Prettifying the world one nail at a time.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Friends on Friday: Neon owls :D :D

Hellooooo!

Last week, my friend got me all sorts of pretties from England. So I had to do her nails and try out a few. This is the result! 





I used a base of NYC "City Blackout". Then I painted the eyes and ears and hearts of the owls with white varnish. After that dried, I coloured them with a dotting tool and different neon polishes, of which the pink is a limited edition Barry M that my friend got me, an neon pink from the Summer Bright collection. On the other nails I created a feather effect, using Barry M Confetti nail polishes 1 and 5. Loooove! Have nothing like it, so it was a must-have! :D :D :D This mani and the fact that we finally were able to talk face to face after ages, called for a celebratory snack:



Icecream with fresh strawberries! Thank you my friend, for getting me all these pretties <3

xoxoxo
Captain
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Barry M Ridley Road Texture Polish!

Hellooooo!

I have my very first texture polish! My friend brought it over from The UK. Barry M Ridley Road:




'Nuf Said! It is soooo nice :D Application is nice. You can have opacity with two thin coats as long as you apply it very neatly. I found that is has an awesome sand-like texture with two coats. If you put three coats, it gets more of a bubblegum feel to it. Haha it's so much fun! I added some studs from Action:




And that's it! Weartime with this polish is amazing. It lasted 3 days on my nails. That is super long for me!

xoxoxo
Captain
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Neon Patchwork?! Oh Yes baby!


Hey beauties!

Another Patchwork! I visited my cousins a while back, while wearing my patchwork for Southern Sparkle Nail Art. They wanted it too! So here I present a neon patchwork! So happy!






I started off with a white base and then added all different colours with different bright and neon polishes. Then I added the patterns to the patches with stripers and dotting tools, and then I added stitches with a black striper. I added some studs to finish it. 



That's it folks! What do you think?

xoxoxo
Captain

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Monday, June 24, 2013

Simple classy job interview mani

Hi there!

I created a mani that you can wear to a job interview. I wore it to an intake appointment at a company. The Lieutenant helped a great deal. She picked the base colour, a pale pink, and that made me decide to go for roses on the accent nail. She also prepped me for the conversation. Thank you Lieutenant! 




I used one coat of Essence Studio Nails Pro White Rosé (because my natural nails are so yellow and the pink is not opaque enough) and 2 coats of Essence "Sweet as Candy". Then I painted the roses with a dotting tool and Bourjois "Fuchsia Bucolique", "Rose Cupcake" and some of the pink Essence polish. For the leaves, I used Essence "Upper Green Side" and an unnamed Etos green. 

That's it! 

xoxoxo
Captain

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Swatch-It Sunday: Catrice "Petrolpolitan" and "Earnie & Birdy"

Hello!

Long time no blog, eh? Sorry about that! Have been very busy with our studies, me and the Lieutenant. But here are some Swatches from the new Catrice colours:

Flash:

Daylight:



Application was okay, not perfect, but it all evened out and became opaque after two coats, so it was good. I love the glass flecks in this one! Now onto Earnie & Birdy:

Daylight (unfortunately there was no sun :( ):



Application was kind of horrible. The polish is too gloopy and does not even out at all. Three coats and still not fully opaque; I was disappointed. It looked so amazing in the bottle! Summer yellow with blue and red glass flecks?! Amazing concept! Try again, Catrice, and it will be amazing. I mean, look at the bottle!


So overall I am in love with the colours, but disappointed by the quality. I hope they will be renewed soon!

xoxoxo
Captain
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Thursday, June 20, 2013

NOTD - Studs on Planet Tokyo

Hey lovelies!


Quick NOTD, it's a busy busy day! The title of this post is very promising.. Unfortunately the only studs I found on Planet Tokyo, were on my nails. I will ask The Lieutenant for her experience with studs in Tokyo. Who knows, there might be other than thos in my mani ;) 

I am wearing Catrice "Planet Tokyo" from the Neo Geisha collection (I picked up this pretty green for only one euro last week!) and studs from Action's! I did this mani at night, and the next morning, viewing my hands in daylight, I discovered that I had mixed up the gold and bronze studs, oops! Oh well, it's still nice ;)




That's it lovelies! If you read this blog with google reader, please be sure to follow via bloglovin', as google reader will be gone in a couple of days! Eek!


xoxoxo
Captain

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Guest Post For Southern Sparkle Nail Art


Hello lovelies!


