Dots on Fire - nail art

Well the dots are not on FIRE, they are ON fire – aehm they are on Fire 159 from Chanel ;) - see swatches HERE.

The dots are OPI Alpine Snow, Nails Inc. Baker Street (blue) and Nailstation Confidentiel (yellow) and the top coat is Seche vite. I liked this easy, bright and happy dotticure.

Polka dots - Artsy Wednesday

The theme in this Artsy Wednesday is polka dots...

The base color is the grey Nars Galathée, swatched HERE, and I decided to spice it up with a few simple dots. I used Nars Fury (the purple) and Pretty Serious The Pink One swatched HERE – and the top coat is Seche Vite.

Temaet i denne Artsy Wednesday er prikker.

Grundfarven er Nars Galathée, vist HER, og jeg besluttede at give den lidt mere liv med nogle simple prikker. Jeg brugte Nars Fury (den lilla) og Pretty Serious The Pink One vist HER – og toplakken er Seche Vite.

Check out the other girls Artsy Wednesday mani's: 
Michelle - Lab Muffin 
Melanie - Nail & Polish 
Catrine - Unnakednails
Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished
Wendy - M.A.S.P.O.O.A.S.E.
Haylee - Makeup and Masala
Rosemarie - Every Little Polish
Anna - Makeup'n More by Anna

Swatch Saturday: My kitchen in the early 70'ties + China Glaze Chocodisiac swatches & review

This post is from the end of January, but now it has to break it or make it - hopefully this is a slow Saturday LOL - tomorrow and Monday I promise you flower mani's!!
In the early 70'ties brown combined with yellow or orange was SOOOO trendy, and dark colors in kitchens and bathrooms were new & hot. And basically everything in my first own kitchen was brown and yellow - I guess that massive brown period (in clothes and furniture too) is the reason why I got SO fed up with most brown colors.
When I swatched (see further below) China Glaze Chocodisiac, that is a great color for several kinds of animal print, I wanted to do some very simple nail art - and it brought it all back...
Dette indlæg er fra slutningen af januar, men nu små det briste eller bære, det er forhåbentlig en stille lørdag ;) - i morgen og mandag kommer der blomster igen!
I begyndelsen af 70'erne var brun og gul eller orange virkelig HOT, dengang var man ikke vant til farver i badeværelser og køkkener, men pludslig kunne alle hvidevarer fås i brun og andre farver. Og næsten alt i mit første køkken var brunt og gult, foruden at brunt også prægede moden i møbler og tøj, så det er klart en medvirkende årsag til, at jeg i dag er SÅ færdig med de fleste brune farver.
Da jeg swatchede (se længere nede) China Glaze Chocodisiac, der passer superfint til mange slags dyreprint, ville jeg lave lidt let nail art på den - men det bragte alle minder tilbage...

 

China Glaze Chocodisiac, is from the Guilty Pleasures Coll. 2006. It’s a warm red-toned chocolate cream color. It’s applies well, dries quickly and is opaque in 2 coats. Here you see it without a top coat.

China Glaze Chocodisiac, er fra Guilty Pleasures Coll. 2006. Den er en rødtonet chokoladefarvet creme lak. Den er let at påføre, tørrer hurtigt og dækker fint ved 2 lag. Den vises her uden toplak.

 

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Riveting dots - easy & quick mani

 

It's nice to have a garden hose around if the nails should burst into fire with this fiery color on them... ;)

China Glaze Riveting is the gorgeous, fiery orange base color in this super easy and quick nail art. I thought it would be interesting to paint flat/one-dimensional dots and stripes in acrylic color on Riveting, just like I initially did in THIS mani yesterday, and I kind of liked its awesome depth combined the flat look. Of course I top coated with Seche Vite.

China Glaze Riveting er den lækre, flammende orange grundfarve i denne supper hurtige og lette nail art. Jeg syntes det kunne være interessant at male flade/en-dimensionelle prikker og striber med akrylfarve på Riveting, lidt ligesom jeg først gjorde i GÅRSDAGENS mani, og jeg kunne godt lide dens dybde kombineret med det flade look. Til slut brugte jeg toplak, Seche Vite Top coat.

Hiding in pink

 

 

The next in my “Hiding in X” series is pink.

When I did my “Hiding in blue”, Ana from “Mimi’s Vanity Box” suggested, that I did a similar pink camouflage, so this is for you my friend, you have been a faithful support ever since I started my blog!

This is my second attempt, you can see the first farthest below, it lacked contrast and edge, so I realized, that I had to add more fuchsia/hot pink to get better contrast, and I started out with China Glaze Ahoy!, a raspberry red/hot pink with nice glass flecks, as the base color. For the dots I used China Glaze Rich & Famous + Dance baby, Essie Lovie Dovie and OPI Pedal Faster Suzi. And I top coated to finish the design.

Da jeg postede “Hiding in Blue” foreslog Ana fra ”Mimi’sVanity Box” at jeg lavede en pink kamouflage, så den er til hende, en trofast støtte, der har været der lgie fra mine første spænde skridt her på bloggen!

Det er mit andet forsøg, du kan se det første længere nede, men det manglede kontrast og ”kant”, so jeg tænkte at jeg var nødt til at bruge mere fuchsia/hot pink for at få mere kontrast. Derfor valgte jeg grundfarven China Glaze Ahoy!. en hindbærrød/hot pink med smukke glasagtige flecks, og til kamouflagen valgte jeg China Glaze Rich & Famous + Dance baby, Essie Lovie Dovie and OPI Pedal Faster Suzi, som jeg dottede på med et dotting tool. Til sidst lagde jeg toplak.

