Sea horse manicure

After enjoying By K's Turbulence for a few days I added a duo coloured stamping to it in form of cute little sea horses and sea grass.

Polishes used are Turquoise and Neon Blue, both from Mundo de Unas. The pattern is from MoYou London plate Sailor-05.

I wanted to match the turquoise shimmer with a marine pattern. I'm fairly happy with. Perhaps I should have chosen only one color for the stamping though.
Less is, after all, more :)

How do you like my sea horse manicure?

By K Turbulence - swatches and review

I love grey polishes and this one is no exception! This is Turbulence and it has an extra dimension to it, a turquoise shimmer which actually follows out on the nails! Beautiful!

This is two coats and the application was flawless as often with By K's polishes. I will use this polish often!

As always with By K's polishes, Turbulence is vegan, cruelty free, 5-free and allergy certified. Yay!

This is one of three polishes released by danish By K as a mini autumn collection. I will show you the other two soon!

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Shimmer.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: Excellent! So easy to apply!

Brush: Thin straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Grade: 5/5

A perfect grey with a shimmer twist! Lovely on its own and a great base for nail art!

How do you like Turbulence?

Neon Striping Tape Manicure

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Neon". We had this theme in April but I don't mind. There can never be too much neon in my opinion!

This week I've been, and still am, a bit under the weather because of a summer cold with a terrible cough! Luckily I had this neon striping tape manicure in my archive.

The base is Models Own Pink Punch and the grey/purple polish is Ink from By K.

I like the contrast between the neon orange and the dark gray. My friend Goldie said they look like beetles. She even showed me a picture of the beetles and I promise you, there are beetles looking like this! I didn't know this of course when I did this manicure. Still fun! :)

My neon nail art for April's neon theme can be found here.

How do you like this striping manicure?

New arrivals!

I'm really, really busy at the moment so today I just want to show you the content of a parcel I got yesterday!

Dance Legend The Knight, Glisten & Glow HK Girl Top Coat
Arcane Lacquer Residuum, Dance Legend It's Hot Here

Soooooo glad to finally got hold of Dance Legend The Knight! It sure looks stunning in the bottle :)

Dance Legend It's Hot Here has been a completely must since I saw it on my dear friend Christine's blog Polished Marvels. Will wear sunglasses while swatching that 8)

Will finally try the hyped top coat HK Girl from Glisten & Glow. Will be interesting.

The Arcane Lacquer was a pure impulse buy. It just begged me to take it home with me and who am I to refuse such a calling? ;)

I tried one of these polishes immediately! Guess which one…? ;)

Swallow Nails

The theme for today's Nail Art Sunday is "Summer" and here in Sweden there is a saying going something like "one swallow does not make it summer" which means that an indication of something does not make it definitely. Anyhow, today I've got some swallow nails to show you! :)

The base is the stunning OPI Give Me The Moon! and the swallows are made with Misa I Will Survive and MoYou plate Mother Nature Collection-03.

I'm quite happy with the result. Grey/silver and black are always pretty and swallows are such delicate and gracile birds!

How do you like my swallow nails?

What is your favorite saying?

United in Grey: Misa Trust Fund - swatches and review

It's no secret that grey polishes have a special place in my heart :) This stunning dark grey cream found its way to me via the ever so generous Christine from Polished Marvels. Thank you so much pet!! <3

Perfect formula, as often with Misa's polishes. Why don't I own more Misa's….?

Today is the last day of United in Grey. I hope we in this group, led by Helena at Lacky Corner, have raised some more awareness for brain cancer.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Number of coats: One!

Formula: Excellent! It almost applies itself!

Brush: Medium straight cut.

Top Coat: No. Glossy on its own. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 5/5

An amazing polish with excellent qualities! Lovely on its own and great base for nail art!

How do you like Trust Fund?

An InLinkz Link-up

United in Grey: Essie Cashmere Bathrobe - swatches and review

Time for another great grey polish for the United in Grey event in order to raise the awareness of brain cancer. This time it's an Essie polish from the For The Twill Of It Collection released in 2013.

This is not your ordinary grey because this one contains beautiful micro glitter!

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream with micro glitter.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: Very good formula! Easy to apply and self leveling.

Brush: Thin and straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 3+/5

How do you like Cashmere Bathrobe?

An InLinkz Link-up

United in Grey: OPI Give Me The Moon! - swatches and review

I'm having a throwbackthursday and wearing an old favorite today. Give Me The Moon! was released in 2007 with the Nights Bright Collection. I really love this grey shade with its pale blue shimmer glow! However, its formula could be much improved.

This is also my first contribution to United in Grey, a initiative taken by Helena at Lacky Corner to raise awareness to brain cancer.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Shimmer.

Number of coats: Three.

Formula: Thin and runny. Easily streaky if you're not careful.

Brush: Wide and straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 4/5

If the formula would have been better I'd probably wear this more often. But I do think this polish is worth the extra effort! I love the color of it! The blue shimmer effect is amazing!

How do you like Give Me The Moon!?

An InLinkz Link-up

Graphic Ink Nail Art

Today I've got another stampicure for you! I hope you're not getting tired of them? ;) I love the outcome of this one! I'm a great fan of graphic patterns and the effect of playing with dark and pale.

The base is the amazing Ink from By K and the pattern is from MoYou plate Suki Collection-06 and I used Essence Glamour Girls.

How do you like this manicure?
Are you into graphic patterns?

By K Ink - swatches and review

Time for another By K polish! This time it's the amazing blue-purple-grey polish "Ink". This stunning grey shifts in color depending on lighting. Sometimes it's dark grey, sometimes blue grey and sometimes it looks purple grey. I love grey and I adore this one!

I adore it even more because it's a one coater, cruelty free, vegan and 5-free!

