Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts

1st advent manicure

. Monday, November 30, 2009
13 readers thoughts

yesterday it was the first sunday in advent-time. in austria (and other european countries) the 4 sundays before christmas are called advent sundays and are celebrated by lighting candles on an advent wreath, decorated with evergreens and bows. it’s like the countdown to christmas. I don’t know, if the four weeks before christmas are celebrated like this in other countries.
well, this year I didn’t tie a wreath, mostly because my daughter would break it within 10 minutes and burn her little fingers on the candles. but I did a special manicure.
I found a napkin just perfect for holiday nailart, it has these very small images which fit perfectly on the nail. and it’s much easier to apply just a small piece of napkin instead of covering the whole nail.
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I applied 2 coats of alessandro 295, which is a cool-toned gold, and 1 coat of 297, which is a cool gold glitter. for this manicure I chose the holly designs and applied them by using the napkin decoupage technique. on the middle finger I stuck on the 3d artpieces I created with the mold I got at nailart und mehr.
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I love the look of the 3d artpieces, but I have to admit that it’s not for everyday use. but if you are going to a christmasparty it’s the perfect nailart ;-)

the reason why I’m not posting so many posts lately is that my dad is in hospital. he had a surgery and got a hip prothesis. the problem is, that he is suffering from dementia and someone has to go there every day to look after him, as the nurses aren’t very dedicated. so I’m there quite often. but he’s coming home soon.


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the wizard of ohh ahz returns...swatches!

. Thursday, November 19, 2009
14 readers thoughts

erste neuigkeit: ich habe nach langem überlegen entschieden, die deutschen einträge wegzulassen. es tut mir zwar leid, weil ich immer einen deutschsprachigen blog schreiben wollte, aber es ist einfach zu zeitaufwändig, alles doppelt zu schreiben. und da doch der großteil der leser nicht deutsch spricht, habe ich diesen weg nun gewählt. ich hoffe, ihr seid mir nicht böse und könnt es nachvollziehen. kommentare werde ich natürlich weiterhin deutsch beantworten, und vl wird auch hin und wieder ein deutscher beitrag folgen, man wird sehen ;-)
first news: in one sentence: I'm gonna skip the german and stick with english.

second news: I've received my first pre-(re)-release polishes! how cool is that?! china glaze sent me the fabulous and long-awaited wizard of ohh ahz returns collection. thank you so much! I'm so happy I'm able to show you swatches of polishes that aren't available yet. maybe I can help you decide, which of those you really need, and which you need just a bit ;-)




ruby pumps - I'm sure you all have seen swatches of this before, or even own it. it's been one of china glaze's bestsellers ever since it was launched with the original wizard of ohh ahz collection back in 2001. and I think since then it's been part of collections every year. but believe it or not, this is my first bottle of the sparkly red elixir! and in case you don't know, it's a heavy loaded red glitter in a medium red jelly base.



good witch? - this one is a frosted, I'd call it antique, pink with pink glitter. I like the color, but you know, I'm not a pink-polish girl and this is not my favorite of the collection. I think I'd have prefered the bad witch, which would have been a green instead ;-)



cowardly lyin' - a frosted light yellow-gold with golden glitter. it's not a christmas gold, more an easter gold, if you know what I mean.



the ten man - frosted light silver with silver glitter. this one has a white touch to it, it looks like snow in moonlight, very pretty!



c-c-courage - frosted dark purple with lighter purple glitter. I'm happy about the picture, it's pretty color-true, usually my camera absorbs the blue part of these colors. there also seems to be some silver glitter in it, it's looks like it on the nail, but I can't find it in the bottle.



dorothy who? - medium blue jelly with tons of blue and silver glitter. this ought to be my favorite: it's blue, it's jelly, it's sparkling, omg it's so sparkling! it even sparkles in street lighting by night! but it needed 4 coats to get sort of opaque and that's what disappointed me about this one.


all of those were three coaters. except c-c-courage, which was fine with 2, and dorothy who, which needed at least 4 coats. it's a pain that this one is so sheer, but on the other hand it wouldn't be so sparkling if it was more opaque.

