NOTD: Make Up Store - Greta & Some Personal Stuff

Warning: messy fingers. Sorry about that. This polish is gorgeous, but it was very runny and hard to control. Also I was in some kind of hurry and my other hand needed 4 normal coats, therefore I put on 3 thick coats on this. That definitely makes it sloppier.

I couldn't chose one pic, so you got 3. Congrats.

People have so much to blog about! Every other blog I read have tons to say about a NOTD. I don't. I wonder why. Maybe they tell more personal stuff? Should I tell you about that date yesterday? It went...alright. I wasn't blown away. He was nice and I think we could get along well, but he looked kinda sloppy. Computer science teacher. Why do they always have long hair? Anyway, I am more into the suit type of man. Or at least stylish and proper, even if they're sporting jeans. Yeah. The most stylish man I ever spent time with was my previous love interest. You've seen me write about him before. That is over now though. It's for the best. But of course I'm sad about it still. And my medication for this type of sadness is: meet someone new and exciting. I am sure shrinks think that's not healthy at all. But it works. And if you don't find someone new and exciting at least you had something else to think about for a few weeks and by then you'll be pretty healed anyway.

The annoying thing is that I am not easily impressed. I am pretty much looking for Sherlock Holmes when it comes to men. I don't fall in love easily. When I do fall in love I can have a hard time letting go, even when I know I should. I have only been in love twice (which is not a lot considering how many men I have actually dated...). If I don't count times like when I was 13 and had a crush on some guy I had never even talked to. Which I don't.

Oh, and the polish is silver. I just realised that you might think it's light blue, but that's just the holo effect.

NOTD: Cetuem - 156

Some more Cetuem. I have a lunch date today and I wanted to have feminine, sexy and edgy nails. Neon pink works. It's so bright! I really like it. This is 2 coats. So far I haven't had much trouble with Cetuem. I have seen bad reviews of the brand. But I'm happy.

New BeYu:s

I wanted to try BeYu some more. Trying just one polish from a brand isn't enough! So here's 2 more. No. 381 is a blue polish with a purple flash and silver and light blue glitter. No. 232 is a golden/beige polish.

Depend Dip-In Nailpolish Remover

This is what my Dip-In looks like now. Quite dirty. It's still working well though. It's just annoying how my fingers get all dirty when I use it. So maybe it's time for a new one. Or maybe I can just clean it and put some new remover in it? Anyway, except for the dirtyness this works really well and it lasts a long time. Thumbs up!

Cetuem - 94

Here's some more glitter. Cetuem - 94 over Color Club - Front Row Diva. It was hard to get somewhat even on the nails. But it is doable. It's kinda cool. Silver glitter that shimmers in all the colours of the rainbow. The shape of the glitter makes me nostalgic, but I can't remember why.

NOTD: Color Club - Front Row Diva

That Cetuem polish really stayed on until today! The little dark dots you see in the pic are actually glitter that I didn't get off properly. Sorry!

Front Row Diva was a bit thick, which made it hard to apply well. After having all that glitter on I wanted something very simple. It's a nice polish. Simple, elegant. A grey/beige shade. Two coats. Not amazing, but nice.

NOTD: Cetuem - 92

For tonight I wanted something interesting on my nails. But maybe not blue or green. And I wanted to try Cetuem. I was looking at one of the purples, but they looked boring today. So I went with this instead, as you can see. No sunlight, but daylight and lightbulb. Two coats. Looks more opaque irl. What a crazy polish! I will show you a on the nail-comparison with OPI - Mad As A Hatter too. I know we have already established that they are far from dupes, but I still think it can be interesting to see.

Oh, got a work call, gotta go!

China Glaze - Medallion

This is so pretty! SO pretty! I love it. I layered it over OPI - Glitzerland. 3 coats. I even put some on my love interest's toes. ^^ He asked me to. He's so gay! :P Anyway, SO pretty. I'm telling you, you need this!

Bottle Comparison: Cetuem - 92 and OPI - Mad As A Hatter

Just a quick little post for the curious:

Definitely different, but they did also definitely have the same idea when they created these polishes.

NOTD: OPI - Glitzerland

Yesterday I put this on my nails. In like 15 minutes. I had just removed my other polish when my love interest asked me to come to the jazz pub Stampen. So I had to hurry. Man, my nails weren't even almost dry when I got in the taxi. I bumped them a little, but I think I managed to smooth that out okay. Two coats. And a lovely polish, I like it. It will be my party NOTD tonight as well. Jimmy is moving to Australia so Nina and I are going there to his going away party. No alcohol for me tonight though...I got enough last night.

I think this is a little dirtier than Orly - Luxe. But both are foils (I think...I'm not good with finishes). I really like them both, so I am keeping them both. Gold is a colour that I don't feel the need to have a lot of. I love it, but you can't do much with gold. I mean like different shades and stuff. I think I have 4 golds now. This, Luxe and two glitters from China Glaze. Perfect.

Nubar Moodies - Plum To Blush Red

In my mind, plum is a lot darker than this. So I guess this is the blush red. I tried to put a couple fingers in cold water to see if there was a change. Because that's the point of these Moodies. They should change colour depending on the temperature. IF there was a change it was very weak. I thought the cold nails got slightly lighter, but maybe I was just imagining it.

New Stuff!

NailMail delivery. A big one, 17 polishes! Brand: British Cetuem (how do you pronounce that?).

