Secretary`s Nail Art

8 October 2012

Angelica - Ice Queen

Today's post will be about one of the polishes I picked up in Manchester. It seems like it could of needed some shaking, and maybe a drop of thinner. It has a light powder feel.. As if you added eye-shadow to a white polish, kinda-way...

But, if you look away from that, its very pretty. And it matches the blue sky, we had this weekend. Enjoy it while it last girls.

Winter's coming.

6 October 2012

Dupe or no dupe: L'oreal 406 - Burgundy Diva vs. Models Own - Magenta Pearl

Welcome to this segment, for dupe or no dupe.

Nah.
As you know, I bought a huge bunch for polishes while in the UK, and when I got back home, I found out that 4 polishes looked like some of the ones I had before.

They where:
1. L'oreal 404 - Scarlet Vamp vs. Models Own - Red Red Wine
2. L'oreal 406 - Burgundy Diva vs. Models Own - Magenta Pearl
3. H&M Coral vs. Miss Sporty 452
4. 17 - Midnight Sapphire vs. Misa - A Sin Worth Commiting

So lets take a look at nr. 2. Burgundy Diva, and Magenta Pearl.

On this picture, you can actually tell that they are not a dupe, but in sunlight, they did look the same.

Wearing, from R to L:

L'oreal Burgundy Diva, Models Own Magenta Pearl, L'oreal Burgundy Diva, Models Own Magenta Pearl

L'oreal Burgundy Diva is a one coat color, with a C-brush. Easy to apply.
Models Own Magenta Pearl is a thin polish, great for layering. I used three coats on the picture, and it darkens ever so slightly for each coat.

Since it wasn't a dupe I though it would be a nice thing to do some nail art over it, to make it up.

I used Barry M - 302 - Fushia.

5 October 2012

Twinpost: E is for Equalizer

This will be a fun post. you see...
I am doing a twin post / Challenge with Mishka from Lacquer or Leave Her!.
We call it " Cheeky Girl Challenge. Were we take one and one plate choose one image from the plate, and do a post on Fridays. And then you got the ABC -Challenge in another group I am in, they have made it to E already, so that's where I will jump in.

Today I used two of my new polishes.
ESSIE - Mojito Madness
Claire's - 152

This is what it looks like outside now..

Remember to head over to Mishka and see what she did with the Equalizer from the Cheeky Plate CH 31

And see below for more E-manicures. :)

3 October 2012

Retro 80s Mani

I started a twin-challenge with my nailpolish / WoW friend Mishka from Lacquer or Leave Her! .
We decided to call it " Cheeky Girls Challenge", and we are doing one by one plate from the Cheeky set we just got. One image from each plate, one plate per week.

So the first image we are going to to is the Cassette from CH 30. I remember being a young girl having fun, dragging the "tape" out, and taking a pen, and swirl them back in.

My cam stopped working, so I had to borrow another cam, and I had HUGE problems with the lighting. Its been raining for a few days, and its just not working..

So here is what I did.

I drew lines on my nails, and started filling in with colors. I used mostly my new polishes for this, only "old" polish I used was the blue. Its a decent cobolt blue, but I hate the smell of it, I just cant say that enough..

YSL - Bleu Majorelle
Miss Sporty - 452
Claire`s - 152
Barry M - Berry I/C
ESSIE- Mojito Madness

Stamped with WnW Black Creme

To see what Mishka did, head over here, it looks nothing like my " Crayon-puke Cassette -mani (LoL)

2 October 2012

UK Haul Part 3

I decided to split these posts in several parts, since there was so many polishes to cover, and I get overwhelmed when there is to much. So that's why my new babies needed three posts.

UK Haul:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

This one will have the odds and randoms I bought, and non of these where on my wish list prior to the trip.

UK Haul of Polishes

Andrea Fulerton - Rain Fall

Claire's - name unknown, built in light in cap

List over polishes in this post, and posts using the polishes:

17 - Midnight Sapphire
ESSIE - Mojito Madness
Beauty UK - Bon Bon
Claire`s - 152
Claire`s - Unknown ( has an inbuilt light in the cap)
Claire`s - Unknown (flakie)
Angelica - Tiger Lily
Angelica - Ice Queen
Bourjois - Python Top Coat
Andrea Fulerton - Rain Fall
NYC - 272 - Bowery Black

1 October 2012

UK Haul Part 2

UK Haul:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Time to take a look at the rest of the polishes I got while I was on my trip in the UK.
One of the brands I made sure to check out, was Kiko. I found a store at Westfield Shopping Centre in London.

KIKO Haul

KIKO
373 - Golden Brown
400 - Holo Gunmetal Grey
298 - Iridescent Blue
402 - Holo Pink
401 - Holo Blue
331 - Purple

Barry M Haul

Barry M

Fuchsia
Croc Effects Black
Berry I/C

By following the links on each polish name you will be taken to a new page with all posts where I am using said polish.

UK haul Part 1

Hi everyone!

So I am back from my UK trip. I miss it already, and want to go back. I fell in love with the place.

Today I will show you the things I bought at my trip. As you know I had several shopping lists with me, both from the Norwegian nail-polish forum I`m at, and from Mishka (Lacquer or Leave Her!). To see what polishes Mishka got, keep an eye on her blog Lacquer of Leave Her! , it should arrive any day now.

UK Haul:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

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