A flower vine on an angels kiss

 

 

 

The base color is Color Club Angel Kiss, the greenish holo from the Halo Hues collection 2012. As I didn’t want to overpower the holographic effect, I went for a simple flower vine! As usual the nail art is painted with acrylic craft colors and the top coat is Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er Color Club Angel Kiss, den grønlige holografiske lak fra Halo Hues collection 2012. For at lade holoen få frit spillerum, nøjedes jeg med en simpel blomsterranke!

Som sædvanlig brugte jeg akrylfarver til blomsterne og rankerne, og toplakken er Seche Vite.

The apple was poisoned – but I’m still alive

 

 

 

The base color is Pirate Polish Poison Apple and the tips are painted/dabbed with the bottle brush in China Glaze It’s Alive – hence the super silly name. As usual the nail art is painted with acrylic craft colors and the top coat is Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er Pirate Polish Poison Apple og jeg duppede tipperne med penslen i China Glaze It’s Alive – og deraf kom det super fjollede navn.

Som sædvanlig brugte jeg akrylfarver til blomsterne, og toplakken er Seche Vite.

A pattern for the muse

 

 

 

The base color is Sinful Muse – quite a name LOL

Let’s face it, no matter how hard I try I’ll never learn to love this type of color, but I know a lot of others love it… And next up my idea also was ruined when I used a copper striper on the thumb, it was too subtle, so I ended up doing something quite different – and ah well, not my favorite mani.

By the way, some (most) Sinful colors dry so extremely slow on me – is that just me, or…?

Grundfarven er Sinful Muse – sikke et navn :)

Jeg kan lige så godt indse, at ligegyldigt hvor hårdt jeg prøver, så lærer jeg aldrig at holde af denne type farve, men jeg ved at mange andre elsker den… Og derefter blev min ide i øvrigt også ødelagt da jeg brugte en kobberfarvet striper på tomlen, den var for lidt synlig, så jeg endte med at male noget helt andet – og tjah, det er ikke min favorit mani…

Micro Painting Monday - 10

The first micro paintings on this Micro Painting Monday #10 is "Holographic winter sky" and it matches what I showed you on my nails last Wednesday - the base color is Color Club Blue Heaven.
Click on the photos to see a larger size...

The next set is "Fleck and flowers on maroon"...

The final set is "Midnight blue garden"...

Color Club Halo Hues spring 2013 swatches and comparisons

Color Club Halo Hues spring 2013: Eternal Beauty, Over The Moon, Miss Bliss, Kismet, Cosmic Fate and Be Yond

If you loved Color Club Halo Hues that was released in 2012, but would have liked them a little darker in color - you are going to be thrilled by the the Spring 2013 Color Club Halo Hues, that have stronger colors - and just as amazing holographic effects... you will see swatches of them all + a few comparisons to Halo Hues 1

 Cosmic Fate is a copper shade - Miss Bliss is a bright pink and Eternal Beauty is a gorgeous purple

  Cosmic Fate - Miss Bliss and Eternal Beauty

  Cosmic Fate - Miss Bliss and Eternal Beauty

 Cosmic Fate - Miss Bliss and Eternal Beauty

 Be-Yond an almost black slate grey - Kismet a mossy gold color - Over The Moon a gorgeous bright medium blue

 Be-Yond - Kismet - Over The Moon

 Be-Yond - Kismet - Over The Moon

 Be-Yond - Kismet - Over The Moon

 Color Club: Over the Moon Halo Hues spring 2013 - Blue Heaven Halo Hues 2012, you clearly see that Over the Moon is darker...

  Color Club: Over the Moon Halo Hues spring 2013 - Blue Heaven Halo Hues 2012

 Color Club: Halo Hues 2012 Cloud Nine - Halo Graphic - Halo Hues spring 2013 Miss Bliss, Miss Biss clearly is more bright pink...

  Color Club: Halo Hues 2012 Cloud Nine - Halo Graphic - Halo Hues spring 2013 Miss Bliss

So have you ordered - or are you going to...?

Kiko - random blue swatches

Today I have a few blue Kiko swatches for you... They are easy to apply, dry quickly and have a good wear.

