tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33331586612588223572024-02-21T16:49:50.278+01:00Cosmetic FixMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-27815333818978616072011-11-20T17:25:00.000+01:002011-11-20T17:25:37.622+01:00Wet'n'Wild Blue Wants To Be A MillionaireHello lovelies! I hope you're all having a good Sunday! I've spent mine doing absolutely nothing so far. Work was crazy yesterday, I really needed some relaxation. I'm also glad I still have some swatches to post, because work killed my hands and nails. I've got all these cuts and scrapes from opening crates and boxes. :(<br />
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Since yesterday was Achtung Baby's birthday and thus the last day of my nail art project, we're back to regular polish posting! Today I've got for you Wet'n'Wild Blue Wants To Be A Millionaire.<br />
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This was four coats, no topcoat. It's quite sheer, but buildable. I only wish the holo would have been stronger!<br />
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That's it from me for today. Hope you all had a good weekend!Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-61397708923441110292011-11-19T12:00:00.000+01:002011-11-19T12:00:03.506+01:00Happy Birthday, Achtung Baby!Hello lovelies! You're all hopefully having a lovely Saturday while I'm at work! ;) Today's mani is the last in my Achtung Baby series, because today this baby turns 20! Happy Birthday to my favourite album! (I'm totally taking it as a sign that our birthdays are so close to each other :P)<br />
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This is the mani that started it all. I wanted to do something special for an Achtung Baby anniversary event in Vienna and figured I could try to do nail art inspired by the artwork of the album. This was by far the most complicated mani of my little project (and not only because all I had to work with were a dotting tool and the brush of a white striper polish that I kept dipping into different polishes and wiping down...).<br />
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I'm warning you, there's a bit of a picspam ahead. I really loved how this mani came out; I wish I could have worn it longer!<br />
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Not much to say about this one, I guess. As you can see I simply chose one little picture for each nail as my inspiration and tried to fit it on. I picked the ones that seemed to me to be best suited for nail art, since I'd have had a hard time drawing Bono's face with nail polish. :)<br />
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And that concludes my 14 days of celebrating Achtung Baby! I do hope you enjoyed it and maybe even gave some of the songs a listen. :)<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
Essie Little Brown Dress<br />
OPI Stranger Tides<br />
Essence Buddy Bear<br />
MAC Obey Me<br />
Models Own Concrete Mixer<br />
Catrice Snow Motion<br />
China Glaze Seaspray<br />
China Glaze For Audrey<br />
OPI Greenwich Village<br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
p2 hug me<br />
Barry M crackle polish in black<br />
China Glaze Mom's Chiffon<br />
China Glaze City Siren<br />
MAC Rain Of Flowers<br />
Catrice Bye, Bye Birdie<br />
+ white striper polish, silver glitter striper polish, topcoat and a lot of time (and also probably some other polishes I forgot to write down)Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-89567910337897452252011-11-18T17:50:00.000+01:002011-11-18T17:50:06.084+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Love Is BlindnessAs promised, here is today's second post, which is also the last song-inspired Achtung Baby manicure. I'm actually a little bummed right now, because I only remembered that I work tomorrow and have to wear nude polish AFTER I was done with the nail art. :( Oh well.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Love Is Blindness</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Love Is Blindness, the last song on the album; it's slow and mournful and leaves me a little breathless. Inspired by Edge's failing marriage love is depicted as almost a weakness, a flaw. It's achingly beautiful and the perfect ending to an album that feels painfully personal and private. (As Bono said in From The Sky Down "We spent most of the 80's throwing rocks at other people, we spent the 90's throwing rocks at ourselves".)<br />
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My main inspiration came from the lines "love is clockworks and cold steel, fingers too numb to feel squeeze the handle, blow out the candle, blindness" and "thread is ripping, the knot is slipping". I know I could have done more with this, but I kind of wanted to keep it vague. :)<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
Catrice Midnight Express<br />
Catrice London Weather Forecast<br />
Catrice Amazonian Gold<br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
a england Perceval<br />
+ artist brushes, white striper polish and topcoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-3110081806055321232011-11-18T12:32:00.000+01:002011-11-18T12:32:26.292+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: An Ode To Mr. MacPhistoHappy Friday, lovelies! I'm sorry I didn't post this yesterday, but it was my birthday and I was kept rather busy. There should be a second post coming up sometime tonight, too. :)<div><br />
