The Digit-al Dozen does Marble - Saran Wrap Marble

Hi lovelies!

I'm already a day behind, but here's my second mani for this week's marble challenge - a saran wrap marble.

Essence "The Satins"

Hello lovelies!

I have some swatches of some new Essence pretties, called The Satins, which have, surprise surprise, a satin finish. I was curious as to how that would turn out, so I purchased them. First up is New York City Call, a nude shimmer with a golden undertone:

Born Pretty Store Review: Marbled Studs

Hello lovelies!

Today I have awesome studs from Born Pretty Store to show you:

Purple Marble Bling!

Dear followers,

A quicky post here! These are my friends nails, and we all want to give her an applause, because her nails are longer than ever! She is a nail biter, and she has restrained herself for weeks! So a nice mani is her reward:

I used Catrice "Purple Reign", Essence "Alpha Better Gamma" and "Break Through" and some saran wrap, to create this. Then I topped it off with some rhinestones from Primark.

xoxoxo

Captain

Hestia

Hiiiii!

We're back with another goddess. It's Hestia, goddess of home and hearth. The first offering at every sacrifice in a household, went to her. Her symbol is, surprise, fire. Hence fire is on my nails now!

This picture was taken in diffuse daylight.

I started with a layer of Bourjois "Rouge in Style", and on the accent nail, I also applied one coat of W7 "Red Dazzle", as can be seen here:

This picture was taken in artificial light.

Then I saran marbled with Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours gold. With my striper from Etos, I freehanded the outline of the flames on my accent nail, and since it is my right hand, that is shown here, I had to do it with my left (which still has Hygieia on it, with the pretty snake, that I just could NOT remove yet ;) ). I'm sorta proud of my left hand for drawing this while shaking BADLY! 

Then I added some more Red Dazzle to the accent nail, in the center of the flames, to make it more fiery!

And that's it :) We'll continue the Goddesses until the end of February (so Thursday) :)

xoxoxo

Captain

Hygieia

Dear followers,

Sorry for not posting yesterday, I didn't get to finish my mani yesterday! It's done now, and I hope you like it! 

This mani is inspired by Hygieia, Goddess of Health, Cleanliness and Sanitation. As you probably see, this is where we got the word 'hygiene'. She was one of the daughters of Asclepius, god of medicine. She is often depicted with a snake, symbol of health (which is still visible in many signs of pharmacies, health care institutions and so on..). 

When I think 'clean', I think 'white' and 'silver'. So I started off this mani with a white base, using white long lasting polish of Etos, which is like white-out on your nails, it's awful. Then I saran marbled with W7 silver polish. I finished the design with some W7 caviar, arranging it in a snake form. I used some gold glitter from my Essence Nail Art Kit.

It ended up like this!

Comments and suggestions are very welcome!

xoxoxo 
Captain Lothwen

Demeter

Hey lovely followers!

First, we would like to extend our gratitude to you guys! Thank you so much for following, it is so nice that what we love doing, is appreciated by others!

Now, for the next goddess, we have Demeter! The goddess that presided over harvest and the fertility of the earth. Her greatest gift to humankind was that of grain and agriculture. So with harvest, we were thinking autumn colours, and with some grain:

We applied two coats of Catrice "Yellow Submandarine" and marbled with "Copper Cabana". The grain was added with the black striper from Etos. The hand model is one of our sisters, who crashed at the Captain's place two nights ago :) That's always fun! And since she's moving abroad soon, for a year, it was really nice :) 

See you tomorrow, with Hera! Still working on that design, though ;)

xoxoxo

Lieutenant & Captain

Artemis

Hello lovelies!

The marbled goddess manis were very well received! Such sweet reactions from people :) <3
The Lieutenant wanted Artemis nails, so Artemis nails she got!
Artemis, goddess of wildlife, the hunt and the moon.. She was tricked by her twin brother to kill her only love, Orion, who she then made immortal by placing him in the heavens with her favourite dog Sirius.
So we were thinking green and gold and moon:

We used Catrice "Oh My Goldness" and Essence "A Walk in the Park" for the marble (2 coats of OMG first, it is not very opaque). Then we added an accent on the ring finger with some W7 magic beads, the caviar dupe Captain recently acquired :D

What do you think? Athena is still work in progress, as in the marbling is done, but the accent still needs to be added. Stay tuned!

Xoxoxo
Lieutenant & Captain

Aphrodite

Hi beauties!

I promised you another marble mani and here it is! These are my friends nails that got marbled the day after a jolly good girls' night out :) 

I used Catrice "Copper Cabana" and Rimmel "Black Out". Since I was thinking yesterday about greek goddesses, this seductive mani screamed Aphrodite!

Does anyone have a combination in mind for a marble I should try out?

xoxoxo

Captain 

Greek Goddess

Hello!!

Sorry for posting nothing yesterday! I did manage to do my nails and my friend's nails, and I will show you hers tomorrow. These are mine, hers are even more stunning!

I did a saran wrap mani with Essence "Love's Recipe" and "Blues of Being Cool". After that dried completely (the next day, in my case ;) ), I did a tape mani with some Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours gold (211357):

It adds an extra chiqueness, and the marble and gold reminded me of greece and temples and stuff. So there it was, a Greek Goddess mani!

My friend got marbled too... Stay tuned for here nails tomorrow! If you can't wait, there's a sneak peak on instagram (@manismakeovers).

xoxoxo
Captain

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

Pre-Valentine mani

Since eeeeveryone in mani world is doing Valentine's Day nails, we decided we should do that too, albeit a less conventional one. After all, it would be done on Lieutenant's nails, and she is used to having her nails POP.
So this is what we came up with:

I did a saran wrap mani using Bourjois "Lavande Esquisse" as a base and layering Rimmel "Sky High". Then I added some hearts to have some accent nails, with Essence "Little Miss Sunrise". 

I might add, what she did with the saran wrap was, crinkle it up and dab it on the freshly applied "Sky High" (the blueish one you see here) and let it dry a bit. Note the lovely print it leaves... reminds me of the Ising Model snapshots from the 90's, if you know what I mean.... Hahaha your mind is consumed by your upcoming exam, I see ;) But indeed, it really does resemble those Ising Models perfectly ^^

And there you have it! Not your run of the mill Valentine's Day mani, but still sweet and colourful. Goes with any color combo really, so go on and experiment!

Nightnight!

xoxoxo Lieutenant and Captain