We sure can do pink

A few weeks ago, news hit Sweden that a six-year-old boy had been bluntly stabbed in or close to his neck, as part of long time bullying. What were his sins, you may ask? He was fond of the color pink. And nail polish. And ballet. He liked dressing up.

So, I thought, what better way of showing support than go all pink for a day? This is the manicure I did.




The creme base is an H&M polish that came part of a mini set last summer, with all supposedly neon colors - this one in particular named Neon Pink. Not really neon, but a nice bright pink. On top, I did two coats of OPI's I Juggle... Men from the Femme de Cirque bridal collection, soon to be released. (Cammi already showed it to you here.) The shimmer is very nice, I just wish it wasn't so sparse. But I guess these pastel bridal collections aren't targeted at people like me to begin with.

To go along, I attempted some pink makeup. Too bad I suck at shooting eye makeup, because the photo below doesn't show nearly close to what really went on. But again, this could be due to my camera hating on magenta.

In reality this was really wham pow, and I used Halo from MAD minerals in the inner corner and for highlighting. I did the crease in All Girl from MAC, and the lining is another MAD pigment, called Big Apple - a hellishly saturated hot magenta. My eyeliner is my trusty Perversion Liquid Liner from Urban Decay, and I always use my beloved 38° mascara from Kanebo. I can't really say what's on my lips, 'cause I smeared on a shitload of this and that, but I do know there is a hint of that magenta Lip Flash pen from Milani, covered in a cutesy pastel pink from Dutch brand Hema, that Michèle from Lacquerized sent me a while back.

Also, this is the makeup I'm wearing on my twitter avatar. The filter effect, from the iPhone app Instagram, actually enhanced the true colors of the eye makeup!


Now, don't you dare hating on little boys who play with stuff other than cars, or girls not digging dolls!

Swedish word of the day:
jämlikhet -noun equality
It goes both ways, you know!