Ombremania

Yes, I have it. In a desperate attempt to clean out my untrieds drawers, I have been digging out a rainbow of colors to combine to ombres. Here is one of my recent ombre manicures, a less colorful one.



From pinky to index: Nubar Barricade, Mavala Berlin, Mavala New-York, Mavala Minsk. Not showing in the photo is my thumb, which was done in OPI Suzi Skis In The Pyrenees. An overall very nice and wearable manicure.

Let's take a closer look at the Mavalas.



Perfectly corresponding grey cremes! I received them from my very dear friend Lina, the wise head behind the beauty blog I Karusellens Öga (In the Eye of the Carousel). Go check her out for vivid eye makeup and more!

Swedish word of the day:
skala -noun scale
Because this is one.

A grey is a grey is a grey...

Or is it?

I recently realised I was seriously lacking grey cremes. I had two or three, and all were slightly tainted, not pure grey. I had to do something about this and got a shitload of new ones.

The ones I had before, was Essie Chichilly and Ciaté Vintage. I also thought I had an oldie from H&M, called Dusty, and yes, I had it, but when looking closer, I saw it is actually a shimmer, ever so slightly.

Neither Chinchilly or Vintage are truly grey. I categorize both of them as greys, but Vintage is leaning green, and Chinchilly is borderlining taupe. Just for funsies I wanted to check out how others perceive it, so I did a search on nailgal.com, and then clicked the images to see under which category different users had uploaded their swatches of it. Most swaches were filed under Black, Charcoal and Grey, but some were filed under Taupe. I really think either is correct and purely a matter of fact that any beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Long story short, since it turned out class was cancelled today (which I of course found out after I got there- luckily I live only a five minute walk away from the classroom), I'm home, comparison blogging in your favor, my dear friends!

Let's take a look at all the greys I have obtained.


Lighter: Essie Chinchilly, Nubar Barricades, Mavala Berlin, China Glaze Recycle.

Darker: Mavala New-York, Nubar Stronghold, Ciaté Vintage, Mavala Minsk.

The Mavalas were gifted to me by my beloved friend Lina, of the Swedish makeup blog I karusellens öga! The Nubars were, in combination with Knight's Armor, the only ones I bothered getting from the Fortress collection.

Here they have all been painted up on wheel, like always:

Same order as the bottles above, and in the sun.

And with flash.

As you can see, they are all very different! If you're a lover of grey cremes, the risk of getting dupes is not as obvious as it may seem, actually. Some are warmer, some colder, some greener, some bluer. Either you have a favourite kind that matches your skin tone, or you're just like me and always appreciate a good grey, there is plenty to choose from!

Do you still enjoy my comparisons? If you have any wishes, I would do my best to help, so please let me know if you're curious about how polishes in any certain color group compares. Though, I do not own many pinks or nudes... ;)

Swedish word of the day:
betong -noun concrete
Because it was the most apparent choice today...