minty minty ;)

I`m already in looove with this color. Usually I`m more of a pink/lilac/purple girl, the more glitters the better as well, but for some reason I have a weak for minty colors as well. This OPI -Damone Roberts 1968...is amazing!!! Perfect polish, 2 thin layers was all it needed :)

Just to show you my favorite minties I`ve used China Glaze - For Audrey (is it a green...or is it a blue..for me it`s a minty), Sinful Colors - Mint Apple, Barry M - Mint Green and ofc the lovely OPI one. Only Mint Apple has a slight shimmer, rest are cremes. Only a basecoat, 2 layers of each polish and a topcoat...hhmmm this actually looks funny. I wonder what they`ll say at work tomorrow ;)

OOowww myyy Damone Roberts!!!

A while ago I got a little shock when i was going through my inbox-mails. I got a message from Daph from Nailswatches, saying I had won her **Give-Away**. Totally in shock, cause I really didn`t think I made any chance of winning a bottle of OPI - Damone Roberts 1968.

I received the package, and  Daph stuffed with more goodies :) Nail art pens from Essence, nail art striper from Essence, load of samples, Models Own - Magenta Divine ( my first Models Own!! ), tiny LE Manhatten, P2 thinner...isn`t she just a sweetheart!!

We hope to read your blogentries soon again Daph!!, we`ll all be waiting :)

S-he + a little BM with For Audrey

A while ago I had a swap and ow boy do I love the polishes I received ;) 

In these pictures I`m using  S-he 427, 2 layers over China Glaze Strong Adhesion BaseCoat. After a couple of days I want to try out a little Konading...actually using the Bundle Monster plates. I tried it out with one of the China Glaze holos, He`s Going In Circles...but it didn`t apear over the pink :) It would have looked nice over a creme ink or other creme base, but not over S-he 427. A little frustrated as I really wanted to see some stamping over this polish I dug deep in my Helmer and got For Audrey...wow!! The 2nd picture doesn`t really bring out that feeling I had seeing it RL :) It was so so cool!! A great compination for the soft pink holo comnibed with the in my opinion soft creme minty color. I will try out some more stamping with these 2.

Essence - Denim Wanted! collection

Tadaaa...I just had amazing fun :) I thought it would be nice to show you all the entire collection of Essence-Denim Wanted!

These are the 5 polishes that are included in the collection; 01 High Waist pink, 02 I love My jeans, 03 My Boyfriend`s Jeans, 04 Forever Mine and 05 Fivepocket Grey.

01, is more of a coral pink/reddish, extremely strikey, I think 3 layers would be needed to get a nice opaque color.

02, is not entirely black, it has a little silverish shimmer in it. Though you can see that better in the bottle itself then when you apply it.

03, this is what I would call a jeans/denim blue, deep rich color.

04, hmm I`m not sure about this. I`ve read it on someone else`s blog and she mentioned...not seen this color before...I think I share that opinion. It`s almost a neon blue, don`t dislike it, just have to get used to it :)

05, an absolute grey grey...rather a dull grey if you ask me. I wouldn`t wear it like this, I`d Konad a nice purple or red on it, this is too dull for me :)


Nevertheless...5 bottles for about 8.95euros not bad!! Except the pink, the colors glide onto your nails and 2 layers are enough, 02 is okay using just 1 layer!!

Zoya Kelly

Hello!! Meet my new best friend Kelly :)

Hmm...color might apear a little matte in the pictures, but it`s defo shining. I received this polish last week with my order from eNailSupply. It`s from the Wonderful collection.

