#31DC2014 | Day 23 - Inspired by a movie

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Hey babes! How are you?
Today it's Tuesday and day 23 in the challenge, which means that today's theme is inspired by a movie. Take a look at my manicure!

Can you guess which movie I used as inspiration?
If you guessed Monsters vs. Aliens you guessed right! My inspiration for this manicure was the costume Susan is wearing. You can see it if you click here and here.

I used Pahlish Boundless As The Dark as a base for this manicure. It's a highly pigmented blue polish with shimmer flakes in blue and green. Then I used a striping brush and Depend 223 to paint the stripe pattern. I put on a little bit of clear polish the shapes that I wanted glitter and then I used a dotting tool to place the glitters. Then I finished with top coat!

I really like this manicure, what do you think?

Check out day 23 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 22 - Inspired by a song (+ United in Green & Nail Art Sunday)

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Hi there! I took a little break, but now I'm back! My inspirational level went pretty low this week so I couldn't make any good manicures and all the pictures I captured were really bad.
Anyway! Today it's a special day, it's United In Green (hosted by Karin at Vacker & Underbar) which is a theme week to raise awareness about depression. You might not know this but October is not only pink, it's also green for depression.
Today is the last day of the week and Karin collaborated with Lela at Lelack for Nail Art Sunday, so they decided that the theme would be Love! 'Cause you know, love is amazing.
Not only is it Nail Art Sunday and United in Green, it's also day 22 and that means that I also need to be inspired by a song. Well that's a lot of things to include in one manicure, but I gave it a try and this is the result!

So, as I said, I had a lot of things to include in one manicure and that was reeeeaally hard. I decided to be inspired by a song that I love from a band that was introduced to me by someone I used to love. The song is The Greener Grass by Fair To Midland. It's amazing.
So I made grass on my nails. You know, the greener grass represents life without depression and the brown grass, the withered grass represents depression.
I really like this manicure!
I used China Glaze New Birth as a base. It's a beautiful really pale blue creme from the Giver collection. The green to brown polishes are the following: China Glaze Holly-Day, Smitten Polish Electric Lime, China Glaze OMG A UFO, NYC Backstage Brown and finally Smitten Polish Seasonal Lattes.

Remember to share some love and hopefully we might fight a little bit of depression at the same time. I love you all! Byyyyyeee!

Check out day 22 from last years challenge, click click!

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#31DC2014 | Day 21 - Inspired by a color

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Whaaaat's uuuuup guuuuys? It's sunday, yayayayay! That means that it's a new week tomorrow, aweyeah!
It's day 21 in the 31 Day Challenge so this manicure is inspired by a color.

So the polish I was inspired by is WingDustCollections Breathing Under Water and it is simply amazing. It's a blue jelly with glitters in different blue hues and some brown glitters. The brown glitter gives the polish so much depth and makes it really unique. It's beautiful! I used 3 coats, 'cause it is a jelly and my nails are stained, so the polish looked a bit green in the undertone due to my yellow nails.

So when you breath under water you'll create air bubbles, right? Why not combine a bubble manicure and a pond manicure?!
I started with Ciaté Power Dressing. I applied two coats, 'cause I wasn't sure if I could use it for a pond manicure. It is quite opaque. Then I thinned out some white polish with acetone and made dots and then I used a q-tip or a small nail art brush (depending on the size of the dot) to soak up the wet polish in the middle of the dot. I did 1-3 dots at a time 'cause otherwise the dots dried too much and I couldn't soak up enough polish.
I applied another (thin) coat of Power Dressing and let it dry before I made a new layer of dots. I added a little glare-shine-highlight-thingie and finished with a top coat.

Check out day 21 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 19 - Galaxies

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Hi guys! How are you doing? It's Wednesday and it's raining here in Sweden. The weather has been cold and grey all day, typical fall weather.
Wanna see something not so grey and cold? The theme for day 19 is galaxies!

I decided to do colorful, bright and almost a bit pastel-ish galaxies this time. I absolutely LOVE this manicure. I wish I could peel it of in little sheets and save it for later. Yes, that's really gross.

The base of this manicure is two coats of China Glaze Tart-y For The Party. It's a beautiful lilac-ish purple creme with perfect formula. Then I put on one thin coat of Darling Diva Dangerous Driver. I started making the galaxy by sponging OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls randomly on the nails. I continued the sponging with Make Up Store Nicklas, Darling Diva Maxed Out, Glacial Springs and Sparkling Orchid, both from Smitten Polish. I added stars with a tiny dotting tool, a tiny nail art brush and OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls.

