Nabi 3D Rainbow Efect Hologram swatches: Navy Blue, Green and Dark Purple

Today I have 3 random Nabi 3D Rainbow Effect Hologram polishes to show you...
I used them over my ridge filler base coat, the first coat went on a bit patchy, but the second coat was fine. The dry time is good.

First we have the beautiful medium blue 10 Navy Blue in 2 coats, no top coat...

Next we have 09  Green, a summery light apple green with very subtle holo effect. this is 3 coats, no top coat...

And last, but not least: 15 Dark Purple, a lovely medium purple shown in 2 coats without a top coat.

What do you think of these holo's?

Green in green in green - Artsy Wednesday

The theme in this Artsy Wednesday is green!
My base color is not really visible under all the sponging, but it is Chick Polish Moss. I used green holographic polishes for random sponging to create a kind of forest background, and they are: A-England Saint George + Dragon, Color Club Kismet and Nabi Hologram 09 Green.
With acrylic craft colors I painted a few flower vines and top coated with Seche Vite.
Temaet i denne Artsy Wednesday er grøn!
Min grundfarve er ikke rigtigt synlig under alle de farver, jeg har duppet på, men det er Chick Polish Moss. Jeg brugte grønne holografiske lakker som jeg duppede på for at skabe en skovagtig baggrund, de er: A-England Saint George + Dragon, Color Club Kismet and Nabi Hologram 09 Green.
Jeg malede nogle få blomsterranker med akrylfave, og toplakken er Seche Vite.

Check out the other girls Artsy Wednesday mani's: 
Michelle - Lab Muffin 
Melanie - Nail & Polish 
Jessica - Beauty Gnome 
Emily - An Accent Nail
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

Flowers on the heather

 

 

The base color is Shimmer Polish Heather, (see it with out nail art below) a test polish that I hope will be available. It’s the prettiest bright green with a dash of glitter. I painted vines and flowers on it with acrylic colors, and I top coated with Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er Shimmer Polish Heather, en testlak som jeg håber kommer til salg. Det er en kønneste lysegrønne farve med et lille drys af glitter. Jeg malede blomsterranker med akrylfarver, og toplakken er Seche Vite.

The glitters does not really play well in this otherwise really pretty polish, they most of all make it bumpy. But a good top coat takes care of that!

Gabrini Summer Edition 2012, swatches and review of 3 colors

Gabrini M104 Summer Edition

Gabrini M110 Summer Edition

Gabrini M113 Summer Edition

These three Turkish Gabrini polishes I got from a swap with my dear friend Zana on Nail crazy in Croatia!
They are from the Summer Edion that holds 20 polishes. I suppose they are neons, but not as "evident" neons - neither in color nor in finish. The green was a bit goopy, the purple pretty normal and the orange a little thinner. All of them dried pretty fast - so I had to work fast when i did nail art on all three colors - involving the two others each time - and in a few hours I'll show you the first of them...

Abstract swirls and thingies with shaky hands and a Northern Birch Mouse...

I was a bit shaky when I did this mani, scroll down to see below…

Jeg var en smule rysthåndet, da jeg lagde denne mani, scroll ned for at se hvorfor…

 

 

The base color is Sation Oh My Oceania, a beautiful green with teal reflection. I had this vision of pretty swirls and patterns in a partially mixed gold and pink acrylic color, but ah well, the gold wasn’t quite as cooperative as I wanted, so this is what I ended up whit… The top coat is Seche Vite.

Grundfarven er Sation Oh My Oceania, en smuk grøn med et turkis skær. Jeg havde planer om at male et pænt abstrakt design med akrylfarve, lyserød delvist blandet med guld. Men guldfarven var ikke så samarbejdsvillig som jeg ønskede, så dette var hvad jeg endte op med… Toplakken er Seche Vite.