</div><div>Today's post is a bit different, in that it wasn't inspired by a song on Achtung Baby. Instead I took my inspiration from one of the alter egos Bono adopted on the ZooTV tour: MacPhisto.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>I guess this is going to require some explanation... The red on black are (hopefully) obviously supposed to represent the devil horns. ("Real devils don't wear horns", anyone?). Then on my left hand you've got the telephone (index), because it wouldn't be MacPhisto without the phonecalls to heads of state (I'm sorry, we're closed for lunch!), a pizza slice (middle), because even Bono has to eat sometimes ("I'd like to order ten thousand pizzas for Detroit!") and a taxi sign (ring), because during the Sydney show that made it on the DVD he calls a taxi to "take him home".</div><div><br />
</div><div>Obviously, this is for the obsessed. :D I hope you still enjoyed it, even if you're not a huge U2 dork like me!</div><div><br />
</div><div><b>Products I used:</b></div><div>a england Holy Grail</div><div>China Glaze Liquid Leather</div><div>BB Couture for Men Hades</div><div>BB Couture for Men Eros</div><div>Catrice Marilyn & Me (which you can't see, because it was sheer and I covered it up...)</div><div>a england Perceval</div><div>+ artist brushes, white striper polish and topcoat</div>Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-60872874792931215312011-11-16T20:58:00.000+01:002011-11-16T20:58:32.368+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: AcrobatHello lovelies! Happy Wednesday :) Again, not a pink one, but I'm so excited about this post! This mani turned out so much better than I anticipated - it might just be my favourite so far!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Acrobat</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"in dreams begin responsibilities"</div><br />
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Acrobat... I don't really know how to even describe this song. It includes some of my favourite lyrics and is definitely one of my favourite U2 songs, and not just for the Yeats reference! I can really only recommend that you listen to it. (I keep saying that, I know, but it's SUCH a good album!)<br />
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For this I took my inspiration from my favourite line in the song: "You can dream, so dream out loud, and don't let the bastards grind you down." I'm surprised how much I ended up liking the result, I literally just made it up as I went!<br />
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What do you guys think? Also, tomorrow will be a "special" mani, because it's my birthday. :)<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
Kiko 265<br />
Rimmel Disco Ball<br />
China Glaze Polar Ice<br />
+ white striper polish, she stylezone nail crystals and topcoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-55122753860865678572011-11-15T20:55:00.000+01:002011-11-15T20:55:43.270+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Ultraviolet (Light My Way)Hello lovelies! Happy Tuesday! I'm going to jump straight into day ten (!!!) of my Achtung Baby nail art...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Ultraviolet (Light My Way)</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"when I was all messed up and I had opera in my head, your love was a lightbulb hanging over my bed"</div><br />
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Ultraviolet, the song that rings in the last three of the album, which are something of a holy trinity in my mind. Ultraviolet, Acrobat and Love Is Blindness just belong together. They're arguably the heaviest songs on the album. Ultraviolet especially always struck a chord with me, the lyrics, the melody, the way it makes you jump and dance and sing your heart out when it's played live.<br />
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I figured I'd keep it nice and simple for this one. I didn't really want to use a lot of colour, because the song does paint a rather desolate picture, so this is what I came up with. I did freehand all of this, so it's not as neat as could be.<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
OPI Planks A Lot<br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
Rimmel Ultra Violet (how could I not?!)<br />
Paris Memories #253 (at least that's what I think...)<br />
Catrice London Weather Forecast<br />
+ artist brushes, white striper polish and topcoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-41160422273269853272011-11-14T19:50:00.000+01:002011-11-14T19:50:52.835+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The WorldHappy Monday, lovelies! Another late post today...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"sunrise like a nosebleed"</div><br />
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Tryin' To Throw Your Arms Around The World, quite possibly my favourite song on Achtung Baby, simply because it's so horribly underrated. Stuck between Mysterious Ways, which is a well-loved tune by most fans, and the last three songs, which are something of a holy trinity, I guess this song just gets overlooked. A shame, because it's bloody brilliant.<br />
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"6 o'clock in the morning, you're the last to hear the warning, you've been trying to throw your arms around the world." Haven't we all had nights that ended at six in the morning, going home as the first people go to work, all fuzzy brain and lights blurring in front of our eyes. To me this song is an ode to every spectacular hangover, every night spent looking for something you can't find at the bottom of a glass, every watery sunrise that makes you wince.<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
MAC Obey Me<br />
Models Own Concrete Mixer<br />
Illamasqua Hectic<br />
Essie Chinchilly<br />
p2 gigantic<br />
American Apparel Neon Red<br />
