Posts Tagged ‘Shimmer’

Color Club – Tangerine Scream

Sunday, August 11th, 2013

How about an old goodie today? This is Color Club Tangerine Scream from the Electro Candy collection, which I think was released back in 2009. It was one of the first Color Club polishes I bought a few years ago, and I hadn’t tried it until now!  This is an orange neon with shimmer that looks a bit green in the bottle. When you wear it it mostly looks like silver shimmer but in some lights you can see the green shift. I really like how the shimmer softens the orange color, I feel that it makes it more wearable if you don’t want the neon to be too much in your face.

I was afraid this would be very sheer on its own, so I started off with Seche Ridge Filling Base Coat, and then applied three coats of Tangerine Scream. But I think it covered pretty well actually, there wasn’t  much of a VNL. As it’s a neon it dries a little matte, but I liked the effect so I skipped the top coat. Of course I bumped into something with my nails so I got a little dent, but it wasn’t that bad.

Let me tell you, it was not easy to get the color right on the photos. Here’s a shot in the sun:

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The next two photos are in the shade:

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Why do I wait so long to use gorgeous polishes like this?

A England – Tess D’Urbervilles

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013

It seems like I didn’t just take vacation from work, but also from this blog. I’m probably the worst blogger out there, but I don’t really care about that =) With the absolutely fantastic weather that’s been lately in Sweden I’ve just taken the opportunity to enjoy life out there, in real life =)

Anyway, I have a dark vampy beauty for you today, which of course is green for Green Wednesday at Vacker & Underbar! When I chose a polish for my first week of vacation you would think I would go for something fun and bright. But nooo, I picked one of the darkest shades I have. Tess D’Urbervilles from A England’s collection Gothic Beauties is a very dark green shimmer. In dim lighting it mostly looks black but I think it’s quite easy to see the green shade in normal indoor lighting. I applied two coats plus Poshé top coat, and there were no problems at all with the formula.

My camera had some troubles with focusing in the sun, but I think you can get an idea of how beautiful it is:

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The next two photos are taken in indirect light outside, it’s gorgeous even then:

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Oh boy, do I have a lot of blog posts to wade through on Bloglovin’ now..

A England – Princess Sabra

Friday, June 28th, 2013

Yay it’s time for Skimmerskuggan’s Holo Friday again! Princess Sabra is one of the holographic polishes from A England’s the Legends collection. It has the additional name Tristam Eyes (the creator Adina’s cat), and I can really see this being the color of a cat eye. is color. I would describe the color as a olive toned beige/gold, and it’s a nice discrete color. I applied two coats of Princess Sabra, if I were to wear it longer than a day I would probably have gone for three coats. Unfortunately the brush in this bottle was really wonky so the application wasn’t the best.

Lets take a look at it in the sun:

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The holographic effect wasn’t visible at all when I photographed it in the shade:

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I took another photo by the computer to try and catch the slight holographic effect indoors. It’s grainy and the color is a bit off, but I think you get the idea of what it looks like:

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In normal lighting the holographic effect gives the color some extra depth, and it’s really quite beautiful. It’s a really nice polish, the only bad thing was the brush, but that can happen to the best of brands.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend! I hope I can get to edit some photos for the blog, I have loads of stuff that I still haven’t posted and it just keeps piling up.

Cirque – Ophelia

Tuesday, June 25th, 2013

Another couple of weeks of silence.. I really can’t keep up can I? Anyway, it’s time to show you Cirque Ophelia. It’s a beautiful  periwinkle blue hex glitter in a clear base. It also has shimmer in it, I’m not quite sure if it’s the shimmer that makes this polish look iridescent, it seems to have a bit of a pink shift to it. What you see on the photos are two coats of Ophelia on top of one coat of the black creme Camelot from A England. The formula was really nice, it was fairly easy to get an even layer of glitter and it wasn’t goopy at all. I didn’t use top coat since it was only a quick swatch, but I imagine one layer of top coat would be enough to make it smooth.

This is what Ophelia looks like in indirect light:

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Here it is in the sun:

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How about a close-up?

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I love the shimmer in it as well, it makes it more interesting than if it had just been the glitter. I’ll definitely be wearing this again, maybe with another base color.

Essence – Oh My Glitter!

Thursday, June 6th, 2013

And here we go again, yet another period of silence from me. It’s been a hectic period at work (and still is), plus the garden has been in need of maintenance. That means not much time left for blogging.

Anyway, here’s what I’m wearing on my nails at the moment, Oh My Glitter! from the Essence Colour & Go line. I fell in love with this polish when I first saw it at Nihrida. It’s a medium warm purple  with a beautiful pink and blue shimmer. With a name like that you would think that it’s a glitter polish, but it’s not. Not sure what they were thinking there… It’s a bit sheer but I thought it was enough with three coats plus Poshé top coat. The formula was great, it’s a bit thin but I prefer that to thicker ones. I did get some shrinkage, I don’t know if that would have happened on its own or if it was because of the top coat.

Unfortunately I didn’t get any good photos of this one, I came home late from work when the sun already had disappeared from our garden. So the first two photos are in the shade, and the third was me chasing the last rays of sun that was shining through the foliage of the nearby forest.

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Do you see the pretty shimmer? You mostly see the pink shimmer and it’s really beautiful. And I love how the cap on the bottle is matching the actual nail polish.

I really wish Essence was sold here in Sweden! Ah well, at least I have a reason for visiting southern Europe again.. =)

 

Picture Polish – Kryptonite

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013

Long time no write for me… April has been a busy month so there hasn’t really been time nor motivation to write any blog posts. But if you’ve been stopping by anyway you may have noticed that there is some life on my Instagram feed in the sidebar.

But today I have a green beauty to show you on Karin’s Green Wednesday! I fell in love with this polish the first time I saw it a few years ago, and finally I have it. Kryptonite is a dark green jelly filled with irregular shaped holo shimmer. My photos do not do this polish justice, it has to be seen in real life. It was easy to apply, and I went with three coats to get real depth in it.

A couple of shots in the sun:

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The next photo is taken in the shade, where the shimmer looks mostly silver:

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And last we have a closeup of it:

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Isn’t it gorgeous? I love that it has a jelly finish so that you can see the underlying shimmer, it gives the polish a wonderful depth.

Simple Easter Manicure with IsaDora

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

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:

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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:

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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.

IsaDora – Night Flight

Monday, February 18th, 2013

I finally have a blue polish for Monday, which means I can contribute to Mrs Data’s Blue Monday (Blå Måndag)! This is IsaDora Night Flight, a gorgeous dark blue shimmer that was released last Fall. This is two coats with Seche Vite on top. It was snowing when I was photographing so the light wasn’t the best.

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I tend to forget about this color for some reason, I really should wear blues more often!

IsaDora – Silk Road

Tuesday, 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..).

Essence – Walk On The Wild Side

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Here’s a real beauty from Essence, the dark mossy green Walk On The Wild Side. It contains shimmer in a lighter green shade, and there’s also a hint of gold in there that you can see in the last photo. This is two coats, the formula was a little on the thick side, but if you just have enough polish on the brush it’s fine. I then added a coat of Seche Vite as usual.

I just love the new bottles that Essence have, with caps that coordinate with the color of the polish.

The last photo is taken with flash, and you can see some tiny gold specks there.

I really liked this, it feels like a perfect polish for Fall!