 

First we have 295 Cerulean Blue - I should have worn 2 or more coats of ridge filler to hide my ridges - one of the reasons why I prefer to show colors on swatch sticks :)

From top: 294 Kiko Indigo - 336 Electric - 385 Pastel Blue - 386 Light Pastel Blue - 295 Cerulean Blue

From top: 294 Kiko Indigo - 336 Electric Blue - 385 Pastel Blue - 386 Light Pastel Blue - 295 Cerulean Blue

Left to right: 294 Kiko Indigo - 336 Electric Blue - 385 Pastel Blue - 386 Light Pastel Blue - 295 Cerulean Blue

BLOSSOM INTO SPRING WITH CHINA GLAZE® official press release

China Glaze® Nail Lacquer Invites You to Visit the Avant Garden

Los Angeles (January 2012) – Spring is here and China Glaze is blossoming with vibrant color with its new collection, Avant Garden. The delectable palette flows between soft hues and vibrant pops of color, offering an unconventional bouquet of cheerful and vivid shades. Take a stroll down the China Glaze path, passing a babbling brook of light and bright blues, take in the view of the mossy green meadow and stop to enjoy the flowers of soft pink and white.  Let the Avant Garden take you away to a playful, romantic field of color and innovation this Spring.
The Avant Garden shades include:

  Budding Romance: moss green

Sunday Funday: bright blue

Fancy Pants: indigo with pink and purple shimmer

Snap My Dragon: bright red with pink shimmer

Passion for Petals: bright salmon-pink

Mimosas Before Manis: coral with a light wash of shimmer

 

 Life is Rosy: blushed mauve

Pink-ie Promise: iridescent baby pink

Tart-y for the Party: light lavender creme

Fade Into Hue: periwinkle creme

Keep Calm, Paint On: sea foam green

Dandy Lyin’ Around: shimmery vanilla icing

I know I'm going to buy quite a few of these, how about you...?

Later today I have some Kiko swatches for you, so welcome back...! 

Shimmer and flowers for Venus

 

 

The base color is Jessica Venus Was Her Name – a very interesting and unique color, a smoky, grey purple with a lovely shimmer. I sponged the tips, and I have forgotten to write with what, but it could be one of my Make Up your Face shimmer top coats or a Kiko Sparkle touch – sorry about that. I painted my flowers with acrylic craft colors and top coated with Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er Jessica Venus Was Her Name – en meget ineressant og unikfarve, en røgfarvet grå-lilla med et smuk shimmer. Jeg duppede tipperne, og jeg har desværre glemt at skrive med hvad, men det er enten en Make Up Your Face eller Kiko Sparkle Touch shimmer, det beklager jeg.

Blomsterne er malet med akrylfarver og toplakken er Seche Vite.

Monica's pattern...

 

 

 

The base color is Zoya Monica, a beautiful eggplant purple cream polish. I don’t really know where this flower petal feather-like pattern came from, but that’s what my brush did when I let it loose. The top coat is Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er Zoya Monica, en smuk auberginefarvet creme lak. Jegved faktisk ikke rigtigt hvor dette kronblad-fjerligende mønster kom fra, men det var det min pensle malede, da jeg slap den fri. Toplakken er Seche Vite.

The holographic sky - Artsy Wednesday

 

 

 

This weeks theme in Artsy Wednesday is "Inspired by the view from my windows" - and I am so fortunate to live in the countryside, with a from time to time almost holographic (maybe not quite) blue sky - and we grow Christmas trees as a hobby. Right now the winter is quite cold and we have snow - so here you go...
The base color is Color Club Blue Heaven (very appropriate here, right?) from the Halo Hues coll. 2012, and the rest is painted in acrylic craft colors - and the top coat is Seche Vite!
Next week there is no Artsy Wednesday, we have decided on posting every second week from now on...
Check out some other Artsy Wednesday window-view mani's: 
Michelle - Lab Muffin,  Alanna - Pretty Purple Polish, Melanie - Nail & Polish, Jessica - Beauty Gnome,  Emily - An Accent Nail, Catrine - Unnakednails, Ameerah - Valiantly Varnished,