A couple comparisons

I've had a few requests lately, and I'm always eager to make my readers happy! There are still a few I'm behind on, but I'm getting there, be sure!

Today I'm posting two comparison requests. The first one is for two blue OPI glitters, the Burlesque glitter Simmer & Shimmer and Absolutely Alice from the Alice in Wonderland special released in the early year.

Absolutely Alice and Simmer & Shimmer...

...and the other way around: Simmer & Shimmer, and Absolutely Alice.

As you can see the main thing these have in common is being glitters. Sure, they're both blue-ish, but Simmer & Shimmer is a multicolored glitter while Absolutely Alice is predominantly blue with the sparse gold. So, if you're into blue glitters, of course you need both.

The next comparison was requested by my Polish polish loving reader zygzag: how do Mossy Britches by Nina Ultra Pro compare to other mossy and golden greens?

Guppy 77, Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches, Nfu Oh 125.

And in the same order. Pictured are four coats each of the Guppy and Nfu Oh, and only two of the Nina Ultra Pro.

You can tell already by the bottles they aren't that much alike. Mossy Britches is the most golden one, and also the most brush strokey, and the Nfu Oh is the most green. The latter one is also painfully sheer and really need all four coats, while the Guppy may only require three- I used four because, frankly, my bottle is a wreck, almost empty because it was subject to an unfortunate accident, involving my then 3 year old daughter and her curious little fingers... She ended up with a rather cool skew haircut and I ended up missing one set of bed linen in my drawers...

Swedish word of the day:
olycka -noun accident
Sometimes they happen.

Mossy times

I guess you had plenty of opportunities to find out fall is here in Sweden. Perfect time to try out this awesome gift I had from Kellie of Also Known As...! You know a girl knows you when she finds you another polish from your absolute favourite color group: the mossy, golden greens.



So, this is Nina Ultra Pro Mossy Britches. Britches?! I have no clue what that is. Some clever English speaking person may explain that to me some day. Still, this polish was an awesome experience.

It's weird, but from bottles the shape Nina Ultra Pro uses, I expect cheap polish. Maybe they are cheap, since I have no access I know nothing about the price, but I expect cheap quality polish in those bottles. Even though I have tried Purple-Xing before and loved it in every way. Does this sound weird?! I'm so prejudiced.

How pleasantly surprised was I when this one just glided on my nails! I had excellent control, drying time was great, and opacity was okay too- I tend to not expect much with these colors, many of my favourites take a trillion coats -this is my usual three coats just to be sure.

I luuurv this polish, I even wore it chipped to the recent OPI press release party, and you know as well as I do it takes some serious loving to do something like that. Thank you so much Kellie!

Swedish word of the day:
årstid -noun season
Because a new one is here. Again.

Glitzy pedis!

Well, I sure need my fix of sun responding pedis this time of year! Here are some more of the crappy iPhone pictures.

Nina Ultra Pro Purple-Xing. Where have you been all my life?! I have so many colors I want to try as pedis, but I just can't bring myself to removing this. I really, honestly enjoy this polish, I can't stop staring at it while out walking in the sun. It is so full of life!

BB Couture Hermosa Surfer Girl. One of the first pinkish polishes I bought. And you know why... The BB Couture glitters are special. They play so well in the sun. I noticed this last summer when I wore Dragon's Breath for a long time because it was pure prismatic awesomesauce!

These photos are very much of inferior quality, but they illustrate very well what happens with these polishes in the sun. And those happenings are the main goal I have when picking pedi colors during the summer.

Swedish word of the day:
kristallkrona -noun crystal chandelier
Because they are to roofs what my pedis are to floors!