Geeky Math Camp nails

Today I did a mani inspired by fractals, a topic we learned about on a Math Camp - one week just before I went to Milan :)
This is the first mani I've done with a small brush, not just the one from the lacquers. The brush is a single-use brush, the ones that's used when you can get a make-up in a store. I think it was actually for eye liner, but who cares, it worked brilliantly ;)

With thumb mattified 

For those who can't see or don't know what it' supposed to look like: the thumb is Kochs' snowflake, index is pi, middle is the Sierpinski triangle, ring is the Mandelbrot set and the pinkie contains Greek letters: alpha, beta, omega, lambda and rho.

Before the ring finger got extra effects ;)

I think I tried with 'a step' too much on this one, if you understand what I mean. I tried to make spikes so it would be like step four on the background paper, but I think I should have stopped at step three. Sadly I didn't get a picture before I ruined it.

Probably the prettiest pi sign I've ever made. Normally I just screw it up. Proud ;)

A simplified version of the Sierpinski triangle

Before I filled it out :)

A simplified version of the Mandelbrot set with colour effects ;)

Comparison with 'the real deal'

Pinkie with alpha, beta, omega, lambda and rho next to the Mandelbrot set before colour effects

The stuff I used to make this mani: my mixing palette aka my calender, a small brush, nail polish thinner so the polish was easier to work with on the brush and didn't get too thick too fast and polishes: Kiko: no. 333, 235, 240 & 296, Depend: no. unknown(the red one), 34 & 247(I think), Gosh: 600 Matt Effect Top Coat & Special Edition 001 Lavender Love, Barry M: 302 Fuchia, Rival de Loop: no. 30 & La Femme Beauty: 133 Ultra Magents

While I was doing this mani I managed to break my brand new glass nail file :'(

Anyway, what do you think?
And of course, enjoy your holiday :)

Cold as ice

I wanted to do my version of the expression "cold as ice"

But

This mani didn't really turn out the way I wanted it to.

On the pictures i'm wearing 2 coats of Kiko and 1 coat of Gosh and yet another one of Kiko- the flakie.

I didn't expect the polishes to be that see through, though it looked pretty neat in daylight.

Trying to catch the flakie/glimmer on the nails as well as in the bottle.

Really think I need to find a light blue polish for my foundation, and then maybe try again.

Perhaps even a white base would do the work, what do you think?

Sun and polish

This mani is inspired by the sun. 

Using China Glaze Sun Worshiper and Gosh Rainbow, I wanted to do a bright, sparkling mani.

Couldn't quite figure out how to catch the sparkling flakes in the Gosh polish though.

Using the flash it looked like this

It's weird though, I love, love, love the Rainbow in the bottle with all the flakes and glimmer. Just haven't found a polish that's perfect for the foundation in real life yet :) 

Bonus info:

This is icecream-matching mani I was wearing in Barcelona

Gosh Holographic

This polish makes me think of this amazing song by the beatles. 

Listen to it while you're reading this post, it'll do you good :)

This polish really doesn't need any introduction. Get ready to be picture- spammed! <3

Green Hawaii Rainbow

Yeah, it sounds good :b
I found out that it looks very lovely with Gosh - Rainbow(or any other warm coloured flakie) on top of Gosh - Green Hawaii.
This adds even more glitter and colours to the manicure and it sparkles so very very pretty. You can only see the flakes in the shadow and in light you just get more colourful glitter :) it's great!

Lazyness and green glitter polish

I've been lazy at the moment especially with blogging. My apologies.
On Sunday I was shopping and I accidentally unintentionally bought 5 lacquers, uups.
Anyway, they were really cheap so I thought it was okay.

From left to right: H&M - Blue Wave, H&M - Sea Pearl, H&M - Ocean Sand, Gosh - 548 Green Hawaii, Gosh - 546 Rainbow

The H&M lacquers contain 11 mL and I got them for only 10 kr each(about £1,2 or $1,9) and I got the Gosh for only 15 kr each(about £1,8 or $2,8) and I'm very happy about that. I also bought Rainbow for Stine :)
Blue Wave is a baby blue lacquer with shimmer in blue and purple, Sea Pearl also contains shimmer. It's hard to see if it's holographic or just pink/peach, I'm gonna have to find out when I try it on. Ocean Sand is a brown base with silver shimmer. Green Hawaii is a fresh green with holo glitter in all of the rainbows' colours and at last but not least Rainbow is a flakie which shines mostly in orange nuances.

Blurry photo of Green Hawaii to see some of the amazing glitter

 I had to try Green Hawaii out immediately :)

Again blurry to see the effect

With matte top coat on my ring finger and pinkie

I hope you are enjoying your holiday :D

Lacquers I used yesterday

Hey guys
I lined up the lacquers I used last night to the sponging. Here you can see them :)

The Depend without a visible number is the green to the right

My first sponging + more

Today I came up with this cute design but the tape I used to make straight lines ruined the polish a bit because it wasn't dry enough.
I used the lacquers from Pieces - Soul Petrol, Highland Green & Red Berries and from H&M - White

 Anyway, I ended up removing this mani quite fast and made a mani with stripes and sponging gradient.

 This is my first time to try sponging - at least on nails :b I think it went pretty well except that the neon colours on my pinkie became too dark because there were too many layers of different neon colours.

The colours I used are:
Depend - no. 34, 35, 54, 131, 133, 159, 193, 223, 247, & that green colour again where the number has been worn out
H&M - Purple
Pieces - Red Berries
Models Own - Purple Mystique
Rimmel - Lycra Pro 312 Ultra Violet, 60 Seconds 605 Purple Reign & 60 Seconds 825 Sky High
Kiko - 333
Barry M - 308 Berry Ice Cream
Tiger - no. 17
Sally Hansen - Blue Me Away!
Essie - Turquoise & Caicos
Gosh - 597 Miss Minty
Rival de Loop - 55

Summer green nails

Today(and last night) I did this manicure.
I think it's a lovely summer green mani which just cheers you up.
As a base I used Nubar - Reef Green
Then I stamped with gold stamping lacquer(unknown brand) and made details with Depend - no. 83 and Gosh - 572 Golden Bronze. As a finish I highlighted with Depend - no. 45

On the other hand I stamped with silver but it's very hard to see. I also think the gold makes it more warm and summer-like and the silver makes it more cool and not-so-summer-like ;)

My contest entry

Hi all
So you guys are now allowed to see my design for the Good Enough to Eat contest.

I did this Hawaiian theme with a Piña Colada on my thumb and a banana, a shrimp cocktail, a pineapple and the word "Hawaii" and a Chinese rose, which we in Danish call a Hawaii flower.
I hope you like it. You can vote for me(if mine is your favourite design) or your favourite design in this link. My design is entry number 44, but please vote for your favourite :)

For this design is used these lacquers:
H&M - Blue, White & Lemon Sorbet (all are mini lacquers)
Gosh - 552 Yellow Bombay
Depend - 247, 133, 83, 34 & a number I can't read :s it's a bright green colour
Kiko - 296
Nubar - Reef Green
And my black Nail Art Pen

Well that's it for now but I'm about to de a new manicure tonight or tomorrow.

Polish addicted? I really must be

I'm beginning to think that I have a polish problem.
I can't even keep my nails polish free for 3 days. It has not even been 48 hours since I removed my nail polish. And the worse part must be that I did wear polish in the meantime - strengthening polish because my nails really need that.

Anyway, I did a little stamping on every nail but then I had to try my new lacquer Nubar 2010 from Nubar, my first flakie!

 I added different dark shimmer and holographic lacquers and added the lovely flakie on top