Angora Cardi, Or Is It?

Een tijdje geleden heb ik een swap gedaan met IceRozie van MUA. Nou ja, eigenlijk is het meer een voortdurend nagellakuitwisselingsproject. lol

In een van die eerste pakjes zat dit juweeltje als een swap extra. Ze wist dat ik dol ben op Essie's Angora Cardi en ze heeft een holo versie voor me gefrankend!

English: A while ago I did a swap with IceRozie from MUA. Well, actually it's more of an ongoing exchange of polishes. lol

In one of those first packages she was this little gem as a swap extra. She knew I loved Essie's Angora Cardi and she frankened a holo version for me!



Ik ben er echt zo blij mee! Een holo stoffige paars. Kan het nog beter?

English: I'm so happy with this one! A holo dusty purple. Can it get any better?



En de holo is ook zo goed! Gewoon binnenshuis zichtbaar zonder zon of direct lamplicht!
Ze had maar twee laagjes nodig om volledig dekkend te zijn. De echte Angora Cardi ook trouwens.

English: And the holo is so good! Visible indoors without sunlight or direct artificial light!
English: She only needed two coats to be opaque. So did the real Angora Cardi by the way.


Volgens mij vertelde ze dat ze de echte Angora Cardi niet eens gebruikt heeft om deze te maken. Is het niet geweldig hoe goed de kleuren bij elkaar kloppen?!

I think she told me she didn't even use the real Angora Cardi to make this. Can you believe how close she got?!



En nu de titel... De mensen die IceRozie kennen weten dat zij een geweldig geheugen heeft als het op nagellak aankomt. Ze kan van bijna elke lak de naam noemen zonder spieken en ze kan je dan ook gelijk vertellen of er dupes zijn of welke lakken er dicht in de buurt komen.
En daarom vond ik dit erg grappig:

English: Now for the title... The people who know IceRozie know she has an amazing memory when it comes to polishes. She can name just about every one of them without cheating and she can also tell you if there are dupes or which polishes come close.
Which is why I thought this was very funny:



Ze heeft de namen van Orly Cashemere Cardigan en Essie Angora Cardi door elkaar gehaald!
Ik houd nu nog meer van deze lak.

She mixed up the names of Orly Cashmere Cardigan and Essie Angora Cardi!
I love it even more now.



Bedankt voor deze ge-wel-di-ge franken IceRozie! Ik ben er helemaal verliefd op en ik zal haar nog vaak dragen.

English: Thanks for this a-ma-zing franken IceRozie! I love it to death and I'll be wearing her a lot.

China Glaze - Tempest

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone is having a great day!

Today I'm sporting Tempest by China Glaze, a brand that isn't represented a great deal on this blog! Tempest is a strikingly beautiful blue & purple (slight) duochrome. Normally you'd have me at duochrome, but I'm kinda on the fence about this one. It's streaky/frosty, and it hates my regular top coat (OPI RapiDry). They always end up in a fight, leaving my nails looking like funny moonscapes. I do adore this color though!

I don't own a lot China Glaze polishes, because the few I own, aren't that great, formula-wise. But they do make such awesome colors... What's a girl to do?! I probably should give it a try anyway, what do you think?

American Apparel Polish UPDATE FROM AMERICAN APPAREL REP!!

This letter was received in response to my email to Nichole Williams of American Apparel setting the record straight:

"The reason for the recall is because after receiving a few reports of bottles breaking, we made the internal decision to do a voluntary recall of the bottles on both a retail and public level.

We chose this small US manufacturer to produce our nail polish because we support their business model and have a fondness for family who runs it. However, one of the realities of all manufacturing is first-run glitches. We worked all last week with the manufacturer to make the improvements necessary for the second run. Another reason we sought out a US-based company is so we would be able make changes and now, we can investigate what went wrong as quickly as possible. We still believe in the factory we're working with and the new polish will be in stores within the next two weeks.

We will offer an exchange of two new bottles or a $10 giftcard for anyone who brings in a unit from the original run or a receipt."

Hope this clears up any questions or concerns you've had!

iNails

Day 105

Today's nails were painted in order to let you know what they're REALLY going to announce at the Apple press conference tomorrow... screw the iTablet... I'm talkin' iNails. :-P Consider this your sneak preview to an Apple exclusive!! :-D



I used Sally Hansen All the White Stuff as a base, with (from the top of the apple) OPI Green-wich Village, Diamond Cosmetics #319 Lemon Yellow Zest, Urban Outfitters Orange 2, China Glaze Salsa, Zoya Savita matte, and Zoya Yummy. Two coats of Seche Vite top coat to top everything off! :)


Also, here are some fun beauty ads that I found in the January 1885 edition of Peterson's Ladies National Magazine:

Looks like a beauty cure-all if I ever saw one.. :-P


Can you IMAGINE using these?!

