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Annika

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Jag är en norrländsk lackionista som älskar vackra naglar och livar upp tillvaron med sprakande färger. Vardagen tillbringar jag som utvecklingsingenjör för biobränslen.
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Monday, 2 April 2012

Am I sick or something?!?

Kleancolor Metallic Pink, a beautiful pink/cerise/magenta colored nail polish

I suddenly felt an urge for something pink. Something extraordinary pink! It almost worries me, I must be sick or something. *touches my forehead*

This is Kleancolor Metallic Pink, and that's also what it is. It is so pink that it almost scorches my eyes, with a metallic tint in form of small silver particles. I felt for pink, and I got it. Now I'm sitting here in the sofa with a silly smile on my face. 

Kleancolor Metallic Pink, a dark pink metallic nail polish from Kleancolor

Kleancolor Metallic Pink, a gorgeous pink metallic shimmer nail polish with small silver particles

Kleancolor Metallic Pink, a pink/magenta/fuschia metallic nail polisch/lacquer from Kleancolor

Kleancolor Metallic Pink, a pink/magenta/fuschia metallic nail polisch/lacquer from Kleancolor




The grej of the day: I have started taking French lessons today. Finally, I have only been waiting five years for a course to start.  Oh, I'm sooo excited. 

Monday, 24 October 2011

A fall necklace with Zoya and friends


Today it is the most wonderful fall weather in Örnsköldsvik. And I'm sitting indoors looking out on the sunlight, the beautiful colors of fall and trying to imagine the crisp air.

In fact I havn't been outdoors in weeks. For almost four weeks I have been cursed with the most awul cold imaginable. It just starts over and over. And to make things worse I had a knee surgery the very week I started to get sick. So here I am, limping around at home, sneezing, coughing and snooring. The most ironic thing is that all this time it has been the most beautiful fall weather. And I can only watch from behind the window.

So to get some acquaintance with the warm colors of fall I use my nail polishes instead. Today I will show you a nail polish necklace I made the other week, made in fall colors.


Polishes used
I got a request to make a necklace in red, yellow and orange with the names Johanna, Joakim and Peter. So I chose China Glaze Swing Baby, Zoya Tanzy and Kimmy and Kleancolor Metallic Yellow. I took the liberty to add some gold in the piece to make the colors a bit smoother in apperance. When the marbling was done I added a dragonfly and the names in to the piece.

So, do you like it? I'm always so nervous when I am to show and deliver a new piece. It's actually really terrifiyng to make something by hand and then show it to people.


Jag känner mig halvt döende nu efter fyra veckor med den värsta förkylningen någonsin kombinerat med min knäoperation för tre veckor sedan. Ironiskt nog har det varit underbart höstväder mest hela tiden under min ynkliga sjukperiod. Och idag är det ännu en dag då jag får sitta inne och beundra vädret från vardagsrummet.

Nåja, då får man njuta av hästfärgerna i nagellacken istället. Här bjuder jag på ett nagellackssmycke i rött, orange och guld. Jag fick en beställning på ett namnsmycke häromveckan i dessa färger, så jag plockade fram China Glaze Swing Baby, Zoya Tanzy, Zoya Kimmy och Kleancolor Metallic Yellow.

Vad tycks?

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

An ugly tribute-to-love-watermarble

 
Haha, what a dissaster!! But I'll show you anyway.

This week is the week of the rainbow in my town. It is a week dedicated to shed light on HBT-issues, to grow acceptance amongst people on homo-, bi- and transsexuality. It is an important week!

A couple of years ago my town was elected as the most homofobic town in Sweden. Not a prize to be proud of.  As a counteract the Rainbow Week was initiated, a yearly event to celebrate love in all its forms.


About the manicure
As a tribute I planned to make a rainbow colored watermarble. My palette consisted of a range of Kleancolor Metallic nail polishes; Metallic Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Aqua, and Purple. But it didn't really turn out the way I wanted to. Gahh, watermarbling and I aren't the best friends unfortunately.

But I still want to show you this manicure, as a tribute to love. Pure, simple and beautiful, in every way. Let's celebrate love, in whatever shape it wants to show itself!


Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Kleancolor Metallic Fuschia

Kleancolor Mteallic Fuschia, a beautiful magenta/fuschia colored nail polish

Today's nail polish is Kleancolor Metallic Fuschia and this is a real showstopper. I just can't take my eyes of my nails right now. This is one of the polishes from the Kleancolor Metallic collection and Metallic Fuschia is not for the shy one.

The color is a shiny magenta that really hits you in the face. I like it, but I think it's even more beautiful in the bottle than on your nails, so I must say I'm a bit disappointed. The microscopic silver particles that you spot in the bottle doesn't show at all once on the nail. The apperance is instead an even but radiant color, almost like a neon.

Metallic Fuschia is easy to apply and you only need one coat. I just looove one-coaters!!

Kleancolor Mteallic Fuschia, a beautiful magenta/fuschia colored nail polish, picture of the bottle

Kleancolor Mteallic Fuschia, a beautiful magenta/fuschia colored nail polish
  Not a very sharp picture at all, but i love the colors...

Drawback
The only drawback is that Kleancolor adds camphor in their polishes, which is a toxic chemical in larger quantities. I just can't understand why some manufacturers still add poisonous compounds in their products. I mean, this is the 21st century! Let's make environmental and customer friendly products instead!!

About Fuschia
Did you know that Fuschia actually is a beautiful flower, which has given name to the color fuschia, or magenta as it is also called. The fuschia plant is itself named after the German scientist Leonhart Fuchs, a famous botanist living in the 16th century.

