Sinful Colors ~ Ruby Mine

Sinful Colors ~ Ruby Mine

Red texture with pink and golden shimmers

When I bought Ruby Mine I didn’t know it was a textured polish. I was attracted by the cheerful red and all the lovely shimmer the glistened through the glass of the bottle. Fortunately I don’t mind textures at all. :)

The formula is a little bit on the thick side but super easy to work with despite that. I used two coats for my mani and the drying time between the coats was pretty good.

Take a look at how pretty Ruby Mine is!

I didn’t want nail art on it so all I did was to apply a layer of silver and holo topcoat from Viva la Diva. This is a topper I bought in Sweden – Viva la Diva is a Swedish Brand. It has got number 72, there’s no name on the bottle, but I have looked up that it has got the name Stardust. I don’t quite understand why the name isn’t stated on the bottle as well, I must admit that I find it a bit weird. It’s a lovely topper nonetheless. It applies easily and dries pretty fast. It smells of glue though.

Here’s my final mani:

I love all the little sparkles!

My nails really like both the colour and the shine!

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Pretty good

Finish: Sparkly texture
Overall impression: I love the colour and the sparkles

Buy again: Yes

Viva la Diva, Flormar and Icing

Viva la Diva, Flormar and Icing

A watermarble partly from the box of shame

It’s water marbling day!!

I have this box of polishes that are looking for a new home for one reason or another. I call it the box of shame. Some polishes are easy to re-home, others not so much. So I thought I’d give a couple of the polishes from the box of shame a second chance to shine.

I chose Viva la Diva’s #51. It’s in the box because it’s yellow and like many other yellows it acts like a diva, haha!! The other polish I took out of the box was Flormar #389. It’s a burgundy shimmer and it’s in the box because the tone is just too brown for my liking. I like eating gravy, not wearing it on my fingers.

I applied a layer of the yellow first, but only one layer. If I should have worn it on its own I think I would have needed three layers. What is it with yellows and all the layers!?

I applied a layer of Icing’s Inner Goddess on top of the water marble. That polish is not in the box of shame. It could have been though, because it’s a really close dupe to a lot of other holo microglitter toppers I have.

Here are the three polishes I used.

This is not my colour scheme at all. Do you like it anyway? And do you understand why these two poor polishes live in the box of shame??

What I learned in my water marble session today:

• Liquid Latex around the cuticles works fabulously!

Color Club ~ 1016 Riviera

Color Club ~ 1016 Riviera

Sea foam green texture with teal glitter

Riviera is from the Seasalt collection from winter 2013, and it’s the only one out of 6 polishes I bought. The other colours didn’t appeal to me at all, and I don’t regret that choice when I look at swatches.

But anyway – application is easy and the drying time is really good. It took two easy coats to achieve full opacity.

This is what it looks like; two coats, no topcoat:

I really like the addition of teal glitter, that really makes this polish worth owning, if you ask me :)

Then I made a mistake :D I wanted to add extra glitter, so I grabbed a green glitter from Viva la Diva. I thought it was a topper, but the green jelly base is way denser than I imagined. That means I pretty much covered up the original sea foam green Color Club… Take a look at what one coat of Viva la Diva’s “Explosion” look over Riviera:

The teal glitters still show! :D

I rummaged around in my Helmers to find the perfect polish to layer over this. After a while I gave up, so you have actually seen the end result by now.

If you’ve got clever suggestions about what I should have done with this I’d be thrilled to hear them in the comments below! :)

Number of coats: 2
Drying time: Fast

Finish: Texture with glitter
Overall impression: This is definitely the gem of the Seasalt collection! The colour is great and the glitter makes it look amazing.

Buy again: Yes

Music Challenge 9: Glitter in the air (P!nk)

Music Challenge 9: Glitter in the air (P!nk)

I chose this song because of the title. I obviously wanted at least one song with the word “glitter” in the title! I had an idea of making some kind of glitter bomb, but I actually ended up doing something else. Stay tuned and take a look.

I started out with Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear “Blue me Away”, which is a very pretty smurf-blue/turquoise crème. It’s a one coater, and the formula is extremely easy to work with. Note to self: Try stamping with this polish.

Here’s one coat, no top coat:

On to the glitter: I picked a glitter from the Swedish brand “Viva la Diva”. I chose #70, which is a clear base packed with turquoise and green glitter. The formula is great, and the glitter applies easily and evenly. I applied one coat over the turquoise, and here’s the picture of it. There’s still no top coat on:

Now I needed some skies, and I wanted this to be as perfect as possible, so I stamped them on. I chose Bundlemonster’s stamping plate BM-312 and I stamped with a no name white stamping polish. I sealed it up with a layer of Poshé top coat, and my glitter in the air mani was done:

I must admit that I really like the outcome of this! It’s way cooler than I imagined it would be when I started:

Here's a pic of the pretty couple: 

Do you know “Viva la Diva” polishes? If yes, what do you think of them?
Do you like my Glitter in the Air?

Next challenge up is in three days, and we’re going to see the “Ray of Light”! I aim for something really pretty!

Check out the other girls’ blogs to see how they interpreted “Glitter in the Air”.

Aylin: http://poshnailart.blogspot.com

Mette and Lisa: http://neglerier.blogspot.dk

Anne Mette: http://amnegle.blogspot.dk/

Brianna: http://welcometobriannasworld.blogspot.com

Celia: http://neglegejl.blogspot.dk/

Astrid: http://polish-life.blogspot.com

Bonus link to P!nk’s Glitter in the air:

Summer Challenge Day 29: Inspired by the supernatural

Summer Challenge Day 29: Inspired by the supernatural

This challenge takes us around a bit. From books to movies, from fashion to colours, and now to the supernatural.

