This is what my Easter nails ended up like in the end, I added a layer of China Glaze Fairy Dust on top of Isadora Mellow Yellow for some extra bling.
Direct sunlight.
Some shade, you can see more of the colors in the glitter here.
And here’s a closeup of Fairy Dust in the bottle:
I’m really glad I finally got this polish, it’s perfect whenever you want some more action on your nails!
This is just a real quick post before I’m off to catch the train to where I’ll be spending Easter. This holiday is one of the few occasions where I consider wearing yellow nails. So this year it’s Isadora’s Mellow Yellow, a light shimmery yellow. I still hate the wide brush, but I really like the color. This is three layers plus Seche Vite. It does not compliment my skin tone at all, but I don’t care!
In sunlight.
Kitty ear!
Click for bigger size.
Happy Easter everyone!
I got my first order from Eyeko a few weeks ago, and one of the polishes I bought was the pink Punk Polish. There is actually one thing that disappoints me about the color. In the bottle it looks exactly how i envisioned it, a true hot pink, but on the nails it dries to a slightly brighter and warmer tone. I guess that’s the neon properties at work as it does get a bit of a matte finish.
The formula is a little on the thick side, but it was fairly easy to get it even with two layers. I did get some bubbling but that was fixed with a layer of Seche Vite. Once I got used to what the color looked like on the nails I was in love, who can resist a bright neon pink?
Sorry for the sloppy work, I was in a hurry again..
I know this photo is dark and my hand looks kind of dead, but it does show how the color differs on the nail compared to the bottle.
Well, actually this was the day after my birthday, but it was for my birthday party at least. As usual I was running late and I quickly grabbed my Naked palette to do a fast neutral look. To get some more color in I added som green to my lower lash line, but unfortunately you don’t see that much of the color in the pics.
Face
Meow – Pampered Puss foundation in Frisky Chartreux (I may just have found my match!)
Make Up Store – Blush Sugar Muffin lightly applied
Eyes
Urban Decay – Primer Potion
Urban Decay – Virgin on inner third of lid
Urban Decay – Sin on the rest of the lid and in crease
Urban Decay – Toasted in outer v
MAD – Coy Pink on browbone
Isadora – Inliner kajal Blonde on water line
Everyday Minerals – Smokey to line upper lash line
Urban Decay – 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Covet on outer half of lower lash line
Brite Bird – Micromiss applied on top of Covet
Lumene – Blueberry Curl Waterproof Mascara on upper lashes
Claudia – Wonderlash Mascara on lower lashes
Viva La Diva – Mix & Match Eyebrow Color, medium brown shade used to lightly fill in eyebrows
Lips
Isadora – Crystal Gloss Stick in Twinkling Pink
Nails
Eyeko – Punk (I’ll write a post about that one another day!)
And a couple of blurry full face photos (Click for bigger). There’s no auto focus when I use my remote trigger for my camera so I have to guess where the focus is..
Yay pink nails!
The necklace is the Perky Goth necklace from Whimsy Beading by the way. You should check out their jewelry if you haven’t already, there are so many beautiful things to drool over!
When I saw Purple With A Purpose at ClawsInColor I knew I had to have it, I’m pretty weak for this kind of purple. And now that I got it, I can definitely say it’s my type of purple. If I only were allowed to wear one color on my nails for the rest of my life, it would be something like this. I’m not sure if you could call this a blurple, I don’t find it blue enough. On the other hand it’s not really red either, so I guess it’s just purple =)
I have to say that I’m not too fond of the wide brush that OPI has, it was a real pain to paint my pinky nail with this. Other than that the formula was OK, I ended up with three layers as usual. This was also my first try with China Glaze’s top coat Fast Forward. I have one thing to say about that one, it sure smells a lot! It’s too early to tell how it compares to my Seche Vite, but it seems to get the job done as well.
In daylight with no flash.
Taken with flash.
Full sunlight, the base color looks a little too red here. The shimmer seems to be a mix of pink and blue, and it’s so beautiful!
I was challenged by Honi to do this beauty tag, since it’s in Swedish I will be bilingual today! First the original one:
1. Vilken foundation använder du?
Jag använder mineralfoundation från Meow Cosmetics, just nu är det Flawless Feline-formulan i nyansen Sleek Siamese. Tyvärr har jag insett att den nyansen inte är helt rätt, den matchar ansiktet men troligtvis inte resten av mig..
2. Favoritconcealer?
Jag är ingen flitig användare av concealer (även om jag behöver det..) men det blir oftast Make Up Stores beiga Cover All Mix-penna, den är betydligt smidigare att jobba med än den vanliga concealern i burk.
3. Vad har din hudton för undertoner?
Jag önskar jag visste det! Jag har alltid trott att jag varit kall och rosa, men det stämmer egentligen bara för ansiktet, i övrigt är jag mer gul/olivtonad om jag inte har sett helt fel. Så just nu håller jag på att reda ut vilken färg jag behöver för att matcha hela mig.
