A while ago I showed you what IsaDora Blue Lagoon looked like with a coat of holo goodness on top. Here it is on its own, and it’s just as lovely like that. I’ve used two coats and then one coat of Seche Vite. The formula was really good and I am slowly getting used to IsaDora’s wide brush. Now this is a really happy blue color, I loved wearing this polish!
These photos where taken on a cloudy day.
The last photo is taken with flash to really bring out the bright blue color:
Today I have a real beauty to show you on Karin’s Green Wednesday. Nomad from Illamasqua is an absolutely gorgeous jade green creme. I love how it’s soft and bright at the same time. This is three coats plus Poshé top coat, it was a very nice formula on this one.
I photographed it in the evening without sun. I’m not sure how accurate the color is, I think it looks a tad too cool in these photos.
I will definitely be wearing this one again!
Besides the polish, I just wanted to show you an outfit I wore with Nomad. Please excuse the lousy background and weird pose. It’s hard taking a photo of yourself when the cord is only a meter long. Lets just say that I don’t have any plans on becoming a fashion blogger anytime soon.. =)
This lovely sweater is from Desigual, I love it since there are so many colors in it to match with nails and makeup. You probably can’t see it in the photo, but there is some green in it that I thought matched Nomad pretty well. And yes, I also have sneakers with hot pink leopard pattern!
I was away celebrating Easter, which meant I had to prepare my Easter manicure a few days in advance. I didn’t have time to do anything fancy this year, so this is just another duo colored manicure. But that can be fun too, right? This is IsaDora Bella Vita, a bluish light purple, and IsaDora Mellow Yellow which I’ve shown you before. I think I applied three coats of each, and I blame the shrinkage and other stuff on my old goopy Seche Vite!
I had no sun so the pictures look a little dull:
Bella Vita has a tiny shimmer in it that is almost invisible on the nail, you have to get really close to see it. Mellow Yellow is definitely more shimmery, and I love this pale yellow shade!
Bella Vita was a nice match to one of the purple shades of the dress I was wearing:
I bought it from bonprix in case anyone’s interested.
I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Easter, I have yet to catch up with the latest blog posts out there.
For once I have something green on a Wednesday, which means I can contribute to Green Wednesday at Vacker & Underbar!
I found these two polishes at a TGR store, I think they cost 20 SEK each. I just loved the colors so I figured I’d try them out for that price. The formula is quite thin on these and that’s a good thing in my world, the worst thing I know are thick and goopy creme polishes. But even if the formula was OK I did do a lousy job on this manicure with uneven edges and some cat hairs stuck here and there, I hope you can bear with that. I applied three thin coats of each and topped it with Poshé top coat.
47 is the turquoise shade, and 48 is the the light green.
I really love this color combination, it’s fun and makes me think of Spring. I really needed that with the cold and depressing weather that’s been lately, even though the sun has been out more now.
And what do I do if I’m not happy with the photos? Post a kitty pic! Lakrits is really enjoying the sun and is moving with it during the day:
Aah, warm sun on my tummy!
And yes, that package has been lying on our living room floor for the past months, things don’t happen fast in our home..
A while ago I felt like doing a Skittles manicure with some more dimmed colors. I knew I wanted to try the blue Manhunt from China Glaze, And I picked a few other Fall shades to go with it.
The colors are from thumb to pinkie: China Glaze – Urban-Night, China Glaze – Manhunt, China Glaze – Concrete Catwalk, IsaDora – Jaded, China Glaze – Purr-fect Plum.
I went with two-three coats of each polish, and I’m pretty sure it’s Poshé top coat. The photos are taken in cloudy weather.
The bottle I’m holding is Urban-Night, I figured I’d go for that one since it was hard to get my thumb nail in focus with the rest to show it off. I have used most of these shades on their own as well, but I haven’t blogged about them. I usually go for cremes during the work week, and then I haven’t had the chance to get any good photos of them.
I really liked this combination!
Today is Valentine’s Day, so I’ve made a tiny effort to use my stamping plates for once. I wanted to go with a pink base, so I applied three thin coats of Orly Basket Case. It’s a gorgeous hot pink creme that’s been standing in my Helmer way too long without being tried. I chose a heart design from the Konad plate M3, and I used China Glaze Millennium (a beautiful silver chrome) for the stamping. For top coat I used Poshe. I still haven’t really decided if I like it better than Seche Vite or not. My gut is still in love with Seche..
The hearts ended up too far to the edge of the nail, but I didn’t have time to redo it so it’ll have to do =) And since I don’t have access to any light during the weekdays I had to take the photos with flash.
How about a hunk for Valentine’s Day? Can you say no to this guy’s invite?
Aaah I wanna go rub his belly now!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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.
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.. =)
Hi, it’s been a while.. I haven’t had time for blogging for quite a while but now I’m trying to catch up a little. It’s still October so I thought I would post something pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month, and I happened to have some photos of Dance Baby from the Electropop collection. And I have to say that I’m in love with this cool bubblegum pink creme! It applied nicely with two coats, and it’s a gorgeous shade that stands out in my collection.
These photos were taken in natural light, with no sun:
Wicked Style from the Electropop collection is some kind of warm bright pink, and I had serious problems with getting the color to show up correctly in the photos. So what you see here is not 100% accurate. I applied three coats to get an even coverage, and then Seche Vite on top as usual.
In real life the color is a tad more lighter.
Anyway, it’s a very beautiful pink creme.
I was pleasantly surprised by this polish. I thought it would be hard to apply and greens like these aren’t really my favorite, but I ended up loving it! Gaga for Green is a medium soft grassy green, with a formula that I guess is somewhere between a regular creme and a jelly. I applied three coats and then Seche Vite on top. Here’s a couple of shots of it in the sun:
There’s a tiny bit of VNL but it didn’t bother me at all.
I’ll definitely be wearing this one again!
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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