Jaded and a little experiment

January 16th, 2011

This polish has been left untested for a couple of months, and yesterday I thought it was about time to use it. Isadora Jaded is a blue toned green creme, and it’s very beautiful! I went for three layers as usual and topped it with Seche Vite. I hope you can live with my awful photos, it’s just grey and dark today and I had to turn up the ISO on the camera.

Isadora Jaded

I also want to show you what my right hand looks like now. I’ve always had my nails filed in a round shape, and I thought I would try a more squoval shape to see what it’s like. I have no idea if I’ve done it right though, I would probably need to file them down even more but I’m not ready to do that just yet. I’m thinking of having them like this for a week and see if I can survive. My first impression is that I feel a little handicapped =) Anyway, this is what it looks like:

Do you have any preference when it comes to nail shapes?

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Pimping Up Galaxy Girl With Nfu Oh #50

January 9th, 2011

I wanted to play with some flakies again, so I put a layer of Nfu Oh #50 on top of Orly Galaxy Girl. I really like the result!

The flakes don’t stand out that much in this mani, but it gives it something extra.

The orange you see in this photo is just a reflection from a lamp.

I also used this Nfu Oh polish on top of H&M’s Fashionista, which you can see in this blog post.

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Galaxy Girl

January 7th, 2011

This is my very first polish from Orly, Galaxy Girl from the Cosmic FX collection. I’m really loving the rubber cap! It’s a little hard to describe the color, I would say it’s a dark reddish purple with purple and teal glass flecks in it. The blue/green duochrome effect is very visible in the bottle, but not as much on the nail. Still, it’s a very nice polish, I get a vampy/gothic feel about this one. I ended up with four layers, and topped it with Seche Vite.

Photo taken outside in the shade.

In direct sunlight you can see the beautiful shimmer, but the duochrome effect is almost gone.

I need more Cosmic FX!

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OMG, Happy New Year!

January 2nd, 2011

I had some idea that I would blog like crazy during my Christmas holidays, but I ended up playing the 10 day trial of World of Warcraft instead… oops! Anyway, here’s a late post to show my nails at New Year’s Eve. My choice fell on the silver holographic OMG, I love it! I didn’t use any base or top coat, and this is three layers.

China Glaze OMG

The sun was nice to shine upon little Sweden for once!

Sorry for the mess on my fingers, I hadn’t done a cleanup yet.

Ah, look at all those pretty colors!

I wish you all a wonderful 2011! I’m still new to the blogging world, but I hope to get a little more active this year, and maybe a little giveaway will pop up along the way as well.. so stay tuned =)

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Green Christmas look

December 18th, 2010

I was at a Christmas party with my coworkers a couple of weeks ago, and went for a light green look. I’m not 100 % sure of what I used, but I think the list is pretty accurate.

Eyes
Urban Decay – Primer Potion
Nyx – Jumo Eye pencil in Milk on inner half of lid
Coastal Scents – Mineral eyeshadow Hi Light Green on top of Milk
Aromaleigh – Mandarin on the rest of the lid and in crease
MAD Minerals – Ever After on outer v and in the crease, and along lower lashline
MAC – Phloof! on brow bone (not entirely sure about this one)
Nyx – Jumbo eye pencil in Cottage Cheese in inner corners of the eyes
Isadora – Inliner kajal Blonde on water line
ELF – gel liner in True Black on upper lash line
Lancome – Hypnose Precious Cells Mascara on upper lashes
Claudia – Wonderlash Mascara on lower lashes

Photos are taken inside with flash.

Bonus photo that my dear fiance took of me. This was after the party, so be nice! =) I’m wearing the UD lipstick Hotpants here, and the nails are the same as in my last post, Mistletoe Kisses on top of Sew Psyched.

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Sew Psyched Gets Mistletoe Kisses

December 12th, 2010

Time for some more crappy nail pics! I’m not really a fan of the Essie bottles, I think they look utterly boring, and there are not a lot of colors that catch my attention. But Sew Psyched spiked my interest, so now I’m not an Essie virgin anymore =)

So what do I think of this polish? I had a little trouble getting it even, but that’s probably more my fault than the polish, it had a pretty nice formula. I also knew that some people have had problems with it drying slowly, so I topped it with Seche Vite after three coats, and lay low for a couple of hours before I went to bed. I didn’t find any marks the day efter.

Essie Sew Psyched

All photos are taken inside with flash. I apologize for the creepy fingers, they’ve been quite dry lately.

