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torsdag den 17. januar 2013

Vinterforkælelse med julegaver

Idag nød jeg at have tid til, som jeg formulerede det for mine forældre, pleje af sjælen -nemlig at lade tiden gå helt i stå og sænke mine hænder i et forfriskende neglebad (det første i år!). Normalt bruger jeg noget jomfru olivenolie blandet op med lunkent vand, men denne gang prøvede jeg 'Manicure Shakers' fra Xtreme Nail - små kugler der hældes i vand og opløses. De skulle efter sigende forfriske, blødgøre neglebånd, gøre neglene hvidere og dufte godt! Det står i hvert fald her i NAILS Magazine Jeg har her de blå - Funky Fresh, og det var nu sjovt at bade hænderne i små bobler der kildede fingerspidserne!


Denne pakke vandt jeg i en konkurrence, holdt af bloggen Negle Lir. Det var en julekonkurrence på hendes side, og her kan man se de to sødeste nissepiger sidde foran juletræet og trække mit navn :-)
De viste også fint frem hvad jeg havde vundet: Manicure Shakers, Pedi-Pops (større tabeletter som shakers, bare til fodbad -samme duft), en fil til fødderne og en rosenpind :) -Selvfølgelig pakket fint ind som en julegave og med tilhørende taske. Hvor er det lækkert!

I julegave fik jeg også en lækker håndcreme fra min kærestes familie, for de synes da at når jeg har så fine negle, skulle jeg da også have dejligt fine og bløde hænder :-) Jeg fik også lavet mig noget Nail Art, med temaet 'tasteful colorsmash' som er kategorien til en nail art-konkurrence. Jeg venter med ta offentliggøre dem til konkurrencen begynder d. 27. januar, men jeg kan sige det ser fint og stilet ud, og endda malet i hånden, selvom jeg længe prøvede at bøvle med tape for at få kanterne lige!
Hav en skøn torsdag aften derude!



fredag den 16. november 2012

Cuboid nails in London

Finally I borrowed a good camera! Actually better than my own. Now I can take fantastic pictures thanks to my dear friend Line :-) Actually the main reason is that I've travelled to London this weekend, and I just can't be here without a camera! Right now I'm at the fanciest hotel 5 minutes from London Eye! My boyfriend is sleeping, so I have the time to write a post, and then I'll wake him up and take him to the christmas market!

Yesterday I used my first pack of nail art wraps (10 of them out of 20 in each pack) from models own! I've before used wraps from Essence and Urban Outfitters which are both really great with extreme hold (and especially Essence's studio nail fashion sticker is also really cheap and therefore recommended! -I'll make a review some other day). But today it's about Models Own's Nail Art Wraps I bought on their website when they had 50% off :D I bought 2x cuboid and 1x POW! (and 6 polishes).  Of course they look great! I love the mix of gold, silver and black, so everything can match (as an example, it matches the city life perfectly!).

But as you might see in the picture, they are already damaged on 2nd day (this is way to fast compared to the others I've had which also looked great in the 2nd week!). It is because of the foil. These stickers have a black base, with a tiny layer of silver and gold foil on it, and this can easily be scratched off.. I tried to put a layer of topcoat on it, but this made the foil crumble, and (in my opinion) ruined it... I only have topcoat on the right hand to see the difference, and the right hand is worse. Here is more foil disappeared but at least its plane where the gold is... I'm happy I bought two packs so I can find out a way to get them to stay longer without the foil crumbles... But I'll keep them the rest of this weekend and admire them as long as I can!

Here's today's view... It looks like I just picked the wrong sizes or couldn't avoid the air-pockets, but this happened after the topcoat. But of course they are beautiful, and I'm tempted to stick out my hand on each tourist-photo I take!