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

Zebra Reverse

Happy Friday!!

Almost weekend, yeay!

Got a golden oldie for you today, which was based on an outfit. I had found the cutest zebra dress at H&M for no money at all, and decided it called for an accompanying mani. I wore the outfit to an art opening. 

I reversed the zebra motif on my nails, first black and white stripes, to make it just a bit different:

I used Rimmel "Black Out" as my base and freehanded the lines with my white striper from Janet.

This was the pattern of the dress:

I really enjoyed this mani, my hands looked so cool!!

What do you think?

xoxoxo

Captain

Ticket to The Show and Caviar to go!

Dear followers,

Happy Wednesday! Just did my presentation, it went well. Haven't slept much, but will survive. Here's the quick mani I did yesterday!

Without topcoat over caviar

I used one slightly thicker coat of Essence "Ticket to The Show" on all nails. This is a gorgeous black creame with multicoloured glass flecks that show up especially in  artificial light. Can't stop staring at it! It's part of the Colour 3 collection of Essence, it comes with a goldenblack topper. And it is opaque in one good coat, wich is perfect for a quick mani like this :)

After this dried properly, I added topcoat everywhere, and immediately poured W7 "Black Rain" nail caviar on the accent nail. I didn't want it to fall off, so after letting it dry, I applied another layer of topcoat to the caviar nail:

With topcoat over caviar

It looks ok, but not as pretty as without the topcoat! But I needed it to stay on my nails for at least a full day and to survive washing my hair in the morning, and I succeeded. So, I'm  happy!

Can't wait to do this with other nail polish colours and caviar colours... Catrice will soon have some Caviar in their next Limited Edition... CAN'T WAIT! NEW COLOURS! DROOL! 

Do you like or dislike the caviar look?

UPDATE!
Added some glitter, it was chipping already but didn't want to redo the mani, nor do another one. Will do a new one tonight. This is the result!

This photo was taken in sunlight. The gold glitter is a topcoat from HEMA, the gold specs are from the other end of the "Ticket to The Show" duo polish, namely "Front Row Or Backstage?" and I applied it in a gradient. The loose pink glitters are from Essence Vintage District Nail Decoration Kit 01 "something g-old – something new" and the swirls were done using Essence "Metallic Champagne" striper. Now it's a skittle!

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

Party in Helsingborg

Hey beauties! 

I couldn't walk around for long with just one colour on my nails, haha, so I decided, if it's hot pink in Helsingborg, it's the place to be for a party, right? So what would that look like? So I did a simple dotticure to make the mani even more happy! The result:

Artificial light

Artificial light

Direct Sunlight

I used:

White - from Etos Long Lasting Polish

Dark Blue - From Miss Sporty Clubbing Colours 328

Red - Essence "Kiss on top of the Rock"

Yellow - Essence "Little Miss Sunrise"

Light Turquoise - Rimmel "Peppermint"

... and of course my sweet sweet dotting tool. 

Everytime I look down at my nails, I get this happy summer feeling! Whoohoooo, I can't wait for summer to arrive!

How about you guys?

xoxoxo

Captain

Herome Prize Swatches

Hi all!

So sorry for not blogging, we've both been swamped these days... A while back, I was one of the three winners of a Valentine's Nail Art Contest held by Herome Cosmetics. I was beyond myself, hahaha, it was such an honour! I won two polishes from Herome, from their World Inspired Colours: "Helsingborg" from the Fancy Sweden collection, and "Perm" from the Stylish Russia collecion. 

Let me show you Perm first... It's a gorgeous gorgeous colour. I applied it on a friend's nails, after an afternoon of succesful shopping :D Lovely hidden sale items for cheap! It can't get any better than that.

Anyway, to accompany this feeling of shopping victory, we decided to try out my prizes :) Both polishes are pink. Perm is shimmery and sparkly and fab:

Artificial Light

 With Flash

Daylight

And that even without the multicoloured sparkle the camera wouldn't catch! So pretty!!

I used two coats of Perm and a topcoat. I'm happy with both the brush and the formula.

Helsingborg is a completely different kind of pink :) It's an in-your-face kind of pink creme, perfect for summer or just when you need happiness on your nails:

Both these pics were taken in artificial light. I used two coats here, but in principle you can get away with just one, it's really opaque! The brush was very nice and the formula applied easily.

I'm so happy with these polishes! They can be found in most Dutch drugstores and online as well.

Tomorrow I'll show the ultra-happy dotticure I did with Helsingborg.

Nightnight for now!

xoxoxo

Captain

Sassy Classy Latte

Hello lovelies!

An übershort post today, I have to study. I did a simple mani on my right hand. Yesterday, I painted my nails with a nude, it's very pretty! It is "Iced Latte" from Essence. I love how it's nude, but pink and special! But after one day, they had to be styled up! What I did on my left hand, I will show you tomorrow, but my right hand needed to be simple, of course. 

I painted the tips with my black striper from Etos, and then I took out my striper brush and added lines of Catrice "Oh My Goldness!" Added a sealing topcoat from Essence and done! 

This is the nude alone:

Until tomorrow, 

xoxoxo

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