the formula was good, a bit runny, but ok. I didn't use topcoat in any of the pictures, but I guess it's a good idea to wear one. it will bring out the glitter and shine even more. concerning the frosted shades I didn't have any troubles with brushstrokes at all.

and here are some layering experiments ^^



matte magic over c-c-courage. the flat finish of matte magic is very similar to essie matte about you. and the look of this combination reminds me of one of the suedes by OPI. like it!



one coat of dorothy who? over c-c-courage. much better! I suggest you apply a medium to dark blue (or purple) base under dorothy who?, I really love this look, it's like I'd expected dorothy who?.



and a little stamping using m53 and astor silver ;-)


well, I hope you liked my little pre-re-release preview and swatches! I will try to make some sunlight pics, but, you know, the weather...


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alessandro be a star le

. Tuesday, November 3, 2009
6 readers thoughts

es gibt eine neue le von alessandro, und diesmal sind wieder richtig tolle lacke dabei! sie schreien förmlich "weihnachten!" (zu den bildern muss ich dazu sagen, dass die sonne nun endgültig ihren winterschlaf angetreten hat. heute hat es sogar schon geschneit! daher müsst ihr mit kunstlichtfotos vorlieb nehmen, allerdings farbecht!)
alessandro has launched a new le, and again there are some gorgeous colors amongst them! they are all screaming "christmas!" (about the pictures I have to say, that the sun finally has gone into hibernation. today it was even snowing! so I had to deal with different artificial lightings, true colors though!)

# 297

kühler goldglitter in einer farblosen base. sehr dichter glitter, 3 coats auf dem foto. sehr sehr schön!
cool goldglitter in a transparent base. very dense, 3 coats on the pic. very very beautiful!

# 295


kühles metallicgold, fast schon taupe. seht gut deckend. von dem bin ich total begeistert, da mir gold sonst nie steht, dieser kühle ton allerdings schon! 2 coats.
cool metallic gold, almost taupe. very opaque. I love this, usually gold doesn't match my skintone, but this cool shade does! 2 coats.

# 297 + 295

hier trage ich eine schicht goldglitter über 2 schichten metallic gold. fabelhaft!!
here I layered 1 coat of the gold glitter over 2 coats of the metallic gold. fabulous!!

# 291



dieser lack hat mir einen herrlichen lacher beschert. violette base mit blauem microglitter, silbernem glitter und rot-grün changierenden flakes. 3 coats. kommt euch bekannt vor? ich sag nur "merry midnight"! direktvergleich kommt!
this polish cracked me up! purple base with blue microglitter, silver glitter and red-green iridescent flakes. 3 coats. looks familiar? all I say is "merry midnight"! comparison coming up!

# 285

kirschrotes jelly (beinahe pink) mit rotem und schwarzem glitter und roten hexaglitter partikeln. ich liebe die idee dahinter, aber mit der ausführung haperts. der lack braucht 3 coats, um gleichmässig zu sein. in der flasche sieht er sehr glittrig aus, für meinen geschmack ist aber zu wenig glitter drinnen. va den hexaglitter hätten sie sich sparen können, da so wenig im lack ist, dass ich erst dachte, ich bin mit dem pinsel irgendwo versehentlich angekommen.
cherryred jelly (almost pink) with red and black glitter and red hexaglitter. I love the idea, but the outcome doesn't satisfy me. it needs 3 coats to get even. it looks much more sparkling in the bottle than on the nail and they could have spared the hexaglitter, because there's so few in the polish, it looks like it doesn't belong there.

# 281


anthrazit mit türkisem microglitter und silbernem glass fleck. sieht aus wie teer. sieht interessant aus, aber dieser lack gefällt mir von allen am wenigsten, und das entfernen war eine katastrophe. der lack ist allerdings gut deckend, hier seht ihr 2 coats.
coal with turquoise microglitter and silver glassfleck. looks like tar. interesting, but I like this the least, removing was horrible. but it's opaque, this is 2 coats.


die lacke waren allesamt sehr unterschiedlich, auch die pinsel. aber keiner davon war nennenswert toll oder schrecklich. naja, der rote vielleicht. alles in allem finde ich die le richtig toll, ein paar andere farben gibt es noch, ein grauer metallicton und ein paar rote. ich kann nur sagen, geht und kauft sie euch!
the formula was differently on all polishes, also the brushes. but non of them was noteworthy great or horrible. well, maybe the red one. overall I love this le, there were a few more shades, a grey metallic and some reds. all I can say is go and buy it!


