Seeing as saturday is the first day of spring, I thought we could have a spring inspired competition..
Here are the rules

1. It is basically an open theme,
2. I will need 10 people to participate or the prize WILL default, for every 10 over the first 10 (eg:20,30,40 so on0 I will add another prize.
3.you may use any brand of polish you choice,
4. No stamping, No stickers, No transfers and no acrylic paints.
5. the entries must be emailed to me countessnails01@gmail.com or minkysam24@gmail.com or posted on the wall no later than 15/09/2012.
6. I will announce the winner on sunday 16/09
7. you may enter 2 entries but will ony count as one as they are from the same person, but will be judged separately.
8. You need to follow me on facebook (this will be checked)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Countess-Nails/248163828597427
as well as my forum, this is a fun placed to ask and have fun http://countessnails.myfastforum.org/index.php
9. A blog post will be done for the winner,
10. Not a must, bit please share my page, the more entries we get the more prizes there will be.
11.Please remember this is for fun not only the prize.

PINKS from Tip Top Nails South Africa

I have done a totally pink set, for a pink competition on https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/PrittyKittyzNailz

I used Tip Top pinks for this design, 12 of them
1. Cozy Cotton (Nail Addict)
2. Candy floss (Nail Addict)
3. Marshmellow Bunny (Nail Addict)
4. Let Me Be (Nail Addict)
5. Perfect For Me (Nail Addict)
6. Pinkasso (Nail Addict)
7. Popsicle (Nail Addict)
8. Strawberries 'N Cream (Nail Chic)
9. Pot-o-Berries (Nail Chic)
10. Rosebud Cherry (Nail Chic)
11. Pink Lady (Nail Chic)
12. Meringue Surprise (Nail Chic)

I started with an ombre of pinks for my backround
on 3 nails I did ombre flowers, oppersite of the backround



Also made the gems on the flowers ombre, I was really happy with the way these came out

I did my ring finger and thumb as my accent nails, on the same backround, I hand painted flowers.

This was a really fin design to do
I hope you try it out

Oh and check out this amazing graphics Joanna from https://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Polished-Dezinez-Addict/330501330327610 POLISHED DEZINEZ ADDICT did for me.

Signiture Prize

This is my prize I got from  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Polished-Dezinez-Addict/330501330327610 Polished Dezinez Addict. I absolutely love it to bit,

Snake skin Tuts

thought i'd put my step by step for snake skin up
loved doing this

This particluar one was inspired by Love4nails, I absolutely love her work

 Materials needed

 add colour to paper

 wrap nail with netting

 with a make up sponge dab onto your already painted ans netted nail

 do the whole thing again, using a different colour and making sure you wrap the netting in a different direction

And its ready for a top coat..