Do you like this kind of galaxy or do you prefer more traditional galaxies?

Check out day 19 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 16 - Geometric

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Hi guys! I'm having so much fun at Christina and at the internship. It feels really good and I like it here. Plus, I have a nail polish lover by my side everyday (and all of her polishes) and it's amazing.
It's day 16 today and the theme is geometric. I did some triangles!

I started to hate Nordic Cap NP13 after this manicure. It was streaky and messy and just bad. So, I need a new white creme polish. What's you favorite white creme polish?

After I had a little fight with the white polish I painted triangles in three different colors randomly all over the nails. I used L.A. Girl Brilliant Blue (Thank you Ingela!), Make Up Store Nicklas (Thank you Malin!) and Gina Tricot Beauty Billard. I really like this manicure!

Check out day 16 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 14 - Flowers

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Hi there! I didn't publish any post yesterday. I was packing and preparing for my first week as an intern at a company in Malmö. Christina (Passionate About Polish, instagram: @cilp) invited me to live with her. How fun!
Today is day 14 and the theme is flowers. Take a look!

So, this was a fast and easy manicure. The base is Ciaté Headliner in two coats and then I stamped a rose pattern from Bundle Monster BM-323 using China Glaze Scandalous Shenanigans.
It's not a super fun manicure, but it's quite simple and clean. I like it!

Hope you're having a great Sunday!

Check out day 14 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 11 - Polka Dots

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Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
First of all; I have updated the Gradient post! Check it out!
Second of all; this challenge will last for a lot more than 31 days. Doesn't matter, I love doing this!

Today I've been studying. Yeah. That's all. So let's talk nails instead!
Polka dots for day 11!

I don't like these pictures. They're fine, but they're not good. Just so you know.

The base of this manicure is Nordic Cap NP12 and NP13. Then I used China Glaze First Mate to make the dots on the white nails. I don't know if you can see it, but there's actually a gradient going on in the dots. To get that effect I just mixed First Mate with my white polish and then again with the black polish.
I did the same thing on the black nail but I used Nfu Oh 394 instead.
Then I put a fimo bow on my middle and my ring finger, and a square stud on the other nails.
Finished with a coat of Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat.

Check out day 11 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 8 - Metallic

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Let's face it, I probably won't be able to post twice in one day any day soon, so I should probably stop saying that I'll try to do it. 'Cause there's no time for that.
I do have time for quick posts though, most of the time. So here's another quick one, which is Metallic.

I don't think I actually own any polishes with real metallic finish. I do own foils, but not a smooth metallic. You know, that kind that almost always have a shitload of brushstrokes? Not own any of those.
So, I decided to use one of my foils and studs to represent the metallic part in this manicure. The base is Rodeo Fanatic by China Glaze which Antonia gave me for my birthday last year. I don't know why I haven't used it until now 'cause it is simply amazing. Easy application, almost a one coater and there's a tiny hit of duochrome to it. I love it!
I did the triangles with a silver Depend polish, but I don't know the name right now, and the black is Nordic Cap NP12, as usual.
Yep. That's all for today! Have a nice evening.

Check out day 8 from last years challenge here, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 5 - Blue

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Hi guys! What's up? This post will be short 'cause I'm tired. Let's go!
Day 5 means blue and it's monday, so that means GREAT TIMING, it's blue Monday at Tove (Nail Me, click click). Take a look!

So, for these nails I started with painting two coats of Alana Renee It's A Boy which I actually won in Toves pregnancy giveaway. It's a beautiful light blue with specks of shimmer in it. They kind of drown a bit in the base though.
Then I put on one generous coat of Models Own Indian Ocean and OH MY GOD, that is stunning. It's a sheer blue based polish with duochrome shimmer that shifts from pale golden yellowish to pink. It's really pretty.
Then I used my water decal roses that Andrea (Tasty Tips, click click!) gave me for my birthday last year. Can't believe that I've had these in my drawer for almost a year. I love this look. Really.

See you tomorrow! <3
Check out day 5 from last years challenge, click click!

Nail Art: Hello Muffin, sweet cupcakes!

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Hallå där! Hur mår ni idag? Jag mår bra, förutom en jäklig rygg som värker lite. Kan bero på att jag städat hela helgen, eller så har jag sovit konstigt.
Idag ska jag visa er en manikyr som inte alls blev som jag tänkt mig, men jag gillar den massor ändå. Vill ni se? Ja, det vill ni!

Hello there! How are you today? I'm fine, except for my damn back that hurts a bit. Maybe because I spend the weekend cleaning, or maybe I've slept weird.
Today I'm going to show you a manicure that didn't turn out how I imagined, but I really like it anyway. Do you want to see it? Yes, you do!

