Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Happy May Day!

Today is International Workers' Day, or May Day, so what better than showing a franken I custom made for a fellow feminist? In Sweden, as well as internationally, the feminist and socialist movements walk side by side, or may in some cases even be the very same movement. As many workers have been marching the streets today, let's now celebrate with a festive glitter polish. And yes, nail polishes can make statements.






I believe I did three coats on the wheel - this is a vampy jelly polish with all sorts of glitter, and a tiny splash of golden shimmer. On white plastic, especially in sunlight, it appears brighter than it really is. The top bottle photo shows the vampy properties the best.

Just like in my old Angina franken, the base color is derived from China Glaze's fantastic vampy jelly Ravishing, Dahling. The glitters are from three different polishes: Color Club Rockstar, my dear Uninhibited black glitter from the LA Girl Glitter Addict line, and there's even a sprinkling of holographic hexagons, found in New York Summer Hollywood Night. The gold shimmer is only a few drops of a random H&M gold foil.

Unlike most of my recent frankens, this one does have a name. I won't disclose it though, since it's a sort of insider joke that could be perceived in a very wrong way by someone not familiar with it. The recipient of this bottle, Lisa, understood the name perfectly well, and promised to wear it for her upcoming trip to London. With Lisa in mind, this lacquer pretty much blended itself in no time. It has everything a modern feminist is in herself: a deep, classic red symbolizing an independent woman (Lisa will like this reference in particular), multi colored glitter to represent her open mind towards all sorts of cultures - ethnic, sexual and popular, the black glitter for seriousness on the political side, and a dash of gold and holographic glitter for the glitz and glamour we all need sometimes. - All of this could of course be said about the workers' movement as well!

Swedish expression of the day:
första maj May first
It's how we usually refer to May Day here.

19 comments:

  1. Ahaha. I imagine you blew some minds with this entry. Here in America, feminism is only slightly better perceived than socialism, which most people don't have a clue what it is but they know it is bad bad bad. They think it's the opposite of freedom, which they seem to define as spending a lifetime slaving away to make a rich man richer under the delusion that plain old hard work might be enough one day to make them rich too. But in the undying hope that my fellow Americans will realize that the deck is stacked against the workers and rise up, this glitter-wearing feminist says Solidarity!, happy May Day, and thanks for this post.

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    1. I love that this was the first comment on this post - it made me happy! And yes, the McCarthy-esque propaganda machinery certainly did a good job on the population. There should be awards involved there, but it's sad on the people's behalf. :/

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  2. So pretty, perfect for xmas for the colors :)

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  3. It looks GREAT!! I first thought it was a new or very old essie and I was like wow essie is doing that!!?! lol

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  4. Looks like a gorgeous colour. I also thought it was an Essie colour haha

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  5. What an amazing color!
    Nicely written as well,
    I'm wearing a red franken today too :)
    Önskar dig en fin Första Maj!

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  6. Happy Worker's Day :) I guess you were really well inspired for this franken! 1up!

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  7. This is rock star beautiful! You hit this franken out of the park Arlene!

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  8. Jättesnyggt franken! Och du gör det jag hade tänkt, visar rött!

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  9. Beautiful, unique color...Great Job and for a wonderful cause/s

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  10. Great post! I did a May Day mani too - black with red stars :D

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  11. Woho! Tjusigt och fin politisk referens. Jag hade tänkt ha rött men det valborgsmanikyren (holo) fick vara kvar under demonstrationen också. Regnbågar känns ju inte heller fel ;)

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  12. Great colour and happy Labour Day!:)

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  13. Oh pretty! What a great franken for an important cause :)

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  14. Lovely franken! I agree with the first post: in America most people think Socialism is horrible because they don't know what it is. Great post for feminism!

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    1. Sadly, the situation in Sweden is getting there, too. And this in a country that practiced socialism for decades! But we will rise again. ;)

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  15. Ha! The minute I saw the first bottle shot, I knew this HAD to be a franken! Essie wouldn't make something that hot! I love it! :)

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  16. I love Michelle's comment. Its unfortunately true. Anyway, this franken is AMAAAZIING!

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