Licorice flowers - nail art

The base color is Dior Reglisse/Licorice - see swatches HERE.

As usual I painted my flowers with acrylic craft paint, and the top coat is Seche Vite.

Mangler der efter din mening en dansk tekst her?

Dior Licorice/Reglisse 972 swatches and comparisons - Collaboration Saturday

On this Collaboration Saturday together with my friend Elena from PicturedTinsel I am showing:

Dior Reglisse - Licorice 972 was a 2008 LE, and it's sought after, so I was happy to find it!

It's a gorgeous deep wine/plum with amazing flecks and shimmer.
This is two easy coats without a top coat - enjoy...
På denne Collaboration Saturday sammen med min veninde Elena fra PicturedTinsel viser jeg:
Dior Reglisse - Licorice 972 der var en LE i 2008, og den er ved at være svær at få fat i, så jeg er glad for at have fundet den!
Det er en en smuk dyb vinrød/blomme med et fantastisk shimmer og flotte flecks.
Du ser her 2 letlagte lag uden toplak....

And finally a comparison, click to see the photo in a larger version...

So, do you like it as much as I do...?
I wonder what Elena  has for us today, I have the feeling it is as pretty as this one ;)
Hvad synes du om den?

Greyscale galaxy – Artsy Wednesday

 

Dansk, se længere nede.

I have wanted to do a galaxy for a long time, but there are so many of them on various blogs, so did the world really need one more? No, I thought, but then this week’s challenge was “Greyscale”, and I immediately thought, yes, you should make a grayscale galaxy, I haven’t seen one of those around.

The base color is A-England Camelot. When dry I sponged random areas with OPI Alpine Snow, China Glaze Concrete Catwalk and Essie Cocktail Bling. The stars I dotted with Alpine snow, and finally I top coated this super easy & quick mani with Seche Vite.

Check out what the other girls in Artsy Wednesday did in this weeks challenge: 
Michelle at Lab Muffin,  Alanna at Pretty Purple Polish, Holly at Hooked, Tif at Polished Genious, Lyndsey at Nails by Ms. Lizard, Sofie from Swååfie, Catrine from Unnakednails, Melanie at Nail & Polish, Jessica at Beauty Gnome

Jeg har længe villet lave en galakse mani, men dem er der mange af på blogge rundt om i verden, så jeg syntes ikke der var brug for flere. Men da jeg fik titlen for denne uges udfordring ”gråtone skalaen” tænkte jeg straks, YES, jeg laver da en gråtone galakse, en sådan har jeg ikke set endnu. 

Til grundfarven brugte jeg A-England Camelot. Derefter duppede jeg med Essie Cocktail Bling, China Glaze Concrete Catwalk og OPI Alpine Snow, som jeg også prikkede stjernerne på med. Top coat er Seche Vite, og det er en super, super let og hurtig mani at lave.

Shoes - Artsy Wednesday

 

 

Dansk, se længere nede.

It’s Artsy Wednesday – and this week’s challenge “Inspired by shoes that you own” really brought me out of my comfort zone – there is NOTHING inspiring about shoes I own at the moment. Oh, I wish I had saved some of the stilettos from when I was younger – but I haven’t :(

So here we go, neither fancy nor exciting – comfortable, sensible MBT shoes, good for your entire body, and makes you walk like a Masai…

The base color is Essie Licorice, the pattern is painted with acrylic colors and I wanted the finish to be matte, so the top coat is Essie Matte About you.

I will reply to comments you might leave in a few days, see more HERE :)

Check out what the other girls in Artsy Wednesday did in this weeks challenge: Michelle at Lab Muffin,  Alanna at Pretty Purple Polish, Holly at Hooked, Tif at Polished Genious, Lyndsey at Nails by Ms. Lizard, Sofie from Swååfie, Catrine from Unnakednails, Melanie at Nail & Polish, Jessica at Beauty Gnome,
Så er det igen Artsy Wednesday – og denne uges udfordring “Inspired by shoes that you own” bragte mig virkelig ud af min tryghedszone – der er INTET inspirerende ved sko jeg ejer i øjeblikket. Jeg ville ønske at jeg havde gemt nogle af de flotte stiletter, jeg har ejet tidligere i livet – men det har jeg så bare ikke :(

Så her har du nogen langt fra spændende, men yderst komfortable og fornuftige MBT sko, sunde for hele kroppen, og som får dig til at gå som en Masai…

Grundfarven er Essie Licorice, mønsteret er malet med akrylfarve og da jeg ville have en mat finish, brugte jeg Seche Vite Matte about you top coat.

Hvis du skriver en kommentar, skal jeg nok reagere på den om nogle dage, se mere HER :)

Hearts on fire - hjerter i brand

Happy Valentine’s Day!!!

At first I was going to make hearts on fire on the black Essie Licorice, but then I added 1 coat of Essie Luxeffects Shine of the Times to create even more fire illusion, maybe too much – I’ll let you decide…

The red-hot hearts I more or less marbled with acrylic colors before painting and a fine brush. On my ring finger one hart actually have caught fire, the others are not there yet, but they are almost ready to combust. I finished off with a top coat.

God Valentines dag

Først ville jeg lave brændende hjerter på den sorte Essie Licorice, men så lagde jeg også et lag Essie Luxeffects Shine of the Times for at give en endnu større ild effekt – for meget måske, det vil jeg lade dig komme med et bud på…

De brandvarme hjerte lavede jeg ved at blande acrylfarver løst med penslen, og på min ringfinger lavede jeget hjerte, der er brudt i brand. De andre er endnu kun brandvarme og mere eller mindre klar til at flamme i lys lue. Jeg sluttede med et lag toplak.