I looove this color, it`s a deep dark grey, the polish itself is creme-based and glides on your nail. The first layer showed some streaks, but applying the second it all vanished. Dries fast, but since it was on my toes I wanted to be sure and applyed the SecheVite.I would recommend this color to polish-lovers!! and I can`t wait to use it on my handnails and try several Konads on it :)

In the picture I`m wearing a Sally Hanson double duty base-coat, 2 thick layers of Kelly and topped it with SecheVite. ( only this foot....cause I have Edyta on the other one )

My happy feet

These are ofc my toes :) And this is the first picture i`m showing of my paint-art, havent posted any nails yet, just the bottles thus far. As you can see in my previous post I love wearing my Birki's, but I always polish my toes! Wouldn't it look just dull is they were au naturel?! I like wearing a silly tshirt, or more eye-shadow then normal or indeed funny nails to work, makes it all a bit more bareable to get through the day ;) Neehh it's not that bad, but since I often get stories and backgrounds about peoples diseases, you sometimes need a little extra to get people smile back at you.

Back to the polish ;)

 If I really wanna give myself a nice "treat" I start with a foothbath and use an exfolliant creme ( Vichy Podexine- kerato reducing scrub) to get rid of the callus of my feet, I like using the products of Vichy Podexine (specially for feet)  for it. When I've planned to polish my nails I don't immediatly apply a moisturiser, otehrwise polish won't get "grip".

After feet dried, I first use Nfu Oh's cuticle remover cause the skin is nice soft now. Quickly dip my toes back in the bath to get rid of the excess gunk and remover...

In the toe-picture I've used;

 *  Sally Hansen-double duty....I love this as a base-coat
 *  2 layers of China-Glaze-For Audry 625 
 *  for the silver stripes I used a freestyle/tip painter by Essence
 *  on the 2 big toes I've added little nail jewels, also by Essence
 * finished it with another layer of Sally's double duty

And the finish it aaaalll, when the polish was dry I used a rich layer of Vichys preventing dry feet ( Vichy Podexine-Reconstruant pieds secs).

there you go....happy feet :)

Bourjois

9, a dark purple shimmer, A very dark purple, almost eggplant, only on short nails ;)

13, a pink highly shimmer, A very bright pink, rich color. Love it on short nails.

28, a grey creme "love" been looking so long for a nice grey, without shimmers...and not silverlike at all, and this is it! Works perfect with Konad-set as well!

 All of these have the so called " fan effect brush" and its awsome!!!. The color just glides onto your nail in 1 stroke. The polish itself, of all 3, is very very good, Dries nice, no streaks. I do find them a bit expensive, but when I picked the colors it was just what I was looking for, totally worth it.

China Glaze

625 For Audrey, A creamy blue, almost like the color Tiffanies uses on their gift boxes. An ode to Audrey Hepburn since she played in the movie Breakfast at Tiffanies. Just like al creme polishes....I really have to sit down and take my time to apply it neatly or I'll make a mess out of it hehe, love the color!

182 Ruby Pumps, Tbh...haven't used this one yet. I still have my extremly long acrylic nails, which will be taken off next week. And I don't like red colors on long nails. So I'm waiting for the right size to use it, the color in the jar does make me smile and makes me think or Dorethys clicky-the-click shoes!

687 Poetic, a soft metallic which builds up "strength"  by multiple layers...I like it 1 layered though, a nice soft metallic layer.

839 Dollhouse,YES..this screaammsss. This is glitter extravaganzzaa. Huge pink glitters which add up nicely layer after layer. Can almost put on my lipstick when looking at my nail with several layers. But as I mentioned before...a pain to get it off, any suggestions please let me know!

796 Bad Kitty, Just the name itself....wow. It has a slight pink clear base, and its stuffed with pink toned multi-glitters. love it!!

OPI

Isnt it Romantic?, very beautiful pink sheer. But does need 3 or even more layers.

Princess Rule!, O_o...thats all I have to say...I loooove this. It's really pinky pink, great for aaall girls. love it 1 layered or even with 3 as well. This is one of few colors I own, that never has a wrong outcome :)

Pandamonium Pink, I`m not very good with applying creme-polishes. I`ll always end up with my entire fingers covered in polish or I dont let them try long enough so get loads of damages. I do love the color, it's a rich creamy pink.