Revlon Starry Pink

To avoid throwing this blog into another stupor, I will show you a manicure from March this year, Revlon Starry Pink. 

This is a sheer pink with silver glitter, both small round and large hexagons. Since the base is semi opaque, some of the glitters will look more white than silver on the nail, I really like that effect.

I got great wear out of this one, not a single ship after one week of heavy duty (ab)use. Three easy coats, no problems at all with application.  Seche Vite top coat as usual, and in spite of the glitter it felt smooth after only one coat of top coat.

For me, this was a bit of a htf and when I finally found the polish at an online store, at a whim I ordered another Revlon glitter polish as well. Popular, also a pink with glitter, I had never heard of it but it sure looked nice. I was quite surprised when I found out that they are completely dupes! 

Very well, I now have a back up of Starry Pink. Maybe it will show up in a giveaway eventually as I really have too many polishes to ever need a back up (in spite of what my crazy brain tells me every time I fall in love with a new polish).

Deborah Lippmann Glitter in the Air

Here is my easter manicure. Tonight I'm invited to dine with my mother, just the two of us. It is a great treat, to sit down us two grown ups without any kids to care for and just enjoy eachothers company.

At first I really didn't understand why this polish felt like just the right choice for easter. Then it dawned on me. One of the obvious symbols of easter is eggs. This polish is like a very delicate wild bird egg shell. Beautifully light blue, flecked with dreamy glittery spots.

I bet it's no ordinary wild bird either. I think this is the color of the shell of the Phoenix bird egg, lying on a bed of ash, waiting to be reborn..



This is four coats of Glitter in the Air, over my usual Nubar Foundation base coat. One coat of SW. I don't think this polish ever is going to be opaque, but I don't care. I love the delicate sheerness of Glitter in the Air.


Happy Easter everybody!

Essie Nude Beach

I'm not really sure how to feel about this polish. I used it as my manicure the week before last, but I've been putting of writing about it because I have mixed feelings about this. I needed something very sheer and Nude Beach is all that. It has a nice white shimmer that comes out to play in the sun and then it is very pretty. But when you least expect it, the polish flashes a weird green flash. Suddenly, my nails looks suspiciously stained for a second, then it goes away and all I see is pretty, nude shimmer. This is a strange one indeed.

Here is Essie Nude beach, two coats over Nubar Foundation BC and with Essie Good to Go TC. Not expected, the polish bled a little on the top coat brush, lucky for me the color is almost non existent so no harm done. I still would have thought Essie polish should play nice with Essie top coat. As I said, this is a strange one.

A Very Subtle Pimping

So, I was not very happy with my last manicure. It was the right color and from a distance it looked pretty clean and work appropriate, but I felt it was streaky and uneven.

I decided to add a layer of Mavala Antares. This is a sheer white color, with multicolor micro shimmer and flakes that shift from white to pink to green. It turned out very pretty on the nails and I am still wearing this manicure six days later, but it proved almost impossible to photograph correctly. You will have to take my photos as is, and trust me.
If you want a subtle but different manicure, try Mavala Antares!

Pinking Up the Pieces

Because that's just what is going on here!
(and might I add, with a great amount of success)

Hi guys, I guess I'm back with my theme again.
The manicure itself was, I'm sorry to say, without any great success at all. It turned out very streaky and hard to manage. It might be that I lack the skills needed for sheer polish. The problem subdued with the fourth coat, but then I had an unmanageable amount of polish on my fingers and it dried slow, in spite of Seche Vite (who caused bubbles again, I might have to chuck this bottle even if it is brand new, grr)
I was pressed for time and had to give my girls a bath right after I finished the mani, so of course I suffered some dents. I'm showing you the best preserved hand.

The polish itself is lovely enough, a sheer pink with a little blue flash. But I doubt I will use this again anytime soon, I think I have pink sheers in my stash that are easier to handle.

After living with this dented manicure for a day, I made a very descrete pimping for a better look. I'll show you soon, my first pictures came out so discrete there is no visible change at all. I will try again today.

Who Needs A Prince?

This is what I wear on my nails this week. OPI Who Needs A Prince? from the Princess Charming collection of spring 2006. The picture is old, I dented my current manicure before I had a chance to get any photos and although I could fix it up enough to keep it on, it is not up to close up pictures.