The fuschia plant, a beautiful magenta/fuschia colored flower

Sunday, 9 October 2011

A Kleancolor Metallic necklace

A necklace and piece of jewellery made from nail polish, Kleancolor metallic Black, Metallic Purple, Metallic Aqua, Metallic Sapphire, Metallic White

This is a necklace I made the other week by using some Kleancolor Metallic nail polishes. And as you can see this is the piece that is crowning the header of my blog.

Since I love black I made it with a base of Kleancolor Metallic Black and then added small portions of Metallic Purple, Sapphire, Aqua and White for the marbling. Once the marbling of the polishes were done I added a couple of silver dragonflies.

the Kleancolor metallic nail polishes used for making a ring and a necklace, pieces of jewellery made from Kleancolor metallic Black, Metallic Purple, Metallic Aqua, Metallic Sapphire, Metallic White

A ring and piece of jewellery made from nail polish, Kleancolor metallic Black, Metallic Purple, Metallic Aqua, Metallic Sapphire, Metallic White

To match the necklace I made a ring in the same colors. I'm more satisfied with the necklace than the ring, I think it would look better on a rectangluar setting instead.

Do you like it? Isn't it amazing that you can use nail polish to make beautiful pieces of jewellery?

Friday, 19 August 2011

Kleancolor watermarble


Det här är min första watermarble någonsin! Eller vattenmarmorering kanske man borde kalla det för på svenska. Efter att ha sett helt fantastiska marmoreringar hos Cactus så kände jag att det var dags för ett försök. Så jag plockade fram Kleancolor Metallic Aqua, Metallic Fuchsia och White och gjorde alltihop ovanpå manikyren med Metallic White som redan satt på fingrarna. Och resultatet blev godkänt tycker jag, vissa naglar blev jättesnygga, andra mindre snygga kan man väl säga.




Och man lär sig ju av sina misstag. Gårdagens lärdomar:

1. Kallt vatten är bättre än varmt.
2. Använd en tejp som inte klistrar fast för mycket på fingrarna.
3. Använd INTE Kleancolor Metallic White, det ville inte samarbeta alls.
4. Se till att ha täckt arbetsytan ordentligt, annars blir det inte så skoj.
5. Utrusta dig med rejält mycket remover, papper, bomullstussar och annat att städa upp kladdet med...
6. Se till att inte behöva springa och jaga en sex-månaders-bebis mitt i alltihop när du har nagellack och kladdig tejp lite överallt.

Hmm, ja det var nog allt.


English
This is my very first watermarble. I used Kleancolor Metallic Aqua, Metallic Fuchsia and some Metallic White over my Metallic White manicure. And I'm pretty satisfied with the result, at least for beeing my  first time. But the next time I will make sure not to have to chase my six month old son in the middle of everything, with sticky nail polish up to my elbows.


I hope you like it, I do.

Bisous!!
//Annika
Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Kleancolor Metallic White


Det här är något så ovanligt som ett snyggt vitt nagellack! Det har aldrig hänt mig förut. Vitt brukar mest se ut som Tipex, eller vara hopplöst skirt. Det här har ingen av de egenskaperna.

Det här lacket trodde jag inte alls på, det råkade bara hänga med då jag hittade hela Metallic-kollektionen billigt på E-bay. Men när jag packade upp flaskorna igår var det detta som såg mest intressant ut. Det är vitt i basen med en himla massafinkornigt glitter. Det lyckas vara blingigt men ändå diskret på naglarna, och det är en kombo jag gillar.



Applicering
Jag blir dock inte riktigt klok på formulan. Lätt att lacka med, men aningens skirt. På bilderna har jag två lager, och det är nästan opakt. Jag tippar på att ett lager räcker med ett nude-lack under. Torktiden är lite sådär, men med Nubar Diamont gick det hyfsat snabbt.


Betyg
Färg: 4/5. Mitt första vita jag gillar, inte dumt alls.
Formula: 2/5. Helt OK, men torkar aningens segt, och innehåller tyvärr kamfer...


This is unusual! It's a white nail polish which I actually like. Kleancolor Metallic White is a sparkling but sophisticated white. I recommend to use a nude polish underneath. I did not, and it is not really opaque when using two layers.


The application went smoothly, but the drying time was a bit too long...


Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Äntligen hemma!! Och lite Kleancolor...

 Metallic Black, Sapphire, Aqua & Green


Efter mer än en månad i Frankrike är jag nu äntligen hemma. Bloggen och nagelmålandet har levt en tynande tillvaro under semestern, men nu ska det bli nya tag, äntligen!!

Underbart skönt att komma hem, men glädjen blev kort... Vi möttes av en vattenpöl i hallen, ett vattenskadat innertak, och istället för att packa upp blev det diverse telefonsamtal istället. Suck!

Vilken tur i oturen då att hela Kleancolors metallickollektion väntade i brevlådan. Tolv stycken härliga karameller, jag vet inte vilken jag ska börja med. Något önskemål på den fronten?


 Metallic Yellow, Mango, Orange & Red

 Metallic White, Purple, Fuchsia & Pink

Själv gillar jag skarpt, Metallic Aqua, Fuchsia och Orange. Det vita som jag trodde jag skulle gilla minst ser också det fantastiskt ut. Som vintergatan fångad i en glasflaska. Alla ser verkligen läckra ut.

English
I'm finally home after more than a month i France. Apart from a leaking roof on our house the whole Kleancolor metallic collection waited for me at home. What a day!










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