It's basically heaven

 So last year (yes, blogging fail) I entered and won a competition. And I thought I'd share what I won.

The competition was a collaboration of Avon & Marie Claire, and was a nail art contest (shock all round).

Needless to say I was pretty happy with this. The products I got were:
Gel strength base coat
French manicure set
Swift Sherbet Speed Dry polish
Sahara Sunrise nailwear pro+ polish*
Suddenly Sunny Speed Dry polish
ASAP Pink Speed Dry polish
Cherry Jubilee nailwear pro+ polish*
(Dark Purple) nailwear pro+ polish*
Fast Time Teal Speed Dry polish
All Khakied Out nailwear pro+ polish
Nail wraps in Inner Animal, Hot Pink Bling, Mosaic Flowers and True Zebra
Nail Art Tool

This calls for a new nail look!

This was my first go with nail wraps, so I'm not sure it's the smoothest application ever.

Products used: Teal - Avon (Fast Time Teal)

                       Nail wrap - Avon (Mosaic Flowers)
* I can't be sure about the colours here as there are no names on the bottles.

Easter Bunnies!

I know, a bit late for an Easter look, right? But I thought it was kinda cute and super sparkly and I should share it. Think of it as being majorly organised for next year.

The photos really don't do it justice, the sparkle was amazing. I made a tutorial for the design (don't get too excited, it's in slideshow format). Enjoy!

 

Odd phenomenon - under a blacklight, the outline of the bunnies glow but not the middle. Weird.

Products used: Light purple - Avon

                       White - Barry M (Matt White)

                       Light pink - Avon

                       Black - Rio Nail Art Polish

                       Small glitter - Barry M (Silver Glitter)

                       Large glitter - Barry M (Hologram)

Chanel inspired

I originally did these nails for a competition, but being the genius I am, I missed the deadline. Still, I like the nails, they're quite sleek, but still include bling. You gotta love bling.

 I made the Chanel double c symbol out of individual rhinestones, and took a while. Not one for the impatient.

If you want to see the tutorial I made you can find it here.

Products used: Nude - 17 (Forever)
                       Black - Collection 2000 (Liquorice)

My entries into 3TanjaJ3's Contest

A while ago now, 3TanjaJ3 held a vacation themed nail art contest on YouTube. These were my entries. Tutorials are available for each design, just search for my user name; mohnblume11 or click the links before each picture.

The first is an eiffel tower at night design. (Video)

 The second design is a palm tree silhouetted against a sunset. (Video)

 The third is ice cream. There's always room for ice cream. (Video)

 The final design is a fruit salad and it's kind of almost 3D. (Video)

So yeah, those are my vacation themed nails. Now very out of season, but there you are.