109, 108, 110. Gorgeous!

185, 94, 92. Is the last one a little like OPI - Mad As A Hatter? I'll check that out. I think this looks a little more silvery.

181, 133, 122. Why did I buy 3 similar purples? Pretty purples, but still.

57, 157, 175. The last one has glitter too.


125, 204, 58. The first one I regret now. I doubt it will work with my skintone.

156. I think it's supposed to be flourescent (can't spell that).

163. Duochrome blue and pink.

And now for some other stuff I shopped today.

Nailstickers from Viva La Diva, OPI - Glitzerland and The Color To Watch. Bought at Åhléns. Skulls isn't me, but hey, halloween is coming up and the butterflies were cute.

Yeah, only bought these for the owls. Anyone who wants the studs with the crosses? I can throw them in with Beach Bum (see the post below). Bought at Ur & Penn, I bought all the following jewelry there too.

Autumn earrings!

Selling Polishes

I am ready to get rid of some of my many polishes:

Nubar - Vital, Nfu-Oh - 52, Orly - Midnight Star, Diamond Cosmetics - Monarch Masquerade, Del Sol - Beach Bum

Only Beach Bum left!

You can get them all or just one if you like. 2 polishes or less will cost 12 SEK to post, more than 2 will cost 24 SEK. If I post them to someone in Sweden. International buyers are welcome too though. I want 20 SEK per bottle. All are tried once, as seen above. I will remove the swatch pic if the bottle is already sold. Leave a comment with your e-mail and what you are interested in.

NOTD: Nubar - Essence

I love this polish. A copper/pink base with holo glitter. Lovely! Three coats. Very easy to paint with. You only get to see 3 fingers because I realised I had wax on my index finger. I was at my local salon Studio Ava and got waxed. You have to help out a little and lift some parts so they can get to every hair. :)

I Can't Wait: OPI - My Private Jet

Flash

Lightbulb

Yeah, so I changed nail colour for the second time today. I don't like dark polishes...but for some weird reason I kinda like this. Even though, this seems to not be the orginal My Private Jet. I have read on blogs that they released it, then re-released it and then it was more grey and less holographic than the first one. If you're looking for a black holo you can go for Chainmail Charm from Diamond Cosmetics. I think I posted it here somewhere...yes, here it is. In Swedish! I'll do something about that as soon as I have posted this.

Anyway! 2 coats.

Second NOTD Of The Day: Nubar - Vital

Hey, look! It's matte! I had no idea! When I got this after ordering it online I wondered: Why did I get this? Because it's matte. It all makes sense now. Not that I am particularly thrilled with it...but still. Two coats. Messy, because I just painted them.

NOTD: Essie - Main Squeeze

Such a cute name, don't you think? Sorry for the bed marks. I waited probably 4 hours before I went to bed, but that didn't help. Probably because this is a sheer polish that needed 5 coats to look like this. You can still see the nail line.

However, the polish is interesting. It's grey with weak, purple shimmer (that naturally looks blue in the pic). If you look closely you also notice that it looks like the polish has tiny, grey particles of dust in it. Really weird. I doubt you can see it in the pic. But irl you can.

I wish I had some sunlight today, I am curious how this would look then. But it's raining. And I'm removing this today because of the marks.

NOTD: OPI - Extravagance

More sunlight

Less sunlight

This is a somewhat famous polish, isn't it? I see it everywhere. And finally I have tried it too. It's vampy. I'm not vampy. But it's still gorgeous! Holographic glitter and everything. Two coats for full coverage. No problems applying it. A polish to be proud of. Especially in the right light.

NOTD: Orly - Emerald Life

Here you have it. Four coats of Emerald Life on my bare nails. At first I only intended to put some on to just show you what it looked like, but then I kinda liked it so I am keeping this on for now.

VERY Old NOTD: Snowcrystal - 430

I just found this really old NOTD. It's from a year ago. It's Swedish brand Snowcrystal and polish number 430 (not many Swedish brands seem to like actually naming their polishes). It's creme and it's beige. Sometimes, in some lights, it looks a bit pinkish.

Concerning Orly - Emerald Life

I put one coat of the sheer, light green Orly - Emerald Life over Zoya - Veruschka. Now it looks teal!

I will try to put some on my bare nails later, so we all can see what that would look like too. Remember that my nails are stained though.

New NOTD: Zoya - Veruschka

Messy, I know, I know... The sun was here, so I wanted to take pics immediately after painting my nails. And the formula was a wee bit difficult to control.
Oh, and this is a matte polish, no top coat.

In the shade.

Very shimmery for being matte, two coats.

I don't normally change polish this often. But sometimes you just feel like doing it. I am completely out of space in my nail polish boxes and I have probably about 30 more polishes coming my way soon. So I feel the pressure to make space. I still have some space available in my already tried polishes-boxes.

NOTD: Zoya - Charla

Hard! to capture. It looks so blue in these pics. I would kinda say it looks mostly green irl. Not in sunlight, but definitely in artificial light. Pics:

Cat!

Easy peasy to put on. Really. Truly. A dream to paint with! This is 3 coats. Absolutely beautiful polish. The whole collection is absolutely beautiful. My love interest even liked it. He almost never likes my nail polish. And I mean like as in love. He loved this. Hm... Maybe he is a sucker for green, I think he has only really liked green(ish) polishes. Hm...