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Zoya Adina

Wednesday, July 13th, 2011

I’ve had this polish for over a year and haven’t used it until now! It’s the purple/green duochrome Zoya Adina, and it’s absolutely lovely to look at. To be honest I’m not sure how many layers I did, but probably three or four plus top coat (a sticky Seche Vite). I found the formula to be a little thin, but easy to apply. I wish I could have snapped some better pictures of it, but these will have to do.

In natural light. Looks like I got some shrinkage going on.

With flash.

Weird angle in natural light, here it looks more like a plum purple. Do you see my tiny thumbnail?

I’ve been quite absent from the blogging for a while, I hope I’ll have time to stock up on some fun things to show you on my vacation, which is only two weeks away now.. and I wouldn’t mind spending some time like this:

Lazy Lakrits

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L8R G8R

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

I haven’t had time to read any blogs for a while, so when I finally got back to it this week I fell right into Sminkans holo week, and a lot of other blogs have picked up on the theme. I’m actually wearing a holographic polish now so I thought I’d show it on the last day of the holo week.

China Glaze L8R G8R is from the now hard to find collection OMG!, and is a light green holographic. I’m usually not very fond of yellow-based greens, but thought this one would be nice to have. And when I finally saw it on my nails it was instant love! I applied three coats and had no problems with bald spots, it behaved very nicely. It also dried quickly as the rest of polishes in the collection, so no need for a top coat. And the holo effect is superb!

In full sunlight.

This photo is taken with flash.

A blurry photo in the shade to show more of the base color.

Bonus pic with kitty!

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Bonbon Mint.. and Hunt for the Holy Mint

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

When I saw the promos for Isadora’s spring collection Fanciful I knew I had to have the Bonbon Mint polish. I love mint green shades, and especially shimmery ones. I have a 10+ year old polish from a line called Metro Pastels that is a wonderful shimmery light green. Only half of the bottle is left and I’ve been searching desperately for a dupe. While Bonbon Mint is a little similar, it’s still too blue to match my old treasure, but it’s still very beautiful! I will show you further down what it looks like, but first on to Bonbon Mint!

Personally I hate the Wide Brush polishes from Isadora, but it went fairly well to apply this one anyway. I think the trick is to go for less and thicker coats, I went for two here. Top coat is Seche Vite as usual.

This is a really beautiful spring shade!

Here’s my old darling that I’ve been trying to find a replacement for:

Metro Pastels was a cosmetics line that was sold at Swedish Åhléns about 10-15 years ago, they had this, a pearly white, and a gold that I can remember. The polish is quite sheer so it needs quite some coats to get full coverage.

Here’s a shot of all the light green/blue shimmery polishes that I have so far (I need more!):

From left to right: Depend no 225, Isadora Bonbon Mint, Metro Pastels no 5, CND Aqua Jet.

The other polishes I have are either too green or too blue. Do you know of a polish that would come close to the Metro Pastels, or is my best option a frankenpolish maybe? I’ve been eyeing Milani’s Dress Maker but it’s probably too dark.

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Jaded and a little experiment

Sunday, 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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Sew Psyched Gets Mistletoe Kisses

Sunday, 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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Zoya Ki

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

I wore Zoya Ki a few weeks ago, but I haven’t got around to fix the photos until now. This is my first Zoya polish, and I’m in looove! This is a shimmer polish with a beautiful duochrome effect, the base is a dark purple and changes into green in certain angles. I would say the colors are a little dusty, but in a good way! When I first put it on I didn’t see much of the green, it does need the right lighting for it. But I think I managed to capture it in these photos. I have no top coat on, only Seche Base and probably three, four layers of the polish (my memory sucks!). I’m pretty sure thought that I didn’t have problems with the drying time.

On my index finger you can see a third shade, dark brownish something.

This photo shows some more of the green shade. It was so cool to have one hand look purple, and the other green at times =)

I really need some more duochrome polishes in my collection, I have Zoya Adina which I haven’t tried yet, but I think it will be a favorite, too. Do you have any favorite duochromes?

