Tutorial Tuesday: Inverse Glitter Gradient!

Hi lovelies!

Quick Tutorial for one of my favourite and most versatile designs, that always works! The Inverse Glitter Gradient:

Swatch-It Sunday: Essence Sparkle Sand Effects Nail Polish [pic heavy]

Hello lovelies!

Today (I mean, it's still Sunday in, like, the States and all ;) ) I will show you swatches of the new Sparkle Sand Effect nail polishes by Essence. Like OPI liquid sand, but then affordable in Europe ;) There are only 3 so far, but I'm sure there will be more to follow (I really really hope!). A nude "Hey Nude!", a sexy red "Me & My Lover" and a grungy black "Here's My Number". Let's start with the latter ('cause so did I). [B T dubs, my friends gave me these for my bday ;) ]

As you can see, it is a nice dark grey/blackish polish with holo and black glitters and a fine micro shimmer. It's is all kinds of sparkly IRL, the photo's don't do it justice! It's opaque in 2 coats, but it dries very very slowly. Also, to obtain the best sand effect, one should not use a base coat. Not only will it not dry as sandy, but it will also slow down the drying process even more... Dry time is an issue with all of these 3 polishes. But they are gorgeous. So let's go to the next: Me & My Lover: 

This is 2 easy coats again. It is bright sexy red, with a golden and pink shimmer. This polish screamed black rhinestones to me (yeah, it just did, I dunno, but I had to obey!). Just FYI, don't push them into the wet polish (as is sufficient for 'normal' nail polish). Underneath the rhinestone it will NEVER dry. Wait for the "Me & My Lover" to dry and then attach them with some nail glue. That will do the trick. 

Now last, but not least, "Hey, Nude!", based on a popular song that a iconic singer in Utrecht used to sing every year for Queensday. 

SUNLIGHT! (finally)

Gorgeous. Simply Gorgeous. This one is very sheer, so even after these 3 coats, there's still some VNL, but it's OK for this one. This one has some chunky silver glitter and silver shimmer. Awesome! 

Now I thought a bit of nail art was in order, and I wanted to try the ikat with these three:

And of course, I made a tutorial, since it was an easy peasy design ;)

So, all in all... LOVE! I had shown you my first texture here, but it was different, since it was glitterless. This is, in my opinion, BETTER! Trust me, you will not be able to avert your eyes from your nails, once you wear this! The only down side is the dry time, but one could easily overcome that for this budget-friendly price ;)

xoxoxo

Captain

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Tutorial Tuesday: Funky Vintage

Hello lovelies! 

This tutorial will be about creating the vintage mani I have done a few times (here and here), and now I will explain how! This time, I decided to make it funky... ;)

Polishes used for this mani: Sally Hansen Miracle Cure base coat, W7 White, Etos black striper, Paris Memories 236, Hema no. 23 (dark blue), Rimmel "Out Of The Blue" (medium), Essence "Sure Azure" (light blue), Etos Quick Dry 115 and Seche Vite. 

So here's the tutorial!

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xoxoxo

Captain

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Tutorial Tuesday: Essence "Me & My Ice Cream" Trend Edition Nail Art

Hello lovely lacquer lovers!

The new trend edition of Essence has just hit the stores, so I wanted to inspire you with some nail art! First a swatch of "Icylicious":

It is a really nice colour, but sadly not opaque in 2 coats. This is 3 coats, and still there are some spots where it has not quite leveled. Oh well, I still like it! The shimmer makes up for everything, once the sunlight hits it ;)

Now onto the nail art. I used "Ice Ice Baby" for the lilac:

Now here is the tutorial! Enjoy!

xoxoxo

Captain

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Tutorial Tuesday: Patchwork Nail Art

Hello lovelies!

Again, I have been MIA.. So sorry! But here's another tutorial. Remember those patchwork nails? I showed you different ways to do these (summer, neon, monochrome), but they all come down to the same principle, that I will explain here. I did these nails on my friend:

So without further ado, the tutorial:

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xoxoxo
Captain

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Tutorial Tuesday: Neon Splatter Fun!

Hi lovelies!

Welcome to the first Tutorial Tuesday! :) This splatter nail art was created by me on one of my dear friends' nails:

Here's the video! Enjoy!

I hope you liked it :) Feedback is very welcome!

xoxoxo

Captain

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Friends on Friday: Bluetiful Flowers

Hello lovelies!

Today's FoF features one of my regulars :) I had already done a similar design on another friend's thumb, but I needed to try it on all ten digits for once :)

I used Catrice "It's All I Can Blue" as a base, and white, pearly white, black and silver stripers to create this. I'm working on a tutorial for you, I will post it tomorrow :)

EDIT: tutorial can be found here :)

xoxoxo

Captain

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