#31DC2014 | Day 27 - Inspired by artwork

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Hello there cuties! What are you doing today?
It's day 27 and the theme is inspired by artwork. I was inspired by one of my faaaavorite artists!

Only one nail today, but that's because I was so happy with it and I didn't want to ruin this whole post not that good nail art.
This is inspired by a self portrait by Jennie Lee, a dear friend of mine. She's amazing and I love all of her art, and I think she should know that she's really good.
You can find her on instagram, @bloodandurine.

I used China Glaze Liquid Leather and acrylic paint for this manicure.

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#31DC2014 | Day 26 - Inspired by a pattern

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Hi guys! Gotta keep it short today. I have a lot of stuff to do!
Today it's day 26 and the theme is inspired by a pattern. Take a look!

So my inspiration for this manicure was a piece of gift wrapping paper with a cute pink and green flower-ish pattern. I didn't use the exact same shades as the paper, 'cause I didn't want to copy the pattern right of. That's why I did two big flower-ish thingies on mt middle finger and my pointer.
For this manicure I used butter LONDON Trout Pout as a base and I used LVX Orchid for the other pink parts. The green parts is Holly-Day and Budding Romance, both from China Glaze.

Check out day 26 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 25 - Inspired by fashion

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Hi guys! What's up? It's a new week, do you have any special plans?
It's day 25 in the 31 day challenge and the theme is inspired by fashion. Can you guess my inspiration for this manicure? (I'm pretty sure you can.)

If you guessed Hayley Williams you were totally right.
I've already told you how much I admire Hayley Williams, her style and the fact that she doesn't give a crap about what people think about it, so I'll just tell you about the manicure. Hope that's alright with you! Otherwise you can just use the search function and type in "Hayley Williams" and I'm sure you'll have plenty to read.

So, I used three base polishes fot this manicure. The black is Liquid Leather from China Glaze, the red is London from Mavala and the grey is from Nordic Cap. I'm still researching if Nordic Cap is cruelty free or not, but I do know that they're made in China, so keep that in mind.
Then I stamped a pattern using plate QA98 from Born Pretty Store and China Glaze Holly-Day. I used a striping brush and OPI Don't touch my tutu! to make the light parts. I used a striping brush and Liquid Leather to make the black parts on the grey nails.
Finally I put on some studs and top coat. On the thumb I also made a silver stripe between the red and the black parts.

Check out day 25 from last years challenge, click click!

#31DC2014 | Day 24 - Inspired by a book

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Hi ya'll! Whatchadoin'?
Today it's day 24 and the manicure is inspired by a book!

Today my inspiration was the book A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. I read the book when I was about 13 years old and I loved it. I couldn't find any pictures but I remember that the cover of the book I read was pink, so I used that as an inspiration.
The story has some really stereotypical princess parts, which also inspired me, plus the sparkling stories and the imagination. I really like this book, and I will definitely read it once more.

For the manicure I used OPI Hey Baby, Smitten Polish This Is My Tiara (I just had to use it!), China Glaze Friends Forever, Right? and Cult Nails Angel Whispers. I also used some rhinestones and a nail sticker. (Thank you so much Andrea!)

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#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!

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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.

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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!

31DC2013 Day 29: Inspired by the supernatural - Unicorn and stripes

Hej hörrni! Jag är trött. Dagens utmaning är att inspireras av något övernaturligt, och jag valde att göra en enhörning och lite ränder!

Jag hade ingen direkt plan när jag började med naglarna. Så det slutade med att jag inte hade något motiv på tumme och pekfinger. Så jag målade dit lite ränder!
Basen är Nordic Cap NP13. Jag har målat enhörningen i Glitter Gal Light As A Feather, fast det syns inte på bilderna. Manen, svansen och hornet är målade med Glitter Gal Crushed Ego, Ozotic 513 och Jade Delírio Rosa. Ränderna också. Och så har jag har gjort konturerna med Nordic Cap NP12.
Ganska nöjd, men det hade varit finare om enhörningen inte sprang in i en massa ränder liksom.


Hi yall! I'm tired. Todays challenge is to be inspired by the supernatural, and I chose to do a unicorn and some stripes!

