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Montag, 24. Juni 2013

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. 

Donnerstag, 20. Juni 2013

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.

Sonntag, 12. Mai 2013

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'

Sonntag, 21. April 2013

Weekly Review April 21, 2013

What a week that was. I spent a lot of time checking news pages regarding the tragic events in Boston.

TV
A couple of weeks ago, I watched my first "Tatort". It's a crime series in German TV, airing once a week on Sunday evening and it started in 1970. My mother is watching it and so far, I wasn't really interested. I have been watching several old episodes this week and I will now make "Tatort" my new Sunday evening ritual.

Shopping
It was time this week for some serious beauty shopping. I needed new facial products. My skin is not really causing problems but as I am aging, I thought it might be time to invest in some good products. After some beauty blog research and asking my best friend, I decided to go for Clinique and Origins. At Steen & Nordstrøm, I found all the products on my wishlist.
My cleaning routine is now so much more fun. I really enjoy using these high-end products and my skin also seems to be happy about this new routine.

Food
My food highlight this week was today's breakfast. Yesterday, I bought some strawberries and today, I included them into my breakfast. Banana, mango, strawberries, müsli and vanilla jogurt. It was delicious.

Books
I had no time to read in any of the books I am currently reading. The only thing I read was Elle magazine. Okay, that was not really reading, more looking at pictures.

Nails
As usual, my nails wore a variety of colors this week.
Essie - Miss Fancy Pants (and football)
Catrice - I sea you!
Essie - Turquoise & Caicos topped with Essence - glorious aquarius
Instagram
This is how my week looked through Instagram filters.
Bringing a little Switzerland to Oslo: Sechseläuten



Spending the night watching CNN (yes, the coverage was crappy)
This is heaven, right? W.B. Samson
Oslo, sunshine, over 10 degrees: I am wearing ballerinas. Without socks.
This is how my next weeks will be like. Studying at the library and spending an enormous amount of money on coffee.