The Christmas Story: A dream of New Year in the big city, day 18 - Jule historien: En drøm om nytårsaften i storbyen, dag 18

The little mouse used to live in the big city, but by accident she ended up in the little cottage in the woods by the nice family, and she did not miss the city one bit. But she remembered what it looked like on New Year’s eve, and in her dream, she relived the sight of the skyscrapers and the fireworks.

This was the last part of the little mouse’s Christmas story, and if you want her to tell more during this year, she might want to do so…

Den lille mus havde tidligere boet i den store by, men ved et tilfælde endte hun i den lille hytte ude i skoven hos den søde familie, og hun savnede ikke byen så meget som et sekund. Men hun huskede hvor flot storbyen var nytårsaften, og i drømme genoplevede hun synet af skyskraberne og fyrværkeriet.

Dette var den sidste del af julehistorien fortalt af den lille mus, og hvis du gerne vil have hende til at fortælle mere i løbet af året, er hun måske villig til det…

These pretty hands and nails belong to my ”bonus” daughter Anne, who would wear black, silver and purple on New Year’s Eve. So she wanted me to give her a mani, and I decided to go for the big city, inspired by Robin Moses in this tutorial and I changed it a bit. The black nails are 2 coats of Essie Licorice and the silver nails are China Glaze Icicle, the rest are acrylic colors. In the fireworks I placed small purple hexagon glitters, but it’s difficult to see them on these photos. On her pinkies I used clear polish to make the purple glitter dust stick. I received it the day before, and tried for the first time. It will be easier, when I get the special glue, that dries slower. On top is Seche Vite dry fast top coat.

Disse smukke negle tilhører min “bonus” datter Anne, der nytårsaften skulle have en sort og sølgvfarvet kjole på og en violet hat. Hun ville gerne have nytårsnegle, og det syntes jeg jo var herligt. Jeg endte op med at tage udgangspunkt i Robin Moses videovejledning, men ændrede designet efter behov og smag. De sorte negle er 2 lag Essie Licorice, og de sølvfarvede er China Glaze Icicle, resten er acrylfarver. Jeg har sat violette hexagon glitter i toppen af fyrværkeriet, men de er ikke lette at se på billederne. På lillefingrene har jeg brug klar lak til at få det violette glitterstøv til at sidde fast. Jeg fik glitterstøvet dagen før, så det var første forsøg. Det bliver lettere, når jeg får den lidt langsommere tørrende lim, som jeg har bestilt. Top coat er Seche Vite. 
PS: Læg mærke til, at jeg nu har tilføjet en fane "neglelakker til salg", hvis du kigger på fanebladene øverst på siden...

The Christmas Story: New Years Eve in the wood, day 17 - Jule historien: Nytårsaften I skoven, dag 17

 Left hand  daylight - venstre hånd udendørs

Rest right ditto - resten højre hånd ditto

It was New Year’s Eve, and the family had had a wonderful evening. At midnight they went outside, and enjoyed the fireworks, that lit the sky outside the wood. Even if the children would have liked to have some themselves, everyone agreed, that they would not scare the animals living in the wood. The little mouse was happy about that, because she used to live in the big city, and knew how frightening fireworks were. When she fell asleep, she started dreaming – you can see what she dreamt in tomorrow’s part, the last part of the Christmas Story told by the little mouse…

Det var nytårsaften, og familien havde haft en skøn aften. Ved midnatstide gik de alle sammen ud for at nyde raketterne, der blev skudt af udenfor skoven. Selvom børnene gere ville have haft nogen selv, var de dog alle enige om, at de ikke ville skræmme skovens dyr med raketter og fyrværkeri. Den lille mus syntes, at det var dejligt, for hun havde selv boet i storbyen, og vidste hvor skræmmende fyrværkeri var. Da hun faldt i søvn, begyndte hun at drømme – og du kan i morgen læse, hvad hun drømte. Morgenens del, bliver den sidste del af julehistorien fortalt af den lille mus…

Over my base coat I applied 2 coats of China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve, concentrating on full layers towards the cuticles and thinner and/or absent layers towards the tip. Then I added an uneven coat (no where near a french tip) of China Glaze Awaken (gunmetal grey) on the tips. When dry I sponged on Essie Licorice in the area in between, you can see the steps below. My goal was to create the same colors as in a forest after dark and with snow on the ground, that’s why I used a gradient of these colors, and I’m pretty happy with the result. The midnight dark trees, the snow on the ground, stars on the sky and a few distant fireworks are painted with a fine brush and acrylic colors. Top coat is Seche Vite.

Over base coaten lagde jeg to lag China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve, og jeg koncentrerede mig om at få to “fulde” lag op mod neglebåndene, mens det var knap så vigtigt at negle spidserne var dækkede. Derefter påførte jeg et ujævnt lag på spidserne, det må endelig ikke være en fin jævn fransk manicure tip. Da det var tørt duppede jeg med Essie Licorice i området mellem, overlappende. Du kan se trinnene længere nede. Mit mål var at skabe de samme farver, som der er om natten i en sneklædt skov, derfor graduerede jeg netop disse farver, og jeg er godt tilfreds med resultatet. De midnatsmørke træer, sneen på jorden og himlen med stjerner og et par fjerne raketterer malet med en lille, fin pensel og acrylfarver. Top coaten er Seche Vite.