Push and Shove

Welcome to my new attempt at regular updates! 

Today I'm wearing OPI Push and Shove, and although every damn ridge is showing, it's shiny and nice. Of course not that revolutionary though, to those of us who've owned Maybelline Mirror Image for quite a few years. 

I don't believe I'll ever go back to swatching, but while I'm at it with the instas, let's just post what the heck. 

Just checkin'

...in. Yeah, let's have some re-instas, while we're waiting for the final results of the Swedish elections.

Smitten Polish A Wedding Dress That Isn't Bright Turquoise

OPI Black Spotted over Int'l Crime Caper

CND Vinylux Steel Gaze

Essence Blue Cara Ciao

H&M Jungle Me


And speaking of H&M, I don't know about you, but the new 5 ml bottle pisses me off. Yes, they lowered the price, but not as much as they lowered the contents. Pfft! Don't piss off lacquerheads, we're proud people.

Rererererererereinstas

Yeah, you know the drill by now - I have been posting on Instagram, but not on the blog, so here are my saved up instas. Check 'em out.

Deborah Lippmann Forget You

Wet'n'Wild Shield and China Glaze Ingrid

My Xmas mani! Believe it or not. OPI 4 In The Morning, Darling Diva Polish Spank Me Harder, OPI Love, Angel, Music, Baby, plus rhinestone candle thingy.

Gina Tricot Alexis

A-England Her Rose Adagio



I'm working crazy hard to win the elections coming up here in Sweden September 14th - will I ever get a break? If I can find the time to redo my nails once a week, it will be a fucking miracle. Stay tuned. (I love you still.)

Didn't die

Hiya! Just so you'll know I didn't die on you, here are som re-instas.

From OPI Brazil: Where Did Suzi's Man-go? and Kiss Me I'm Brazilian.

Some Depend Mirage, probably 2055 Bronzy Breeze. very nice gold (!) foil.

Rimmel Torrid

Orly Androgynie

a-england Encore Margot

And if you wonder why I'm silent: I got too much to do. I rarely have any decent time off, that I don't use for absolutely nothing. I got a new temporary job, doing my political and union stuff, and on top of that I'm a single mom at somewhere around 95 % of the time. But I'll be better. I promise. At least I'm happy.

Int'l Women's Day reinsta statement nails

Guess what... Since I'm lazy, I'm starting a new series of instagram reposts, so that all of you get a chance to see all the grainy iphone camera pics of what I've been wearing lately. Well, over the course of the last three or so months, as it turns out.

 I still have about 8 minutes, Central European time, to show you some decent feminist statement manicures during one of the most important days of the year - International Women's Day. Check it out.

Feminist warrior manicure with camouflage, leopard spots, and of course the Venus sign.

Olympic games versus Pride, french skittles.

Feminist fire!

Red and white camouflage, leopard spots (yes, again), and V.

And the manicure I actually wore today (and still am wearing): pink and red with red and coral leopard spots, and some neon studs.

Hope you're celebrating accordingly!

OPI Muppets Most Wanted quickie

Time for another new collection, and it's the annual soft shades collection from OPI, called Muppets Most Wanted. The last couple of years, the soft shades collection haven't been as soft as they used to be, and this year is no exception.

Eight shades, of which three are classic soft shades, two are more or less duochrome definite not-softs, and three topping glitters:

Clockwise from top left: Miss Piggy's Big number (blue metallic with the tiniest shift), I Love Applause (pastel pink creme), Int'l Crime Caper (sheer white with pink flash and light blue flecks), Chillin' Like A Villain (peach pastel creme), Gaining Mole-mentum (pink and gold glitter shards), Let's Do Anything We Want! (white and pink glitters with small and large white square glitter), Muppets World Tour (white and gold glitter, silver micro glitter, with larger magenta, blue and champagne pink hex glitters), Kermit Me To Speak (purple to golden green duochrome shimmer).

Believe it or not, the first one to get tried out was Int'l Crime Caper, because it's interesting enough for a sheer. Below is three coats:

It's a shitty photo, but imagine the pink flash stronger, and the blue flecks a little more vivid and reflective. There's still visible nail line enough to scare those of you who dread it, for which I'd suggest some undies. I'd say this is the nicest conservative sheer I have, so don't miss out on it if you're into that kind of thing.

Quick note on the duochrome Kermit Me To Speak: personally I own more than a handful of polishes with this pigment, from OPI's very own catalogue Amethyst Abyss comes to mind, so if you have that (chances getting smaller for each day since it's ooold), or perhaps Nubar Purple Beach, maybe your need for this one isn't as huge as you'd first think. Though, perhaps Kermit Me To Speak is a tad less green and run more between purple and gold, predominantly. If you'd like a comparison, let me know and I could probably manage.