Essence Forget Me Not<br />
Dior Rock CoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-87103219865045229032011-11-13T20:14:00.000+01:002011-11-13T20:14:15.149+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Mysterious WaysAs promised/threatened the second post of today...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Mysterious Ways</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"take a walk with your sister the moon"</div><br />
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I hate this mani and I don't like the song and I was trying to be inspired by the fact that the video for the song was shot in Morocco, but no such luck. Ah, well. At least the polishes I used were amazing!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>The Fly</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"we shine like a burning star, we're falling from the sky tonight"</div><br />
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I took my inspiration for this not only from the song, but also Bono's alter ego the Fly. "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief, all kill their inspiration and sing about their grief" is probably the most significant line in the whole song for me, so that did influence me a lot.<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
A England Perceval<br />
A England Merlin<br />
+ tape and topcoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-29126308110260592502011-11-11T12:41:00.000+01:002011-11-11T12:41:21.855+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: So CruelHello lovelies! Happy Friday! :)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>So Cruel</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"I'm only hanging on to watch you go down"</div><br />
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So Cruel, one of the most twisted and complex songs in U2's repertoire. I think this is the first truly dark song on the album. It's wrong in all the right ways, poetic and messed up and a painfully honest portrayal of a twisted love. One of my very favourite songs and I definitely recommend listening to it.<br />
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My main inspiration here came from the lines "her skin pale like god's only dove", "heaven, heaven, fingers in the mire", "oh love, like a screaming flower, love dying every hour" and "the night is bleeding like a cut". I was running out of time when I did this mani and I'd originally planned it a bit differently, but considering I only had about fifteen minutes for this I think it turned out okay.<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
Top Shop Sketch<br />
China Glaze Westside Warrior<br />
p2 lust<br />
Catrice London Weather Forecast<br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
China Glaze City Siren<br />
Essie Case Study<br />
Top Shop Listen To Me<br />
+ artist brushes, white striper polish and top coatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-9556453282342264422011-11-10T19:57:00.000+01:002011-11-10T19:57:03.250+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild HorsesHello lovelies! Apologies for how late I'm posting this. I hope you guys aren't tired of this series yet...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"you're an accident waiting to happen"</div><br />
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Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses, the song that means nothing and everything whenever I listen to it. I honestly don't know what this song signifies for me. It's beautiful, though, and I can only recommend giving it a listen to hear for yourself.<br />
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This one gave me the most trouble so far inspiration-wise. In the end I decided to take my inspiration from the lines "you're a piece of glass left there on the beach", "the hunter will sin for your ivory skin" and "who's gonna drown in your blue sea?". I quite like the end result: simple, but meaningful. :)<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
BB Couture for Men Hades<br />
Essie Sand Tropez<br />
China Glaze Sea Spray<br />
China Glaze Golden Enchantment<br />
Essence Time For Romance<br />
Essence Matt Topcoat<br />
+ artist brushes and white striper polishMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-57592087343233754912011-11-09T09:00:00.002+01:002011-11-09T09:00:10.590+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Until The End Of The WorldHappy Wednesday, lovelies! Sorry, it's not a pink one this time around. This will hopefully go up while I'm at work (with a bloody boring manicure at that, boo!).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Until The End Of The World</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"in my dream I was drowning my sorrows, but my sorrows they learned to swim"</div><br />
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Until The End Of The World, the first (U2) song I was ever truly obsessed with. There's absolutely no way to put into words the things this song makes me feel. It always makes me think of the T.S. Eliot line "this is the way the world ends".<br />
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My main inspiration for this mani came from the lines "we ate the food, we drank the wine / everybody having a good time / except you / you were talking about the end of the world" and "I took the money / I spiked your drink / you miss too much these days if you stop to think".<br />
