Ms. Sparkle's Anti-Valentine Collection 2019

Hello lovelies!

Check out this year's Anti-Valentine Collection by Ms. Sparkle! It's glitter bomb upon glitter bomb and a wonderful sparkle fest.

Purple galaxy hearts

Hello lovelies!

 

For those who follow me on IG, you may have already seen this manicure ages ago... I forgot to post it on the blog, so I figured I'd do that now. On Instagram a group of nailistas came together to celebrate fellow insta nailista Caroline Goodwill's birthday by means of posting purple manicures. It was around Vday, so mine had hearts...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello lovelies!

Since I'm not romantically involved with anyone, I thought I'd celebrate Vday with a few friends! 

I'm starting with a thank you-mani for my polish swap friend Donna:

Ms. Sparkle's ANTI-Valentine Collection 2018

Hello lovelies!

Every year Simone from Ms. Sparkle creates an ANTI-Valentine collection and this year's edition is stunning and despite trying to incite the opposite, it gives me all kinds of lovey-dovey feelings!

The Digit-al Dozen does Black - Out

Hello lovelies!

Alright, how to combine Valentine's Day with this week's Black theme, while still maintaining my title mojo of "Things that are black or have 'black' in their name/expression". This was tricky business, but I figured it out... When does the amount of babies born suddenly increase? Precisely! 9 months after a power outage! Blackout! Sudden darkness seems to ignite some sweet, sweet lovin' ;)

Vondelpark Roses

Hello lovelies!

So if you're not wanting that whole pink Valentine's Day manicure with hearts and stuff, but you still want to wear something romantic, you can do this:

Heartbeat

Hi lovelies!

Just got this wonderful plate, Celebration BPX-L014 from Born Pretty Store, to create some Vday manis!

My Funny Valentine

Hello lovelies!

Some simple valentine's day inspiration for you today! And since on Wednesday we should all wear Pink, this mani complies :)

Twinsie Thursday: Valentine's Day Graffiti

Hello lovelies!

Oh I'm slow, Samantha is faster than me! Sorry guys, I was eating dinner ;) So happy Samantha has electricity again! Being cooped up inside without power is dreadful. So without further ado, her post!

Hello Lacquer Lovers!

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so this Twinsie Thursday's theme is Valentine's Day Graffiti. I'll be honest, this almost didn't happen, as I haven't had power for 24 hours, but the day was saved by a generator, so here we are! :)

SiS: Delush "Teal Death Do Us Part" + nail art

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My nails haven't grown back to their full length, but I couldn't wait any longer! I desperately needed to wear this pretty: Delush Polish "Teal Death Do Us Part", from the Bombastic Summer Love collection.

Darling Diva - Like A Virgin [VDay mani]

Hello lovelies!

As I'm typing this, I'm still at work. We had a meeting that ran late and now I'm just not willing to face the cold outside yet. I'll go in a moment. But first I want to share this pretty with you! It's Darling Dive "Like a Virgin", a pristine white glitter topper, that immaculately sparkles with impeccable purity:

Twinsie Tuesday: Love Patches All

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Me and a whole bunch of bloggers teamed up for a mega twinsie post event! We were randomly assigned a partner to create twinsie manis with. So I present to you my twin for the day: Maria! The theme was 'patterns' and me and Maria got assigned 'patchwork'. As you might know, I've done a few of those, so I decided to do them totally different this time. This is the result:

Last Minute VDay Mani - Marbled Love

Hey hey, Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm sure it's still Valentine's Day on some continents now, so it's completely legit for me to post this last minute VDay mani! I was in such a lovely mood after winning Herôme's VDay Nail Art Contest! So my friend had to undergo a fiery love mani. I wanted to keep it relatively simple, since there wasn't a lot of time and we were also watching "How To Train Your Dragon", which might have had something to do with the fire ;) (Excellent movie btw!)

This is the result - Marbled Love:

I did a saran wrap mani with Bourjois "Rouge In Style" and Rimmel "Black Out", freehanded a heart on the basecoat (Rimmel "5in1 Nail Treat") with a black striper from Etos, and then added glitters from my Essence Nail Art Kit "Designer for a Day". Topcoated everything and voilà: A Sexy Valentine's Mani :)

Hope you like it!

xoxoxo
Captain

Skittle the Love

Hey  beauties!

I think this will be my last VDay mani for this year, since I'm kinda out of inspiration at the moment. I did a Valentine Skittle mani with lots of glitters on my own hands, since Kiss 'n Glitz had started chipping very soon.. Never an issue, as long as there is polish nearby! ;)

So there it is, Skittle the Love!

 The photos above were shot in artificial light, the picture below is taken in diffuse daylight.

From Thumb to pinky:

On the thumb, we have W7 "Cosmic Mauve", with kisses done with Rimmel "Black Out". 

Then we have W7 "Shirley Temple" with W7 magic beads, that I recently purchased. 

The middle finger is done with Essence "What do u think" that I got from a friend :) The glitters that form the heart are from the Essence's LE Vintage District nail decoration kit 02: "Designer for a Day".

(Have been waiting so long for it to finally come out! There are only tiny amounts of glitter and beads in there, but enough for a whole lot of manis, and since this stuff is somewhat hard to come by in here, I'm super grateful for this! It's not expensive either, as goes for all Essence's stuff <3 )

The ring finger is Rimmel "Diamond Dust" topped off with a fimo heart that I got from a nail art kit from Max & More called "Nail Paradise". I don't like half the things that are in there, but for this mani, the heart is ok. In that kit were also the rhinestones I used on my pinky, pressed down in a base of Bourjois "Rose Cupcake", and I doodled a heart with W7 Silver. 

That was fun! My nails sure are a happy bunch now :D 

Feedback is highly welcome, and if you do have inspiration for another VDay mani, and want me to try it, let us know!

xoxoxo

Captain

Kiss 'n glitz

Happy Wednesday!

So what should I do on my own nails? I didn't have a clue, until I saw Cutepolish new tutorial, and decided to spin that around a bit. I wanted dark nails and I wanted to try out my new pink flakie topper, so I decided on a flakie gradient with kisses on the tips! And this is the result!

Kiss 'n Glitz

The base colour is Rimmel "Black Out". The flakie gradient was done with Essence "Party All Night Long" from the nail colour3 "Shopping Trip in Soho" duo. The kisses are Bourjois "Rouge Poppy".

What do you think of this non-traditional Vday mani? I'm kinda diggin' it ;) 

xoxoxo

Captain

Sweet Hearts in Paris

Hello dear followers!

Had a surge of inspiration for a Valentine's mani, and another sister was so kind to lend her hands:

For some reason, it reminded me of Paris and lace and love. So there you have it, Sweet Hearts in Paris!

We used Bourjois "Rose Satin" as a base, Rimmel "Black Out" for the hearts and a black striper from Etos for all the detailed line work. 

Don't you get fuzzy feelings when you see these?

xoxoxo
Lieutenant & Captain

Glitzy Valentine

Hey hey!

One of our sisters volunteered her nails for a glitzy valentine's mani :) 

With flash

Fading daylight

The base was done with one coat of Bourjois "Rouge Obscur" and one coat of W7 "Cosmic Purple". Then I freehanded the hearts with Bourjois "Fuchsia Bucolique", "Rose Cupcake" and "Rose Satin".

Getting in a lovey-dovey mood here!

xoxoxo

Lieutenant & Captain