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Number of coats: One!

Formula: Great formula! Very self leveling and so easy to apply!

Brush: Thin and straight cut.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate but my pics don't do it justice! It's so beautiful live!

Grade: 5++++++/5

If you like grey this polish is a must in your stash! Fantastic color and fantastic qualities!

How do you like Ink?

New arrivals from By K!

A few days ago I became the proud owner of six new fantastic By K polishes! Three are from their autumn collection and three are from their christmas collection. I've also seen sneak peaks on instagram that By K is currently working on a new spring collection which looks stunning!

The other By K's I've tried have had immaculate formulas and all been one coaters so I've got pretty high expectations on these ;) What I do know is that all By K polishes are cruelty free, vegan and not less than 5-free! Excellent if you ask me :)

Autumn Leaf and Pink Dahlia

Super Nova and The Sky Is The Limit

Moon Dust and Ink

Which one should I try first?

Have you tried any By K polishes?

Essie Parka Perfect - swatches and review

I love grey polishes and this one is no exception! It ticked all my boxes being a one-coater with an excellent formula and a wide rounded fan brush!

The only negative is that the silver/green/purple micro glitter, visible in the bottle, don't follow out on the nail. You can only see it if you extremely closely at the nails.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Number of coats: One!

Formula: Just perfect!

Brush: A wide rounded fan brush.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 4/5

Due to the glitter failure I can't give this polish a 5 but it's an excellent grey anyway with amazing qualities!

How do you like Parka Perfect?

Rimmel Kate Moss Collection Punk Rock - swatches and review

I'm a big fan of dark grey and this little beggar also has a hint of purple in it! In some lighting it's grey and in others purple! I love it! It's a creme though, not a duo chrome :) The last picture shows you the difference between Punk Rock and a pure grey (Misa Trust Fund).

Kate Moss helped Rimmel to develop this polish and a bunch of others and I think she did a great job! Punk Rock is a stunner and so is the other one I've tried, Hip-Hop. Click here for swatches on Hip-Hop.

But this is two coats of Punk Rock, a gurple! :D Lol!

Rimmel Punk Rock vs Misa Trust Fund

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Creme.

Number of coats: Two. Could be a one coater if you do a thick coat :)

Formula: Excellent formula! So easy to apply!

Brush: Very wide but a bit soft. The big cap is a bit uncomfortable to hold but ok.

Top Coat: Yes. 

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. 

Grade: 5++/5

I love love love this gurple!! I love how it shifts in color and the formula is excellent! A great polish to a great price! I got mine in London but Rimmel is available in many countries.

How do you like Punk Rock?
Do you have favorite gurple?

High Heels Shoes Nail Art

I did this nail art after my twelve hour work shift (9am-9pm) last Friday - hence the poor result. Try to ignore the appallingly poor pointer finger - look at the others! ;) But I like the idea I had so I thought I'd show you it anyhow. Hope you don't mind ;)

A black stamped pattern with Bundle Monster BM-213 on Essie Parka Perfect. The pattern on my plate was extremely bad cut (it wasn't cut deep enough) so the polish dried up on the stamper after just a second. I had to be really fast and I wasn't because I was soooo tired.

I found Essie Parka Perfect on a sale by the way, for less than half price. A review will be posted later.

How do you like this manicure?

Knitted Pattern Nails

What a week I've had! Puh! I haven't even had the time or the energy to paint my nails. I wore my fireworks nails for 10, yes TEN, days!! A new record for me ;)

Anyhow, for today's Nail Art Sunday I've done a knitted pattern manicure. The base is my first try of a ManGlaze polish and I loved it! This is Fuggen Ugly. I'll do a separate review on that later.

The pattern is stamped with Bundle Monster plate BM-212 and a silver polish from Depend, #223. With a tiny brush I've filled some of the pattern with Color Club's amazing polish Wild at Heart.

I'm quite pleased with this manicure. I'm glad I went for the purple holo accent because without it this manicure would have been quite plain and… grey! ;)

How do you like this manicure?

What's the longest time you've worn a manicure?

Essie Vested Interest - swatches and review

Today it's Green Wednesday and I've got an Essie polish for you! This is Vested Interest from Essie's autumn collection 2013 For the Twill of It.

It's a dark dusky sage green grey and I think it's so beautiful! Sometimes less really is more ;)

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Cream.

Number of coats: Two.

Formula: Very good! No complaints at all!

Brush: Ok. A bit thin for my likening but ok.

Top Coat: Yes.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate. It darkens a bit when it dries on the nails compared how it looks in the bottle.

Grade: 4/5

I love green and I love grey polishes so this mix of the two of them is just stunning to me! However, it's "only" a cream so no top mark this time even though a cream of course can get a 5!

How do you like Vested Interest?

Darling Diva Polish When Doves Cry - swatches and review

One of my favorite songs by Prince is "When Doves Cry".  So when I found out that Darling Diva had released a Prince collection this polish was my obvious choice. It's also light grey, contains tiny silver glitters and it's a holo! It basically tics all my boxes!

I also got Little Red Corvette from this collection. See swatches of that beauty here.

GOOD TO KNOW:

Type of polish: Holo/glitter.

Number of coats: Four… but so worth it :)

Formula: Nice formula. A bit thin but not runny.

Brush: Nice brush. No major complaints.

Top Coat: Yes, one coat of Seche Vite otherwise it dries a bit matte.

Color accuracy in pictures: Accurate, but as always with holo and glitter polishes - much more beautiful live!

Grade: 4+++/5

This is a stunning beauty! I love grey, glitter and holo so all together - wow! The only reason I don't give it a 5 is because of the thin formula. Four coats is a bit heavy for me.

I also used this polish as a base for one of my halloween manicures. See swatches here.

How do you like When Doves Cry?