Essence Pink & Proud - Swatch & Review

Hey lovelies!

I'm too tired for Tutorial Tuesday, but I owe you one! Instead, a quick swatch of a new Essence pretty, which was an early birthday present from my high school friends :D : "Pink & Proud". This is one coat, with top coat. Yes, ONE coat! It's a one-coater! Very effective polishing this is ;) As you can see, it is lovely. A cold-toned pink with a foil finish. Gorgeous. One coat, easy application.

Look at the multicoloured sparkle in the sunlight! Wow wow wow! It's very girly and very chic as well. Perfect. 

xoxoxo

Captain

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Friends on Friday: Abstract purple canvas

Hello!

I showed you before how to do these abstract nails here. I did them in purple for a friend!

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Nautical Nails

Hello lovelies!

Today I want to show you the mani I did for my weekend of sailing :) One of my dear friends is a sailing expert and she took me sailing on the Frisian lakes :) That called for an appropriate mani:

It is inspired by The Nailasaurus. I used striping tape for the lines, my first time using striping tape! It is amazing stuff... I used Rimmel "My Denim" for the blue,  Essence "Fame Fatal" for the red, W7 "White" for the white base and NYC "Full Metal Jacket" for the gold. I freehanded the anchor with a nail art brush and dotting tool. 

What do you think?

xoxoxo

Captain

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Golden Rose Scale Effects 11&12

Hi! 

Quicky post: Golden Rose Scale Effects, beautiful flakies! Packed with flakies, they are perfect toppers. Swatched on the Lieutenant and our sister:

This is 12 over Hema 23:

And this is 11 over black:

xoxoxo

Captain

Tutorial Tuesday: Funky Vintage

Hello lovelies! 

This tutorial will be about creating the vintage mani I have done a few times (here and here), and now I will explain how! This time, I decided to make it funky... ;)

Polishes used for this mani: Sally Hansen Miracle Cure base coat, W7 White, Etos black striper, Paris Memories 236, Hema no. 23 (dark blue), Rimmel "Out Of The Blue" (medium), Essence "Sure Azure" (light blue), Etos Quick Dry 115 and Seche Vite. 

So here's the tutorial!

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Captain

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Mani Monday - The Ruffian Reloaded!

Hello! 

A while back, I showed you 2 ruffians (purple & blue). I had a very important job interview and did not know what to do with my nails (I had done light pink with roses twice already), but then I thought of The Ruffian! After going over it in my mind a couple of hundred times, I came up with the following colour combination: lilac and gold. I used NYC "Full Metal Jacket" and Essence "Ballerina's Charm", one coat of each, and topped it off with Sally Hansen Insta Dri. The how-to is explained here. Put it on last Thursday evening, still wearing it today! Did not have time to redo my nails all weekend, but it is hardly noticable from another person's perspective ;) Anyway, I thought this look is very chic, don't you?

One day later, I wanted to try out a ruffian with silver and maroon on my aunt's nails, so I did, with one coat of NYC "Platinum Card" and two coats of "Prune" by Europ Cosmetics that my friend brought me from Paris. I topped it off with Seche Vite. Look at that shine! Unfortunately I had forgotten my camera, so I had to make do with my phone and artificial light (never good), but one can still make out the shine :) 

Ruffians Rock! Cheers!

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Captain

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Swatch-It Sunday: Golden Rose Jolly Jewels 108

Hello lovelies!

Today's Swatch-It Sunday features Golden Rose Jolly Jewels no. 108. I have shown you more jolly jewels, as you can recall, namely 111, 113, 103, 105, 122 and 115. I love them, since they are the closest thing to indies available here in Holland. This is number 108. It is opaque in two coats, needs lots of dabbing and is very hungry, so lots of top coat is required. But it's awesome!

With flash:

Daylight:

Matte:

Decided to try some nail art. So I took my striper brush and some black acrylic paint and did this:

Yeah, it needs a little more practice, but the idea is nice. I wish I had had some direct sunlight, that would have been awesome. But sadly, there was none during the two days I wore this mani. Next time maybe!

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Captain

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Guest Post Time! - Gnarly Gnails

Hello lovelies!

I had the privilege to guest post for the amazing Missy of Gnarly Gnails, while she was undergoing some intensive nail care treatment. In this post, I will show you how to create the effect of L'Oréal Nail Art Stickers "Confetti" without having to spend 10 euros on them!

Click the pic!

xoxoxo

Captain

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