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Let me tell you, so much went wrong here. Polish was too sheer or too dark or didn't dry or dried too quickly. And despite all of that, I think this is my favourite mani so far. It's a little ambiguous, I suppose, but so is the song and I think just spelling it out would be boring. Anyway, what do you guys think? :)<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
Models Own Grace Green<br />
MAC Immortal Gold<br />
a england Merlin<br />
Catrice Marilyn & Me<br />
Essence Make It Golden<br />
OPI Midnight In Moscow<br />
Essie Sand Tropez<br />
Illamasqua Kink<br />
Dior Rock Coat (this has been my best friend for these manis!)<br />
Essence Matt Top Coat<br />
+ artist brushes, Nubar quick dry drops and regular top coatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-49347425881814792852011-11-08T10:00:00.000+01:002011-11-08T10:00:05.166+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: OneHello lovelies! How are you all doing? I hope the weather isn't getting you down! Personally, I love the cold, but all I want to do is eat and sleep these days... I'm really a squirrel haha! Anyway. On to day three of Achtung Baby nail art...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>One</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"we're one, but we're not the same"</div><br />
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One... The song that was the "pivot point of Achtung Baby" as the band recently called it in the documentary From The Sky Down. I've heard people say that it doesn't fit with the rest of the album, that it's in a completely different vein than all the other songs, but it really isn't. At a time when U2 was very close to calling it a day, disconnected and unable to find any common ground, they wrote a song about unity. Now that? That is irony at its finest.<br />
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It's not my favourite song on the album, not by a long shot, but here's the thing: we all feel alone sometimes. We're not the same, and we aren't always capable of understanding what others go through. But we <i>are</i> one, and we do get to carry each other.<br />
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I could go on about how I totally mucked up the entire nail art here, but really? I kinda dig it. It's imperfect and a little messed up and I think it suits the song perfectly. It's about being one, not being whole.<br />
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Products I used:<br />
Illamasqua Load<br />
China Glaze Liquid Leather<br />
China Glaze City Siren<br />
+eyeliner brush (don't ask) and topcoat<br />
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Hope your week has been good so far! :)Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-45528688891073345942011-11-07T12:02:00.000+01:002011-11-07T12:02:49.367+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Even Better Than The Real ThingHappy Monday, lovelies! Today is day two of my Achtung Baby project...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Even Better Than The Real Thing</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">"my heart is where it's always been, my head is somewhere in between"</div><br />
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Even Better Than The Real Thing is the second song on Achtung Baby and, if you ask me, beats Mysterious Ways in terms of sexiness any day. Or maybe not. It's cheaper, and dirtier than Mysterious Ways, which is exactly why I love it.<br />
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My main inspiration for this mani was the fact that the title is something of a pun on the 90's Coca Cola ad proclaiming it "the real thing" (as opposed to Pepsi and the like). I was thinking dirty billboards, grimy, faded neon signs, telling us to buy things we don't really need and can't afford.<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
Barry M crackle polish in black<br />
p2 drama<br />
Barry M Tangerine<br />
Rimmel Ultra Violet<br />
Rimmel Green Grass<br />
Barry M Cobalt Blue<br />
Eyeko Punk Polish<br />
Dior Rock Coat<br />
+artist brushes and regular topcoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-58224347849511969382011-11-06T17:06:00.000+01:002011-11-06T17:06:15.874+01:0014 Days Of Achtung Baby: Zoo StationAhem. So I disappeared from blogging for a while there, for various reasons really. I haven't been very motivated lately (it's been a tough few weeks), so I figured I should come up with something to make me want to blog again. Instead of getting into the details of my life and why it kept me from blogging, let's just jump straight into my little project, alright? :)<br />
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As you've probably noticed by now, I'm a huge U2 fan. Now, two weeks from today, 20 years ago, they released their album Achtung Baby. It's arguably one of their most influential, if not best, albums. It's the album that made me fall in love with them, and the one that shaped the U2 that inspired me.<br />
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I wanted to celebrate the 20th anniversary of my favourite album of all time, and I love nail polish... You see where this is going, don't you?<br />
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Over the course of the next two weeks I will (attempt) to post nail art inspired by the album, following the tracklisting - one manicure for each song, plus two bonus manis. I'm terrible at nail art and I've been meaning to improve my skills for ages, I'm hoping combining two of my obsessions might help. Even if you're not a U2 fan and have never listened to the album (though I can only recommend checking it out - early 90's music at its finest!) I would love to hear your thoughts on this! :)<br />
