Today's Mani: Style-ish, Baby! + Mirage + 97

Det her er en kombination af Essence "Style-ish, Baby!", La Femme Beauty "Mirage" og S.H.C. "97". Jeg har skrevet om "Style-ish, Baby!" her. Jeg er generelt ikke vild med La Femme Beauty. Det er et billigt mærke, og kvaliteten er derefter. Men jeg er ret vild med deres glimmerlakker. Efter min mening behøver en glimmerlak ikke at være af nogen særlig kvalitet, den skal bare være smuk. Denne her er en turkis glimmer i en gennemsigtig jellybase. Den er let at komme på, og den tørrer rimelig hurtigt.

S.H.C. er et meget ukendt mærke, og jeg har fået fat i denne flaske i en butik, der sælger kinesiske gaveartikler. Lakken har en gennemsigtig jellybase, og tre forskellige slags turkis glimmer. Små, runde stykker, mellemstore runde stykker og store sekskantede stykker. Den er fantastisk smuk, men den lugter så forfærdeligt, at man får hovedpine af det.

Hele denne manicure var finere i virkeligheden end her på billederne, men den holdt desværre ikke så længe.

"Style-ish, Baby!" er købt i Føtex.
"Mirage" er købt i en Bazaren i Ishøj Bycenter.
"97" er købt i butikken Jia Jia Le på Nørrebrogade.

Her er "Style-ish, Baby!" og "Mirage" inden "97" kom på. Jeg undskylder for den sjuskede påføring.

Here's "Style-ish, Baby!" and "Mirage" before I added "97". I apologize for the sloppy application.

This manicure is a combination of three polishes: Essence "Style-ish, Baby!", La Femme Beauty "Mirage" and S.H.C. "97". I've already written about "Style-ish, Baby!" here. Usually I'm not really a big fan of La Femme Beauty and I don't buy any of their opaque colours. But their glitters are beautiful and in my opinion a glitter polish doesn't need to be of amazing quality if it's only going to be used for layering. "Mirage" has a clear jellybase and it's filled with teal glitter. It's easy to apply and it dries quickly.

S.H.C. is a fairly unknown brand and I bought this polish in a chinese gift shop. "97" is a clear jellybase with three different kinds of teal glitter: tiny round glitter, medium round glitter and big hexagon glitter. It's incredibly beautiful. The smell, however, is absolutely terrible and it will make your head hurt.

This manicure was much prettier in reality then in these pictures. Unfortunantly it didn't last long.

"Style-ish, Baby!" was bought in a Danish supermarket, Føtex.
"Mirage" was bought in Bazaren in Ishøj.
"97" was bought in Jia Jia Le in Copenhagen.

What do you guys think of the combination of teal and teal and teal? Should this mani have been spiced up by another colour or is it perfect as it is?


Love,
Sophie Amalie

Today's Mani: Purple & Blue Glitter

På billederne her har jeg tre lag E.L.F. "Dark Glitter Purple" under et lag af en unavngivet neglelak fra La Femme Beauty. "Dark Glitter Purple" er meget, meget mørk, næsten sort, og fuld af fuchsia og blå glimmer. Glimmeren er fantstisk, og glimter noget så smukt, når lyset falder rigtigt på den. Men efter min mening er "Dark Glitter Purple" en tand for mørk i sig selv. Heldigvis synes jeg, at den ekstra blå og lilla glimmer fra denne La Femme Beauty lak lysner den en smule. På billederne har jeg også et lag underlak og et lag overlak, begge fra Sally Hansen.

"Dark Glitter Purple" er købt hos E.L.F.
Lakken fra La Femme Beauty blev købt i en "rodebutik" i Ishøj.

In these photos I'm wearing three coats of E.L.F. "Dark Glitter Purple" under one layer of an unnamed polish by La Femme Beauty. "Dark Glitter Purple" is such a dark polish that it's almost black. Honestly, it's a bit too dark for my taste. But it's also full of the most beautiful fuchia and blue glitter. To brighten the polish a bit I used a La Femme Beauty Polish, which is packed with blue and purple glitter. I'm also wearing a layer of basecoat and a layer of topcoat, both by Sally Hansen.

"Dark Glitter Purple" was purchased at E.L.F.
The La Femme Beauty polish was bought in-store in Ishøj, Denmark.

What do you guys think of this combo? Is it too safe a choice or do the two polished flatter each other?

Love,

Sophie Amalie