// Wild child

Posted on | May 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

To compensate the unbelievably late spring this year I painted my nails with my favorite green: Color Club Wild Child (oh, the cuticles are in need of cleaning, I see!). I think this is the shade I would call Kelly green — sometimes I see the same shade name applied to more yellow tones, but for me this is the real stuff, a bright shade of green that leans just a bit to blue side. The color is even bit brighter in real life.

This is not the most pigmented polish, four coats was necessary for full opaqueness — on the other hand it is extremely easy and smooth to apply. Like some neon polishes this does not have a shiny finish (but not the full matte effect either), so it needs a brilliant topcoat (or matte one). Overall Color Club quality is very good — and unbeatable in it’s price group (about $2.50).

I could not use nail polishes without fast dry topcoats at all. Without it any manicure over two color coats takes ages to dry and I don’t have patience to wait hours before doing something with my hands. Going to sleep is not an answer, sheet marks…

So far I have experience from these topcoats:

Seche Vite — a super fast, super brilliant topcoat. Many people list this as their favorite. For me it does not really live up it’s hype, although it is good. The negatives are that the stuff goes goopy and thick when there is half a bottle left and needs its own thinner to get it working again — and it is really fast with up to three polish coats, but it often fails with thicker polish layers. The drying action works only on the polish surface and I get dried “foils” over wet polish. They can even slide off from nails but usually I just get an annoying bump to a nail with a slightest contact to some hard surface.

Mavala Mavadry — this is widely available here in supermarkets, and is very comparable to Seche Vite — works really well with one to three coat manicure, thickens gradually and needs a thinner, gives really brilliant surface. But it is extremely incompatible with some nail polish brands (Zoya’s and Orly’s being the worst) giving horrible bubbles when drying out. And the bottle is tiny. But it has been my #1 choice for years because of the availability — and yes, it works well with majority of polishes.

Diamond Cosmetics Super Dry — I think this is not even available in Europe, I got this from my friend. My favorite one! Does not work as fast as Seche or Mavala — but penetrates even the thickest layers of nail polish really well — and has not given me any drying bubbles, ever. My bottle is halfway and there is no noticeable thickening happening at all. I don’t know what I will do when this is finished.

Trind Quick Dry — hmm, this did not work for me, I did not notice any fast drying action at all. Plus the brush is really stiff and easily messes up the actual polish layers.

I have also dried so called drying drops ages ago, and did not actually like the feel of those. Might try them again some day for polishes that don’t need the shine of the regular topcoat.

Essie’s and Orly’s fast drying top coats are on my list for testing. They are available here at local department stores and nail salons — but the prices can be like three folded compared to some international sellers.

Posted on | May 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

// The mom jacket goes casual

Posted on | September 15, 2009 | 6 Comments

Ok, here’s the first round for the second hand jacket I found just a while ago. I really, really love the print and colors are great, too.

But let’s get honest. The jacket is sort of mom-jacket shape. I had an idea to alter it somehow, but I don’t want to do it in haste. So here I go with it, as it is. I decided rather work with the shape, this relaxed everyday outfit might be labeled as soccer-mom-on-acid –look, right…

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I layered an old circle burnout T (Only, Vero Moda?) with thrifted, customized neon tank top, rolled up the jacket sleeves, pulled on some skintight dark denim and my old all white Chuck Taylors & added Vero Moda pom pom scarf. I really wish that I had one more layer to go with this, a slip with some lace on the hem. Anyhow, cheap, slightly trashy & comfortable.

I really don’t remember the origins of all my old T-shirts. I almost always remove the labels from them; the labels tend to turn to the right side on a thin fabric — and they itch.

Style blog… …mwhahahaa!

Posted on | September 15, 2009 | 6 Comments

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