Monday, January 28, 2013

Golden Rose Sponging


Sponging with Golden Flormar CW105 and Golden Rose 304

This mani is something I’ve been wanting to try for quite a while now – sponging. I can actually hear you think: “Sponging? I’ve seen her sponge before, so what is the big deal?” I’ll tell you what the big deal is: This time is different, just you wait and see!

I’m going to use a Flormar and a Golden Rose polish, that my friend Aylin from Posh Nail Art sent me, namely Flormar CW105, which is from their Wild Nails series, and Golden Rose #304, which is a Golden Rose Paris polish.

CW105 is a light purple with a metallic finish. It’s a one coater, and very easy to work with. It tends to get a little bit brush stroky, but I don’t mind that so much.

Here is a pic of one coat of CW105:


 It’s pretty, I like it, and I love that it’s a one coater.

Moving on to the sponging. After having waited for the base colour dry completely, I applied one coat of Golden Rose #304, which is a deep purple packed with shimmer. I applied it over the entire nail, and then I pressed a sponge lightly into it while it was still wet, to remove some of the polish and let the underneath polish shine through. It’s like the saran wrap method, just less messy, but just as pretty – if not prettier! ;D


 I repeated that step on all my nails, applied one coat of NYC top coat, and my mani was done! I took a picture of the sponge too, so you can see which kind it is. I believe it’s a make up remover sponger. It’s bought for nail art purposes though and it works.


That’s it for today! I didn’t do more than this – sometimes it’s nice to keep it relatively simple, and I only did this mani to test the method.

Do you like the effect? Have you tried it yourself? If not, would you like to?

22 comments:

  1. A pretty one-coater - what's not to like about that??
    I love the sponging, the colors blend well.
    And yes I do a lot of sponging myself, but I never tried a big pores sponge like this one...

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    1. It's also my first time with a sponge like this. The funny thing is, that it's still soft, also where the nail polish is. Weird :)

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  2. I like it! I've tried the technique a couple of times for autumn leaves manicures but I didn't get the blend of colours right

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    1. It's sometimes tricky to find the colours that are right together. They sometimes look great together while they're still in the bottle, but not so much on the nails :)

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  3. Sponging is fun and gives a great effect to the polish.

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  4. I like the effect! These nail polishes made a lovely combo! :)

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    1. Thank you - I really like it too. I want to try it with other colours too! :)

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  5. love it!
    I need do try it :)
    the cw105 is from flormar, not from golden rose.
    kiss
    http://maggienails90.blogspot.pt/

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    1. Oh yes, it is so, my mistake. I'll correct that, thanks for pointing it out :)

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  6. Purple and purple. Whats not to like?! :)
    Sponging is great fun.

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    1. I really love purple, so this was a double win for me :)

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    1. Thank you! I'll do it again with other colours for sure.

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  8. Looks perfect. Should try that... One question, how do you clean the sponge?????

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    1. Thank you, and yes you should :) I don't clean the sponge, the polish just sits there.

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  9. So pretty and fun! I love the sponging effect! :-)

    ~ Yun

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  10. oh great idea using that sponge - must try that instead of make up sponge. Very very very beautiful polish btw :)

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    1. Thank you so much. I'm very pleased with both my Flormar and my Golden Rose :)

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