Jag tänker inte berätta hur jag först tänkte att manikyren skulle se ut, för jag sparar den idén till senare.

Vad ni ser är en jelly sandwich med två lager Rescue Beauty Lounge Bikini Bottom, ett lager Pretty Jelly Festival och två lager Bikini Bottom igen.
Bikini Bottom har jag visat en gång innan, och även då gjorde jag en sandwich. Då tyckte jag dock att det fortfarande var ojämnt efter tre lager, men nu målade jag bara två innan jag applicerade glitterlacket. 

Festival från Pretty Jelly har jag fått i födelsedagspresent av Malin och det är ett helt galet lack med neongröna stjärnor, små fyrkanter och smått glitter, vita stjärnor och hexagoner, blåa strängglitter och smått glitter och slutligen neonrosa stora fyrkanter. Jag tycker inte att det är speciellt svårt att få tillräckligt med glitter på nageln och stjärnorna är inte heller speciellt svåra att få med.

Därefter gjorde jag en stamping med Bundle Monster BM-308 i Nordic Cap NP12 och NP13. Jag använde en XL stamper* från BornPrettyStore (recension kommer inom snar framtid).

Om jag är nöjd med resultatet? Hur nöjd som helst!

I'm not going to tell you about what I first though the mani should look like, 'cause I'll save that idea for later.

What you see is a jelly sandwich with two coats of Rescue Beauty Lounge Bikini Bottom, one coat of Pretty Jelly Festival and two coats of Bikini Bottom again. 

I've shown Bikini Bottom once before, and that mani was a sandwich too. That time I thought that it still looked uneven after three coats, but now I only applied two before I applied the glitter polish.

Festival by Pretty Jelly was a birthday gift from Malin and it's a totally crazy polish with neon green stars, small squares and tiny glitter, white stars and hexagons, blue bar glitter and tiny glitter, and finally neon pink big squares. I don't think it's hard to get enough glitter on the nail and the stars isn't hard to get either.

After that I did a stamping with Bundle Monster BM-308 in Nordic Cap NP12 and NP13. I used a XL stamper* from BornPrettyStore (review coming in the near future).

If I'm happy with the result? As happy as you can!

Use the code XHSQ10 for 10% discount!

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piCture pOlish Festival over Oh My Gosh Cobalt Blue

Hejsan! Idag ska ni få se vad jag burit i veckan. Det ena lacket har jag haft typ hur länge som helst, eller åtminstone i några år. Här har ni piCture pOlish Festival över Oh My Gosh (som är Gosh minilack) Cobalt Blue!

Jag kunde inte fota i min lilla studio, för flakiesen i Festival syntes typ ingenting. Så jag väntade till dagen efter, och fotade i molnigt dagsljus.
Ja, Festival från piCture pOlish är ett flakielack med flakies i olika färger, så som rödorange, gulgrön, blågrön, grön. När man vinklar naglarna tycker jag att det ser ut som flakiesen går mot grönt och turkost.
Festival har en grumlig bas, men den är alltså klar på nageln. Det är en väldigt bra formula på lacket, men jag tycker att det blir för lite flakies på ett lager, så jag har två.

Oh My Gosh är alltså namnet på Gosh minilack. Den här flaskan har jag haft åtminstone sen 2009 tror jag. Jag minns första gången jag använde det och hade ingen aning om vad ett jellylack var. Jag målade säkert fem lager, men jag var inte missnöjd med det ändå för jag tyckte att färgen var helt fantastisk. Det tycker jag fortfarande! Sist jag använde den tyckte jag att den blev väldigt streaky minns jag, men nu gick det alldeles utmärkt att måla med. Så det finns alltså en stor risk att min flaska har ändrats i formulan, eftersom jag använt två lager här och det ser jättebra ut, precis som en jelly ska göra. Sist tror jag att jag använde tre lager.
Nåväl! Cobalt Blue är ett blått jellylack som har en helt underbar färg. Jag gillar det massor, och kommer antagligen behöva köpa en till flaska. Speciellt eftersom jag ska göra mig av med Revlon Royal (eftersom Revlon inte är cruelty free) och detta är det närmsta jag kan komma, vad jag vet.

Gosh is cruelty free
according to their website.
piCture pOlish is VEGAN
according to their website.
Please read my
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for more information.

Vad ni ser är alltså två lager Cobalt Blue, två lager Festival och ett lager Poshé.



