Summer Challenge - Fruit Salad

So this was also one of the Challenges I just didnt have time for, when it arrived.
But here it is.

I used a ton (!) of polish for this.

ESSIE - Licorice  (dots on strawberry)
FNUG - Clogs (dotted grapes)
FNUG - Bandana (dotted blueberry)
L´oreal - Green Couture (leaves on strawberry, top on banana and random "grass")
H&M - Red Nail ( Strawberry)
H&M - Yellow (banana)
Rimmel - Chic Cherry ( grapes)
L.A. Colors - Current (base color)

You might not see what I had in my mind making this, but even thou, its really pretty.
So lets just enjoy the view.

FNUG - Clogs

Hello everyone!

Today I have had the blog for 2 - months! So its my 2 months blogiversary!

I wanted to show you a swatch of Clogs, one of the FNUG polishes I won last month.

I have been trying to describe this shade as good as possible, and I think its pretty spot on to call it a dark mahogany shade with red undertones. Feel free to correct me on that, if you have a better description. 

Look at the bottle there, isn't it amazing how darker it is on the nails? It looks almost like a scarlet shade at the top of the bottle there. 

Chocolate Candies - manicure

This manicure I created last night. 

Hubby called these nails for Chocolate Candy. And so, that was what the post, and mani was going to be called. I didn't have an idea when I started, I just wanted to try some striping tape. 

I choose a striping tape that was metallic, with shimmer in it. After a days wear the metallic finish is gone, but it still has some golden shimmer in it left, and it had the look of sun-faded-red. Kinda lifeless. Urgh. Going to try another topcoat next time, Out The Door, didn't do the job. 

I started out with two coats of Clogs from FNUG. 

Clogs is a plum shade leaning towards dark brown. In some lightsettings it looks more plum, than others. I will try to do a swatch of it, to see if I can capture it.

I`m glad I`m planning on redoing my nails today anyway. 

FNUG Love Chic - gradient

Hi everyone. So I just got 6 polishes from FNUG, I won them on their FB.  (<- FNUG FB page)

I did this mani using sponge. Mostly, cause I had so much fun doing the "Honey"-mani, and the colours that I picked looked like they where made for gradient.

So lets take a look, shall we?

FNUG - Love Chic

There we have our base colour.

Then I picked up a tiny piece of a make-up sponge, and took Clogs, and dabbed it over Love Chic, halfway up. It dried really fast, so when I was done with all ten fingers I could just go ahead and sponge with Runaway. I used Runaway only on the tip, to make a sharp finish. 

While I was working it was hard to tell where the colors started and ended, but as soon as the topcoat came one, it was like magic. Made them all pop.

And this was the finishing result.

I felt like it was a bit to bright, in the sense that its hard to see whats going on and wanted to see how it worked with Rimmel Matte.
Kinda cool, actually. I can totally see myself wearing these shades alone with a MATTE topcoat.
Great for fall, and it has been feeling like fall around here lately, so I just love this.

Here you see the three shades I used for this mani.
What do you think?

FNUG polishes

Today I recived my present from FNUG. I won these polishes from FNUGs FB.
They arrived in this really cute packaging.

Here you can see ( in no particular order):
Bandana
ClogLove chicBoot CutFashion ShowRunaway



Will do swatches of all of them, as soon as I can. Cant wait to see how they wear, and apply.