Archive for May, 2011

Harmony

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

As I wrote in the post about the challenge I did, I wore China Glaze Harmony on its own first, so of course I’ll show you that as well. I first wore this polish about a year ago, but I had some problems with the application. I tried to do my usual three layers and it got a bit messy as the formula is a little thick.

So this time I had another approach – just one coat (well, two on the thumbs). If you do it right that’s all you need, I haven’t used a top coat either. But you have to be a bit careful when you apply it so you don’t get visible brush strokes. As the rest of the polishes in the Romantique collection, it has a metallic finish with a beautiful shimmer. The color is a medium cool purple, and I love it!

In full sunlight, the color got a little washed out but you can see the shimmer.

The next photos are in the shade to show more of the color.

Please ignore my paper cut..

I haven’t posted any links to music in my blog before, but I just have to do it this time. Whenever I see the name of this polish one song pops into my head, “In Perfect Harmony” by Within Temptation. You can listen to it in Spotify: Within Temptation – In Perfect Harmony

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L8R G8R

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

I haven’t had time to read any blogs for a while, so when I finally got back to it this week I fell right into Sminkans holo week, and a lot of other blogs have picked up on the theme. I’m actually wearing a holographic polish now so I thought I’d show it on the last day of the holo week.

China Glaze L8R G8R is from the now hard to find collection OMG!, and is a light green holographic. I’m usually not very fond of yellow-based greens, but thought this one would be nice to have. And when I finally saw it on my nails it was instant love! I applied three coats and had no problems with bald spots, it behaved very nicely. It also dried quickly as the rest of polishes in the collection, so no need for a top coat. And the holo effect is superb!

In full sunlight.

This photo is taken with flash.

A blurry photo in the shade to show more of the base color.

Bonus pic with kitty!

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A Challenge

Friday, May 13th, 2011

It’s been quiet around here for a while, and I just want to inform you that I’m not dead! I’ve just had a lot to do lately, which means less time for nails and blogging.  But now I finally got something to show you.

I saw this challenge at Annie’s Colors a few weeks ago, and it sounded really fun so I had to give it a try as well. What you do is pick out three colors from your stash without looking, and then combining them in a manicure. I have three drawers in my IKEA Helmer that are dedicated to polishes, so I randomly chose one from each of them. First one out was China Glaze Harmony, a medium purple, and then I got hold of Color Club Electronica which is more of a blurple. So far so good. The last polish I ended up with was Nfu Oh 60, with orange/green flakies. That one made me a little confused as how to combine it with the others. I felt I needed some time to think about what to do with these, so I wore Harmony alone for a week until I made the full manicure.

The chosen ones: China Glaze Harmony, Color Club Electronica, Nfu Oh 60.

I thought I would fail miserably with the manicure so I didn’t put much time into the application. I used Harmony as a base, and then I applied Electronica on top for a Ruffian design. Then I layered Nfu Oh 60 on top of Electronica. The Ruffian doesn’t look too bad for a first try, if I do say so myself. After that I applied Nfu Oh 60 on top of Electronica.

Tadaa!

Still not sure if the flakies work with the rest of the colors, it’s not the colors I normally would have combined.

Trying to mimic alizarine claws wonderful shots… big fail! I don’t think I’ll ever be able to keep my nails in a straight line..

Have you done this challenge? If not, I think you should!

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