Funny little mummies - simple Halloween design

Hey lovelies!

Today I have a simple halloween nail art design for you! Look at these funny little guys:

Butterfly of Love

Hello beauties!

As promised, a blog post about my entry in Tip Top Nails South Africa's nail art contest! The theme of the week was "hearts and animal print" and the task was to perform this with only nudes, pinks, reds, purples and browns (and this  time, black was permitted), as it was last time. After long contemplation on WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO BE ORIGINAL, while still being beautiful, it hit me: Butterfly wings! I had never done this before, so now was the time:

I used Catrice "Sing: Oh, Champs-Élysées" as a base, and then sponged on Essence "What do u think?" and "Fame Fatal", mixed with a little pink polish. Then I took my black striper from Max and freehanded the wing structure. I started with a diagonal base, and then a curved line at the top. Then I connected them and curved the edges where they meet. Then I put a little Essence "It's just a little crush" on the bottom of the wing. Then I took the red "Fame Fatal" and my dotting tool, and created the hearts. I sealed it all in with topcoat, and done! 

I took a look at all the other entries, and nobody else had a butterfly design, so yay! Me happy ^^

xoxoxo

Captain Lothwen

Spring Table Cloth

Hello lovelies! 

Sorry, weekends are mostly too hectic for blogging.. But I did work on my next entry that was due today for Tip Top Nails South Africa's nail art contest, and the task was to do a floral design, using only reds, pinks, purples, browns and nudes. So after a week of contemplation, this was the result!

I used Catrice "Sing: Oh, Champs-Élysées" as my base, and then added the lines with my brown striper from Max Make-up, available for almost nothing at Action's, a local store. 

The nude is really nice, it's a bit salmon-pinkish, and a lovely spring nude.

After that, I took out my dotting tool and created the flowers. First with Bourjois "Rouge Velvet" and then with "Rose Cupcake". Finally I dotted the hearts of the flowers with the nude from Catrice again. 

Topcoated it, and done!

You can find my entry here.

Doesn't it remind you of a table cloth?

xoxoxo

Captain

My first Stained Glass!

Happy Tuesday!

I entered my first Stained Glass mani ever into a contest of Tip Top Nails SA, as part of a 12-week during contest, in which you have to submit a new mani every week. The first task was to create a stained glass or mosaic effect, using only red, pink, purple, brown and nude shades. I wanted also to create a pattern, but that is easier said than done! In the end I was semi-pleased, as I hope I will eventually be able to do this a lot more neat. And since acrylic paint was forbidden, it was hard ;)

I used Essence "Iced Latte" as the base, and then drew on the frames with my black striper from Etos. Then I added the colours. Red is Essence "Fame Fatal" and the violet-red is "Berry Me" form Gosh. 

Do you like it or do you think it's too messy? 

xoxoxo
Captain