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Without further ado, here's the first mani!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Zoo Station</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">"time is a train, makes the future the past"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Zoo Station, the first song on Achtung Baby, the one that starts and makes you wonder if maybe your CD got scratched or something, the one that jerks you out of whatever headspace you're in. Zoo Station is also the name of a tube station in Berlin. What this song makes me think of is trains, train stations, how fast paced our lives are and how much of them we spend in transit.<br />
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I have one particularly vivid memory of being on the London Underground in that stretch of time where you're not sure whether it's still New Year's Eve or already New Year's Day. The billboards were dirty and way too bright for my somewhat fuzzy brain. There was glitter floating through the air. My dad struck up the most random conversation with a drunk guy sitting on the floor. Someone had puked on the tiles. Trains filled with people where whizzing past.<br />
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I'm not sure if I really managed to convey what this song evokes in me with my mani, but I did my best. The stars were inspired by the live performance of the song on the ZooTV tour.<br />
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<b>Products I used:</b><br />
MAC Spirit Of Truth<br />
p2 hug me<br />
p2 drama<br />
Sally Hansen Crackle Vintage Violet<br />
Essense Dance Topcoat<br />
Dior Rock Coat<br />
+ artist brushes and regular topcoatMaditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-46129911033028018092011-09-22T15:22:00.000+02:002011-09-22T15:22:20.711+02:00A England TristamHello lovelies!<br />
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It's Thursday, which means the week is nearly over! I can't wait for it to end. It hasn't been fun sitting around at home being ill. Blah. But today the sun came out for a bit and I took it as a sign to put on something holo. I just knew I had to put on the stunning<b> A England Tristam</b>. It instantly made me feel better, as I knew it would. <3<br />
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Tristam is a stunning deep blue holo. As with the other A England holo, Lady of the Lake, the holographic effect is subtle and elegant, but definitely there. In the sun it's impossible to look away from - even my dad was fascinated ;) I love how this looks with pale skin (again with my skin looking weird and darker than it is in pictures...).<br />
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On top of being a beauty, the formula on Tristam is flawless. Let me say that again:<i> the formula is flawless.</i> (It's pretty much a one coater, but I did two out of habit.) I have absolutely nothing negative to say about this polish. In fact, I have absolutely nothing negative to say about A England in general. Except maybe for this: I think I'm spoiled for life. I'll always compare other polish to A England from now on. ;)<br />
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What do you guys think? Did you take advantage of the free shipping A England has yet? What's your go-to feel good polish?Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-70682658007574807362011-09-21T20:53:00.000+02:002011-09-21T20:53:38.276+02:00Pink Wednesday: Kiko 237Hello lovelies! :)<br />
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I hope you're all having a good week so far. I'm still stuck at home, ill. Ugh. Anyhow. It's Wednesday, and you all know what that means...<br />
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This is one of the <b>Kiko</b> polishes I made my dad bring back from Barcelona (isn't he awesome? :D) and I freaking love it. It's got the number <b>237</b> (am I the only one who hates when polishes have no names? I could look it up on the website, but I'm too lazy.) and it's one of their "sparkle touch" ones. I think these were meant for layering, because they are very sheer, but I wanted to try and wear this on its own.<br />
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I started out with a base of two coats of OPI Ridge Filler, then I added three coats of Kiko 237. Application was alright: I really like the Kiko brushes, but the formula was definitely on the thin and runny side. One thing I did notice was that drying time was insanely long on this. I ended up adding a second coat of Seche Vite after a couple of hours, which solved the problem. (This reminds me... I had the same problem with that one scented Revlon polish. I'm wondering if it's because of the Ridge Filler? Anybody else experience something like this?)<br />
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Enough talking. Here's the pretty!<br />
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Do I really need to explain why this is awesomesauce? The multicoloured sparkles, the way it lights up in sunlight, the way it's a bit of a chameleon (going from pale to bright), the gold that makes it look like it's on fire.... Such a beauty. <3 I can't wait to layer with this!<br />
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What do you lovelies think? Do you own any Kiko polishes? Are you wearing pink today? :)Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-30961633048849094902011-09-20T19:14:00.000+02:002011-09-20T19:14:49.911+02:00Sally Hansen Calypso BlueHello lovelies!<br />
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I'm stuck at home, because I'm ill and the weather isn't too great, so I can't actually do any swatching. -__- At any rate, I'm not feeling great so today I'll let the pictures do most of the talking.<br />