Hello! Today you'll see what I wore this week. I've owned one of these polishes for a really long time, or at least for a couple of years. Here you have piCture pOlish Festival over Oh My Gosh (which is Gosh mini polishes) Cobalt Blue!

I couldn't use my little photostudio when I took these pictures, 'cause the flakies didn't show at all. So I waited to the next day and photographed in cloudy daylight.
Yes, Festival by piCture pOlish is a flakie polish with flakies in different colors, like reddish orange, yellowish green, blueish green and green. When you tilt the nails I think that the flakies shift to green and turquoise.
Festival has a cloudy base, but it is clear on the nail. Very good formula on this polish, but I think that you don't get enough flakies in one coat, so I applied two.

Oh My Gosh is the name of Gosh mini polishes. I've had this bottle since 2009 I think. I remember the first time I used it and I had no idea what a jelly polish was. I applied like five coats, but I wasn't dissapointed 'cause I thought that the color was amazing. I still do! Last time I used it I thought that it was really streaky, but this time the were no problems at all. So there's a big chance that the formula in my bottle has changed, since I used two coats here and it looks really good, just like a jelly should look. Last time I think I used three coats.
Anyhow! Cobalt Blue is a blue jelly with a totally gorgeous color. I like it alot, and I think I need to get another bottle of this. Specially since I'm going to get rid of Revlon Royal ('cause Revlon is not cruelty free), and this is the closest I can get, what I know.

What you see is two coats of Cobalt, two coats of Festival and one coat of Poshé.

Winter Is Coming Stampicure

Hej allihopa! Jag är ledsen för bristen på inlägg här, men vi har fortfarande inte fått internet. Det fungerar förhoppningsvis nu i veckan.
Jag har haft mycket att göra och jag har precis fått i ordning på mitt rum, så nu har jag äntligen en plats för nail art och fotostudion!
Nu har det helt plötsligt blivit december, och jag har en vintrig manikyr att visa. Ta er en titt!

Det var såhär att jag tänkte börjat med en ny nail art challenge, men det blev inte av. Och då frågade jag min bästis Jennie Lee om inspirationshjälp. Hon föreslog att jag skulle göra något som såg ut som frost, eller sprucken is, eller något liknande. Vi tittade igenom mina stämpelplattor och valde Bundle Monster BM-208.
Jag började med att måla OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls på alla naglar, ett lager på tumme och pekfinger och två på de övriga. Därefter målade jag två lager Winter Is Coming från Smitten Polish på tumme och pekfinger. Winter Is Coming är ett underbart vitt jelly lack med blått glitter i olika storlekar, hexagoner och småttsmått glitter. Jag upplever att lite av glittret är prismatiskt. Det var inga problem med applikationen.

All of the polishes in this post
are cruelty free.
Please read my
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for more information.

Sedan stämplade jag mönstret med IsaDora Baby Blue på de övriga naglarna. Jag gillar verkligen Baby Blue.
Resultatet blev fint tycker jag. Enkelt och elegant på något vis.
Två lager topplack på glitternaglarna och ett på de andra.



Hi everyone! I'm so sorry for the lack of posts here, but we still got no internet. Hopefully it will work this week.
I had a lot to do and I recently finished with organizing my room, so now I finally have a place for nail art and my photostudio!
Suddenly it was december, and I have a winter-ish manicure to show you. Take a look!

I was going to start a new nail art challenge, but it never happened. And I asked my bestie Jennie Lee for help with the inspiration. She suggested that I should do something that looked like frost, or breaking ice, or something like that. We went through my stamping plates and picked Bundle Monster BM-208.
I started with painting my nails with OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls on every nail, one coat on thumb and pointer and two on the rest. After that I painted two coats of Winter Is Coming by Smitten Polish on my thumb and pointer. Winter Is Coming is a wonderful white jelly polish with blue glitter in different sizes, hexagons and tinytiny glitter. I experience that some of the glitter is prismatic. There where no problems with application.
Then I stamped the pattern with IsaDora Baby Blue on the other nails. I really like Baby Blue.
I think that the result is reallt pretty. Kind of Simple and elegant.
Two coats of topcoat on the glitter nails and one on the rest.

31DC2013 Day 31: Honor nails you love

Hallå! Det här inlägget blev visst en dag sent. Jag kom hem sent igår, och blev inte klar med naglarna förrän efter midnatt. Och då var jag så trött och hade huvudvärk, så jag gick och la mig istället. 

Så! Sista utmaningen är att hedra naglar du älskar. Jag älskar ju hur mycket naglar som helst! Det var svårt att bestämma sig för något, men jag valde tillslut att hedra Chit Chat Nails Skittlette manikyrer. Jag har inspirerats av en manikyr som Marta gjort i två versioner, här har ni ena, och här har ni andra.