 

The Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina) is THE most endangered mammal in Denmark, and we are lucky enough to live smack in the middle of one of its very few habitats. It’s not a “real” mouse, it hibernates from October to May (yes that is an extremely long time). During the day it goes into a day-hibernation, it’s nocturnal and forages on insects and grass seeds. It moves slower than mice, uses the long tail when climbing the grass straws, and it’s such a pretty little creature with the characteristic black stripe down the back. 
When it’s scared it cries the most heartbreaking cry – and right when I had put Oh My Oceania on, one was brought into the house by Findus, one of my cats…. It’s was very alive, and I reacted quickly, lured the cat to let go (using treats, I trained him to do so), put him in another room, located the now very scared little guy, grabbed him and put him in a plastic tub while I made a home for him with straw, a little nest, food, water etc. – because I wanted to make sure he was OK and not going to die before releasing him. All that - and finishing my mani, hiding the dented spots I got during it all, so it's a bit distracted and shaky :) 
To cut a long short, after a few days we released him late evening in the area where we think he came from, he was fat and very much alive :)

Birkemusen (Sicista betulina) er Danmarks mest sjældne pattedyr, og vi er så heldig at bo lige i midten af et af dens meget få habitater. Det er ikke en "rigtig" mus, det er en såkaldt hoppe mus, den eneste hoppemus i landeet, den går i hi fra oktober til maj, ja, det er utroligt længe) er nataktiv og lever af insekter og græsfrø. Om dagen går den i dagdvale, så hvis den vækkes er den længe om at reagere og vågne. Den bruger sin lange hale når den skal klatre i græsstrå, og det er et utrligt smukt lille dyr med den karakteristiske mørke stribe ned ad ryggen. 
Når den er bange græder den på den mest hjerteskærende måde - og lige da jeg havde lagt min lak, kom Findus, en af vore katte, ind med et levende eksemplar. Jeg reagerede hurtigt, fik lokket Findus til at slippe ved hjælp af godbidder (noget jeg har trænet ham til), satte ham ind i et andet rum, fik lokaliseret den nu meget bange lille birkemus og fik fanget den, hvorefter jeg satte den i en plastikbalje, mens jeg gjorde et lille bur klar til den med strå, en blød hule, mad og vand - for inden genudsætning ville jeg sikre mig at den havde det godt. 
Alt det foregik samtidigt med at jeg gjorde mit design færdig og skjulte de huller der var kommet i lakken under hele musejagten, så jeg rystede lidt på hænderne og var noget distraheret. For at gøre en lang historie kort, så blev birkemusen en sen aften genudsat i det område, vi regner med at den kom fra, efter at vi i et par dage havde konstateret, at den spiste godt. Faktisk nåede den også at blive filmet til TV Midt Vest, for der skulle tilfældigvis lige laves en udsendelse om Birkemusen, der netop har fået en egen forvaltningsplan, men igen en for lang historie ...

I’m with the lifeguard wearing nothing but flowers

I’m so in love with this neon green China Glaze I’m With The Lifeguard from the Summer Neons coll. 2012, it’s sooo lovely. It felt just right to put one simple flower and a few dots (acrylic color) on each nail, and I couldn’t stop staring at this mani, and looking at photos of it, it still makes me happy LOL!! Unfortunately my camera had a little trouble focusing, so the flowres are just a tad blurred.

Jeg er så vild med denne neongrønne Glaze I’m With The Lifeguard fra 2012 sommer kollektionen Summer Neons, den er bare så flot. Jeg syntes det var lige tilpas med en enkelt blomst og lidt prikker (akrylfarver) på hver negl, og jeg kunne ikke lade være med at stirre på mine negle, og nu hvor jeg genser billederne, gør de mig glad igen. Desværre havde kameraet besvær med at fokusere, så blomsterne er en lille bitte smule uskarpe!

Quick and easy flowers on One kiwi a day

 

The base color is the gorgeous Essence One Kiwi A Day from the Fruity collection. I thought it would be a one-coater, but it needed two. The flowers I painted in 3 different acrylic colors, and dotted the center with the same colors, to tie the colors together. If I had wanted to make it less discrete, I could have given the flowers red or hot pink centers. The top coat is Seche Vite.

This mani gives me a feeling of a piece of fabric or a summer table cloth, what do you think?

Grundfarven er den smukke Essence One Kiwi A Day fra Fruity kollektionen. Jeg troede det ville være en one-coater, men den skulle have to lag. Blomsterne malede jeg i tre forskellige akrylfarver, og jeg dottede blomsternes midte med de samme farver for at binde farverne sammen. Hvis jeg havde ønsket at gøre dem mindre diskrete, kunne jeg have valgt. f.eks. en pink til midten. Læste du dette på dansk eller eng.? Toplakken er Seche vite.