The Lady Is A Tramp!

Hot Damn! Dit kon wel eens de knallendste rood zijn die ik ooit heb gezien!

English: Hot Damn! This might be the brightest red I have ever seen!




Under The Mistletoe is helaas de enige lak uit de Essence All I Want Collectie die ik heb kunnen vinden bij mijn tripje naar Duitsland vorige week maar wat een vondst! Knalrode jelly met rode shimmer die ik alleen kan omschrijven met de afgezaagde term 'lit from within'.
Dit is twee laagjes met een topcoat. Niet volledig dekkend maar dat hoeft met een jelly ook niet. Alleen jammer dat ik hiervoor een donkere nagellak geswatcht heb en de restjes daarvan nog zichtbaar zijn onder mijn nagels.

English: Under The Mistletoe is unfortunately the only polish from the Essence All I Want Collection I was able to find on my trip to Germany last week but what a find! Bright red jelly with a red shimmer that I can only discribe with the corny phrase 'lit from within'.
This is two coats with a topcoat. Not completely opaque but that's OK with a jelly. Unfortunately I swatched a dark polish before this and the remainders of that are still visible under my nails.



Oja, de titel? Dat is iets wat mijn oma zonder twijfel gevonden zou hebben van deze nagellak. ;)

English: Oh yeah, the title? That is totally something my grandmother would have said about this polish. ;)



Ik vind haar mooi! Maar ik weet niet of ik genoeg lef heb om deze buiten de deur te dragen. Oma heeft ons goed getraind. ;)

English: I like her! But I'm not sure if I have the guts to wear it outside. Grandmom trained us well. ;)




Zou jij haar dragen? Bedankt voor het kijken!

English: Would you wear her? Thanks for looking!

OPI - Gargantuan Green Grape

Hi everyone! Enjoying the sun too? It's really lovely out today, so I decided i wanted something light. I've seen many pastels around and they make me happy, so I hopped on the bandwagon too!

I'm wearing a light green polish with the most impossible to remember name: Gargantuan Green Grape. It's not really a minty color as it has some yellow undertones. And against my expectations, the formula wasn't great. What's up OPI? I needed 3 coats and it was really streaky. However, I think the color is really fun! Well this was it for day, thanks for reading and have a great day!

Custom rings to match Nail design

Hello my Dear Readers.
I want to introduce you thE idea of custom made rings that would match nail design. I saw some pictures online and i think it looks really polished and stunning. The minute i saw this idea, i decided that i am going to have it :) For those sets i made freehand painted design, but i believe that Konad Patterns will work really great as well
As a base, i used transparent resin rings that comes really chip and in variety of sizes - i ordered it from e-bay - for about $8 for 50 pc. Rings can be painted with both - acrylic paints or regular polishes - to match fingernails designs.
When design is gone from the nails i guess ring can be left as a souvenir, or thrown away as disposable.
Please let me know how do you like it? On those pictures rings and nails that i made for my girlfriends this weekend, i was glad to know that they loved it. Would you try it yourself?
Sakura for Natasha

And sexy "Viktoria" for my friend Vika

P2 Swatches!

Ik heb veel vragen gekregen over P2 nagellak dus het leek me een goed idee om swatches te maken van zoveel mogelijk kleuren zodat we iets hebben om mensen naartoe te verwijzen als ze swatches willen zien.
De geweldige Thess en IceRozie zijn zo vriendelijk geweest me sommige van hun nagellakken te lenen voor deze swatches.

P2 is een drogisterijmerk met een fantastische prijs-kwaliteitsverhouding. Ze kosten €1,55 en de kwaliteit is doorgaans erg goed! Alle swatches zijn twee laagjes zonder topcoat tenzij anders gespecificeerd.

Winkels die P2 verkopen:

Nederland
- Sommige Schleckers

Duitsland
- DM Drogeriemarkt
- Sommige Schleckers

Oostenrijk
- 2 Palmers Paradise winkels in Wenen


Voor bolletjes swatches kan je hier kijken en daar op 'Farbauswahl' klikken.

Als ik nieuwe kleuren krijg zal ik deze post updaten zodat het een zo compleet mogelijk naslagwerk van P2 kleuren wordt. Als jij meer winkels kent die P2 verkopen laat het me dan alsjeblieft weten via de comments of mijn email ->>


English: I've been getting a lot of questions about P2 polishes so I thought it was a good idea to swatch as many colours as I can get my hands on so we all have a place to direct people too who are looking for swatches. The wonderful Thess and IceRozie were kind enough to let me use some of their polishes for these swatches.

