IsaDora – Silk Road

January 29th, 2013

I wore this beauty a few months back, but I realized that I hadn’t posted it yet. I guess it’s about time to remind you of this beauty! IsaDora Silk Road is probably my favorite from the Jewels of the Orient collection. This is three coats, and I think I’ve worn it for a few days on these photos, hence some tip wear.

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In the close-up you can see the different colors in the shimmer, like gold and purple.

The last photo is taken indoors with flash, the purple flecks is nearly invisible and instead it mostly looks like gold shimmer in a blue base.

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This is such a wonderful polish! I know there are a few similar polishes out there, but I don’t own any of them (yet..).

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Gina Tricot – Petrol

January 26th, 2013

Petrol is the first creme polish that I’ve tried from Gina Tricot, and it was a pleasant encounter. The formula was easy to work with and I  ended up with two coats. I am really weak for petrol colored things, be it nail polish, makeup or clothes, so I couldn’t resist this one.

Here I’ve also tried Poshé top coat for the first time. I’ve been using Seche Vite for a couple of years now, but I can’t really get over how thick it gets after a while, so I figured it was time to try something new. My first impression is that I like the brush from Poshé much better, and it’s much easier to apply. But I don’t feel that it dries as quickly as Seche Vite, but I don’t know if that was just with this polish. I will continue my trial to see what I think of it.

It was a cloudy winter’s day so there’s no sun in these photos, just a gloomy gray sky.

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The edges look a little weird, I’d probably been there with a nail file again, it took a while for me to get the shape right after shortening my nails.

There was one downside to this polish, it did stain my nails a little. But since I don’t use a base coat I guess I can only blame myself.. =)

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Color Club – Cherubic

January 25th, 2013

Finally I have a new manicure to show you, and as you can tell my nails are quite shorter now. I think it’s nice for a change, I haven’t had this short nails for a couple of years so I’ve forgotten what it was like =) This Holo Friday I have Color Club Cherubic to show you from the Halo Hues collection, it’s a neutral beige with a superb holographic effect. This is two coats, with longer nails I probably would have done three as usual.

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Please excuse the the stuff on my ring finger nail, I had just violated them with my nail file…

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I love this polish, it’s perfect when you don’t really know what color to wear, but want some holographic goodness.

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China Glaze – IDK

January 18th, 2013

These photos have been lying around since last year, probably since I didn’t think they’re that good (evil dry hands!). But they’ll have to do now, I’ve missed Skimmerskuggans‘s Holo Fridays’ a lot lately and I want to show something today. This is the light purple IDK from China Glaze’s OMG-collection. This is one of my faves from that collection, being the purple lover that I am. This is probably three or four coats.

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I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of this collection, it’s fantastic!

I know I’ve been quiet on the blogs lately, I hope to get some time to catch up this weekend.

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I’m alive, I think..

January 17th, 2013

I didn’t mean to be so quiet on this new year, but an evil cold struck me a couple of weeks ago so I’ve been best buddies with the bed for a while. I’m still planning on doing a top list of last years favorites, I’ll just need some more time to think it through =) I feel that the longer the break gets, the harder it is for me to get back to blogging.

And while I’m at it, a little update on my nails. My nails were way too long a couple of months ago, which resulted in me breaking both of my thumb nails. During the holidays the crack in my right thumbnail had almost reached the end of my nail bed, and it decided it was time to give up:

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And with this I decided it was time to shorten my nails. So yes, be prepared for some short nails when I have some new manicures to show you. I actually kinda like it, the feeling when rubbing my kitties’ bellies with my fingertips.. aaaah.. =)

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IsaDora – Polar Nights

December 30th, 2012

I searched for this polish for weeks before I finally found it in a store, and I wanted to try it out before the end of the year. IsaDora Polar Nights is a gorgeous polish consisting of small silver glitter and hex glitter in a dark blue jelly base. I needed three coats for full opacity, and added a coat of Seche Vite to make it smooth. The formula is really good and glides on without feeling goopy, but I still dislike the big brush.

There wasn’t really much light today so the photos are taken with high ISO. And ignore the dry hands, I didn’t have time to moisturize after removal of my previous manicure.

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I really like how some of the glitter is buried in the blue base but still shines through.

If you haven’t got your paws on this one yet I suggest you do, it’s wonderful!

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Color Club – Blue Heaven

December 28th, 2012

I almost forgot it was Friday today, but thankfully I still have some unpublished photos of holographic goodness. Today I’ll be showing you Color Club Blue Heaven for Holo Friday. It’s a very pale and light blue, so if you see it on its own you might think it’s just a silver. This is three thin coats and the formula is terrific.

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I’m in love with these rainbows!

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I can’t believe it’s just three days left of this year! I still have loads of unedited photos from the past year, so something tells me you will get to see some old stuff well into next year. Better late than never I guess? =)

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China Glaze – Winter Holly

December 25th, 2012

I forgot my camera at home, but I just wanted to show you my manicure for Christmas. This is one coat of the dark green Hunter Green from IsaDora, and then one coat of China Glaze Winter Holly, which is a beautiful mix of green, gold and prismatic glitter. Please forgive me for this crappy mobile photo:

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You have to use your imagination to see how gorgeous this is =)

Merry Christmas, I hope you’re all having a wonderful time with friends and family!

Update December 27th: I was lucky to have some sun today so I took a few photos with a fresh layer of top coat on. My, does this glitter eat top coat or what!

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Do you see all the pretty colors twinkling in there? It’s wonderful!

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NailArt Sunday – Tänd Ett Ljus

December 23rd, 2012

The theme for LeLack’s NailArt Sunday this week is a Swedish Christmas song called Tänd Ett Ljus, which mean Light a candle. I’ve been doing quite a literal interpretation of the lyrics, which includes darkness, (children of the) the earth, a candle, and a falling star. It’s one of my favorite songs this time of year so it was really fun to do.

I started with two coats of A England Bridal Veil, for a dark starry night sky. With dotting tools I did a very irregular candle. For the globe I first painted a half circle with China Glaze Man Hunt, and then Catrice King Of Greens was added with a dotting tool. This is a very arbitrary world map =)

For the star fall I first tried to paint a star by hand, but it failed miserably so I just put on a star that I had in my stash, and the star trail was made with OPI Servin’ Up Sparkle.

Here’s a shot of all the polishes used:

L-R: A England Bridal Veil, China Glaze Man Hunt, Catrice King Of Greens, MIYO Sunny, Eyeko Coral Polish, China Glaze Snow, OPI Servin’ Up Sparkle.

Now I need to go and do everything that has to be done for tomorrow, like wrapping all the Christmas gifts and deciding what manicure to wear tomorrow. Do you know what you’ll be wearing for Christmas? I’m thikning of something green or silver.

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Glitter Gal – Not Another Red

December 21st, 2012

So, Friday before Christmas, I figured I would show you the only red holographic polish I have to date. Glitter Gal Not Another Red is a pinky red polish from their 3D Holographic range. It’s my only Glitter Gal polish so far and after trying this I’m definitely getting more! This is two coats and it was really easy to apply. The holographic effect isn’t super strong, but you get nice scattered rainbows in the sun.

The last photo is taken indoors in sunlight, the color looks a little deeper there.

I can’t believe that it’s Christmas in just a few days, I haven’t really had time to stop and think lately. But I do know that I look forward to having some time off!

 

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