Hiatus/I might shut down..

Hi all :)

I'm going on a hiatus from blogging.. Whenever I do my nails it's stressing me out that I feel like I have to do something post-worthy. And since I don't have a lot of time to do my nails I'm not enjoying it as much because of the pressure I put on my self.. And being so out of practice as I am right now, I disappoint my self too much.. So for a while I would like to just enjoy doing my nails for my self :) I might come back, I might not.. I don't know at the moment..

I'm still gonna read a lot of nail blogs though, I wouldn't miss that for the world!

Have fun and take care =)

One Base - Many Looks: Colorful stripes and wonky hearts

Hi all :)

Here's my second nail art look on top of Depend Gellack 313. I was going for something else,  but I'm seriously out of practice, so that failed.. Luckily I could just wipe it off without damaging the base color ;)

So.. very wombly lines and wonky hearts here..

Even though it's not very well executed, I liked it simply because of the colors =) They made me happy!

And just one more, for good measure..

The base color chipped while wearing this (!), so that's the last nail art on this base for now.. So I only got about 5 days wear out of this gel polish, which isn't much when they promise 2-3 weeks. But it's still 5 times more than I'm used to from regular polish, so I'm happy! But I'm sure the removal of the regular polish doesn't help much for the wear either..

If you wanna see the background for itself, click HERE
If you wanna see some different nail art on the same base color, click HERE

Have fun and take care =)

Neglelakker til salg :)

Hi all :)

Sorry, Danish only for this post..

Bare lige en hurtig post. Jeg er ved at sælge ud af mine lakker og har derfor smidt dem på Trendsales..

Her er links til de forskellige annoncer:
Orly Wandering Vine
Canmake, PA og andre japanske lakker
Urban Outfitters White Toast og Milani Teddy Brown
Eyeko Vampira, Posh og Cosmic
Catrice Cotton Candy at Eiffel Tower, After Eight og Back to Black

Hvis linksne ikke virker, kan du søge på mit brugernavn som er Tjofie.
Har du ikke en Trendsales bruger, så kan du skrive en mail til mig, som står ude i højre side --->

Jeg giver ekstra rabat hvis du skriver at du kommer her fra :)

Ha' det godt :)

One Base - Many Looks: Classy gold and framed

Hi all :)

So here's my first nail art in a loong time! And my first nail art on top of a gel polish =) I loved the fact that I could just go straight to the nail art without having to worry if the base was dry enough. I did this the day after I applied the gel polish and if I did that with a normal polish it would already have chipped.. but not with this! yay! I'm excited.. haha.. 

I really like how it turned out. I might be easy to satisfy since I haven't done nail art in a long time, but I keep looking at my nails. I'm thinking about taking it off today (I've had it on for 2 days now) and hoping that the base is still good for at least one more look..

Spammy, spammy :p

And a close-up, just because...

The base is of course Depend Gellack 313, I stamped with Maybelline Color Show Metallics Bold Gold and BM-321, I framed with a nail art brush and Wet'N'Wild Black Créme

To see the base on its own, go HERE :)

Have fun and take care =)

Soak off gel polish - Depend Gellack 313

Hi all :)

Yes I am back.. And yes I am posting about soak off gel polish :O whaaat? Well, for a long time I've wanted to try soak off gel polish since my nails keep breaking and my nail polish always chip or peel within 12-24 hours.. But.. I've never even been near a nail salon or soak of gel polish. So I was kinda clueless..

I learned a lot from chickettes.com and a couple of months ago Depend released their line of soak off gel polish and starter kit.. So I was happy that I could actually go buy a starter kit in a store now, instead of having to order from over seas.. But I still wasn't sure.. And it was a lot of money.. And none of their colors really spoke to me.. Then all of a sudden about 1 week ago a beauty store near me had 20 % off so I decided to go buy that starter kit and a few polishes..

Since I haven't tried it before I didn't really know what to expect. And after my first mani I wasn't too satisfied. But after 4 days I decided to take it off and try again. Removal was a pain, so I have to practice that.. Well this time around I was very careful. And I like the result :D So now I'm super excited to see how long time it'll last and super excited to do different nail art on top of the same base :D

So here's Depend Gellack 313. It is slightly more red-toned IRL - it is a purple, so of course it's not easy to take photos of..

This is three very thin coats. Some places it could use one more, but I didn't bother.

A close-up.. Nice and sparkly :)

I guess this counts as a swatch? :p

I have already made my first nail art on top of this - the first nail art in a really loong time - and I'm really liking it :) I'm hoping that I'll be able to do at least a couple of more looks on this base, since I already have some ideas.. But stay tuned for that :)

Do you guys have any experiences with soak off gel polishes? Do you like it or not? What is your fave part about it?

Have fun and take care =)

Where did I go?

Hi all :)

Yes, I vanished again again..
I've been super busy with this semester's courses, since I crammed them all together in the first half of the semester so I didn't have to commute across the the country for too long. Yes, I have moved from Copenhagen to Aarhus, roughly 300 kms and I am commuting back and forth with train.. That means that I'm kind of living in a suitcase and my nails don't get a lot of attention. And that means that they break all the time too :/

I've not been doing any nail art, and when I've had time to do my nails it has been standing up at the kitchen counter, because I don't have a table or a chair in Copenhagen any more :p Just a mattress.. When I'm in my new home (yay with my BF) I haven't done much with my nails either.. BUT. I'm handing in my exams on April 4th and from then on I only have my Bachelor project to think about, so I'm pretty sure my nails will get a lot more attention :) Also I'm in the process of cleaning out my nail polish stash - it is simply to big for me.. So that's kind of exciting too! (for me at least).
Oh and I upgraded my computer to Windows 8 and forgot to save my photoshop :p So I have to figure something new out.. oups..

I just wanted to say something at least, after leaving you all for 1½ month.. I'll hopefully be back soon!

Have fun and take care =)

Icing Hey Sailor Boy AKA good enough for me...

Hi all :)

Normally I don't post swatches, but normally I don't wear a polish on its own either. This one is just too beautiful.. The first polish I ever craved was Deborah Lippman Acroos the Universe. And with that I realized how many awesome polishes are out there. Beforehand I was just interested in Nail Art and didn't really realize how many different kind of polishes existed :P

Well, I've never been able to justify buying it - although once I could get it with a coupon pretty cheap and actually ordered it - but it was out of stock :/ While I was in the US I found a Milani glitter polish with blue and green glitter (can't remember its name) and it immediately reminded be of the glitter in AtU so I bought it and looked for Revlon Royal and thought I could jelly-sandwich my way in to having something similar to AtU. But then I found Icing Hey Sailor Boy.. Wow.. I don't know if it's an exact dupe, but it is close enough for me!

I was so mezmerized by this polish when I wore it and kept telling my boyfriend. At some point I found pictures on Google of Across the Universe and held up my nails to the picture. "Look!!" and of course he was so ever sweet to say "How unfortunate that that polish is so expensive.. When yours is much prettier" haha..

So.. spammy spammy..

And a close-up *drooooool*...

Does any of you know if it's a dupe? Either way I don't need Across the Universe anymore :p I haven't tried the Milani Glitter and Revlon Royal sandwich, so I don't know how close that comes either.. Has any of you tried to sandwich your way to Across the Universe? If yes - which polishes did you use and how did it turn out?

Have fun and take care :)