/dotter, and then try to pull it up. You will know that it's good, when you can make it look like it is on next two pictures. If it doesn't work, try to mix it up a little bit more, and then pull it up again.

Sledeci korak... Postavite nokat sto blize papiru na kojem ste mesali lakove, jer ovo ume da postane neurodno. Ponavljajte korake sledece tri slike dok god ne napravite dovoljno secerne vune da vam se svidja rezultat. 

Next step... Place a nail close to the paper that you used to mix your polish, because this can be really messy. Repeat the steps from next three pictures until you make wanted amount of sugar wool. 

Kada zavrsite sa jednom bojom, slobodno predjite na drugu, trecu,... Postupak je uvek isti. Koliko sam isprobavala, mislim da se svi brendovi lakova mogu koristiti, i sto je najbolje, formula ne mora da im bude dobra, tako da mozete koristiti i jeftinije lakove za nokte. 

When you finish with one color, you can repeat with second, third,... Procedure is always same. You can use any brand of nail polishes, and what is best is that formula of it doesn't have to be good, so you can use even cheapest nail polishes. 

Nakon sto ocistite ostatke laka sa prstiju i zanoktica, predlazem da ne nalakirate top coat. On moze da razmaze boje, pa efekat nece biti isti. Cak i bez top coat-a, meni se secerna vuna nije skinula sa noktiju ni malo 3 dana, nakon cega sam je skinula zato sto mi je dosadila. 

After you clean rest of the polish from fingers and cuticles, I suggest not applying top coat. It can smudge colors, so effect won't be the same. Even without top coat, sugar wool stayed on my nails for three days without any chipping, and after that, I have removed it because I wanted a new manicure. 

Da li ste probale da napravite secernu vunu na noktima? Zelim da vidim :)

Have you tried to make sugar wool on your nails? I want to see it :)