P2 is a drugstore brand with an amazing price-quality ratio. They sell for €1,55 and the quality is usually very good! All swatches are 2 coats without topcoat unless otherwise stated.

Places that sell P2:


The Netherlands
- Some Schleckers

Germany
- DM Drogeriemarkt
- Some Schleckers

Austria
- 2 Palmers Paradise shops in Vienna

For blob swatches click here and go to 'Farbauswahl'.

If I get more colours I'll update this post so it will be as complete as possible. If you know of any stores that sell P2 polishes please let me know in the comments or via email ->>

011 Be Wild!

013 Stylish


015 Gracious

016 Chic
1 coat!

017 Elegant
3 coats

143 Forever

146 Soulful

169 Electric
3 coats and still a bit sheer

190 Fancy
3 coats

200 Rebel

209 Spacy

220 Hyper

240 Joyful
3 coats

249 Dangerous

250 So Cool!

171 Gorgeous

What Are You HUP...TO...3...4?

Day 104

Happy Monday, everyone!!! Today's nails were a request a while back from reader Melissa T-S. She told me that her 25 year old son is 5th generation army, and she would LOVE to see camouflage nails... so, Melissa... and your son, I hope you see these!! :) (and like them!! :-P)



I used Sally Hansen Trendy Creme as a base. (this color is amazing- the most perfect avocado color- best of all- I got it at the Dollar Tree! :-P) For the rest of the camo colors, I mixed Zoya Envy with Sally Hansen Trendy Creme for the olive color, since Envy was too dark, used Nubar Milk Chocolate Creme for the brown, and China Glaze Liquid Leather for the black. I topped it all off with two coats of Essie Matte About You to make it matte and awesome. :-P

I really love these nails... and they're totally my dedication to all the troops working their asses off everywhere to make our world, our country, and our people safe. (and for their predecessors, who made it possible to live in a country where one can do something as frivolous as painting her nails every day and blogging about it)...

THANK YOU!!!

Be Wild!

Ben je het al zat om naar mijn raves over P2 te luisteren? Jammer dan want ik ben nog lang niet klaar!
Het blijft me verbazen hoe goed de kwaliteit-prijsverhouding is bij deze lak. Ze zijn niet allemaal geweldig maar ik ben kleuren tegengekomen die zich qua formule makkelijk kunnen meten met OPI.

English: Tired of hearing me rave about P2 already? Too bad, because I'm not finished yet!
I just can't get over how great the quality vs price ratio is on this one. They aren't all great but I've some across colours that can easily compare themselves to OPI formula-wise.


Dit was daar echter niet een van. ;) Nog steeds niet slecht maar wel een beetje streperiger en dikker dan ik gewend ben van P2. Gelukkig kent nagellakverdunner meer gebruiken dan alleen oude stroperige lakken verdunnen. Na een paar drupjes verdunner en even goed schudden was er veel makkelijker mee te werken.
Dit is twee laagjes met base- en topcoat.

English: This wasn't one of them though. ;) Still not bad but more streaky and thick than I'm used to from P2. Luckily nail polish thinner has more uses than just thinning out old goopy polish. After a couple of drops of thinner and a good shake it was much easier to work with. This is two coats with base- and topcoat.



Volgens mijn kleurenkaart is dit een medium violetrood. Irl is ze een haartje donkerder maar verder klopt kleur op de foto aardig. Volgens mij begin ik het fotograferen in een light box onder de knie te krijgen.


English: According to my colour chart this would be medium red violet. Shes just a hair darker írl but otherwise it's pretty colour accurate. I think I'm getting the hang of using my light box.




Ik krijg veel vragen op MUA en in mijn email over P2. Waar het verkocht wordt, welke kleuren ze hebben, etc. dus ik heb een enorme post gepland staan met al die informatie en swatches op een nagel van veel kleuren uit de standaard lijn.

Voor zover ik weet wordt P2 alleen verkocht in Duitsland en Oostenrijk bij de DM Drogeriemarkt. Als jij meer winkels kent die het verkopen of andere landen waar het verkrijgbaar is stuur me dan alsjeblieft een email op mindermutsig at gmail punt com zodat ik die informatie in de post kan opnemen.

English: I've been getting a lot of questions on MUA and in my email about P2. Where it's sold, what colours they have etc. so I have a major post coming up with all that info and one-nail swatches of a lot of their core line colours.

As far as I know P2 is only sold in Germany and Austria at the DM Drogeriemarkt. If you know of other places that sell P2 or other countries it's available in please email me at mindermutsig at gmail dot com so I can include that information in the post.



Dat was het weer voor vandaag! Bedankt voor het kijken!

English: That's it for today! Thanks for looking!