First discarded attempt/første kasserede forsøg:

My first try became too blahh, way too little contrast for my liking – even if I added a little silver. The base Color is China Glaze Rich & Famouse and the dots/camouflage colors are china Glaze Second Hand Silk + Dance Baby, Essie Lovie Dovie + Spaghetti Strap and OPI Pedal Faster Suzi.

Cross Blue Iron Eyes + China Glaze Cross Iron swatches & review - anmeldelse

 

Just a quick, easy and simple mani, mostly to show this gorgeous color...
And yeah, I know, a goofy mix of the two polish names used… Both are China Glaze, and the base color is Cross Iron, see swatches below, and the blue dots are made with a dotting tool and Eyes Like Sapphires. Remember that you can use any color combination YOU like the best...

Lige en hurtig og let lille manicure, mest for at vise denne lækre farve...
Og ja, jeg ved godt det er et skørt navn, men jeg mixede navnene på de to lakker, jeg brugte... Der begge fra China glaze, bundfarven er 2 lag Cross Iron, se den uden prikke længere nede, og prikkerne er lavet med Eyes Like Sapphires. Husk at du kan bruge de farver DU har lyst til...

 

China Glaze Cross Iron is from the Ski Collection 2007. It’s a beautiful, orange/rusty/copper metallic/foil, that makes me happy just by looking at it. This is 2 coats over a ridge filler, but no top coat. It’s a very little bit prone to brush strokes, not really worth mentioning. It’s very well pigmented, and dries quickly with a shiny finish.

China Glaze Cross Iron er fra Ski Collection 2007. Det er en smuk rusten/orange/kobber metallic/foil, som jeg bliver glad af at se på. Du ser den her med 2 lag uden toplak. Den har en lille tendens til penselmærker, men det er ikke værd at snakke om. Den er velpigmenteret, tørrer hurtigt og har en skinnende finish.

Earthward Secondhand Silk dots + Misa Earthward Swatches & review - anmeldelse

I got the idea to let the handsome dark chocolate brown Misa Eartward (se swatches below) meet the delicate, slightly dusty rose/pink China Glaze Secondhand Silk, so I went ahead using a dotting tool and finished with a top coat.
A super quick and easy mani, you can combine whatever colors you like...

Jeg fik lyst til at lade den smukke, mørke chokoladefarvede Misa Earthward (se den alene her nedenstående) møde den gammelrosa/lyserøde China Glaze Secondhand Silk, så jeg gik i gang med et dotting tool og afsluttede med en toplak.
Det er et superhurtigt og let design, og du kan kombinere alle mulige farver...

Earthward is a dark chocolate warm earthy toned polish with a light shimmer and light metallic kind of finish. I'm not really a brown color person, but this is so dark and nice. One coat is almost enough, but this is two coats over one coat of ridge filler base coat and without a top coat. It dries medium fast with a shiny finish.
Earthward er en mørk, varm, jordbrun chokoladefarve med et let shimmer og et let metallic præg. Jeg er ellers ikke så meget til brunt, men denne er lækker og mørk. Et lag er næsten nok, men her ser du to lag over et lag ridge filler som grundlak, men der er ikke brugt toplak. Den tørrer forholdsvis hurtigt og med en skinnende finish.

Golden coins from Avalon + A-England Avalon, swatches & review - anmeldelse

See swatches further down.

These golden coins are found only on the island of Avalon :) They are placed on a bed of the most delicious dark purple I ever saw – it’s 2 coats of A-England Avalon.

I really wanted to enjoy this color, so like I did with Camelot, I only added a simple design with a dotting tool and Orly Glitz & Glamour, and the top coat is Seche Vite.

Se swatches længere nede.

Disse gyldne mønter finds kun på øen Avalon :) De ligger på et lag af den mest lækre lilla, jeg nogensinde har set – 2 lag af A-England Avalon.

Jeg ville frem for alt nyde farven, så ligesom på Cameletlot lavede jeg kun lidt enkel nail art med et dotting tool og Orly Glitz & Glamour, og toplakken er Seche Vite.

A-England Avalon is an outstandingly gorgeous purple shimmer polish – I absolutely adore it, and I cannot believe, that have I lived without it until now. It’s opaque in 2 coats, almost in one, and easy to work with, but I find the dry time to be a bit slow. I added it over a ridge filler base coat, and used no top coat for these swatches.

A-England Avalon er en helt ubeskrivelig smuk lilla shimmer lak, jeg elsker den, og kan ikke fatte, at jeg ikke har haft den i mit liv før.  Den dækker ved 2 lag, og her ser du den over en ridge filler grundlak, og der er ikke brugt en top coat på disse billeder. Den er let at arbejde med, men tørrer lidt langsommere end jeg er vant til med China Glaze.

Tiffany dots – Tiffany prikker

 Outdoor - udendørs

Indoor, flash - indendørs, blitz

The base color is OPI Planks A Lot from the Pirates of the Caribbean collection 2011. And the dots are Tiffany blue, which means that it’s China Glaze X? (give me your bid ;)

Do you like the color combination?

Basisfarven er OPI Planks A Lot fra Pirates of the Caribbean kollektionen 2011. Og prikkerne er Tiffany blå, hvilket betyder, at de er lavet med China Glaze X? (kom med dit bud ;)

Kan du li’ farvekombinationen?