A rose for anyone who wants it

Only so that you don't think I've died: here's A-England Briar Rose.

Sweden is dark and wintery. Not a lot of opportunities to use the camera (if you're a chronic lightbox antagonist). Not to mention life is keeping me busy, and stress is an every day reality - but that doesn't mean I'm not happy. I am. And I will return.

Warm Me Up please

Here's a quickie one and another from the OPI Mariah Carey holiday collection: Warm Me Up.

I didn't like this at first in the bottle, it looked like it was going to be frosty - but then I needed that cool toned dark chocolate color. And as long as you handle the brush carefully, it ends up nice, and no, it isn't frosty. It reminded me of the Misa classic Earthward, but while that one really was frosty, this is like an improved version, needed now in a time when all nail peeps, me included, are way more sensitive to even the slightest hint of frostiness.

I really liked this one, because cool toned browns aren't that common, after all.

Turquoise leopard

Let's have a dose of nailart, shall we? I'm still trying to get the leopard pattern right, and here I tried it on a turquoise skittlette.

The base color here is Sephora Full Moon Party, and the added glitter on index and pinky is one from Gabrini. So is also the dots in the leopard pattern, but it looked odd and not contrasting enough on top of the Sephora, so I dotted some OPI Goldeneye underneath it.

All in all rather nice despite my continuing clumsiness with the brush, adding the black bits. I'll have to get better with that...

Bohemian Rhapsody

Still got lots in the vault - but not that much time to write! But before it starts getting ridiculous, here is one truly spectacular shade of Darling Diva polish: Bohemian Rhapsody. From the Queen themed collection, of course. Shown over black.

Holo and multichrome. Everything a girl needs! I wish I had managed a better shot of the straight angle colors in the shade, but sadly, no sun often equals way too blurry. I hope you'll like it anyway.

A Fabulous Spell

While it's still some kind of fall up here in the northern hemisphere: check out this wonderful layering combination. As the base we have the metallic H&M Fabulous Nails Honey, and on top the now classic Barielle Elle's Spell.

I can't stop adding these hopeless instagram photos, just because I have them. But isn't she lovely? Even my 7 year old daughter liked it (she's usually only into pink glitters) and asked to have it reproduced on her toenails. You just can't go wrong with a flakie.

Re-re-re-insta!

These are the last ones - promise. Well, at least for now...

Finger Paints Twisted over Orly Glow.

Depend 387. Love this finish!

Kill it with fire, pt II: China Glaze Bend Over Backwards with the orange-yellow-green flakie gradient over (I've forgotten which one of all those I used this particular time).

Smitten Polish Electric Lime. Best (neon) green holo ever.

Last days of summer: Essie Boom Boom Room.

Beware of continuations to this type of posts in the future.

Still Intoxicated?

If not, let's have some L.A. Girl Intoxicate, from the Color Addict line.

Yummy... and I also brought in the nearly identical but quality wise worse instagram photo:

...just because I could. I had no sun that day, but this is totally hot without it too - in the sun the next day it looked warmer, plum towards the brownish color family.

Either way it's a fantastic fall shade, with its glorious gold shimmer and fabulous formula and great coverage (two easy coats)! I really really like L.A. Girl polishes, and I really really like the Color Addict line - I wish I had all of them.

Re-insta the weekend away

Yep, another re-instagrammed post - I told you I have kept painting my nails despite not blogging!

Butter London Two Fingered Salute.

Filtered photo of A-England Rose Bower - the phone camera couldn't capture the true glow of this red.

Color Club Cloud Nine.

Darling Diva Polish Bitchcraft (over black for added depth) - totally amazeballs holo with multichrome glitter which I wasn't bitchcrafty enough to catch on photo.


Have a great weekend!

Love letters to dead writers

Here's a real indie gem for you - Scofflaw Nail Varnish in the limited edition Love Letter to Kurt Vonnegut.

These photos are from early summer, and my did I have fabulous nails back then - surely base coated with a sturdy gel manicure. But this polish... Photos don't do it justice, since it's a muted periwinkle blue sorta color that never ends up right on my photos, and added are black and blue glitters and gold speckles, along with blue shimmer. Totally gorgeous.

At the moment, the Etsy shop is sold out, but you should definitely keep Scofflaw on your radar at all times, since this is a very inventive indie brand. Someone who's created a polish like the above definitely deserves the epithet genius.