Orly Fancy Fuchsia

Hmm.. My last day at work were supposed to be this Monday, but somehow I ended up saying yes to work until Thursday. You can't say no to money, right? :) But on Thursday I'm definitly taking well earned summer vacation, wohoo! It all starts whith Midsummers eve on Friday which means Champagne, tons of traditional Swedish food and party all night long! Perhaps I will be wearing Orly Fancy Fuchsia...

This is three coats with top coat. I can't say how much I L O V E this polish!! It is in-your-face-Barbie-pink-borderline-neon-pink, and it's a color I've had on my mind for a long time but it was never right - until now! I think it has some neon pigments in it though, cause it dries kind of satin. Sadly the brightness was just impossible to capture with my camera, too bad! 


And for some trivia, this picture is taken under my new Ott-lite that I got for my birthday a few weeks ago. I've been wanting one ever since I saw one IRL at my aunt's. She's using it for crafting and stuff and I was really impressed by how great it was! The one I got is portable and quite small, but it lights up the whole room and makes it so much more comfortable for the eyes. I know they're pretty expensive but I can truly recommend it if you like me easily get tired under poor light.


What do you think of Fancy Fuchsia? What do you think of daylight-lamps?


Bisou
Isabella

Orly Royal Navy

I guess many of you recognize this scenario: you've seen a cool polish on a blog somewhere and everyone says it's so beautiful and you have to try it! Then you debate with yourself whether or not you actually need that specific polish and if you will really like it as much as the others do. It goes in and out of your Shopping-bag, perhaps for months until you finally decide to let it stay there. Orly Royal Navy is one of those for me! :)

This is three coats with top coat, and I should add right away that the VNL is not at all visible in real life but it insists on showing up in the pictures.. So am I glad I finally got Royal Navy? Absolutly! It's a medium blue jelly with just a hint of sparkle trapped inside, which you can see in the second picture. The formula is typical jelly, a bit glueish and streaky but definitly not the worst kind. And it's all worth it anyway cause it has that depth and shine you can only get out of a true jelly. Love it :)


What do you think of Royal Navy?


Bisou
Isabella

Clouds in the sky!

Ahh I have nailart-fever!! I see so many cool designs on blogs and I get totally inspired to try something myself. Too bad I'm quite lazy so most of the times when I've planned to do something cool I can't bother and just go with plain polish instead. Anyway, a while back I did this Spring inspired cloud-mani :).

The basecolor is two coats of Arcancil Bleu Copacabana and the clouds are stamped with Konad Special polish in white, and the plate is Konad M79. It's no way near perfect cause the cloud-print is too big for my nails, so I had to stamp some of them individually. But I kind of like the end result, a cute mani :).


Konad is a lot more fun than I initially thought! And I like free hand nail art aswell, and watermarbling, and dots and bla bla bla. ;). So I guess when I'm off work and school for ten weeks this summer, I really have to drag my ass out of the wagon and start practising more! :D


What do you think of the Cloud-mani? Do you like nail art?


Bisou
Isabella

Stupid?

Yes I'm afraid I am a bit stupid! I thought I'd posted a bunch of stuff this week but apparently I hadn't gotten around to the publish-the-post-part :/.. But the good part is today you have three new posts to read instead of just the one - so enjoy my stupidness! :P...


Bisou
Isabella

LeChat Perfect Match That's Hot Pink + Promiscuous

Today I have some more gel polish for you! I've been rocking it quite often lately cause it stays on soo much better for work, and I love all the colors that LeChat were so kind to let me try! So recently I had this combo of LeChat Perfect Match That's Hot Pink and Promiscuous:

Promiscuous is a red based purple neon and That's hot pink is exactly that - a hot pink neon! I wore this combo to work and got tons of compliments for it :). It's so hard to capture the über gloss and shine that comes with the Perfect Match gel polishes, it's like a jelly but better! For this mani I used base gel, three thin coats of both colors and finished it off with top gel. The formula is perfection and I had no trouble at all applying these.

For those of you who aren't familiar with gel polish, here's an introduction. Gel polish is similar to gel but the main difference is you can soak it off instead of filing it off which makes it way easier to use. If used right it can last up to 14 days! You apply it similar to nail polish but it comes with a few extra steps and you cure it with an UV-lamp. LeChat have made excellent tutorials of all the steps needed for best result, so for proper instructions visit them here.

And here's a picture of how this mani looked after 5 days of wear:

See any difference? :) I would have kept in on longer, but I had to take it off on day 6 cause I was going on vacation and I was afraid it wouldn't last through out that. Five days doesn't sound very impressive, but I should add that I'd been at work for four days that week. And if it lasts four days of hard work at the Nuclear power plant, it's good stuff :D! The most amazing thing for me with the Perfect Match gel polish is that the shine just doesn't go away! It stays just the same as when you just applied it, amazing!

Perfect Match comes in a set of gel polish + a matching Dare to Wear nail polish in the same color.

What do you think of this combo? Have you ever tried gel polish?

Bisou

Isabella

China Glaze Grape Pop + Happy Birthday

Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday is one of the most treasured polishes I have in my stash, I absolutly love it! I love layering if over white and pastels, cause it just makes all the different colors in the glitter pop! But I've also seen great pictures of Happy Birthday layered over darker shades, so I had to give it a try! Here it is over China Glaze Grape Pop

This is two coats of Grape Pop and one coat of Happy Birthday. A few words about Grape Pop is needed, cause it's my favourite purple creme! Cooltoned and super glossy and pigmented makes it on top of my list! I really like this combo too, it shows that Happy Birthday goes with anything :). With a top coat and over this glossy purple the glitter looks just like trapped jewels! I need to buy a backup bottle soon cause if I ever run out of this polish - I will cry! ;)


What do you think of this combo? Do you own Happy Birthday or have you tried any of the dupes?


Bisou
Isabella

MAC Ocean Dip

I'm a BAD BAAAD blogger, I know! Work has been totally consuming for me over the past few weeks, and on my days off I've just enjoyed these amazing first days of summer with friends! So please forgive the lack of posting! Anyway, I'm back with a beautiful polish my amazing mum picked up for me a while back. MAC Ocean Dip

This is two coats with top coat. Ocean Dip is a turquoise or perhaps aqua colored creme with excellent formula! It totally reminds me of Misa Dirty Sexy Money but I definitly like Ocean Dip better cause it just a tone lighter. One cool thing about this polish is that it has that dusty feel to it but it's still very bright! I absolutly love the combination of bright and dusty, makes it really interesting! I think this polish would look very different depending on your skintone. My skintone definitly brings out the green undertones.


What do you think of Ocean Dip?


Bisou
Isabella