Essie Sew Psyched

The shimmer in this is barely noticable, so it looks more like a creme polish at a glance.

So I was sporting this for a few days, and was going to put on China Glaze Frosty for a Christmas party at work. Unfortunately time ran out (as it always does for me, I have nooo idea why..) so I grabbed Mistletoe Kisses and layered it on top of Sew Psyched. I think it worked pretty well!

Mistletoe Kisses on top of Sew Psyched

I forgot to photograph the bottle!

China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses on top of Essie Sew Psyched

It looks a little uneven but it wasn’t anything you noticed in real life, it just glittered beautifully!

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Viva La Diva look

December 6th, 2010

I bought a couple of Viva La Diva eyeshadows a few days ago and wanted to try them out, so here’s a blue green look that I put together just for fun.

List of what I’ve used:

Urban Decay – Primer Potion
Nyx – Jumbo eye pencil Milk all over lid
Nyx – Jumbo eye pencil Cottage Cheese in inner corners
Viva La Diva – Domed eyeshadow Light Turqoise all over lid, inner half of the lower lash line
Viva La Diva – Domed eyeshadow Aqua in in crease, outer v, along outer half of lower lash line
Brite Bird – Pressed eyeshadow Micromiss applied lightly in outer v
Everyday Minerals – Floating Feathers on browbone, inner corners, and applied over Light Turqoise on inner half of the lid
Urban Decay – 24/7 Glide-on eye pencil Electric on upper lash line
Lancome – Hypnose Precious Cells Mascara on upper lashes
Claudia – Wonderlash Mascara on lower lashes
Isadora – Inliner kajal in Blonde on lower water line

First photos taken inside with flash:

And these are taken in the tiny amount of daylight that’s available in Sweden now:

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China Glaze Bogie

December 1st, 2010

I haven’t posted much of my polishes from the Vintage Vixen collection, and that’s because all the photos came out a disaster! I really need to find better ways to photograph without natural daylight. But I really wanted to show Bogie so I’ve tried to get a few photos that may hint at what a beautiful polish this is. It’s actually a shade that I normally wouldn’t go for, as I prefer bolder colors, but it’s really beautiful! It’s a dark plum shade with a nice shimmer to it. It applied well as the rest of the collection, and I went for two layers (three on some nails).


This photo is actually taken a week later, with an extra layer added. I wanted to get one photo with some daylight.

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Neutral Look with Urban Decay Naked

November 22nd, 2010

So here’s a neutral everyday look that I tried out with my newly acquired Naked palette from Urban Decay:

The headband is just for covering the terrible state my hair was in.. =)

And yes, I was too lazy to put on some concealer.. Here’s what I’ve used:

Face
Meow – Flawless Feline foundation in Sleek Siamese
Make Up Store – Blush Sugar Muffin (probably not very visible, I’m a blush newb!)

Eyes
Urban Decay – Primer Potion
Urban Decay – Virgin on the entire lid and on brow bone
Urban Decay – Sin on top of Virgin on the lid, except for the inner third
Urban Decay – Toasted on outer third of the lid and in crease
Urban Decay – Hustle lightly applied in outer v, and along lower lash line
Isadora – Inliner kajal Blonde on water line
ELF – gel liner in True Black on upper lash line
Lancome – Hypnose Precious Cells Mascara on upper lashes
Claudia – Wonderlash Mascara on lower lashes

Lips
Nyx – Slim lip pencil in Nude Pink
Nyx – Round lipstick in Tea Rose

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Time to get NAKED!

November 20th, 2010

Oh I am soo funny with the title.. Anyway, I’ve been drooling over the Urban Decay Naked palette for quite some time now, and last week I finally managed to get my hands on it! I ordered it from ASOS along with some other UD-stuff, a lipstick in the shade Hotpants, and a 24/7 glide-on pencil in the shade Crash:

Look at all those gorgeous shadows! I have Half Baked since before and I love it, and I’m sure I’ll find some new favorites here. The brown eye pencil Whiskey looks quite useful, too.

Here are some closeups of the other stuff I got:

Crash, it’s a dark plum color with tiny silver glitter in it. I think this will go great with my green eyes.

Hotpants,  a sheer pink color with tiny silver microglitter in it.

I’ve done my best to try and swatch the lippie. On the lower swatch I’ve done a few more layers to show more of the color. As you can see it is quite sheer.

So what do you think of the Naked palette? Fantastic or overrated?

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