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<b>Calypso Blue</b> is part of the <b>Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure</b> line. It's a gorgeous turquoise shimmer, with an almost golden sheen to it. Makes me think of clear blue oceans, the beach, tropical drinks...in short, everything I don't like. lol Still, pretty polish!<br />
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I used two coats for full opacity. Application was smooth and easy. I actually really liked the formula on this. What bothered me was that I found it chipped super quickly and that it did give me a very slight case of smurf nails.<br />
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Anyway. That's it from me for today. Have a lovely rest of the day! <3Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-43882807032282833442011-09-19T10:00:00.003+02:002011-09-19T10:00:09.813+02:00Work Mani: Essie Sand TropezHello lovelies! Happy Monday!<br />
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This will post when I'm at work, which is quite fitting...<br />
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I work for a company that is very strict about personal appearance: amongst other things, we're not allowed to wear colourful makeup or nail polish. This has been quite tough for me, because I'm usually all for bold colour statements, but needs must. I took it as an opportunity to break out all my nude and subtle polish.<br />
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Since Monday is the beginning of yet another work week for most of us, I'll be posting my work manis on Mondays. Not sure how frequently, as I don't have an unlimited supply of work appropriate polish, but we'll see. I always have a hard time finding work appropriate polish as I can never really find proper swatches online - no wonder, it's mostly boring polish. I hope this helps some of you who, like me, can't wear fun polish to work. :)<br />
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<b>Essie Sand Tropez</b> is a very light, grey-toned beige creme. This is two coats plus topcoat. It's a very opaque polish, but as with most colours as light as this, the formula isn't perfect. It's quite thick and runny at the same time - a tricky combination. Application is alright, not perfect but not terrible.<br />
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What do you guys think? A polish you'd wear to work? What's your favourite work appropriate polish? I need suggestions! :)Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-64222024856251658052011-09-18T15:57:00.001+02:002011-09-18T15:59:45.532+02:00Nubar Night SparkleHello lovelies!<br />
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I hope you're all enjoying your Sundays! Personally, I hate Sundays even more than Mondays. I'm always too busy being grumpy about having to work the next day to enjoy them. lol<br />
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Anyhow. Today's polish is one of the few <b>Nubar</b> polishes I own and so far my favourite.<br />
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<b>Night Sparkle</b> is a midnight blue jelly base with a ton of fine silver glitter in it. Isn't it stunning? The name is so fitting, in my opinion. It really reminds me of a star-strewn night sky, cosmos, supernovas...how could I not love this?!<br />
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I needed three coats for full opacity, which isn't too surprising for a jelly, even if it's a dark one. (Remember to wrap your tips with both polish and topcoat to avoid shrinkage!) I thought the formula was on the thin side, bordering on runny, but still manageable. Also, drying time seemed to be quite short.<br />
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One thing to watch out for: smurf nails! I did use a basecoat, but my nails were still quite stained. By now (two polish applications later) the blue is gone, though. :)<br />
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But here's the really awesome thing about this polish: it wears insanely well. I'm such a chaotic, clumsy idiot that polish usually chips in the first 24 hours on me, but this one didn't have any chips when I removed it after two days. Can you say awesome?<br />
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On a different note, I'm currently experimenting with nail shapes. Right now I'm sporting round nubbins (as seen above). I'm liking my nubbins these days, but maybe that's because I don't really have a choice. Work basically kills my nails every time. :( But it's been fun to see how different colours look on short nails! What do you guys think? Do the nubbins suit me or should I go back to long nails asap?Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-46942336589967458002011-09-17T16:09:00.000+02:002011-09-17T16:09:40.721+02:00China Glaze Ick-A-Body<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><b>China Glaze Ick-A-Body </b>is a ton of orange glitter in a murky, dark green jelly base. Since there's so much glitter in this it does dry gritty and somewhat dull; what you see here is two coats, plus one coat of Seche Vite. It's not perfectly smooth, but not so gritty that it would bother me.<br />
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I thought both formula and application were very nice. Not to mention that it's an absolute stunner!<br />
