Archive for February, 2012

Google Friend Connect is no more for non-Blogger blogs

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

I know I’m quite late with this information, but apparently Google has decided to retire Google Friend Connect for all blogs that are not hosted on Blogger (which mine isn’t), effective from March 1st. So what does this mean? If you use your Blogger dashboard for reading the blogs you follow, blogs that are not hosted on Blogger will most probably disappear from your list. The neat little follower widget in my sidebar will also cease to function, so I won’t be seeing your pretty faces (and nails) any more.

So what can you do? You can subscribe to my blog via my RSS feed, there is a permanent link to it in my sidebar. From there you are able to add it to Google Reader for example, or any other preferred RSS reader. You can also subscribe via Bloglovin.

Personally I’ve started using Bloglovin to keep track of all the blogs I read. If you want a simple plugin for keeping track of all the RSS feeds I could also recommend the Sage plugin for Firefox, it shows a simple list with links to the latest blog posts for the blogs you’ve added.

Will this change effect you, either in your blogging or blog reading?

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A England – Dragon

Friday, February 24th, 2012

Sminkan and Annie wanted to see Dragon from A England when I showed my latest hauls, so that’s what I have for you on this Holo Friday. It’s a gorgeous mossy and muted green color, with a pretty decent holographic effect. You can also see a coppery flash to it in certain angles which makes it even more interesting.

Update: I forgot to write how many coats I used! Two coats, and it was a dream to apply! I then topped it off with Seche Vite and it dried pretty quick.

It was a bit cloudy when I started my photo session, but then the sun eventually showed up to reveal the beauty of this Dragon.

The next photo is taken while the sun was hiding a little:

And then I took a couple with flash to show more of the holographic properties:

I love dragons, and I do love this polish as well! I was trying to find a photo of a dragon and I remembered having this one on the site (if you check out the photos link in the top menu). Let me present to you my masterpiece: The Chicken and the Dragon.

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Some Urban Decay Stuff

Sunday, February 19th, 2012

While going through the photos on my computer I found some swatches that I made sometime before Christmas, I guess it’s not too late to show them. I had ordered some Urban Decay stuff from BeautyBay.com.

Hey, what’s that? A butterfly? *sniff sniff*

Once he realized it wasn’t a real one and moved along, I could take this photo:

It’s a Pocket Rocket lip gloss in the shade James, the Mariposa Palette, and the 24/7 Glide On Pencil in Flipside (Finally! I’ve beeen craving that one for years..)

The palette is packaged in a metal tin with the Urban Decay logo and a butterfly on it (Mariposa means butterfly in Spanish). When you open it up it looks like this:

Click on the next photo if you want to enlarge it:

And then we have the swatches, in the sun and in the shade. Click on the photos to enlarge them.

Row 1 L-R: Rockstar, Gunmetal, Skimp, Infamous, Wreckage
Row 2 L-R: Haight, Money, Mushroom, Spotlight, Limelight

The reason I bought this palette was mainly for the shades Haight, Money, Mushroom, and Skimp. Wreckage and Infamous are also very nice shades. Spotlight and Limelight can be a bit tricky to apply as they are a little gritty, but I’ve worn Spotlight a few times without problems.

On to the lip gloss, James. If you’re not familiar with the Pocket Rocket lip glosses they all have different guys on them (James is the Emo guy), and if you look at them in a certain angle they’re undressed to their undies.

It’s so tacky it’s fun! The applicator is a tiny brush, which I think works pretty well.

I swatched it on the back of my hand together with the Flipside pencil.

James is a cool pink gloss with tiny blue/purple shimmer in it, and Flipside is a gorgeous teal color.

Here’s a shot of James on my lips.. Hmm, I hope my fiance isn’t reading this =)

It’s quite a sheer gloss, so I like to wear it on top of a more covering lipstick or stain, I think it makes the shimmer more visible that way as well. And then we have the scent is reminiscent of creme brulee, and being the sweet tooth that I am I love it!

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My Latest Nail Polish Hauls

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

I’ve had a few polishes drop down in my mailbox lately, so I thought I’d show you the beauties. First up is an order from Transdesign, where I ordered five polishes from China Glaze’s spring collection Electropop, a couple of polishes from the 2011 Christmas collection Let It Snow, and then some odd ones.

The Electropop polishes:

L-R: Dance Baby, Gothic Lolita, Sunshine Pop, Gaga For Green, Aquadelic

These colors make me happy to look at!

And the rest of the polishes:

L-R: China Glaze Snow Globe, China Glaze Tinsel Town, Orly Emberstone (Mineral FX),  Color Club Alter Ego

And then we have the next order, four polishes from A England’s latest collection called The Legend, which consist of beautiful polishes where most include holographic particles and even some duochrome flashes. I’m pretty sure I will end up with the whole collection eventually, they look so pretty!

L-R: Ascalon, Dragon, Saint George, Bridal Veil

I hardly know where to begin, but I’m leaning towards the A England polishes at the moment. What do you want to see?

 

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Models Own – Sophie’s Pink

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

This is just a quick post before me and my darling go and nom some good stuff in front of the TV! I wanted to do a special manicure for Valentine’s Day, but it didn’t get more special than a pink creme polish and a nail sticker with some hearts. And of course the battery is dead in my usual camera, so you have to make do with the photos from my other camera.

This is two to three coats of Sophies Pink from Models Own, a hot pink creme that I really like. After the Seche Vite had dried I put on a nail sticker and then added another coat on top of that. The stickers are from a brand called OPQ, which I found while shopping around in Estonia a couple of years ago.

So here are a couple of crappy photos under the kitchen lights:

How about some extra kitty love?

Sisco is taking care of Lakrits (means Licorice in Swedish)

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Color Club Antiquated

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Yay, I managed to do a post about a non-holographic polish! Here’s Antiquated from Color Club’s Foiled collection, it’s a champagne colored foil. I’m pretty sure I used two coats, and it dried fairly quickly.

The first photo is with the sun shining in through the window:

It has a beautiful shimmer in the sun.

And one in indirect light:

Here it looks more matte, and I like that look as well.

I wasn’t really sure if this color suited me, but I quite liked it anyway. But to be honest I got a bit tired of it after a few days, I want more colors now!

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Color Club Revvvolution

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

I’ts been another hectic week at work, and here I am again on Holo Friday. I really need to squeeze in some more posts between all the holos! I don’t have a new manicure to show you today, but I found some unedited photos of Color Club Revvvolution that I wore a few months back. Hello long nails!

I’ve worn this one for a few times, and so far it’s one of my favorites in my collection. It’s a dark grey shade with a scattered holographic effect. I know there are different versions of Revvvolution out there and I’m not really sure which one I have. But it sure is pretty! I don’t remember how many coats I put on, but probably two or three. It’ nice to work with and dries pretty fast.

First a couple of photos in the sun:

Here’s a shot in indirect light:

And the last one is under my desk lamp:

And with this I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

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