Black & White Stamping - Reloaded

Hi dear readers !

Remember last month, I did this black and white stamping for the Facebook challenge:

I liked it, but on the third day I wanted to try something with it. I topped it with one coat of Beyu 209 and OOOH the manicure became nothing but amazing !

This it how it looked after one coat of BeYu209 and one coat of Seche Vite:

I was totally in love with the subtle red/gold glow on the black parts and the sparkly bright purple on the white parts.

That's another good reason to get a bottle of BeYu 209 (or Max Factor Fantsay Fire, it will be a bit more blue but will act the same way over black and white; or even the Real Unicorn Pee Clarins 230 if you can afford it), I'm sure I'll use it over black and white manicures many other times :)

BeYu 209 is definitely a must have and I'll try to get some other bottles on my next trip to Germany :)

Do you like how I changed my b/w manicure ?

Thanks for reading :)

Have a nice day ^^

Sunday Stamping Challenge: Purple Gradient

Hi dear readers !

Yesterday's stamping challenge was to create a stamping manicure with a gradient. Well, in fact, the votes were very close and some girls decided to do the other challenge, or mix the 3 ideas together (gradient, two different stamps, wild animal print), but you know how I love gradients, so I obviously chosed to do one :)

I wanted soft, pastel shades and decided to go for purple. I found my inspiration on Pinterest with a similar manicure in blue, but I can't find it anymore and I don't know who didi it ... If you are or know the author please let me know, I'd like to mention her work here :)

Do you like it ? I was very pleased with the way it looked. I was a bit afraid because my gradient looked nice and when I stamped over it I was like "oh nooo it's going to hide all the purple goodness" ! But finally I'm glad with the result :)

I used China Glaze Spontaneous as the base, darker purple. This has to be one of my all time favourite purples !
Then I started sponging with the medium purple, Eyeko Lilac Polish, followed by the lightest purple, OPI Rumple's Wiggin. I added a tiny bit of white on the tips with China Glaze Snow, still applied with a sponge.
I put a coat of Seche Vite to make a smooth surface and stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM201 and white Konad polish.
Finally, I wanted to add a "little something" with one coat of China Glaze Wireless which added a very subtle  bling. And of course I topped all of these with one coat of Seche Vite :)

That's all ! That makes many coats but imo sponging always goes fast, as the coats added with the sponge are thin. I usually sponge on one hand, then the second, then back for the next coat on the first hand as the polish is already dry.

I hope you liked it :) Thanks for visiting and commenting ^^

Have a nice day :)

Blogger Round Up: Send me your links !

Hi dear readers !

My next Beauty & Nails Blogs Round p will be on next sunday !

So this is just a quick reminder to tell that you can send me your links by leaving a comment at the end of this post, or sending me an email to gwenn@sugar-nails.com with "Round Up" as the subject :)

Don't be shy, share your blogs, or your friend's blogs :)

I'll be back tomorrow for the Stamping Challenge :)

Have a nice day :)

A England Saint George

Hi dear readers !

I'm sorry for the lack of posts this week but I fell ill and now I try to rest a lot. I hope it will be better very soon.

I have a perfect polish to show you today. Yes, really perfect ! You already saw it on almost every blog and I'm late with the trends as I don't hunt anymore for novelties (by that I mean I now take my time to chose what I'll buy instead of buying every new collection, as my stash is getting too big for me lol), but I couldn't resist to show you my own swatches of it...

So, here is the wonderful Saint George from A England !

Isn't it gorgeous ?

Now, why is it so perfect imo ?
- the teal shade is rich, deep, shiny ... nothing but pretty !
- it has scattered holo effect
- it applies like butter, I made two coats here but one could have been enough
- did I already said it was gorgeous ? :D

Seriously, I can't find any reason not to love that polish, unless you hate teals !

Beside of that, I love what Adina, the creator of the brand, did with her actual collections. I mean, her shades are magical like the legends they evoke, like if each polish had a story to tell.

I can also tell you that not only her scattered holos are great, but the formula of the cremes I tried is also perfect ! I had Guinevere and Galahad last week, I love them a lot and hope to show them to you soon :)

Have you ever tried this brand ?

Have a nice day :)

Pastel Glitter Sandwich

Hi dear readers !

A few weeks ago, I saw a great idea by Amy Grace from The Polished Perfectionnist. She used China Glaze Innocence for a glitter sandwich and I loved the idea because as long as I like Innocence, I only used it for french manicures base, it's really too sheer for me to use it alone.

Thanks to this post, he'll get a second life :)

Here's what I done with it:

I used China Glaze Lap of Luxury to have an opaque base, than layered one coat of Essence Circus Confetti and finally added China Glaze Innocence. I added the matte finish with Essie Matte About You.

I loved how it looked, especially once mattified. Now I want to give a try with other base colors !

Do you like it ? Have you ever tried that kind of glitter sandwich ? If you do, I'd love to see it :)

Thanks for reading :)

Have a nice day :)