The first thing that springs to mind when I think of the supernatural is ghosts.

So I started out my mani by making a Skittle.

I used 3 coats of Essence “Free hugs” for the pinky, 2 coats of H&M “Berry Love” for the ring finger, 3 coats of Funky Fingers “Curacao” for the middle finger, 3 coats of Wet n Wild “Sunny Side Up” for my index finger, and 3 coats of Viva la Diva “51” for sweet little tom thumb.

While I was polishing my nails, I suddenly discovered that the blue Funky Fingers polish is scented. It smells like caramels!

Can you see where this mani is going yet? No?

Then I took my dotter and added a little bit of  black here, a little bit of white there, and finished it off with a bit of blue in between, and here’s my final result:

 And here are the ghosts on their own:

Did you know that the little ghosts have got names? Well they do. Take a look:

Here are the base colours polishes:

Essence: Free Hugs, H&M: Berry Love, Wet n Wild: Sunny Side up, Funky Fingers: Curacao, Viva la Diva: 51 

And the blacks, white and blue for the details:

I think this mani is super cute - in all modesty, naturally! But I’m more interested in knowing what you think, so please do share your thoughts in the comments below :)

There are other Danish girls who also did a “inspired by the supernatural” mani today. Come with me and let’s check out their blogs and see what they came up with, shall we?

• Neglelir
• Se min kjole
• Mette
• Life is a fairy tale
• Vicki's Polish

Stay tuned the day after tomorrow - same bat time, same bat channel – for nails inspired by a tutorial! We’re approaching the end of this challenge now.

Angry Birds on my nails!!

Angry Birds on my nails!!
A tribute to one of my favourite games

Do you play “Angry Birds”? I do! I just love to hurls those little angry birds at the naughty pigs and try and get the stolen eggs back.

So when I saw a stamping plate with “Angry Birds” motifs on it, I bought it on the spot! The plate is called KD4.

Here’s what I ended up with. The picture is taken in the sun, and there is no top coat on the design yet.

 Isn’t that sweet? Here’s a picture where the top coat is on, and it’s taken in my light box.

I used three different polishes for this mani.

The green is China Glaze’s “In the lime light”, which is a neon green that dries up matte. It’s a complete killer to work with, the formula is so difficult, and it took three coats to make it look acceptable.

The yellow is no. 51 from the Swedish brand Viva la Diva. I don’t own many yellows, but I’d say that this formula is acceptable for a yellow. It covered relatively well in only two coats.

The red is an H&M/Disney polish called Berry Love, and considering that this is a cheap polish, it’s a dream to work with. It’s a one coater and the polish just glides on without any effort at all. I used two coats though, just because I had to wait for the other polishes to dry anyway :D

Here’s the polish on my nails, ready to be stamped on.

I think it’s quite fun to wear different polishes on each fingernail. I think I’ll do that more often in future.

What do you think? Are you an Angry Birds-fan or not?

Holographic Glitters Comparison

I love glitters, and it's only a bonus if they're holographic. So I've collected a few polishes that look quite alike. I decided to compare them to see how alike they really are.

I've chosen: 

1. China Glaze - Fairy Dust

2. Inglot - 201

3. Viva la Diva - 72

4. Orly - Prima Gloss Silver

5. Wet n Wild - Kaleidoscope

China Glaze: Fairy Dust, Inglot: 201, Viva la Diva: 72, Orly: Prima Gloss Silver, Wet n Wild: Kaleidoscope

They're all silver holographic glitters, and they all look pretty much alike. But let's see them swapped over a black crème, shall we?

CG, Inglot, VlD, Orly, WnW

The two that stand out from the others are Inglot and Wet n Wild, that have the strongest holo effect to them.It's funny that it's the most expensive and the cheapest of the bunch that separates themselves from the others.

The last pic shows the size and the density of the glitters. It's blurry to show the holo effect better.

As you can see, number 2 and 5 have the strongest holo - that's Inglot and Wet n Wild. Wet n Wild is also the polish with the biggest sized glitters.

The three others are as close to being dupes as they get, IMO. 

Conclusion: If I was only allowed to buy one holographic glitter, I'd go for the cheapest, namely Wet n Wild. 

But hey - a girl can never have too many holographic glitters! :)

Which one would you prefer? 

New Swedish polishes

Hi girls!

I went to Sweden to shop some Christmas presents recently, and obviously I had to buy a bit of nail polish too, now that I was there. 

I bought two Isadoras and three Viva la Divas. They're both Swedish brands. 

From left to right: Black Galaxy, Beetle Green, 121, 72 and 70.

Here are the three Viva la Divas. The picture is blurry because then it's easier to see the colours and the glitter. I don't know why they give them numbers instead of names, I think that's really silly. I prefer names to numbers. However, nr.121 is a very shimmery deep purple, 72 is a silver holographic glitter, and 70 is a clear base with turquoise and green glitter.

Number 121, 72 and 70.

Here's a close up of the Isadoras. Black galaxy to the left is a black base with all colours of holographic glitter, and beetle green is exactly what the name implies, a dark green with a foil finish.

Black Galaxy and Beetle Green

I also picked up a couple of Maybellines. Here's number 753, a shimmery light green with a tint of gold, and number 152A, a midnight blue with shimmer. 

MNY: 753 and 152A

The last one I bought was an OPI. I'm not usually a big fan, but "Meep meep meep" from the Muppets collection was simply too gorgeous to miss. She's wine red and packed with shimmer. 

OPI: Meep meep meep

That's it for this time. I did visit Make Up Store and eyed their polishes, but my Visa was overheated at that point. :D