Posts Tagged ‘Pink’

The Show Must Go On!

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

I only got Let Me Entertain You from OPI’s Burlesque collection at first,  but after seeing all the lovely photos of The Show Must Go On! I just had to get this one as well. Even if I prefer LMEY I’m glad I got this one, if just for the name (it’s one of my favorite Queen songs!).

I applied three coats and then Seche Vite. I can’t say I love the OPI brush as I find it a bit too wide, but it’s still quite okay for application. I had a hard time photographing it but I managed to take some quick photos in the morning sun.

I think this is described as a pink shade, but honestly I think it looks more like bright red for the most part. But here you can see both red and pink.

Here you can clearly see the orange/gold tone of this polish.

The duochrome effect isn’t that strong in “normal” angles, but it does make it a little more interesting. I think what I like the most with this is the shimmer, it’s gorgeous!

This photo is taken inside with flash, to try and capture how sparkly TSMGO is.

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..

What a QT

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

This is the third polish I’ve tried from the OMG-collection, and it’s probably one of my favorites. I like my hot pinks =) Application was pretty much as the rest of them, there’s a risk of bald spots if you’re not careful, and go over the same area twice with the brush. I ended up with three layers which I usually do.

In sunlight. Yep, the nails are shorter since the accident from the last post..

I used my pretty cat Lakrits as a background for this. Taken with flash inside, but it’s a little dark.

BFF

Sunday, September 5th, 2010

This is the second polish I’ve tried from China Glaze’s OMG-collection. I find it a little hard to describe the color, but compared to QT (which is a darker hot pink), this is a bit weaker and a tad more purple. In the shadow there’s not much happening, but in bright lights and in the sun the holographic effect shows up, and I love it!

Indirect light.

In sunlight it comes alive!

Pink Voltage

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

I was just browsing through the few China Glaze polishes that are available here in Sweden, and first thought this was a basic pink neon. But when I inspected it closer I saw a hint of shimmer, and I knew I had to take it home with me. Since it’s pretty sheer I first applied a coat of Depend no. 34 which is a neon pink creme. I don’t remember how many coats of Pink Voltage I applied but I think it was at least two. It’s quite a subtle shimmer with a blueish flash, and that’s what I really like about this polish despite it being sheer. It was quite hard to photograph this one, but I’ve tried to get the photos as near the real color as possible.

Here you can see some of the blue/purple shimmer.

Yes, I have an evil looking cat.. =)

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.

Viva La Diva – no. 11

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

I was a little surprised when I realized that this was a matte polish, but I think it looked pretty cool. In the bottle it looks like a really bright hot pink, but on the nails it looked more red. It’s possible that my base affected it (Seche Base) but I’m not sure.  Anyway, it was really hard to capture the color, it seems to have a radioactive glow on all the photos! The polish was quite sheer, so there is some VNL (Visible nail line) which I’m not too happy about. The model in this photo is a random bug found wandering around in my home =)