Exploring the world of social media

Dear followers,

Starting this blog has opened up a world of social media madness for us! And it's great :D So many pretty pictures of prettiness and beautification ;)

We are currently accesible via the following portals:

Blogger (DUH), but please follow us through gfc, see button --> (somewhere over there)

Facebook 

Instagram: @manisandmakeovers

Pinterest 

Next thing to figure out is Twitter, but we'll leave that for another day ;)

We have 5 gfc followers, and 5 on instagram, and 75 on facebook! In a little over a month, we've gathered so many lovely people! It's truly amazing. Thank you all so much :)

xoxoxo <3

Lieutenant & Captain

Indiana Weave Motif

Hey hey hey! 

Yesterday we had a carnival themed mani, this time we have a carnival mani that matches a costume! Lieutenant has decided to dress up as an old native american person. Now we love the colours, fabrics and overall beauty of the various indigenous peoples of the Americas. So coming up with a mani wasn't hard. Here it is, "Indiana Weave Motif":

The brown base is our franken polish "Pocahontas". The yellow, blue and red colours are from Essence, "Little Miss Sunrise", "The Boy Next Door" and "Gorgeous Bling-bling". We worked the design from inside out, starting with the red, and a little brush, freehanding the weave motif. The accent nails, the thumbs this time, have real feathers on them, which we glued down using nail glue, after the yellow base had dried. Then we added topcoat to seal everything in :) 

 The thumbnails.

 Look at how well it matches her costume! 

All there is left to say: Let's get this party started!

xoxoxo
Lieutenant & Captain

The Carnival Blues

Hi hi!

One of our trusty hand models, has recently gotten a festive pair of hands! After all, Carnival is on our doorstep, and it's time to celebrate! Personally, we just watch the parades and dress up a bit, but half of the country will be very hung over on Monday! To enjoy the festivities even more, an appropriate mani is of course in order, so here goes The Carnival Blues!

The base colour is W7 "Mosaic", and then I did a cloud mani with Rimmel "Blue Vogue" and W7 Silver. I added some glequins from Essence's LE Vintage District nail decoration kit 02: "Designer for a Day".

And look! The colours match her gloves :) 

Tomorrow we will show you Lieutenant Akira's Carnival nails, this time not Carnival themed, but in style with her outfit for the day! 

Also, we are now on instagram! Follow us @manisandmakeovers :)

See you tomorrow!

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

The Lady in Red

Hi dear followers!

Today I will show you the mani I did for my mom. Very simple, and sophisticated, because moms can hardly ever get away with load nails. And mine doesn't think they would suit her AT ALL. So this was already kinda funky! And I got to try out my caviar. So happy :D

I give you: The Lady in Red.

 I used Bourjois "Rouge Velvet" and the Magic Beads "Silver Streak" from W7 to add some glam on the accent nails. Here they are in close-up:

My mom was happy with them! Her very own version of Valentine's nails. 

Ok this was a short one again, but need to go to sleep now!

xoxoxo
Captain

Retail Therapy

Hi hi!

You know, those days, when nothing seems to go right... and on top of all that... it is that time of the month. Well, then, retail therapy is the only thing that works. Too bad I'm broke, so I had to mostly do some shopping by proxy (a really good low-budget retail therapy approach) with my sister. She had just come back from abroad and needed a whole new wardrobe. YAY! 

So to primark we went, and shopped 'till we dropped. And by 'we', I of course mostly mean her. But I was fortunate enough to find really cheap shoes, that I've had my eyes on since forever! I was never able to afford them, but these totally fake ones were cheap and CUTE! And even kinda comfy, in the sense that they don't hurt ;)

Here they are, my beauties :D 

They are caramel coloured wedge sneakers. They make my legs look longer! Since I am somewhat of a shortie, that is a welcome effect in the land of longshanks :D I'm so happy with them! Writing about them makes me even happier, so retail therapy has hereby proven its worth.

Oh, I hauled some more goodies, nail art related! Something I had been looking for everywhere, and I finally found it! 

CAVIAR! And a much much cheaper kind :) W7 put them on the market as Magic Beads and here they sell them for only 6 euros <3 <3 <3

I bought the black and the silver caviar, since I thought they would serve me best in nail art. They come with black and silver polish, respectively. There is also a multicoloured pack of caviar, it comes with a bottle of clear polish, but since I was being a sinner, I thought buying 2 out of 3 was already kinda bad..

But, I already used them on my moms nails, and they are AWESOME! So no regrets. The result of that will be on the blog tomorrow. 

I'm going to sleep now, nightnight!!

xoxoxo

Captain Lothwen

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