Today is a very special day. My first guest post is up! Whaaaaaat?! Yes I know! How amazing is that!  I was jumping up and down with excitement when I read it! Samantha from Southern Sparkle Nail Art has granted me this special honour. I feel so priviliged to be on her June Guest Blogger team!

Here's a sneak peak, so head over to SSNA and read the entry on her blog! And while you're at it, show her some love :)



xoxoxo
Captain

Monday, June 17, 2013

Essence Peel Off Base Coat Review - Ideal For Glitter Nail Polish!

Hello!! 

Today I have something brilliant for you glitter polish lovers: Essence's Peel Off Base Coat. I already showed a trick with aluminium foil, but this trick is even better. Let's see it in action!

First apply a nice and thick coat of the base coat on a naked nail. It starts out as an opaque white goo and you want it to dry until it is completely transparent. Here you see it half-way the drying process (top finger coat has dried completely and is transparent; bottom two fingers are still half opaque):


After it has dried completely, you apply your nail polish. I used Golden Rose Jolly Jewels no. 113, as shown in yesterday's Swatch-It Sunday. It kept for 2 days, not bad! Then it started to chip and I started peeling:



After you're done peeling, there will be some residue: 



You can easily remove this with nail polish remover. So in the end all you're left with is this: 


Conclusion: the Peel Off Base Coat works very well. It is very important to apply a thick coat, it will peel off much easier then. I'm super happy to have discovered this!

xoxoxo
Captain

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Swatch-It Sunday: Golden Rose Jolly Jewels 113 - A Summer Beauty

Hey Lovelies!

Today I have a true beauty for you: Golden Rose Jolly Jewels no. 113! A pink jelly with small silver hexes and bigger orange hexes. So simple, so bright! Look:








This beauty is opaque in 2 coats. The glitter needs a lot of dabbing, but it is worth it. It is a bit hungry, so it needs a lot of top coat. I didn't even do nail art with this. I did not even want to. It is too pretty. Look at the depth.. Wow!

I bought this pretty here, it is a freaking steal! That's all for today, but I have a surprise for you on Tuesday! 

xoxoxo
Captain


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Saturday, June 15, 2013

FoF: Quicky post for a quicky mani!

Hey hey!

Didn't have much time last week, but was able to do a very quick mani on one of the friends! Here goes:



I used Bourjois 10 day nail polish #25 for this and an assortment of stripers. 

xoxoxo
Captain

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Peek-A-Blue!

Hey there!

Well of course I had to share yesterday's beauty with The Lieutenant! She had come up with a mani that optically lengthens her nails. Her nails are very short at the moment, so it was necessary ;-) Here goes!




First a layer of Essence "I love bad boys", then a good thick well-dabbed-on layer of Golden Rose Jolly Jewels no. 111 (which I will hereby name "Tropical Ocean") and then a layer of top coat. Let it dry completely and then tape off the middle to create the dark blue (Hema no. ) borders on the side. Sealed it in with 2 layers of top coat and done! The Lieutenant has aptly named this mani "Peek-A-Blue!" It looks great :) Now we are both wearing this beauty!


xoxoxo
Captain

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

"Tropical Beach" with Golden Rose Jolly Jewes 111

Hey beauties!

Today I have a new pretty to show you: Golden Rose Jolly Jewels no. 111. I caved recently when I had a discount code for free shipping from this website, and ordered a few pretties... This is one of them 2 coats over Essence "I love bad boys":

With flash:

Daylight:

Sunlight:

So it reminded me of the sea in the tropics, and then I remembered one of Cutepolish's latest designs and this is the result!



I used Bourjois "Blue no Blues" and a unnamed coral from their long lasting collection for the sea shells and starfish respectively. I did all of this with my trusty dotting tool. Next time though, I will make the sea shells yellow/gold instead of blue. 

What do you think?

xoxoxo
Captain

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Studded nails part 2!

Hi there! 

Today more nail art using studs from Action's! As I showed yesterday, the smal sized studs (SS6) can be used very well on the nails. This is a simple and elegant mani I did using Hunkemöller "Mint Green" and the bronze coloured studs:




Just apply a little clear polish or topcoat and pick up the studs using a dotting tool. Then seal in the design with two layers of top coat and you're done! These nails even survived a day at the beach:


xoxoxo
Captain