I didn't have a specific plan when I started with the nails. So I ended up with no nail art on my thumb and pointer. So I painted some stripes!
The base is Nordic Cap NP13. I have painted the unicorn in Glitter Gal Light As A Feather, but you can't really see that on these pictures. The mane, tail and horn is painted with Glitter Gal Crushed Ego, Ozotic 513 and Jade Delírio Rosa. The stripes too. And I've done the outlines with Nordic Cap NP12.
I'm pretty happy, but I think it would look better if the unicorn wasn't running into a bunch of stripes you know.

31DC2013 Day 28: Inspired by a flag - Greece

Hejhej! Jag tänker hålla mig superkort idag. Jag är fortfarande hos min pojkvän och jag har inte riktigt tid att blogga.
Dagens utmaning är att inspireras av en flagga. Jag gjorde det enkelt för mig och valde Grekland!

Jag har använt Nordic Cap NP13, Nails Inc Baker Street och tejp med Kalle Anka motiv. Inte för att motivet gjorde någon skillnad, men det var en rolig detalj!
Jag tycker att det blir helt okej snyggt.


Hello! I'm gonna keep it super short today. I'm still at my boyfriend and I don't really have time for blogging today.
Todays challenge is to be inspired by a flag. I kept it simple and chose Greece!

I've used Nordic Cap NP13, Nails Inc Baker Street and tape with Donald Duck print. The print didn't make an difference though, but it was a fun detail!
I think it looks pretty nice.

31DC2013 Day 27: Inspired by artwork - Angelique Houtkamp

Hej allihop! Vad har ni gjort idag? Jag har gjort naglarna jag visar idag. De tog flera timmar och jag har lite ont i nacke och rygg nu. Nåväl, vad gör man inte för konsten!
Dagens utmaning är att inspireras av ett konstverk. Jag diskuterade med min bästa vän Jennie Lee, eftersom hon är väldigt konstintresserad, om vad jag kunde hitta på. Angelique Houtkamp tyckte hon, och hon hade en bra idé. Och idén blev jäkligt bra på naglarna också!

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Så. Jag började med två lager OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons. Därefter freehandade jag alla mönster med Nails Inc Baker Street. Och sen topplack. Jag är sjukt nöjd! Känns inge kul alls att behöva byta lack imorn igen. Haha!


Hi everyone! What have you done today? I've done the nails I'm showing you today. They took hours to finish and my neck and back hurts a bit now. Oh well, the things you do for art!
Todays challenge is to be inspired by artwork. I spoke to my best friend Jennie Lee about what I should do today, she is very into art. Angelique Houtkamp was her answer, and she had a good idea. The idea turned out pretty darn good on the nails aswell!

So. I started with two coats of OPI Don't Pretzel My Buttons. After that I freehanded the print on all nails with Nails Inc Baker Street. And then topcoat. I'm so happy with these! It won't be fun to change polish tomorrow though. Haha!

31DC2013 Day 25: Inspired by fashion - CRAZY FASHION

Hej allihopa! Vad gör ni? Jag äter choklad. Jag behöver en liten sockerkick innan jag börjar packa. Jag ska hälsa på min boyfriend i helgen!
Dagens utmaning är att inspireras av "fashion". Mode är något jag inte har koll på alls. Jag följer inte modet direkt, utan jag köper vad jag gillar. Så jag tänkte att jag kan inspireras av någon som, enligt mig, har en fantastiskt stil. Någon som jag anser är en stilikon. Vem kan det vara? Hayley Williams såklart!

Hayley Williams har en galen stil. Hon klär sig i vad hon känner för, hon sminkar sig som hon känner för och hon har sitt hår som hon känner för. Hon bryr sig inte det minsta om någon tycker att hon är ful. Jag brukar fnissa lite när jag ser hennes galna outfits och sen tänker jag "hur lyckas denna människa bära en kalsongväska och skyddskor och se fantastisk ut?". Här är en länk till den outfiten!
Så jag bestämde mig för att inspireras av det hon bar på årets Teen Choice Awards. Här har ni en länk till inspirationsbilden.
Fun fact! Hayley har nominerats till "värst klädd" på båda awardsen. Jag förstår inte varför.

