I have a wonderful polish to show you today, Drinking... Watermelon from Too Fancy Lacquer. This polish has been a lemming of mine since the first time I saw it. I got it in my swatch package from Katarina at Edgy Polish yesterday and I literally freaked. I know that summer is ending and autumn is approaching but this colour is so beautiful and it's definitely wearable all year around.
Drinking... Watermelon is a peachy pink semi-linear holo. The application was great and the clean-up was minimal. Drinking... Watermelon covered with two thin coats and dried fast. A good tc is recommended because it dried semi-matte. On my ring finger I used Nail vinyls to create a chevron pattern. I started with a white base and used Drinking... Watermelon as the "top colour". Since the polish was layered over white one coat coverd perfectly.
If you want your own bottle of Drinking... Watermelon head over to Edgy Polish before it's too late.
Before we start with the nail polish talk we need to discuss something else. Something that is super important to me. Please do have in mind that english is my second language. I will do my best, but be nice :)
In Sweden today is the final day to vote for the European Union election. There are of course different political parties both left, and right winged that run in the election. There are also single-issue political parties, green parties and so on. I try to have an open mind and think that every party have their plan to make Sweden, and EU the best they can.
What is scary is that all over Europe far right political parties are gaining ground. We have one in Sweden as well. The Swedish democrats. Europe has a really dark past and a lot of us europeans are worried that we might go down that road again. There are countries that are discussing if homosexuals should be allowed to work with children because of their sexual orientation, HOW INSANE IS THAT!? In the southern part of Sweden, where I live, police made a special register of romani people as young as two years old. In Spain 400 incidents of violence against women are reported EVERY DAY! In Sweden, one of the most equal countries in the world, on average 17 women are killed by their husband, boyfriend, ex-husband or ex-boyfriend. This is where Europe is heading :(
So, what can one do change this pattern? VOTE! When not voting other people will use our silence. There are people in the world that die fighting for their right to vote. It is as much a right as a obligation.
My vote goes to a political party that want's to give the romani people the respect and rights they deserve. They are working for the LGBTQ-comunity's and women's rights among other things. They are called Feminist Initiative and I support them fully.
Just to clear a few things out.
Being a feminist does not mean that I hate men. It doesn't mean that you have to have hairy legs and armpist and never wear make-up!
A feminist is a person that wants every women, man and anyone who identify themselves in a different way to be able to be themselves. A feminist is person who is tired of the gender rolls we have in society. Teaching boys to like this and girls to like that. Girls aren't born loving pink, WE teach them. In the exact same way we teach boys to like techy gadgets and cars.
I want to see a change, I'm tired of the objectification of women in media, the fact that men still get paid more for the exact same work. I'm tired that the violence against women is a women's issue in politics, especially since more women die in close relations than people die in wars.
I'm sorry about the wall of text but this is really important to me and I hope that all of my European readers will vote for a more loving and respectful Europe!
This Nail art Sunday has the EU-election as theme. I got really excited, I have done a simple nail art with neon pink studs and This love is smokin' hot from Too Fancy Lacquer. I added matte TC on my white nails and Seche vite on the others. I think it's super cute :)
Today I'm showing you some stamping. I don't stamp very often because it's both rather time consuming and tricky IMO. But I must say, it's a lot easier with shorter nails.
The plate I have used is QA82 from Born pretty store. I really want to have time to stamp more often but since I'm a n00b it does require booth patience and time, something I don't have a lot of.
I picked Young grasshoppa from Colours by Llarowe as my base colour and I stamped with Moody blue from Too fancy lacquer. Young grasshoppa applied smoothly and covered perfectly with two coats. This is the the new formula and it's not sheer like the old one. You might remember this post when I wore the old Grasshoppa, VNL alert! Moody blue worked great to stamp with and I'm really pleased with the colour combination. I used this rectangular stamper from MoYou.
Overall I'm really pleased with this manicure. Since I'm not a pro and I still managed to stamp quite well I'd say that Moody blue, the MoYou stamper and the plate makes a great trio.
Today is a pretty important day in Sweden. People that support political parties that have their roots in the labor movement demonstrate. A rather young left winged party, "Feministiskt Initiativ", was going to demonstrate in Lund. I was at work today so I couldn't join the demonstrations but this morning I decided to paint my nails in a colour that would match them.