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What do you guys think? Do you own this one? Too early to break out the Halloween polishes?Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-42201603882961973232011-09-16T10:00:00.002+02:002011-09-16T20:33:15.878+02:00NOPI That Go-Glitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hello lovelies! Happy Friday! :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>That Go-Glitter</b> is blue and silver holographic glitter suspended in a clear base. What you are looking at here are <i>six coats</i>. It is crazy sheer and, if I'm completely honest, that sixth coat didn't even do much. As you can see in the pictures, the glitter isn't completely evenly distributed. Not pretty. It was probably meant for layering, but if you look at the bottle it looks like glitter in a blue base, hence my putting it on alone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Needless to say, this took for-effing-ever to dry. I was super excited about this polish, but I'm not loving it at all. :(</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Maybe I'll try layering it over something. I feel like I should give it a second chance. Doesn't it just look super pretty in the bottle?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Does this ever happen to you: buying a polish expecting one thing and then you apply it and it's completely different? Any suggestions how to make this one work?</div>Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-58496961163620880522011-09-15T10:00:00.000+02:002011-09-15T10:00:00.278+02:00A England GalahadHello lovelies!<br />
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Today I have another beautiful <b>A England</b> polish to show you. This was the first one I ever wore - it just spoke to me. So much that I reached for it before any of the holos or shimmers or other stunning colours. And let me tell you, there was a reason.<br />
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<b>Galahad</b> is a gorgeous turquoise creme. I'm not sure what it is about this polish, but I think it might be my favourite A England polish yet. I adore the way this looks with my complexion (my skin always looks darker than it is in pictures, so you can't really tell here, but this looks stunning against pale skin).<br />
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This is two easy coats, but if I hadn't been taking pictures I would have gone with just one coat. While a little on the thick side, it is super easy to apply. It's honestly one of the best cremes I've ever used.<br />
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What do you guys think about this polish? Do you own any A England polishes? Which is your favourite?Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-75480090231882499372011-09-14T18:30:00.000+02:002011-09-14T18:30:57.656+02:00Pink Wednesday: OPI Flashbulb FuchsiaHello lovelies!<br />
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Once again I apologize for not posting; I've had a lot going on. Without further ado, here is today's pretty.<br />
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OPI Flashbulb Fuchsia is one of the beauties I snatched up while I was in Canada. It is, as the name suggests, a fuchsia shimmer. I'm not sure if it really comes across in the pictures, but this does have a fun, albeit subtle, blue-purple-ish duochrome-esque flash. Neat little feature.<br />
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I needed two coats for full opacity; application was smooth and easy.<br />
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That's it from me for today! What are you wearing on your tips today?<br />
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One more question: would you guys be interested in seeing what brands I have to show you and then vote which ones you'd like to see first?Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3333158661258822357.post-8655255876426522072011-08-22T18:00:00.000+02:002011-08-22T18:00:47.335+02:00Illamasqua ScarabHello lovelies!<br />
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First of all, my apologies for the lack of posting, but I had a job interview last Thursday (and got the job - yay!) and I've been rather busy with work and other things in my life lately. I hope I'll be able to post more often from now on!<br />
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Today's post is dedicated to Christina, who asked me to post pictures of this polish ages ago, because she wore it on the flight back from London. <3<br />
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<b>Illamasqua Scarab</b> is a gorgeous deep red shimmer. It's really hard to describe the colour, to be honest. It has that vampy, lit-from-within quality, and while it's definitely red I'm almost tempted to say it has some green to it. See for yourself:<br />
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(sorry about the crappy clean-up job.)<br />
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This is two easy coats plus topcoat, but essentially this is a one coater so if you're patient and take your time you probably won't need the second coat. I found that drying time was a bit on the long side on this one, but not abysmally so. It wore quite well, too. It reminds me a little of China Glaze Heart Of Africa, but to me Scarab is a little more...exotic.<br />
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I really love this polish! It's such an elegant, yet sexy and mysterious colour, and I love how it looks with my pale skin, though I can see this looking absolutely gorgeous with a darker complexion as well.<br />
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What do you think? Do you own any Illamasqua polishes? Which is your favourite?Maditahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12125673054825020403noreply@blogger.com3