A2Z Challenge: O is for Old

Last week it was new and this week it’s old. These challenges are really challenging – I spend quite a lot of thinking about what to do for each of them. I had quite a number of ideas for “old”, but they all included golden and/or rusty colours, and that entire colour scheme is just not mine.

So I thought: What is really old? I mean, really really old!

The oldest thing I could think of was the universe. It’s 13.798±0.037 billion years ((13.798±0.037)×10⁹ years) – that’s getting on up there. I don’t think anything beats that.

Here’s part of the universe, right here on my fingernails:

There are five colours/polishes involved:

Herome WIC: Montenegro

Flormar Supershine: #006

Golden Rose Galaxy: #12

H&M: Snow White

OPI: Comet in the Sky

I obviously started with black and then I just started dapping the other colours on. I finished with a layer of OPI’s Comet in the Sky, which is a clear base with black and iridescent glitter. It’s a perfect glitter for galaxy nails!

It almost ended up looking as if I used foil, but I didn’t. It’s all just ordinary nail polish :)

Here are the five polishes I used:

Herome WIC: Montenegro, Flormar Supershine: #006, Golden Rose Galaxy: #12,
H&M: Snow White, OPI: Comet in the Sky

I dig this a lot, even with the black base!

The challenge next week is Pale. I have a feeling that it isn’t just going to be a pastel mani, but stay tuned and find out!

You should also check out what the rest of the cool girls did – I can’t wait to see it myself: 

An InLinkz Link-up

Magical Music Manis 12: Telephone~ Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé

This is the second last Magical Music mani in the series for now. I’m enjoying this so much!

Telephone is a really long music video, so there’s lots of stuff to be inspired by. I took my inspiration in Gaga & Beyoncé’s car: The Pussy Wagon, that looks like this:

Cool, yes? I also used Beyoncé’s awesome glasses as my inspiration:

And here’s how my final mani ended up looking like:

Yellow is the base colour and I used my Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Lightening for that. The red flames is made with a small brush and Bourjois’ Rouge Diva. The black sunglasses are just made with a plain black crème from Herôme called Montenegro. The holo topper is from Smokey Mountain Lacquer, and it does dull the colours a bit.

Here’s what the whole thing looked like before the holo topper.

Here are the polishes I used for my mani:

Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: Lightening, Bourjouis: Rouge Diva, Herôme: Montenegro, Smokey Mountain Lacquer: Holo topcoat

Here’s the very long video to Telephone: 

Check out the other girls who participate in this challenge. Would you like to join? Please feel free to join the last one next week! 

An InLinkz Link-up

Summer Challenge Day 25: Inspired by fashion

Summer Challenge Day 25: Inspired by fashion

(- or “The Purple Bomb”!)

Following other people’s fashion just isn’t my kind of thing, so I had to depend on Google for this challenge. Again :D

I managed to find a picture that I could use as inspiration for this challenge. I forgot to write down where I found it – so proper credit will be given once I’ve found the pic on its original place again.

I started out with a gradient using three different purple polishes. I used Herôme “Canberra” as my base, as this was the lightest polish of the three. The other two polishes were L. A. Girl “Groupie” and E.L.F. “Party Purple”.

And from a different angle:

I’m wearing a coat of Poshé top coat on these pics.

And here are the polishes I used for the gradient: 

E.L.F. – Party Purple, L. A. Girl – Groupie, Herôme – Canberra

Then I took a thin brush and three different purple OPI polishes and started making brushstrokes of purple on my gradient. I used OPI Temptation first because I didn’t want the glitter to be prominent, then OPI Ink and OPI DS Original as the final holographic touch.

And here’s the result – after adding another coat of Poshé top coat.

And from another angle:

And a sunshine pic, to show off the holo: 

The polishes: 

OPI DS Temptation, OPI Ink, OPI DS Original

Here’s the picture that I got my inspiration from:

Can you see the resemblance? The mani didn’t quite turn out like I wanted it to, but I am quite pleased with the result anyway. Do you like it?

There are other Danish girls who also did a “inspired by fashion” mani today. I am very curious about what they came up with, so let’s check their blogs out:

• Neglelir
• Se min kjole
• Mette
• Life is a fairy tale
• Vicki's Polish

Stay tuned the day after tomorrow - same bat time, same bat channel – for nails inspired by a pattern!

W. I. C. by Herome ~ Canberra

W. I. C. by Herome ~ Canberra

Shimmery light purple

This is my first Herome polish. I was so lucky that my boyfriend bought it for me. It looks beautiful in the bottle, shimmery and all, so I fell for it instantly.

Application was very easy. The brush is relatively big and flat and very easy to work with, and the formula didn’t cause any problems at all.

The colour is a bit lighter than my usual comfort zone calls for, but I absolutely love the shimmer in it. To begin with I thought I was going to struggle with brush strokes, but no – no problems in that department either.

Two coats, no top coat:

Pretty, yes?

But obviously not pretty enough ;)

I chose stamping for this baby. The plate I used is called H11 and I used a matte purple from BornPrettyStore called “Suzy skis in the Pyrenees”. It’s a nice dark purple for stamping, I like it. It’s not the first time I’ve used it, and it’s not going to be the last one either.

Here’s the finished mani, all sealed up with a layer of Poshé top coat.

I really like the swirls and how this mani came out. What do you think?

Opacity: 7/10
Colour, prettiness: 7/10
Durability: 8/10
Value for money: 8/10
Overall: 7.5/10
Buy again: Yes