4. Din åsikt om lösögonfransar?
Att sätta dit lösögonfransar är en konst som jag ej ännu har lärt mig riktigt. Jag kan tänka mig att det kan vara kul att ha till fest ibland, men inget jag skulle orka pilla med till vardags.
5. Slänger du din mascara efter tre månader?
På ett ungefär, jag brukar ha ett hum om när jag började använda den och sedan märker man ofta när det börjar bli dags att göra sig av med den. Jag behåller aldrig någon mer än sex månader iaf.
6. Vilken är din favoritmascara?
Har inte hittat min perfekta mascara ännu, men Lancome Hypnose Precious Cells är nog en av de bästa jag provat hittills.
7. Favoritapplikatorer?
Penslar, billiga sådana.. =) Jag har en hel hög från Coastal Scents t ex.
8. Använder du någon primer?
Urband Decay Primer Potion är ett måste till ögonen, sedan använder jag Lorea’l Smoothing Resurfacing Primer i T-zonen lite då och då när jag har tid till det.
9. Favvoögonskugga?
Om man ser till den jag använder mest så är det Brite Bird-skuggan Cream Cat, den perfekta hilightern! Annars är det väldigt svårt att välja en favorit, det finns ju så många!
10. Favvoläppstift?
Jag använder massa läppstift, men just nu är nog favoriten ett fuktgivande läppstift från Yves Rochers Coleurs Nature-serie i färgen Rosa Alba.
11. Favvoläppglans?
Använder knappt läppglans så jag kan inte påstå att jag har någon favorit, men idag har jag faktiskt på mig Monroe a Go Go från Coastal Scents.
12. Favvoblush?
Jag använder nästan bara Sugar Muffin från Make Up Store, det är en trevlig rosa färg med lite diskret skimmer. Jag äger nog bara typ två rouge eller nåt.. =)
13. Vad tycker du om billigare “drugstore”make up?
Yay! Det behöver inte vara skit för att det är billigt. Kvalitén sitter inte alltid i priset.
14. Har du nånsin funderat på att ta en/gå en sminkkurs?
Nope, smink är bara en kul hobby för mig, och jag har inte direkt några talanger att tala om ändå så.
15. Vilket är det värsta sminkmisstaget tycker du?
Fel foundationnyans kanske? *skyldig* Eller ovårdade ögonbryn? *skyldig* Annars är nog det värsta jag vet massa brun utan sol som ser helt fake ut, och mörk läppenna med ljust läppstift, eek!
16. Föredrar du neutrala färger eller färgstarka nyanser?
Färg, men tyvärr blir det inte så mycket av det till vardags.. förutom på naglarna då =)
17. Nämn ett av dina favoritmärken när det gäller smink.
Urban Decay får det bli, bra primer, fina skuggor och jag älskar deras eyeliners. Annars håller jag mig mest till mineralsmink från diverse indie-företag.
And here’s my translation of it in English:
1. What foundation are you using?
I’m using a mineral foundation from Meow Cosmetics, right now it’s the Flawless Feline formula in the shade Sleek Siamese. Unfortunately I’ve realized that the shade isn’t perfect, it matches my face but probably not the rest of me..
2. Favorite concealer?
I’m not an avid user of concealers (even if I need it..), but I usually go fore Make Up Stores beige Cover All Mix pencil, it’s a lot smoother to work with than their usual Cover All Mix in a jar.
3. What undertones do your skin have?
I wish I knew! I always thought I’ve been cool and pink, but that has only been true for my face, the rest of my body is more yellow/olive if I’m not totally mistaken. So now I’m trying to figure out what color I need to match all of me.
4. Your opinion on false lashes?
To apply false lashes is an art I haven’t really mastered yet. I can imagine it would be fun to wear to parties sometimes, but it’s nothing I’d do on normal weekdays.
5. Do you throw away your mascara after three months?
Kind of, I usually have some idea of when I started using it, and then I usually go by how the mascara looks and feels to determine when it’s time to change. I would never keep it for longer than six months.
6. What’s your favorite mascara?
I haven’t found my perfect mascara yet, but Lancome Hypnose Precious Cells is probably one of the best I’ve tried so far.
7. Favorite tools for application?
Brushes, and cheap ones at that.. =) I have a whole bunch from Coastal Scents for example.
8. Do you use a primer?
Urband Decay Primer Potion is a must for my eyes, I also use Lorea’l Smoothing Resurfacing Primer in my T-zone now and then when I have time for it.
9. Fave eyeshadow?
If I look at which one I use the most it’s the Brite Bird shadow Cream Cat, the perfect hilighter! Other than that it’s very hard to choose a favorite, there are so many!
10. Fave lipstick?
I use a lot of lipsticks, but right now my favorite is probably the moisturizing lipstick from Yves Rocher’s line Coleurs Nature, in the color Rose Alba.
11. Fave lip gloss?
I hardly ever use lip gloss so I can’t say that I have a favorite, but today I’m actually wearing Monroe a Go Go from Coastal Scents.