Jag har valt att göra en blå version av Martas manikyr eftersom jag gillar att bära blåa lack. 

Jag har två lager Lime Crime Once In A Blue Mousse (tack Sandra!) på pekfinger och tumme. Vilket underbart problemfritt lack! Jag älskar det, och det kommer mest troligt stjäla första platsen som bästa ljusblå från IsaDora Baby Blue. 

På lång och ringfinger har jag två lager OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, och vi vet väl alla vid det här laget hur jäkla underbar detta nästan-vita krämlack är? Perfektion! Jag har stampat mönstret med Bundle Monster plattan BM-201 och Deborah Lippmann Waking Up In Vegas. En av mina favoriter! Och sen har jag fäst två ljusblåa rhinestones från bornprettystore på varje nagel. Använd kod QEL91 för 10% rabatt! 

Lillfingret har ett laget China Glaze First Mate och sedan fyra lager NYX Girls Turks & Caicos.

Jag är nöjd, men jag vill ha mer action på naglarna än såhär tror jag. Förstår ni vad jag menar?
Det var allt från 31 dagars utmaningen. Sammanfattningsinlägg kommer inom kort!

Hello! Todays post is one day late. I came home late last night and I didn't finish this manicure until past midnight. And by then I was so tired and I had a little bit of headache so I just went straight to bed.

So! The last challenge is to honor nails you love. But I love plenty of nails! It was hard to decide what nails to honor, but I finally decided to honor ChitChatNails Skittlette manicures. I was inspired by a manicure that Marta did in two versions, here's one of them and here's the other one.

I chose to do a blue version of Marta's manicure 'cause I like to wear blue polishes.

I have two coats of Lime Crime Once In A Blue Mousse (thank you Sandra!) on my pointer and thumb. What a wonderful perfect polish! I love it, and it will most likely steal the first place over the best light blue polishes from IsaDora Baby Blue.

On my middle and ringfinger I have two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, and we all know by now hoe friggin' amazing this almost-white polish is? Perfection! I have stamped the print with Bundle Monster plate BM-201 and Deborah Lippmann Waking Up In Vegas. One of my favorites! And then I added two light blue rhinestones from bornprettystore on each nail. Use the code QEL91 for 10% off your entire order!

On my pinkie I have one coat of China Glaze First Mate and four coats NYX Girls Turks & Caicos.

I'm happy with these, but I would like some more action on my nails. Do you know what I mean?
That's all from the 31 Days Challenge. A sum-up post will be up soon!

31DC2013 Day 30: Inspired by a tutorial - Watercolor nails

Hallå där! Hur är läget? Jag har inte tagit mig hem från min pojkvän än. Så jag har inte haft så många lack att välja på idag. Dagens utmaning är att inspireras av en tutorial, och jag har valt att inspireras av Rebecca Likes Nails watercolor technique tutorial!

Jag började med att måla naglarna vita med Nordic Cap NP13, och därefter ett lager Seche Vite. Sen blobbade jag ut droppe Nails Inc Baker Street och tog en pensel, doppade den i nagellacksborttaging, eftersom jag inte hade någon aceton, och duttade runt lacket på nageln. Dutta inte för mycket på samma ställe! Sen gjorde jag samma procedur med Ciaté Cabaret.
Och så kunde jag inte låta bli att sätta dit två svarta runda nitar från bornprettystore. Just det hjulet jag har verkar inte finnas kvar.

Förresten har bornprettystore gett mig en rabattkod till mina läsare, så om ni använder koden XHSQ10 när ni beställer så får ni 10% rabatt på er order! Woho!


Hi there! How are you? I not home from my visit at my boyfriend yet. So I didn't have many polishes to chose from today. Todays challenge is to be inspired by a tutorial, and I was inspired by Rebecca Likes Nails watercolor technique tutorial!

I started with painting my nails white with Nordic Cap NP13, and then one coat of Seche Vite. Then I blobbed out a drop of Nails Inc Baker Street and grabed a brush, dipped it in nail polish remover, 'cause I didn't have any acetone, and I dabbed the polish around on the nail. Don't dabb to much on the same spot! Then I did the same thing with Ciaté Cabaret.
And I couldn't leave it without two black round stunds from bornprettystore on each nail. The wheel that I got doesn't seem to be in stock though.

By the way, bornprettystore has given me a coupon code for my readers, so if you use the code XHSQ10 when you order you'll get 10% of! Woho!