Spotted neon flowers

The base color is China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise – a gorgeous cold turquoise/green neon. The spotted flowers I painted with acrylic colors and the top coat is Seche Vite.

I wasn’t too happy about this mani, after I finished it reminded me a little of the flower that stinks like a rotting carcass in latin Stapelia variegata or Stapelia lepida – fortunately my nails didn’t smell like that LOL

Grundfarven er China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise – en smuk kold turkis/grøn neon. De plettede blomster malede med akrylfarve og toplakken er Seche Vite.

Jeg var ikke så vild med resultatet, måske mest fordi det pludselig mindede mig om Ordensstjerne eller ådselsblomst (latin Stapelia variegata eller Stapelia lepida), der stinker som et ådsel – det gjorde mine negle nu heldigvis ikke ;)

Playing with silky & matte finishes in stripes and dots

 

Glossy - with top coat

The base color is Essence 03 Peach Punk from the Rebels coll. it dries with a semi matte latex finish. I wanted to keep the theme in silky semi matte finish so with a striper I freehanded stripes and dotted dots with China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise (turquoise neon) and Stone Cold (dark grey matte), and the light green-yellow is also from the Rebels coll, it’s called 04 Rebelizer. After a while I wanted to see it glossy, so I top coated to see the difference. Which version do you prefer?

Grundfarven er Essence 03 Peach Punk fra Rebels kollektionen, den tørrer med en såkaldt latex finish, for mig er det en silke/halvmat. Jeg ønskede at blive i det semimatte og matte tema, så jeg malede striber med en striper pensel og prikker med et dotting tool med China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise (turkis neon) and Stone Cold (mørk grå mat), og den lyse gulgrønne er også fra Rebels kollektionen, den hedder 04 Rebelizer. Efter et stykke tid blev jeg nysgerrig efter at se, hvordan den ville se ud med en toplak, hvilken version foretrækker du?

Yellow neon flowers on a yellow birdie

 

 

 

The weather was rainy and cold at the end of April, so I decided to make something summery and bright. I had no real plan except that the base color should be the yellow Catrice 700 Birdie Reloaded! Then my eye was caught by China Glaze Turned Up Turqouise (neon), and I sponged it randomly over the yellow. Then I found a neon green acrylic color, mixed it with a little white to give it opacity, and so I painted neon flowers. Finally I top coated with Seche Vite. It was really fun and bright to wear!

Vejret var koldt og regnfuldt I slutningen af april, så jeg havde lyst til noget sommerligt og klart i farverne. Jeg havde ikke nogen egentlig plan bortset fra at grundfarven skulle være den gule Catrice 700 Birdie Reloaded! Og så faldt mine øjne pludseligt på China Glaze Turned Up Turqouise (neon), og jeg duppede den tilfældigt hen over deet gule. Derefter valgte jeg en neon grøn/gul acrylfarve, blandede lidt hvidt i, og malede neon blomster. Til slut top coatede jeg med Seche Vite. Det var virkelig sjovt at have denne mani på neglene.

Hiding in Skittles - Artsy Wednesday

 

I guess it’s a sign that you are old, when you have to Google the word Skittles to learn what it is… :)

They are this week’s challenge in Artsy Wednesday, and I realized that they would fit right in to my “Hiding in X” series. I tried to find the polishes closest to the photos of Skittles that I found on the internet, and the green and the orange could have been closer, but I guess that means I do not have enough polishes – right???

I started out with painting my nails white with OPI Alpine snow, and then I dotted the Skittles with China Glaze: Turned Up Turquise (greenish) + Sunshine Pop (yellow) + Hey Sailor (red), Orly Orange Punch and Absolute Nails Precious. Finally I top coated.

It was a fun and bright mani to wear on a rainy day…

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

Det er nok et tegn på, at man er gammel, når man er nødt til at Google ordet Skittles for at finde ud af hvad det er :) 

De er denne uges udfordring i Artsy Wednesday, og jeg tænkte hurtigt at de ville passe perfekt ind i min ”Hiding in x” camouflage serie. Jeg prøvede at finde de lakker, der var tættest på de billeder jeg havde fundet af Skittles, men den grønne og den orange kunne havde været bedre, men det er jo bare et tegn på, at jeg har for få neglelakker, ikke…?

Jeg startede med et lag OPI Alpine snow, og derefter dottede jeg Skittles med China Glaze: Turned Up Turquise (greenish) + Sunshine Pop (yellow) + Hey Sailor (red), Orly Orange Punch og Absolute Nails Precious. Til sidst lagde jeg toplak!

Det var et sjovt og farverigt design, som jeg lavede en grå og regnfuld dag…