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IsaDora Icy Lilacs and Marzipan

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

This is a manicure from a few weeks ago. I wanted to try both of these polishes from IsaDora’s Pearls of Passion collection, so I decided to go for Icy Lilacs as my main color, and use Marzipan as an accent color on my ring finger nails. Icy Lilacs is way more beautiful in real life, it’s a light purple packed with turquoise shimmer that really makes this polish pop. It was pretty sheer so I applied four coats, but it was worth it. Marzipan was a lot more opaque so I went with my usual three coats. It’s a really pretty light green, I guess you could call it a warm mint green. I don’t think you can see it so well on the photos, but there is some (green?) shimmer in that one that’s more subtle.

If you’re wondering what that dot is on the index finger nail, I think I got a bubble in either the polish or the top coat.

Close up. The turquoise shimmer is more apparent in real life, and it’s gorgeous!

I really liked this manicure, it was light and felt good for Spring.

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Brite Bird – How Can I Resist You?

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

I’m sure most of the Swedish nail bloggers are aware of the new polishes that the talented Sanna has released on Brite Bird, and I picked up two polishes as fast as I could. The first one I will show you is How can I resist you? And the answer is: I can’t! The polish is blue based with what looks like green and gold shimmer. I think it looks like a dark mermaidy color and it’s gorgeous! I applied two-three coats and it was easy to work with, it dries fast to a semi-matte finish, so if you want it glossy I suggest you use a top coat as well. So let’s take a look at this beauty in the sun:

The last photo is taken in indirect lighting:

Here you can see the satin like finish more, and a bit of the golden green shift.

I couldn’t resist this, can you?

 

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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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Color Club Perfect Mol-ten with some Mistletoe Kisses

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Say hello to my shorter nails! I had a crack in one nail and a scratch along the tip of another, so I thought it was time to shorten them a bit. I felt a bit amputated at first, but now I’m used to it. My father-in-law was quite clear on what he thought looked best.. =)

So, this is the manicure I had last week before Christmas, it’s two coats of Color Club Perfect Mol-ten (which I wore alone for a few days at first), a cool green foil, and then I painted the tips with China Glaze Mistletoe Kisses, a green jelly with silver glitter in it, and then topped it with Seche Vite. There wasn’t much daylight to photograph in but I think I got some fairly decent pictures of it.

I’m not good at freehand, but as these colors are so close together, and there’s glitter as well I think I got away with it =)

When I first wore Perfect Mol-ten I thought it reminded me of something else, and I’m pretty sure it was China Glaze Cherish. It has a similar finish, but this one is a much cooler green. And this one is a lot easier to handle!

I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas/Hannukkah/Holiday/Whatever =)

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Orly It’s Not Rocket Science

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Here’s something I found from a couple of months ago that I haven’t had time to publish until now, Orly It’s Not Rocket Science from the Cosmic FX  collection. When they first came out I didn’t think I’d want this since I’ve never been really fond of yellowish greens, but oh my did I change my mind when I tried it! I probably used three to four coats to really get some depth in this since it’s a bit sheer, and then Seche Vite on top of that. When these photos were taken I’d probably had it on for a few days, hence the tip wear.

So, let’s have a look at this duochrome beauty:

I’m pretty sure it was cloudy when I took these photos, but that’s good weather for duochromes.

I love the way the shimmer particles (?) look.

Here you see more of the bluer green tone it gets in more extreme angles.

This last photo is taken with flash to show how shimmery it is:

I love love love this polish! I couldn’t stop staring at my nails while wearing this. What do you think of it?

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Chanel Péridot

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

And here it is, my first Chanel polish ever, the golden/green duochrome Péridot. Kicks has been having a 20% sale on nail polishes so I just couldn’t help but bringing this one home with me.

I applied three thin coats with Seche Vite on top, it was pretty easy to maneuver, though I did get some faint brush strokes. It would probably have gone better if I had seen what I was doing in the poor lighting.

It’s not easy photographing without any natural light, but I’ve tried my best to show the different faces of this polish. The colors go from a reddish gold, paler gold, to green, and last to a blue/teal shade. First some photos without flash, in indoor lighting:

Yes, there’s a kitty hair hiding in the photos, please ignore it if you find it =)

A bit blurry photo, but you can see a bit more of the green shade.

