Long Live The New King!

Hurray, hurray, hurray!!!

We have a new King! King Willem Alexander. Two hours ago, the Queen abdicated and The Crown Prince signed the document and became King. To celebrate this joyous occation, I have a mani with all the colours of our country:

I used Essence "Fame Fatal" for the red, Etos Long Lasting for the white, Hema no. 10 for the blue and Catrice "For Bright Guys" for the orange, topping it off with Hema "Glitter Coral". I braided the red-white-blue according to Cutepolish' tutorial. The orange nails are "royaled-up" with rhinestones from Primark, glitter from the "Fantastic Metallic" decoration kit of Essence, silver beads from W7 and pearly beads from Catrice's "Cotton Candy". First I placed the rhinestones in some top coat, then two glitters, and then I arranged the beads with a tiny dotting tool into the crown shape.

Long Live The King!

King Willem-Alexander, Princess Beatrix and Queen Máxima

source: Spits

King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and the little princesses, 

Crown Princess Amalia, Princess Ariane and Princess Alexia

source: Spits

xoxoxo

Captain

Crazy braids

Hi hi hi!

It's the Lieutenant :)

So if you've got long hair, and want to look for something fun to do with it, here's a few braids you can try out yourself!

First, if you don't know how to do a French braid, take a look at one of the YouTube tutorials, like this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32vYs9wKXE8&sns=em

French braids look kinda complicated, but they're actually real easy!

Once you've figured out the French braid, try a few twisted versions of it, like these ;)

The ones as shown in the pictures, are perfect for keeping your long hair healthy as it doesn't tangle throughout the day or get damaged from rubbing the strands against each other like it does when you just have it loose. Also static is a real cuticle killer :P

In addition, close fitting braids like this are really kind to your scalp as it doesn't pull you skin with the weight of your hair as is usually the case with regular ponytails and buns.

Ever get that sore scalp feeling after you take your hair down at the end of the day? That's the skin on your head stressed and screaming for relief :S Use this style to let it have a break without getting your hair in the way ;)

Hope this helped a bit for the hair lovers out there!

Thanks for reading ;)

Xoxoxo Lieutenant

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This too.. <3