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!