Strawberries

I've thought about doing this for a long time and when Linda mentioned Strawberries last time I visited her I decided it was time! I used the Isadora Red Alert as the base, then I put white in the shape of the "leaves" to get the green more vibrant. The green is Depend 191. The yellow dots are made with a dotting tool and Lumene Get Color.

As you can see, I'm not at all good at painting and these nails are painted with my non dominate hand..... I really need a lot of practice!

Hope you enjoyed!

Browns, Golds, Yellows and Nudes

....or at least one brown....

I'll put the full wheel in here for you to see, but I honestly only wanted to show you the one brown on the new wheel.....the swatch for that one is coming up as soon as I'm out of greens from the Isadora Autumn/Winter collection!

I wheel:
1: Isadora: Cool Camel (708)

You can find the brands and colors for the G wheel HERE!!, no need to write them again.....

Hope you enjoyed!

Brown, Golds, Yellows and Nudes

Last time for the G-wheel!

I've obviously managed to fill this wheel to.... Here we go! And yes... this is a photo from the new camera... a lot better than the old ones. Click for a closer look!

The G-wheel consists of:
1: Depend: 86
2: Depend: 124
3: Depend: 9
4: Depend: 210
5: Depend: 35
6: Depend: 192
7: MNY: 449
8: Depend: 208
9: Makeup Factory: Pearl (288)
10: China Glaze: Midnight Kiss
11: Depend: 135
12: Depend: 229
13: Depend: 230
14: Pieces: Candy Dandy
15: Depend: 224
16: Yves Rocher: Or Scintillant (12)
17: Mavala: Acid Yellow (128)
18: Lumene: Get Color  (13)
19: Pieces: Blazing Yellow
20: Depend: 42

Above a closeup of the three newest ones.... Acid Yellow, Get Color and Blazing Yellow! And as you know, these three are the result of my resent yellow addiction! I think it's over, but you never know......

You can find the G wheel on the Nail Wheel page to have a closer look.... still trying to figure out a way to make things easy for you there!!

Hope you enjoyed!

Color of the month

I just realized that May has started and I haven't been giving you either the monthly color or naked nails.....

So, I'll start with color of the month.... and I just have to say yellow! The spring is coming strong and I've been wanting yellow polish and gotten I few but only tried one. I still like it but the one I tried got my nails stained even though I had a base coat on. I guess a coat of white polish between will get rid of the problem.....

At least I'll give you a picture of my polished yellow nails and some nice flowers!

Lumene - Get color (13)

Coltsfoot (?), In Swedish this is called "Hästhov" or "Tussilago"

Hope you enjoyed!

Easter Eggs

Today is Maundy Thursday. When I had the Lumene "Get Color" on I decided to try out some free hand painting.... and I think I need a lot more practice. Despite that I want to show you, you might get an idea anyway!

Above you can see my left hand and this was actually one of the best (I did ring and thumb on both hands) even if it is painted with my non-dominant hand. After I did this I realized that I needed to go get the mail.... and there it was... a small envelope with a few fimosticks and a knife to cut them with. Soooo..... I could not wait to test them!

It was not the easiest thing in the world to cut them... these are a bit too thick and yet so slim. I need to practice that as well! I hope you at  least got an idea out of this.

Hope you enjoyed!

Lumene 13 - Get Color

I really had an urge for yellow... so as I went into town last Saturday I came home with 2!

As you could see on my last color wheel it was Mavala "Acid Yellow" och Lumene "Get Color". Today I'm showing you Get color, because it was the closest to what I really wanted. I grabbed the other one first, but could not get my self to put i back..... I'm really addicted, right?

Sooo, the Get Color is a really bright yellow. My hubbie described it as "sulfur" and I really agree! I might transform this mani as we go on... but for now I really like it!! The collection came out summer of 2010, just before I got the hang of nail polish... so I'm kind of late. When I read up on the subject I can see that they promise a better brush with a better control....I think that's really the case! I had really good control and did NOT make one mistake!

The collections name is "Natural code". Check out the meaning HERE. As for the formula, it's OK. It's a créme finish and the color really pops out even without a white base. I had to make it 4 coats to get it opaque enough, so it's a bit sheer. On the really positive side it dried semi fast... after 3 coats it was touchable after just a few minutes! On top is one coat of Mavadry (top coat). What else.... I can't think of anything?

Wow, what a long post....
Hope you enjoyed!

Brown, Golds, Yellows and Nudes

I only have two new polishes to show you this time! The wheel looks like this...

The colors are:
1: Depend: 86
2: Depend: 124
3: Depend: 9
4: Depend: 210
5: Depend: 35
6: Depend: 192
7: MNY: 449
8: Depend: 208
9: Makeup Factory: Pearl (288)
10: China Glaze: Midnight Kiss
11: Depend: 135
12: Depend: 229
13: Depend: 230
14: Pieces: Candy Dandy
15: Depend: 224
16: Yves Rocher: Or Scintillant (12)
17: Mavala: Acid Yellow (128)
18: Lumene: Get Color  (13)
19: Empty
20: Depend: 42

And a closeup of the two new ones....