And the next two photos are with flash under my desk lamp:

The next photo is without flash, also under the desk lamp. I think I managed to capture the blue shade pretty well here, it’s only seen in more extreme angles:

And last, a photo I just took in the kitchen:

I hope you can excuse the photo spam of poor quality.

I also wanted to try and film it, I don’t know if it’s of any use or just crappy. The lighting is bad and the autofocus is far from perfect for filming, but at least you can see the color shifting:

Ooops, I forgot to edit out the sound! Well, it’s my first YouTube upload so I’m just a total noob at this thing =)

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Sorry! And Double Holo Post

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Nope, I’m not dead, I’ve just been really busy lately and haven’t had time to take care of my little blog, or to even read all the lovely blogs out there. I miss you! I will probably still be busy for some time, but I wanted to get this posted at least.

To try and make it up a little I thought I would give you two China Glaze holos at once: Octa Gone Wild and He’s Going In Circles, both from the Kaleidoscope collection. When I got these two darlings in the mail I didn’t know which one to try out first, so I just applied one on each hand, problem solved!

Octa Gone Wild is a light purple color, and He’s Going In Circles is a cool light green. It’s a scattered holo effect in these, which look more coarse then the linear holos from the OMG collection. I applied three coats of each which dried very quickly, and I didn’t use base or top coat. I don’t mind it looking a little matte, but if I wanted to keep the manicure for a while I would probably have used a top coat.

First out is Octa Gone Wild:

Full sunlight. It’s absolutely gorgeous!

Next photo is taken in the shade:

It looks more like a purple with silver shimmer.

And then we have He’s Going In Circles:

I think the holo effect looked a little better in real life than in the photos.

And the last one in the shade:

I will probably never own the whole Kaleidoscope collection, but I’m glad I got these two at least, they’re wonderful!

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China Glaze Trendsetter

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

This color isn’t really my cup of tea.. But I still wanted to try a fugly polish for once, so I decided to get this one anyway. As you all probably know Trendsetter is from China Glaze’s fall collection Metro, and is a yellowish olive green with golden shimmer. The formula was very easy to work with, I only went for two coats but if I were to keep the manicure on for longer I would probably have gone for a third. On top of that I applied China Glaze Fast Forward.

The color actually seem to suit my coloring, and it didn’t look quite as bad as I thought it would.

Outside without sun. Please ignore my non-moisturized fingers.

In sunlight. The golden shimmer really makes this polish more interesting.

With flash.

I was thinking if it was possible to make this one look better with some layering, I’ll show you what I did in a separate post.

What do you think of this polish? I thought I would hate it but ended up liking it a bit anyway, so I will probably wear it again in the future.

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Holo Friday With Nubar Reclaim

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

Kerstin at Skimmerskuggan has started up a Holo Friday series, and posting holo polishes every Friday. Today I finally managed to get something up for the theme. This is my first Nubar polish, and a gorgeous one at that! Reclaim is a beautiful medium grassy green with a good holographic effect, and was quite easy to apply.

I was expecting some guests when I decided to put this one since the sun was showing itself, so I slapped on two quick coats which dried almost instantly, went out on the balcony to take a few pics and then the guests arrived. So this was a real quick one!



Isn’t it wonderful?

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China Glaze Cherish

Sunday, July 31st, 2011

China Glaze Cherish is a beautiful light green polish from the Romantique collection. Last time I wore this I had the same first impression as with Harmony from the same collection, that it was a bit messy to apply. So I tried doing just one coat of polish this time around, and it was definitely better. I did get some pooling on a couple of nails, but after it dried with top coat on (Fast Forward) I thought it looked pretty good anyway.

In sunlight. I love the way the polishes in this collection shimmer in the sun.

Indirect natural light, where it looks more satiny.

With flash, showing off my Schefflera as well. It’s one of the few living green things in my home..

And you know what, I finally have vacation! But something tells me I won’t be able to do half of the things I have planned, but I’ll try my best to get some fun things done. Hopefully that means more posts on my blog =)

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