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Maleficent

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

Purity is having a theme with Disney Villains right now, so I thought I’d try one of them. I have to confess that I haven’t seen Sleeping Beauty, but after discovering this cool character I think I have to see it =) So this is my interpretation of Maleficent. I was going for a dewy green skin, but that failed miserably! I just look seasick and oily =)

Click for bigger version of this photo.

I’ve used the following for this look:
Nyx – Jumbo eyeshadow pencil Milk all over eyelid and up to eyebrows
Coastal Scents – Hi light Green pigment all over face and on lids.
Coastal Scents – Purple color from the 88 matte palette in crease and up to eyebrows
Mad Minerals – Love on top of the CS purple near the crease
Isadora – Dark purple from eyeshadow duo “Frosty lilacs” on top of the CS purple
Yves Rocher – Luminelle lipstick (don’t know the exact name)
Lancome – Hypnose Precious Cells Mascara
ELF – Liquid eyeliner
Viva la Diva – Mix & match eyebrow  color

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Meow’s Pleasures

Monday, September 27th, 2010

I love Meow’s Pleasures collection, and especially the Simple Pleasures. So many beautiful and soft colors to choose from! The shadows are for sale until September 30th, so if you haven’t checked these out yet its definitely time to do so. I did two quick looks with this collection, one on each eye.

So here you have the schizophrenic me:

Without flash.

With flash.

The purple eye was done with this:

Urban Decay – Primer Potion
Meow – Barefoot (Simple Pleasures) on the entire lid
Meow – Karaoke (Simple Pleasures) on outer half of lid and in the crease
Meow – Funky Dance (Simple Pleasures) in outer v
Meow – Bubble bath (Simple Pleasures) on brow bone
Urban Decay – 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Lust on upper lash line
Urban Decay – 24/7 eyeliner pencil in Gunmetal on outer half of lower lash line
Isadora – Inliner kajal Blonde on water line
Lancome – Hypnose Precious Cells Mascara on upper lashes
Claudia – Wonderlash Mascara on lower lashes

The green look on my left eye was made using this:

Urban Decay – Primer Potion
Meow – Sale! (Simple Pleasures) on the entire lid
Meow – Soft Porn (Guilty Pleasures) in the crease and outer v, and lower lash line
Meow – Bubble bath (Simple Pleasures) on brow bone
Everyday Minerals – Smokey as eyeliner on upper lash line
Isadora – Inliner kajal Blonde on water line
Lancome – Hypnose Precious Cells Mascara on upper lashes
Claudia – Wonderlash Mascara on lower lashes

Boy do I need to practice more on photographing my eyes..

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L.A. Girl Chromium Green

Friday, August 20th, 2010

This is the first color I’ve bought from the L.A. Girl Metal collection (but it won’t be the last!), and it’s a beautiful green metallic shade with lots of silver microglitter. The color does look a bit more teal in some lights, kind of like Head Banging from the Rockstar collection. The formula is fantastic, it’s easy to apply and you can get full coverage with two coats. L.A. Girl is one of my top favorite brands, the colors and formulas are right up my alley!

As you can see it doesn’t look that green here, but I still think it’s pretty accurate.

This photo is taken in direct sunlight, and I’ve tried to color correct it to show the green shade.

Extra photo to show the color on my toenails at a safe distance =) This is Depends no. 164, which is a beautiful shimmery dark pink color, full of glittery goodness. You can get away with just one coat of this polish, it’s fantastic! I’ll be sure to post some more detailed photos of this next time I wear it.

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Vintage Mint with a touch of Blueberry Milk

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

This is an old NOTD from April. I usually don’t wear creme polishes, but I thought I had to try some of the new colors that came out this spring. This is Isadora’s Vintage Mint, and Viva La Diva’s mini polish no. 13 (Blueberry Milk) on the ring finger. Unfortunately I didn’t get along at all with Vintage Mint; the formula was quite thick and the brush didn’t make the application any easier. The other polish was a little easier, but still a bit difficult to get even. I guess it looks good at a distance though =)

Vintage Mint is a darker mint green color, and Blueberry Milk is a purple pastel. They are nice colors to wear for spring and summer. To spice things up a bit I put on a nail sticker which I bought from DealExtreme.

Vintage Mint & Blueberry Milk

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