This love is smokin' hot is a hot pink holo. I had to edit the pictures because my camera couldn't handle the colour. The formula was great, as all TFL's are! All I needed was two thin coats to achieve full opacity. I also applied a coat of SV because it dried semi-matte. I bought this beauty at Edgy Polish but it seems to be out of stock right now. Make sure to like Too Fancy Lacquer and Edgy Polish on Facebook to get updates about their restocks!
Todays theme is Stripes, I thought it was pretty straight (pun intended) forward what to do :P I used these vinyls. I think the work much better than striping tape. I also added some metal studs from Born Pretty Store.
I use three different polishes, all of them from Too Fancy Lacquer. The colours I used are the following: Lake como, Spring in my steps and Lilac rain. I bought all of them at Edgy Polish. Edgy polish is celebrating it's one year birthday and you get a 25% discount on your order until 12 o'clock tonight. You should totally check it out :D
So how did I do it? I started with this polish as my base. I applied the stripes on my nails and painted each nail with all three colours after that I applied the studs. I finished the mani off with one coat of HK Girl TC. This was really easy to do, but if you want me to I can do a tutorial :)
If you want to enjoy more stripes check out Le Lack's blog :)
I've come to understand that some bloggers have problems with blogger. The primary problem being that blogger degrades the quality of the pictures. I haven't experienced this, until today. So there won't be as many pictures as usual because the looked blurry and grey when I uploaded them :(
Enough about blogger being a mean nail polish pic hater, time for some nail polish rambling. Today I'm showing you a gorgeous dusty blue holographic creme from Too Fancy Lacquer. Moody blue is a gorgeous polish and the formula was amazing. What you see in the pictures is ONE coat of Moody blue with HK Girl top coat.
It was wonderful to apply and the clean-up was minimal. I really like this polish and it matches the weather in Lund perfectly.
This polish was sent to me from Katarina at Edgy Polish and it's still in stock so go grab a bottle before it's sold out ;)
This gorgeous polish was sent to me from Katarina at Edgy Polish and I love it. The colour is so unique. Call me queen bee is, as I mentioned in the beginning, best described as a mustard yellow. The holographic properties are rather subtle which I really like.
The application was wonderful which was a bit of a surprise. I usually find yellow polish being the trickest colour to apply, Call me queen bee however wasn't. The polish applied smoothly and two coats where enough for full opacity. I applied one coat of HK Girl TC and it didn't affect the holographic properties.
There are only three bottles (as I write this post) left at Edgy Polish, so if you want a bottle you better hurry! You can find the polish here.
Today I'm showing you a limited edition polish that was made to celebrate Charlenes, the mastermind behind Too Fancy Lacquer, engagement. What a girl wants is described as a white linear holo. Unfortunately I must say that it's more light grey than white. This is however rather common when it comes to white holos. The holographic pigments tend to greyify (yes it's a word) the base. The fact that it's more gray than white doesn't bother me. I think that this is a wonderful and discrete polish that looks great.
What a girl wants is a creme polish and that does affect the holo-factor. The holographic pigments drown a bit in the base making it rather discrete, but I like it. I have gotten a bit sick of all the super holos and this very subtle holo is super pretty.
I have two coats of What a girl wants. The first coat was a bit streaky but not too bad. The second coat leveled everything out and the TC added some bonus shine :)
I had a bit of a nail disaster yesterday lol. I was planing to my Marimekko nail art for nail art Sunday and I was super excited. My first attempt didn't turn out the way I wanted so I redid it. Before I was going to take pictures of it I took a bath. While bathing I noticed that one of my nails had a small crack. So I decided to remove the polish so I could fix the crack and forgot to take pictures lol.
Anyway, Monday today and this colour definitely qualifies for Blue Monday. I'm wearing two coats of Set fire to the rain without TC in the pictures. It's a pretty royal blue cream with a discrete holo touch. The formula was great, it covered fully with one coat but I added one extra because on the patch on one of my nails. I bought this from Katarina at Edgy polish and I'm super pleased with it. I have four polishes from Too Fancy Lacquer but I think I might need a few more :D
Some of the pictures are taken with flash, since the sun is non-existing in Lund. That's all for now :)
