Essie - Madison Avehue and Beyond Cozy

As I currently have plenty of time (more or less), I change the color on my nails up to 4 times a week. Today, I combined two shades from Essie limited editions, Madison Avehue (Madison Avehue LE) and Beyond Cozy (Leading Lady LE). They are two of my favorite colors.
Beyond Cozy (used on my ring finger on both hands) is just pure silver glitter. Unlike other glitter colors, it gives you full coverage with two coats and doesn't need another color as a base. Beyond Cozy works very well with a variety of other colors, from blue to mint and grey and of course, as can be seen here, pink.
Madison Avehue is a cool toned pink with shimmer in it. Two coats give perfect coverage. I would call this the perfect pink nail polish. The subtle shimmer and the intense color are a match made in heaven.
As usual, I used Essie's all in one base and my essence better than gel nails top sealer.

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Momentan hab ich wirklich viel freie Zeit (naja, mehr oder weniger) und deshalb wechselt ständig die Farbe auf meinen Nägeln. 
Heute gibts eine Limited Edition Kombination von Essie, Madison Avehue aus der gleichnamigen LE und Beyond Cozy aus der Leading Lady LE. Es sind zwei meiner absoluten Lieblinge. 
Beyond Cozy (als Akzent auf den Ringfingern) ist purer silberner Glitter, der jedoch mit zwei Schichten gut deckt und keinen farbigen Nagellack als Base braucht. Beyond Cozy lässt sich super mit vielen Farben kombinieren, egal ob blau, mint, grau oder, wie hier, pink.
Madison Avehue ist ein kühles Pink mit Schimmeranteilen. Zwei Schichten sind auch hier perfekt deckend. Für mich ist das der perfekte pinke Nagellack. Der subtile Schimmer und die intensive Farbe bilden eine perfekte Kombination. 
Wie immer hab ich hier die all in one base von Essie und den better than gel nails top sealer von essence benutzt. 

LCN - 13 and 41

Summer has arrived on my nails with two colors from LCN, number 13 and 41. Again applied with with my Essie base coat and the essence top coat.
My nails are still a little visible through two coats of the nail polish but I just don't like to apply more than two coats.

Weekly Review May 12, 2013

This week was quite boring. Studying, studying, studying. No books, no great food, really boring.

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Studying. And watching ice hockey. Our Swiss guys are doing a great job. Hopp Schwiiz!

Strawberries and macroeconomy studying on our rooftop terrace. Life is good (minus studying)!

After workout dinner on a really sunny day: Pita, salad and Corona

MAC Limited Edition Temperature Rising haul (review here)

I used this baby a lot. Coffe for the win!

Notebook, corporate finance papers and icehockey world championships on my iPad. Yay!

Yes!! This team is so entertaining this year, it's amazing!

Nails

It is spring on my fingers and my toes.

Fingers: Essie - Tart Deco (review here) 
Toes: LCN - 13

Catrice - Karl Says Très Chic (review here)

Essie - Bahama Mama (review here)

Essie - Bahama Mama

And another polish this week. Currently the days here are grey and rainy and this weather inspired me to go back to a classic autumn color. It's another Essie polish, named bahama mama.

It's a classic dark red, inspired by red wine. As usually, I applied two coats, although I realized afterwards that this one could need one more (but I didn't want to have it too dark).

I sticked to my nail polish routine (never change a winning team, right?).

1 coat Essie 'all in one base'
2 coats Essie 'bahama mama'
1 coat essence 'better than gel nails top sealer'

Catrice - Karl Says Très Chic

It started raining today. After the spring days we now have some really rainy days ahead of us (at least that's what my iPhone forecast tells me). Therefore, I felt the need to step back from the bright spring colors and opted for Catrice's 'Karl Says Très Chic' from their Ultimate Nudes collection.

I applied:
1 coat Essie 'all in one base'
2 coats Catrice 'Karl Says Très Chic'
1 coat essence 'better than gel nails top sealer'

The polish was a little sticky but that could be related to his age (I have it for at least two years, probably even longer).

Essie - Tart Deco

Spring has finally arrived in Oslo. Therefore, it is definitely time for color on my nails. I started the week with Essie's 'Tart Deco', a great spring color which looks very apricot (or peachy) in the bottle and a lot more orange as soon as it's on the nail.

It is one of the few polishes I have that need more than two coats. I have applied my Essie base coat, followed by three layers of 'Tart Deco'. As usual, I used the essence top coat afterwards. 

I really love this color and even with the rain forecasted for tomorrow, these nails have helped me transform into full spring mood.

Weekly Review May 5, 2013

Another week has passed and the end of my stay in Norway (as well as exam period) is coming closer. A friend from my home university has been visiting this week, so I was doing more sightseeing than studying.

Food
Guess what? I had sushi again. Lille Asia is becoming my favorite place here in Oslo. This week, I was at their restaurant at Hegdehaugsveien. The place is amazing, I could sit there for hours. Great food, great atmosphere, just perfect. 

And because we are all studying now, we are spoiling ourselves with dinners in restaurants. So on Sunday evening, it was time for Italian food at Vapiano. We have it in Switzerland too and I sticked to my favorite dish, Linguine Granchi di Fiume.

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Sunday evening. Watching 'Tatort' on my iPad and checking the comments on Twitter. Social Media TV evening.

Studying is hard. This helps. At least a little.

Library outfit.

A perfect evening. Beer, great football and good friends.

Magazines from home.

Now I have spring on my feet.

Music
My song of the week is a really old one I have not heard in a while. A couple of years ago, I listened to it until I knew the lyrics by heart. And hooray, I still knew them. The song is "Seasons of love" from the musical "Rent". You find the final broadway performance here.

Nails
Another week of not changing my nail polish every other day... I really have to work on this, I am a little worried I get worse if I am not practicing.

Essie - Decadent Dish

Essie - Bond with whomever (Review can be found here)

Essie - Bond with whomever (Madison Ave-Hue Limited Edition)

Instead of working on our group assignment (some CAPM and Fama French calculations), I got some new color on my nails after wearing Essie's 'Decadent Dish' for around 5 days.

For doing my nails, I ususally apply four coats. First is Essie's 'all in one base', followed by two coats of the color and to finish up I use essence's 'better than gel nails' top sealer.

Now let's talk about 'Bond with whomever'. It is part of this spring's limited edition called 'Madison Ave-hue'. 'Bond with whomever' is a lilac polish, in my eyes the perfect mix between warm and cold aspects of the color. It applies really smoothly and needs two coats for full coverage.

I really love this color for spring. It works really well with most part of my wardrobe (which is dominated by grey, black and navy blue) and works great with my current skin tone. Application is smoothly and longevity is 3 to 4 days (although I usually change the colors more often).