12. Fave blush?
I almost only use Sugar Muffin from Make Up Store, it’s a nice pink color with a subtle shimmer. I only own like two blushes or something.. =)
13. What do you think about cheaper “drugstore” makeup?
Yay! It doesn’t have to be crap just because it’s cheap. Price doesn’t always equal quality.
14. Have you ever considered taking makeup classes?
Nope, makeup is just a fun hobby for me, and it’s not like I have any talent or so anyway.
15. What’s the worst makeup failure in your opinion?
Wrong foundation color maybe? *guilty* Or unkept eyebrows? *guilty* Other than that I guess the worst thing is obvious fake tanning, and wearing a dark lip pencil with a light lipstick, eek!
16. Do you prefer neutral or colorful shades?
Colorful, but unfortunately there’s not much of that on the weekdays.. except for on the nails of course =)
17. Name one of your favorite makeup brands.
I’ll say Urban Decay then, they have a good primer, nice eyeshadows, and I love their eyeliners. Apart from that I usually stick to mineral makeup from miscellaneous indie companies.
Here’s a fresh photo of me, not looking too fresh, it’s been a hard week at work! I just wanted to show you the lip gloss I’m wearing, Monroe a Go Go, it’s a very nice pink!
You can click for bigger, but really, don’t.. =)
So who do I tag to do this? Anyone who feels they’re up to the task!
I just couldn’t resist picking up Depend 227, it’s a lovely bright green turquoise with silver shimmer. Unfortunately I didn’t really get along with the formula, it was a little too goopy for my taste. I applied two layers and the result was a little uneven, but I was in a hurry when applying it so I could probably have done better than this. I also applied Seche Vite top coat.
I just love this color!
Then I felt like playing some more, so I made a gradient with the light blue turquoise Depend 221:
The colors may be a little off here but I think you can still see the effect.
Then I wanted to try my new CND Effects polish Amethyst Sparkle.
You can’t see much of the sparkle here, it was more obvious IRL. The bottle shows more what it looks like on the nails.
And to top it all of I pulled out my favorite Nfu Oh polish, #50:
This manicure was quite fun to do! I’m sorry I couldn’t get better photos than this.
This is the last one of the four polishes I have from the Anchors Away collection, Ahoy! I’ve really been missing some more color on my nails! Ahoy is a dark cool pink jelly with golden glass flecks in it, and it’s absolutely gorgeous! It’s a little darker and cooler than I thought it would be, but that’s not a bad thing at all. I had a really hard time trying to capture the color, but I did some Photoshop magic to try and correct the color a little. This is my usual three coats + top coat (Seche Vite):
Outside in indirect light.
Direct sunlight.
In the shade I think.
This is a shot of the bottle where you can see the gold a little better, ont he nail it kind of sinks in. Click the photo to see a bigger version. Ahoy! is probably my favorite from this collection, but that wasn’t much of a surprise as I love shiny things and cool pinks!
Here’s another polish from the Anchors Away collection, the pale peachy Sunset Sail with silver shimmer in it. I didn’t plan to get this one at first, but I was curious about what it would look like on me. I first tried it out on my toenails and asked my fiance what he thought: “It looks discolored”. That didn’t sound very encouraging… To be honest I wasn’t sure about it myself. But then I tried it on “for real” and I think I actually like it. My fiance still thought it looked ugly, but he doesn’t care much for polishes anyway so it doesn’t really count =) This is three coats plus one coat of Seche Vite:
Full sunlight. I feel that Spring is slowly approaching! The polish looks a little more saturated on the nails than what it looks like in the bottle.
I like the subtle shimmer that some of the polishes from this collection have. It makes it so much more interesting than just a plain creme.
This photo is taken with flash.
What do you think of this one? Gorgeous or ugly?
Before I took Pelican Gray off I wanted to try it as a base for some layering, as I thought a light grey would be perfect to try some different things on. This was actually after 13 days of wear, with three coats of Pelican Gray and one coat of Seche Vite. I had a lot to do recently and I just didn’t have time for my nails. Not too bad huh?
I guess this proves how little I do… =)
Anyway, I picked a few random polishes from my stash to try out:
Left to right: Max Factor Dazzling Blue, OPI Not Like The Movies, China Glaze Frosty, Nfu Oh #50.
I see now that the Nfu Oh bottle is facing the wrong way, but at least you can admire the pretty lacing on the back =)
And here they are layered in the same order on my nails, one coat each:
Not Like The Movies would probably need another coat to look good. Dazzling Blue is looking a bit uneven and would probably have needed an extra coat as well. The flakies looked okay, but it wasn’t the best pairing I’ve seen. My favorite combination of these is probably Pelican Gray + Frosty, as it turned out a beautiful light silver.
Name: Martina Karlsson
Age: 30
Lives in: Kungsbacka, Sweden
Height: 160 cm
Hair color: Brown
Eyes: Green with a touch of blue
Favorite colors: Black, purple, hot pink, teal, silver
Occupation: Systems developer
Pets: Two cats, Lakrits and Sisco
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