Jag började med att måla tumme, pek och långfinger vita med Nordic Cap NP13 och ring och lillfinger svarta med Nordic Cap NP12. Sen klippte jag tejpbitar så de var lika breda som saxbladet och tejpade över de vita naglarna. Jag målade svart, drog bort tejpen och dottade lite svart så det nästan såg schackrutigt ut. Därefter fäste jag sammanlagt 17 runda nitar med hål i över de svarta prickarna.
De två svarta naglarna fick ett lager matt topplack från H&M och de rutiga fick två lager Poshé. Det blev en massa bubblor i topplacket.
Jag gillar resultatet men jag skulle nog inte bära den under en längre tid. Jag kommer mest troligt inte göra om det heller. Men det ser coolt ut!


Hi everyone! What are you doing? I'm eating chocolate. I need a little sugar rush before I start packing. I'm going to visit my boyfriend this weekend!
Todays challenge is to be inspired by "fashion". Fashion is something that I don't keep track of. I don't follow fashion trends, I buy what I like. So I thought that I could be inspired by someone who, according to me, has a great style. Someone who I think is a fashion icon. Who could that be? Hayley Williams of course!

Hayley Williams has a crazy style. She wears what she want to, do her makeup as she want to, wear what hairstyle she want to. She doesn't give a shizzle if someone think she looks ugly. I usually giggle when I see her crazy outfits and then I think "how can this human wear a underwear purse and saftey shoes and still look amazing?". Here's a link to that outfit!
So I decided to be inspired by the clothes she wore to this years Teen Choice Awards. Here's a link to the inspiration outfit!
Fun fact! Hayley was nominated as "worst dressed" on both of these outfits. I don't understand why.

I started with painting my thumb, pointer and middle finger white with Nordic Cap NP13, and my ring och pinky black with Nordic Cap NP12. Then I cut pieces of tape that was as wide as the scissor blade and placed them on my white nails. I applied one coat of black, removed the tape and dotted black so it kinda looked like a checkerboard. After that I attached 17 round studs with a hole in the middle on the black dots. 
The two black nails got a coat of matte topcoat from H&M and the checkered nails got two coats of Poshé. There is a lot of bubbles in the topcoat.
I like the result, but I probably would not wear it for a longer period. I will probably not do these nails again either. But it looks cool!

31DC2013 Day 24: Inspired by a book - Det sista vi har är våra kroppar

Men hallå där! Dagens utmaning är att inspireras av en bok. Det kan ju innebära en massa saker, men jag har valt att inspireras av ett bokomslag.

Valet av bok var inte svårt. Jag tycker att boken är så himla fin och jag har tänkt på att göra gradienten ända sen jag köpte boken för snart ett år sedan. Boken heter Det sista vi har är våra kroppar och är skriven av Bob Hansson. Jättebra bok om ni frågar mig.

Jag började med ett lager Nordic Cap NP13. Jag brukar inte börja med vitt när jag gör gradienter, men jag tänkte att det kanske är bäst eftersom jag ville få det väldigt ljust på tippen. Därefter gjorde jag en gradient med Depend 299, Essence Ultimate Pink, Nfu Oh 355 och Nordic Cap NP13. Jag använde så lite av Ultimate Pink som möjligt, för att jag bara skulle få en lite mörkare rosa i övergången från lila. Förstår ni vad jag menar? Jag svampade tre gånger, tror jag, innan jag blev nöjd. 

Sen stampade jag taggtråd med Nordic Cap NP12 och Bundle Monster BM-323. Soldaten har jag freehandat med Nordic Cap NP12. Och så topplack!

Well hello there! Todays challenge is to be inspired by a book. That could mean a lot of things, but I chose to be inspired by the cover of a book.

I didn't have any trouble with the book of choice. I think that this book is so pretty and I've wanted to do the gradient since I bought it almost a year ago. It's a swedish book and the title means "the last thing we have is our bodies".

I started with one coat of Nordic Cap NP13. I don't usually start with white when I'm doing a gradient, but I thought that it might be good 'cause I wanted the gradient to be really light at the tip of my nail. After that I did the gradient with Depend 299, Essence Ultimate Pink, Nfu Oh 355 and Nordic Cap NP13. I used as little of Ultimate Pink as possible, so I would get just a little bit darker pink in the transition from the purple part. Do you understand what I mean? I sponged the gradient three times before I was happy.
Then I stamped the barbed wire with Nordic Cap NP12 and Bundle Monster BM-323. I freehanded the soldier with Nordic Cap NP12. And then topcoat!