Enjoy the silence

The silence has been so long, that I'm just going to leave this post here to announce that I'm still alive.

It's one of those posts where I'll just puke out a series of photos that didn't get their own posts, mostly due to lack of decent photos - sometimes only one good comes out of an entire session.

Hare Polish Ancient Affairs.

Polish Revolution Coffeeshop Politics over Kiko 336.

Orly Elation Generation - yes, that is actually holographic glitter.

Darling Diva Polish Pendragon over OPI Here Today... Aragon Tomorrow Suede. Pendragon is in turn mattified with such a topcoat.

Smitten Polish Pink Goes Good With Green!

Essence Princessorize.

Gina Tricot Python Green.

Hope you enjoyed. Promise to be back with somewhat decent posts soon-ish - I have plenty of material!

Swedish word of the day:
tystnad -noun silence
Lots of it lately.

Aware zombies

Today's polish wasn't made for Halloween, but it certainly fits the theme! Let's have a look at Vegan Zombie from Polish Revolution.

I wish I could have shown you this polish in the sun, but we don't have a lot of that in Sweden these days, so we'll have to do without it for now. Let me ensure you that this polish contains lots of bling and glitz, if that's what you're looking for. Green glitters in different colors and shapes, some silver, a few largee matte white thrown in, sprinkled with finer, black glitter. Here shown in two coats, the grey base is still rather sheer, but on the other hand there's a good glitter coverage. I didn't want to add a third coat, since I personally don't have a problem with the see through effect, but this is indeed a buildable polish. You may of course layer it over an opaque color, and, perhaps, only wear one coat of Vegan Zombie if you like the glitter more sparse.

Me, I'm a fan of sandwiches and the idea of a jellyish overcoat, so I got my bottle of OPI My Pointe Exactly, the grey jelly from the New York City Ballet collection, to achieve this:

Oh, I love the muted, speckled look! I would really like to try a true sandwich with these two for a more grey and sparser glitter manicure.

This glitter polish is of the kind that's rather easy to work with, and to some extent you can brush it onto the nail, but you will get a more even glitter distribution of you use a good dollop on each nail and spread it like butter on a sandwich. The base isn't too thick and and drying time is good.

I really needed this polish in my collection, because, frankly, what's not cool about it? The look, the colors, the name (even though I'm not the ultimate zombie fan, and not a vegan although sympathizing with the idea), even the brand name tickles my fancy. You can get Polish Revolution products in the Etsy store, and the polishes are $9 a pop. Lauryn, who makes them, also sent me two polishes for review, so look out for that in the foreseeable future.

Vegan Zombie was purchased with own funds.

My Pointe Exactly was sent for review.

Swedish word of the day:
hjärna -noun brain
Something a vegan zombie wouldn't eat.

Oh My Goth!

There was this polish. When I saw it I knew I needed it. I'm not always crazy about glitters, but this one was so nice, with sparser particles in a colored base. I like that.

The polish is called Oh My Goth! and is of an indie label, Revolution Polish. Below it's presented in one coat over Mavala New York. Also, before you look closer here, I'd like to apologize for failing in my oil removal - the surface looks greasy in most photos - sorry!

Isn't that hot?! Silver and magenta glitters, in both hexagonal and square shapes and of various sizes, along with black hearts, in a grey jellyish creme. The glitters are more magenta than they look here. As always, I blame my camera.

Additional photo: three coats of Oh My Goth! alone. It's a little more bumpy, but if you have an awesome topcoat, it's definitely manageable.

In this photo you can also tell what the hearts look like when they're beneath the final coat. Personally, I preferred this polish layered in one coat over a similar creme shade, that way the covered hearts are avoidable.

The base of Oh My Goth is rather thick, but if you don't like that, you can thin it to your preference. I didn't need to thin it while using it the first time, but the second time I added a few drops because I felt some solvents had evaporated. Lauryn, who makes Polish Revolution lacquers, explains that because Oh My Goth! contains the heart glitters, which is heavier, the base needs to be thick to avoid sinking. Personally, I'm cool with that, since I have a bottle of thinner beside me at all times.

And because I know you're wondering: no, you don't really have to fish for the heart glitters. If you want one on a specific nail, maybe you'll have to, but I actually had to fish way less than I do with for example OPI polishes that contains hearts.

Polish Revolution has an Etsy shop, where Oh My Goth! is currently available for $9. Check out the other polishes as well! My next purchase from Polish Revolution will definitely be Vegan Zombie.

Swedish word of the day:
gotisk -adjective gothic
In a cute way.