Denne manicure mindede mig lidt om stof eller en sommerdug, og hvad synes du?

Nabi Magnetics - Teal, Wine & Sky Blue - swatches and review

Teal is a dark and gorgeous shimmery green, not teal at all! Teal er slet ikke teal, som du kan se!

Wine is a gorgeous blod red - Wine er en smuk blodrød

Sky Blue is a turquoise blue with a light shimmer - Sky Blue er en turkisblå med let shimmer.

The polishes are  all shown in one generous coat. The magnets are built in on the top of the bottle, and they work well as you can see. The polish is easy to apply and dries pretty fast.
Lakkerne er alle vist i et ret tykt lag. Magneterne er bygget ind i toppen af flasken, og virker fint som du kan se. Lakken er let at lægge og tørrer ret hurtigt. På grund af min hastigt voksende samling har jeg besluttet ikke at købe flere magnetiske lakker, og disse er til salg, se mere HER.

Sidesweep flowers

 

And then the weirdest thing happen, then next morning after I showered there were MORE flowers...? ;)
Og den næste morgen efter at jeg havde været i bad, skete det mest mærkelige, der var pludselig FLERE blomster...? ;)

The base coat is Nubar Faded Jeans. It surprised me by being a bit sheer and it dried slower than Nubar normally do, weird…

I freehanded the flowers with acrylic colors over the area that I first had sponged with 3 green colors China Glaze Gaga For Green + Glittering garland and Essie Pretty Edgy. I have quite a few manis’ with this type of flowers by now, so you are going to see them a lot in different versions. The top coat is Seche Vite. 
Do you want more flower mani’s? Click on the page “Flowers/nature/blomster” in the top menu!

Grundfarven er Nubar Faded Jeans, der overraskede mig ved ikke at være særligt godt dækkende eller hurtigt tørrende, mærkeligt…

Jeg malede de små blomster frihånd med akrylfarve over et område, som jeg først havde duppet med 3 grønne farver: China Glaze Gaga For Green + Glittering garland and Essie Pretty Edgy.

Denne type blomster har jeg efterhånden et pænt lager af, så du kommer til at se dem i mange forskellige afskygninger :) Toplakken er som vanligt Seche vite.
Vi du se flere blomster, så kig på fanebladet "Flowers/nature/blomster" øverst på siden...

Less is more (failed mani) - lesson learned...?

 

 

This mani with acrylic colors over Dior Waterlily really was quite pretty at one point... 

But then the dots just kept coming and finally cluttered the mani to the point of no return. 
Well, lesson learned, at least for now, and I want share it anyhow! 
After all one of the great things about nail art is, that you can remove it and replace it with something you like better ;)
If you want to see something prettier, you could click on the page "Flowers/nature/blomster" in the menu at the top of this blog!

Dette design malet med akrylfarve på Dior Waterlily var faktisk rigtigt pænt på et tidspunkt... Men så kom prikkerne bare væltende ind og overvældede designet, så der ikke var nogen vej tilbage.
Men jeg lærte lektien, i hvert fald denne gang, så jeg poster det uanset!
Og det fede ved nail art er jo blandt andet, at man bare kan fjerne det og erstatte det med noget man bedre kan li’ ;)
Hvis du vil se noget kønnere, så klik på fanebladet "Flowers/nature/blomster" i menuen øverst på siden!

Trophy Flowers

 

This mani is from mid February, not my greatest, but I loved it when I wore it. The absolutely gorgeous Essie Trophy Wife called out for some yellow flowers, so I found my acrylic paints and started painting with a tiny brush. I sealed the design with Seche Vite top coat.
Check out my other flower mani's, click on the "Flower/blomster" page in the top menu, and if you didn't see yesterdays Tulips, they might be worth a visit, click HERE

Dette design er fra midten af februar, og ikke noget særligt, men da jeg havdeden på, var jeg vild med den. Den vidunderlig smukke Essie Trophy Wife ville passé gode med gule blomster, tænkte jeg, og gik igang med mine akrylfarver og en lille pensel. Til sidst lagde jeg Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat.
Har du lyst til at se flere af mine blomster designs, så klik på fanebladet "Flowers/blomster" i top menuen, og hvis du ikke fik set tulipanerne i går, så er de vist et kig værd, klik HER