I had application issues with Who Needs A Prince? I found it to be streaky and it really wanted to flood my cuticle. Pictured is four coats over base coat, and with SV on top.

The finished result is worth the trouble. A sheer, pink, very work safe polish, with a strong and unexpected red flash.
And the name, of course, makes it even more fun to wear!

My Kind of Mannequin

Today I bring you a short post showing last weeks manicure. Petites by Scherer Halo Beige. This polish is still on my nails, after a quick brush up with a fourth layer of polish, it had to make it another week. It holds up surprisingly well actually. Pictured is three thin coats and SV as top coat. It is a sheer polish, but that was what I wanted, so I'm happy with my vnl's. As the name suggests, it is beige, but has a subtle red flash to it. It reminds me of an old China Glace called Lady Sings the Hues. I like it a lot. Mannequin with a twist!

It will be even more quiet here the week to come. Tomorrow, I leave for a business trip and I will not be back until next friday.

Have a great spring week!

Sinful and Innocent

A short post today to show you that I'm not dead after all, just way behind with my posting. Too much work, too little time.
I actually wore the Dior polish from the last post for two weeks straight, so there is nothing wrong with the durability of Dior Addict.

This weekend I changed my manicure and tried out Sinful Colours Glass Pink. How could such an innocent colour be called sinful?

This is what Cinderella wore to the famous ball, capturing the heart of the prince with her lovely fingers. I bet it's the same colour as her glass slippers!

Two coats over Nubar Foundation, SV as top coat. Lovely sheer glass flecked pink colour with a strong golden flash.
My left hand pinkie had an accident so this is my rarely photographed right hand.

MNBB - MyNailsButBetter!

I have heard of lip colors that are "my lips but better" - mlbb. I didn't really think that the same concept would work for nails, but Essie proved me wrong. This is Rock Candy from the holiday collection. I debated with myself before I ordered this, a sheer pinkish color, did I really need it?

Yes, I did!

The story is as follows. In short, streaky, streaky, streaky and perfect!

This is my new "no-polish polish". With this I can fool even the head nurse that I have clean, healthy and unpolished nails, even if they're a tad to long.

This polish hides your stained nails and the pink balances any yellow tone. This is four rather thick coats, and I don't regret a minute of the time I spent with this polish. Does the world hold a better moment than finding a new loved one!

A Craving for Sugar Sugar!

Preparing for a new week, that means a new almost not there polish. This is my only polish from the Misa Sugar Sugar collection. It is Honeybunch.
I bought it after a fellow blogger, Misa Polish, had expressed her happiness with it, using it during final exams when she really did not have the time for a manicure. It’s been sitting quietly in my Helmer ever since, awaiting my attention. This is two coats over a base, CG Fast Forward as top coat.
This polish was a really nice surprise. It’s not fantastic looking in the bottle, and it’s hard to take a photo that really shows it to its advantage. As you can see, it is a sheer whitish shimmer, doesn’t look very noticeable in dim light. But if it catches the sun, you’ve got Bling City on your nails!
I surely got cravings for more Sugar Sugar after trying Honeybunch. The rest of the collection is now firmly secured on my lemming list.

The Manicure That Wasn't

So, it is Sunday again and time to prepare for another week at "the big mill where no polish is allowed". Nobody cares that I got my coveted "blog polishes" Scrangie, Mismas and Orbis Non Sufficit from RBL sitting right in front of me on my desk.

Alas, they will have to wait for safer times.

This week, I found a manicure that is so sheer it's almost not there at all. Except when the sun strikes and reveals a multitude of little holo glitters!

Actually, I really like it! It also does a good job of covering any yellow discoloring of past nail treatments, as it has a very light pink base color.

This is Orly Robo Romance, in natural daylight, shade and sun, three coats over a thin base (NailTek III). CG FF on top.

California Dreamin'

This weekend I really tried to catch up on all my favourite blogs. No easy task I tell you, the blog roll just keeps growing..

So instead of writing, I been reading, and I have really enjoyed myself, so much talent out there among you ladies.. :-)

I guess I needed the break after last week, which was filled with work.

So, getting ready for a new work week, this is Sinful Colors California. I'm usually not very comfortable with sheers, but this manicure won my heart. That 's why I'm spamming you with pictures of it tonight..

This is two layers on top of a base coat and a french manicure polish from Sally Hansen (I got it in a tiny bottle with no name on it as a sample). CG Fast Forward on top.