hot camouflage stamping
originally I wanted to make a real camouflage look stamping, but none of my stampingplates had the right design. so I came up with this military modification:
I used konad m50, konad black and rbl no more war.
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rbl no more war vs. illamasqua hectic
they both are olive green, they both are creme, and yet…
index/ring: hectic, middle/pinkie: no more war
no more war is darker and warmer than hectic, more yellow toned. the formula was rather similar, both two coaters.
I like them both and they work with my skintone.
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rbl no more war
if you are a soldier or have plans to join the army, you should really get this polish ^^
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no more war is a deep warm olive green creme. it’s beautiful! and it really is the perfect military green.
the formula was good, better than scrangie and grunge. I used poshe over it, and there was almost no shrinkage. nothing much else to say.
I have compared this to illamasqua hectic, I’m gonna show you this tomorrow. I also did a super hot stamping, coming up soon ;-)
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l’oreal resist & shine black gloss part 3
remember, back in october, when I showed you some swatches of the new black gloss collection polishes? there was a red one here and 2 purples here.
I think, they relaunched it now! I found a new display at dm, and there were 2 new shades. remember when I complained, that one of the shades, black khaki, was not available in austria? now it is! and there was yet another new shade!
737 black khaki – ok, I must admit that I had expected much more of this one. it’s not what I would call khaki green, it’s more of a yellowtoned brown shimmer in a black base. it’s too yellow for my skintone. what a shame :-(
731 black blue (?) – this one is new in the collection and it’s freaking gorgeous! it’s a deep blue shimmer in a black base. I think it’s close to OPI yoga-ta get this blue! but it’s not the same shade of blue.
application of both was great, very creamy and pretty opaque with one coat. on the pics I did 2 coats for more depth.
along with those 2 shades came the red and the purples, but they dropped the brown. if you missed those polishes last time I suggest you go and get them now!
update on china glaze calcium gel fortifier:
I’ve been using it for almost 3 weeks now, and rarely used on polish. I don’t feel it has done any improvement to my nails yet. this is a picture of the 3 right hand fingers than keep breaking and chipping.
they still are, and I can hardly keep them in shape. so I guess I will not recommend this product, but there’s still 2 weeks to go. we will see.
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3rd advent manicure – candy cane marbling
I tried to create a candy cane looking water marbling nailart, with white, red and green stripes. it didn’t turn out as I had expected, but I think it’s cute. I also added some stampings in between. but I guess, I will have to do another candy cane nailart before christmas, just to satisfy myself ^^
as a base I used s-he 306 (white) and s-he 440 (white with glass flecks), marbling with 440, orly enchanted forest and opi smitten with mittens.
smitten with mittens is not the perfect christmas red, it’s a bit too bluetoned. but it was fun marbling with glitterpolish, it turned out differently than creme polish marbling. you can see the different effects on the nails, the green is a normal creme polish, and the red has kind of a sharper outline.
I stamped with m12 and t34.
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2nd advent manicure – vintage christmas
today it’s not only the 2nd advent sunday, it’s also “nikolo”, which is a kind of santa clause tradition here in austria. st. nikolaus (santa) and “krampus” (santa’s little helper) come to visit the kids and give them nikolosackerl (bags with candy, fruits and nuts) if they were bad, they get a birching and get a bag of coals ;-) actually krampus has his own special day on dec. 5.this is a very long tradition, esp. in the rural communities, called “perchtenlauf”. perchten and krampus are not exactly the same, if you are interested in the tradition, take a peek at wikipedia, it’s a little complicated to explain in 2 sentences…
http://www.salzburger-bergadvent.at/
my todays manicure has a vintage touch, I used 2 coats of illamasqua hectic over black, a matte top coat and china glaze the ten man. I stamped with P16 and konad silver.
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stamping: chinese china
hatte mal wieder lust auf stamping. eigentlich wollte ich etwas ganz anderes machen, irgendwas mit spitze, aber beim durchsehen der platten bin ich bei dieser hängen geblieben. ich finde, es hat etwas von chinesischem porzellan. habe versucht, 2-färbig zu stampen. das ergebnis hätte besser sein können, sieht aber trotzdem ganz nett aus, oder?
I felt like doing some stamping yesterday. actually I wanted to do something totally differend, some kind of lace stamping. but when I went through my plates I ended up with this one. I think it looks like chinese china. I tried stamping with 2 colors at the same time, could have turned out nicer, but I still like it.
base: illamasqua milf
disc: konad s9
stamping: konad red and pink
pink flower rhinestone

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quickie: china glaze outta bounds
dieser lack kam 2007 heraus. trotzdem passt er perfekt in diese saison. er ist grün & er ist metallic.
this polish was released in 2007. nevertheless it's the perfect fit for this season. it's green & it's metallic.
outta bounds ist ein mittelgrüner metalliclack mit zusätzlichem ausgeprägtem schimmer. ich kann mich nicht entscheiden, ob er blau- oder gelbstichig ist. mal sieht er so aus, mal so. ich denke, das macht die farbe zum perfekten grünton.
der lack ist sehr gut deckend, die applikation war problemlos, fast keine pinselstriche zu sehen, wie es sonst bei metalliclacken passieren kann.
is a middlegreen metallic shade with an additional distinct shimmer. I can't decide whether it's blue or yellow toned. I guess that's what makes a perfect green.
the polish is very opaque, application was smooth, almost no brushstrokes.
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illamasqua milf & hectic
anscheinend bewege ich mich derzeit auf einer grünen welle^^ hier sind 2 weitere illamasquas:
it seems I'm into greens right now^^ here are 2 more illamasquas:

milf ist ein staubiges lindgrün. es ist total 50er jahre. ich denke an mintgrüne petticoats und vespas. und in den 60ern gab es das lilien-porzellan in genau diesem grün. um so genialer finde ich den namen milf -mom I'd like to fuck -^o^-
is a dusty pastel green. it's totally 50ies. I'm thinking of mintgreen petticoats and vespas. and in the 60ies there was this lilien-porcelain in the exact same color. that's why I think the name is so ingenious: milf - mom I'd like to fuck -^o^-

hectic ist das perfekte olivgrün oder auch khaki. ein gelbstichiges, staubiges mittelgrün. sehr cool! es ist genau so, wie ich mir dry martini von mac gewünscht hätte. die konsistenz der beiden lacke war sehr unterschiedlich. hectic ist etwas dünner und nicht so hoch pigmentiert, aber sehr angenehm aufzutragen. milf hingegen ist eher dick und klebrig, ich hatte schwierigkeiten, den lack gleichmässig auf den nagel zu bekommen.
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quickie: china glaze emerald sparkle
emerald sparkle ist einer der 4 china glaze loves you snow much weihnachtskollektion 09 lacke. (die anderen sind ruby pumps, 5 golden rings und tinsel) emerald sparkle gab es früher schon einmal, und man sagt, es gibt 2 verschiedene versionen.
emerald sparkle is one of the 4 china glaze loves you snow much holiday collection 09. (the others are ruby pumps, 5 golden rings and tinsel) emerald sparkle has been released before and they say there are 2 different versions.



emerald sparkle ist eine grüne glitterexplosion in einer dunkelgrünen, fast schwarzen jelly base. irl ist der glitter etwas bläulicher, das letzte foto entspricht am ehesten der echten farbe. der lack lässt sich gut auftragen, hier habe ich 2 coats verwendet. topcoat ist zwar nicht nötig, da die oberfläche sehr glatt ist, aber er lässt den lack noch mehr glänzen.
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