Viva La Diva

This is one of the polishes I received in a package my hubbie bought for me on Tradera in the beginning of 2011, read about it here!

The brand is easy available here in Sweden but I only got this one, a ridge filler and a matte top coat. Non of the colors have caught my eye so far and the package above really didn't appeal to me when I got it either because of the color scheme. But now I've come round testing it!

It carries the number 88 and no name. It is a deep red, almost burgundy with a nice pink/purple shimmer. It went on nicely and it only needed two coats. Here are the pics....

The last one i a bit blurry, but you can see the shimmer in it! I really liked the color and think I will be wearing it again some day!

Hope you enjoyed!

Reds and Pinks

It's funny.... every time it's time for a new post on each color wheel I have something new for you on them....

This time it's two wheels, C and H. As for C, you've seen all but two of them and H is all new....As always, the ones I have swatches on are linked in the Collection page so you can go look if you want. Here we go!

Wheel C (above)
1: Depend: 161
2: Isadora: Red Alert, 644
3: Depend: 190
4: H&M: Red Nail
5: Viva la Diva: 88
6: Yves Rocher: Rose Reflets, 03
7: Depend: 40 (new)
8: Depend: 167 (new)
9: Depend: 220
10: Depend: 4250
11: Depend: 198
12: Depend: 200
13: Depend: 201
14: Depend: 69
15: Depend: 19
16: Depend: 34
17: Depend: 36
18: Depend: 87
19: Depend: 174
20: Depend: 209

Wheel H (above)
1: Depend: 5
2: Claudia: Hot Lava, 166
3: Claudia: Shocking Pink, 104

Anyone in particular you want me to swatch?

Reds and Pinks

A week late and here we go with the reds.... I know you all are a bit tired of reds, but I decided not to disturb the order anyways..... Here goes:

1: Depend: 161
2: Isadora: Red Alert
3: Depend: 190 (it was on the glitterwheel last time)
4: H&M: Red Nail
5: Viva la diva: 88
6: Yves Rocher: 03 Rose Reflets
7: Empty
8: Empty
9: Depend: 220
10: Depend: 4250
11: Depend: 198
12: Depend: 200
13: Depend: 201
14: Depend: 69
15: Depend: 19
16: Depend: 34
17: Depend: 36
18: Depend: 87
19: Depend: 174
20: Depend: 209

Not the best photos, the first one is outside in snow and daylight, the other two are in direct sunlight. Hope you enjoyed and please check my Collection page if you want to see any color closer up.

Tradera-haul

Tradera is just like E-bay, except in Swedish.

My honey got me some polishes from Tradera and here they are....In the first picture is the first lot. These are the ones that where whole when they arrived.... One of them, for me unknown brand, came in pieces. In the second picture, a new bottle of the broken one, that I just happened to find at our local candy/"dollar"-store by coincident!

In the above picture is from left to right: Viva la diva - 88, Depend - 87, Pieces - Candy Dandy, Yves Rocher - 91 Noir Intense, H&M - Red Nail, Kubiss - 59. Below is Gallery Colours in 421 - Red Sparkle.

In the above picture the second lot that arrived in the mail yesterday just in time for Valentines Day!! They are from Yves Rochers line Luminelle, just 3 ml and really cute! These had a number and a name on the bottom so from left to right: 03 - Rose Reflets, 12- Or Scintillant, 07 - Ciel Blue, 05 - Mauve Captivant, 08 - Argent Étincelant, 01 - Fleur de Lune. All of these were fabulous and had really good application!

Hope all of had a great Valentines day!!

Blue Ladybug

This is a variation of a red ladybug I did a long time ago. I love this blue color with some shimmer in it. Very easy to do, just paint whatever color you want in a V-shape, then make the lines in another color. If you want (i thought it was to hard) you can add a head, antennas and spots....

"Wings": Depend 195, blue shimmer
Stripes: Lovie Art Nail 2, black
Top coat: Viva la Diva 120, Matte

Green Grafitti

I love the Isadora Graffiti nail top!

Base: Depend 196, Green
Top: Isadora Graffiti Nail Top 801, Black tag
Top coat: Viva la Diva 120, Matte

Collection (Warning, picture heavy!)

Ok, I have for a long time wanted to show you pictures of my stuff but have not been able to until now. It's not much, but enough to work with! Please ask if there anything you're wondering about.

My polishes stands in the lid from another box that fits perfectly. The round bottles in the bottom right corner is some acrylic paint that I'm experimenting with.

Storage

Depend fall 2010

Depend fall 2010

Depend summer 2010

Depend summer 2010

Depend regular collection

Depend regular collection

Depend regular collection and 174 from fall 2009

Depend regular collection plus power and top coat

Makeup Factory, Isadora and Lovie

Coaster is used for glopping polish for the dottingtool...

From the beginning

I though we start from the beginning.
There will be a lot of pictures and I will tell you, as well as I can, what I've used in each of them. There will be no mentioning of base- or topcoats, since it's something that is done every single time.

Instead, I give you a picture now of what I use. Left to right: Depend- top coat, Viva la Diva - Ridgefiller base and a matte top coat.