Pink warning: Hanging blue/white flowers on bubblegum pink

Pink warning - this mani is for lovers of nail art on bubblegum pink only!

Pink advarsel - denne manicure er kun for dem, der er vilde med nail art på bubblegum pink!

 

The base color is China Glaze Dance Baby and the flowers I painted with acrylic colors. I used a thin striper for the stems and the flowers are not traditional one-strokes, I did them with a normal and uncut 000 brush. First I dipped the side of the brush in the cream white and the point in the blue, and then I pressed the side gently down to create each petal. It was way more difficult than to do normal one-strokes because it’s difficult to load the brush correctly. As usual I top coated with Seche Vite.

I’m not unhappy with the flowers, a bit on a few stems, but IRL they did not look as thick as on these macro shots. Personally I would have preferred a different ground color, but it’s just me, feeling a bit too old for girly pink LOL, this mani would look great on so many other girls…
Do you want more flower mani’s? Click on the page “Flowers/nature/blomster” in the top menu!

Grundfarven er China Glaze Dance Baby og jeg malede blomsterne med akrylfarve, men de er ikke malet med den traditionelle one-stroke metode. Jeg brugte en tynd striper til stilkene og en ubeskåret 000 pensel. Jeg dyppede først siden af penslen i den creme hvide og derefter spidsen i blå, hvorefter jeg med let hånd forsigtigt pressede penslen ned for at skabe hvert blomsterblad. Det viste sig at være langt mere vanskeligt end at male normale one-stroke blomster, det var svært at ”fylde” penslen korrekt med farve. Som sædvanligt lagde jeg Seche Vite toplak.

Jeg er ikke utilfreds med blomsterne, nogle at stilkene er lidt klodsede, men i virkeligheden så det OK ud. Personligt ville jeg havde valgt en anden grundfarve, men det er bare mig der føler mig lidt for gammel til piget lyserød, denne mani ville se rigtigt sød ud på så mange andre ;)

Vil du se flere blomster manicurer, så klik på fanebladet ”Flower/nature/blomster” i top menuen.

Swatch Saturday - China Glaze: Sweet Hook, Dance Baby, Gothic Lolita & Sunshine Pop + yellow comparison

All are shown in 2 coats over a ridge filler base coat and without a top coat.  They are easy to apply and dry fast.

Alle er vist med 2 lag over en ridge filler grundlak og uden toplak. De er lette at påføre og tørrer hurtigt.

Sweet Hook, a dusty lavender, very opaque

Dance Baby, a bubblegum pink

Gothic Lolita, a gorgeous purple with blue and red purple

Sunshine Pop, a gorgeous yellow with shimmer

Left to right – V mod H: CG Solar Power, CG Happy Go Lukcy, CG Sunshine Pop, OPI Lemonade Stand by your Man, CG Lighthouse.

5 yellow polishes – comparison – sammenligning

For some totally unknown reason I have 5 yellow polishes, close but not totally close to each other. So I have made a quick comparison, CG stands for China Glaze…

CG Happy Go Lucky is a cream, the rest have more or less subtle shimmer. CG Lighthouse looks golden/glittery, but it IS a bright and shiny yellow.

Af en eller anden uransagelig årsag har jeg hele 5 gule neglelakker, tæt på hinanden men allgievel forskellige. Så jeg har her lige en hurtig sammenligning, CG står for China Glaze…

CG Happy Go Lucky er en crème lak, resten har mere eller mindre udtalt shimmer. CG Lighthouse ser guld/glitter agtig ud på billederne, men den ER en en skinnende shimmer gul.

Hiding in pink

 

 

The next in my “Hiding in X” series is pink.

When I did my “Hiding in blue”, Ana from “Mimi’s Vanity Box” suggested, that I did a similar pink camouflage, so this is for you my friend, you have been a faithful support ever since I started my blog!

This is my second attempt, you can see the first farthest below, it lacked contrast and edge, so I realized, that I had to add more fuchsia/hot pink to get better contrast, and I started out with China Glaze Ahoy!, a raspberry red/hot pink with nice glass flecks, as the base color. For the dots I used China Glaze Rich & Famous + Dance baby, Essie Lovie Dovie and OPI Pedal Faster Suzi. And I top coated to finish the design.

Da jeg postede “Hiding in Blue” foreslog Ana fra ”Mimi’sVanity Box” at jeg lavede en pink kamouflage, så den er til hende, en trofast støtte, der har været der lgie fra mine første spænde skridt her på bloggen!

Det er mit andet forsøg, du kan se det første længere nede, men det manglede kontrast og ”kant”, so jeg tænkte at jeg var nødt til at bruge mere fuchsia/hot pink for at få mere kontrast. Derfor valgte jeg grundfarven China Glaze Ahoy!. en hindbærrød/hot pink med smukke glasagtige flecks, og til kamouflagen valgte jeg China Glaze Rich & Famous + Dance baby, Essie Lovie Dovie and OPI Pedal Faster Suzi, som jeg dottede på med et dotting tool. Til sidst lagde jeg toplak.