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kotd: erntedank - thanksgiving

. Sunday, October 11, 2009
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herbstzeit - erntedankzeit. das genaue datum variiert von land zu land, morgen ist es in kanada soweit, daher poste ich es heute ;-)
fall - time for thanksgiving. the date is different from country to country, tomorrow it's time in canada, therefor I'm posting this today ;-)

base: s-he 439
sponge & stamping: konad special nailpolish gold
disc: konad m55




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layering sparkles ^^ + matte

. Sunday, September 27, 2009
3 readers thoughts

heute habe ich doch kurzerhand eine schicht gold sparkle über die gestrige maniküre gelegt. das ist also gold sparkle auf amethyst sparkle auf s-he 464. das gold hat den violetten glimmer in einen multicolor glimmer verwandelt! das ist einfach nur geil!

today I spontaniously layered a coat of gold sparkle on the manikure of yesterday. so it's gold sparkle on amethyst sparkle on s-he 464. the gold turned the purple glimmer into a multicolored glimmer! this is just fu**ing gorgeous!




edit: und weil so schön war hab ich noch eine schicht matte about you draufgepinselt. ich finde, das kann durchaus mit den OPI suedes mithalten!
and then I added a coat of matte about you. doesn't it look like the OPI suedes?


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CND colour effects

. Saturday, September 26, 2009
6 readers thoughts


CND hat eine neue lack-serie herausgebracht, die alles an farbe und effekt abdecken soll, was man sich nur vorstellen kann. colour effects besteht aus 50 creme-farben und 15 verschiedenen effekt-lacken (pearl, shimmer und sparkle). insgesamt sollen durch layern über 800 verschiedene ergebnisse erzielt werden, sofern man alle 65 lacke besitzt. die idee ist gut. wenn man allerdings, so wie ich, schon mehrere 100 lacke besitzt, kann man getrost auf den einen oder anderen der neuen serie verzichten. denn zumindest die creme-lacke sind nicht so aufregend, wie ich finde. ich meine, wer braucht 3 verschiedene weiß-töne??!!
ich habe allerdings von den sparkle effektlacken viel gutes gelesen und mir 3 bestellt, 2 davon habe ich auf orly enchanted forest getestet:
CND has created a new polish-collection, that's meant to cover all kinds of colors and effects you can imagine. with the 50 cremes and 15 effectshades (pearl, shimmer and sparkle) there can be created up to 800 different looks by layering. It's a good thought. but if you have several 100 polishes, as I do, you really don't need all of the 65 shades. I mean, who needs 3 different shades of white?!
but I've read a lot of good reviews about the sparkle effectpolishes, so I ordered 3 and tested 2 on orly enchanted forest:


jade sparkle ist ein sehr dichter olive- bis hellgrün changierender microglitter. dies ist 1 coat und es glitzert wie verrückt. dieser lack hellt den untergrund merklich auf und verändert ihn ins gelbliche.
is a very dense light- to olivegreen iridescent microglitter. this is 1 coat and it's ridiculously sparkly. this polish brightens up the underground and turns it yellowish.

gold sparkle ist nicht so dicht, und die partikel sind unterschiedlich groß. eher glass fleck. dieser effektlack hellt den untergrund ebenfalls auf und lässt ihn kühler wirken.
is not that dense and the partikles are different in size, it's more a glass fleck sparkle. this effectpolish also brightens up the green but makes it look cooler.


die konsistenz und applikation war bei beiden angenehm, der pinsel sehr gut für die glitterlacke geeignet. die effectlacke lassen viel spielerei zu, va wenn man verschiedene effekte übereinanderlegt, wie zb sparkle auf shimmer auf creme. wenn ich nicht schon so viele hätte, würde ich mir alle lacke bestellen und einen eigenen blog dem thema widmen. ^^
the formula and application of both polishes was smooth, the brush very convenient. there is a lot of space to play with these polishes, esp if you layer different effects such as sparkle on shimmer on creme. if I was a starter, I would buy them all and make a blog just swatching all the different options! ^^


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