First discarded attempt/første kasserede forsøg:

My first try became too blahh, way too little contrast for my liking – even if I added a little silver. The base Color is China Glaze Rich & Famouse and the dots/camouflage colors are china Glaze Second Hand Silk + Dance Baby, Essie Lovie Dovie + Spaghetti Strap and OPI Pedal Faster Suzi.

China Glaze ElectroPop - first impressions and comparisons/sammenligninger - picture heavy

Dansk, se længere nede samt sidst i hver billedtekst.
They are here! They arrived on a frosty, sunny day and made promises of spring – I look forward to wearing the 7 colors I chose to buy from this collection - and to the spring :)
First impressions are great, they are very well pigmented, applies so easy, dries quickly like China Glaze’s polishes normally do – and many of them could be one-coaters.
I’ll let the colors speak for themselves, and with some of them I do comparisons with other similar colors…
Remember to check in later today to see an eye-opening top coat comparison!!
Så er de her! De ankom en frostklar dag med strålende sol og lovede forår – jeg ser frem mod at bruge de 7 farver jeg valgte at købe fra denne kollektion og til foråret :)
Førstehåndsindtrykket er rigtigt, rigtigt godt, de er velpigmenterede, er lette at påføre, tørrer hurtigt som China Glaze plejer at gøre – og der er flere af dem, der måske er et-lags.
Jeg vil lade farverne tale for sig selv, og laver med nogen af dem sammenligninger med tilsvarende farver…
Husk at vende tilbage i eftermiddag, hvor jeg har en interessant toplak sammenligning!!!

Gaga For Green - a spring meadow/leaf green - som forårsgræs og bøgeblade

Dance Baby - a girly bubblegum pink - en piget lyserød

Left to right/venstre mod højre: China glaze Second Hand Silk (dustier/mere gammelrosa), Dance Baby, Essie Lovie Dovie (warmer/merevarm)

Sunshine Pop - opaque i 2 coats, has a weak shimmer, looks like it could apply a little streaky , but it's beautiful! - dækker ved to tag, har et svagt shimmer og ser ud som om, den måske viser penselstrøg ved påføring - men smuk!

From the left/t.v. OPI Lemonade Stand by your man, Sunshine Pop, CG Happy Go Lucky
More opaque than the OPI, a little lighter than the creme Happy Go Lucky and it has a fine shimmer. Den er langt bedre dækkende end OPI, lidt lysere end creme lakken Happy Go Lucky, og så har den et svagt shimmer.

Gothic Lolita, a warm purple with a subtle shimmer - en varm lilla med et diskret shimmer

From the left/t.v. CG Senorita Bonita more warm purple with more shimmer/flecks, Gothic Lolita has a subtle shimmer, CG Spontaneous, a cream polish and bit darker and cooler

Sweet Hook - a pale lilac/lavender warm toned - en lys syren/lavendel, varm i tonen

Sweet Hook + Essie Lilacism

Electric Beat - a little more dusty than shown here - lidt mere støvet end på billedet

Electric Beat + China Glaze Secret-peri-wink-le 

Kinetic Candy

From the left/t.v. CG For Audrey, Kinetic Candy and CG Sea Spray

I’ll show you on-nail swatches and do nail art on each color I not too long…
Jeg vil vise lakkerne på neglene og vise hver farve med nail art om ikke alt for længe…

China Glaze press release ElectroPop is here!

Los Angeles, CA – (January 2012): Where heavy metal meets rocker chic, China Glaze® introduces the Spring 2012 collection, ElectroPop. Inspired by all things girly, edgy and fun, the 12 shades of ElectroPop bring out the inner rock star in all. For flash and glam this spring, China Glaze® hits the stage in style!

 

The “Brights”: Techno, Aquadelic, Sunshine Pop, Gaga for Green, Make Some Noise and Wicked Style          

 Techno – Glitter confetti polish for a dazzling topcoat finish or all over finger tip bling

 Aquadelic – Pool blue for nighttime gigs and daytime fun in the sun

 Sunshine Pop – Shine in the spotlight in bold yellow

Gaga For Green – Green lacquer for the girl craving the limelight

 

 Make Some Noise – Rock the mic in tangerine

 Wicked Style – Party cocktail tropical punch

 The “Lights”: Fuchsia Fanatic, Dance Baby, Electric Beat, Kinetic Candy, Sweet Hook and Gothic Lolita

Fuchsia Fanatic – Fuchsia pink for the rocker diva in us all 

Dance Baby – Hit center stage in cotton candy pink

 Electric Beat – Periwinkle nails for a wink worthy performance

 Kinetic Candy – Touch the sky in light blue crème 

 Sweet Hook – Blow a kiss in dreamy lilac

 Gothic Lolita – Steal the show on girls night out in seductive purple

I ordered 7, that I look forward to showing you!

Jeg har bestilt 7, som jeg glæder mig til at vise Jer.