I painted this late in the night and by the morning, there were already a few chips. After washing the dishes, there was like nothing left. Fail.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Barry M Bright Purple
Hey guys! I told you normal, nail polish related posts would resume! *suppresses anger about eurovision*
This is the first of the new Barry M's I bought. Formula is pretty crap, actually - left bald spots everywhere. This is two coats, but it could have done with a few more.
Colour = meh. Formula = ew.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
June Promotion!!!!! by Twinkel Nailz
Acrylic Glitters scuplture nails at $70 only included uv gel top coat.(Choices glitters colour:Purple, Pink, Red, Black, Sliver.)
3D Flower design i shall give e credit to Cynthia from cynful .Love e simple flower petals ,so decided to try it out..
Tis design will be on my June promotion.
NOw only at $130 exclude Uv gel top coat.
A complete breakdown of the Eurovision Song Contest
Normal, nail polish related posts will resume shortly.
Opening Act
Pretty suckish compared to Russia's last year, which was pure perfection. Alexander Rybak poncing around with his broken violin again. Old news, boring, change channel.
Azerbaijan
This was the bookies favourite but clearly going first did it no favours. Can't say I'm that upset as while it's a good, mildly catchy song, Azerbaijani YouTube commentators are lethal. They get so unreasonably competitive. Jeez.
Why is Safura only wearing half a glove? And the dude doing some faux-ballet behind her is very, very, distracting. Still, a nice strong start to the competition.
Spain
This was some creepy shizz. "Algo Pequinito (Something Tiny)" is bloody terrifying. A load of overgrown, heavily made up toybox toys having epileptic fits on the stage. Glad to see the UK isn't the only country that can't take this seriously. The singer himself, Daniel Diges, has some serious Jewfro action going on. Stuff of nightmares, I kid you not. Song was improved immensly by the fan who ran onto the stage and started dancing. Kudos to Spain for carrying on as usual.
Norway
Hosting the Eurovision costs a lot (despite the fact that this years is about as low budget as it gets) Can you blame Norway for not wanting to win again? Didrik Solli-Tangen (singing "My Heart Is Yours) really reminds me of that dude from Blue who you always suspected was gay but was never 100% sure. The song is the typical Euroballad of which pops up every year, with the obligitary semitone key change near the end. You can't fault his singing ability but the song is just a tad too slow for my tastes. Meh.
Moldova
The dude playing the violin while jumping, spinning and generally acting like a douche is hilarious (and talented). A nice bit of Euro electropop from the SunStroke Project feat. Olia Tira (song name: Run Away) for some comic relief. Dancing = fail. Makeup = fail. Lyrics = fail. Altogether = pleasingly amusing.
Cyprus
lolwut?
"Life Looks Better In Spring" written by two Cypriots, performed by some Welsh dude and his British friends. If you're into pretentious, acoustic, Scouting for Girlsesque music this probably made your night. I actually went off to feed the fish during this song because I was like, dying of laughter. Why is his guitar taped up with gaffer tape? Whyyyyy?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first of the former Yugoslavian pals that forgave each other for the years of violent fighting and now award each other twelve points whenever possible.The first faux-rock of the evening performed by Mr Receding Hairline (Vukasin Brajic) is named "Thunder and Lightening". Gotta love the thunder effects and the fake guitar solo (by now, most of Europe know that ESC rules forbid your instruments actually being plugged in, preventing us hearing anything but the backing track and the singer) The competence this year is making the entries very difficult to mock. Still, I do try.
Belgium
Average teenage girl - this will appeal to you. Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar (written by himself). This song does exactly what it says on the tin - if you were looking for the typical Eurovision theatrics, it's literally just him. and. his. guitar. It sounds boooooooring. Where are the lights? Dancers? Gimmicks? However, this is Belgium's first qualification since 2004, so clearly this has something going for it. In practice, the song is alright, perfectly listenable. All in all, a refreshingly simple three or so minutes.
Serbia
Some Eurocheese for us to munch on! Ovo Je Balkan (performed by Milan Stankovic) is an overly excitable...tune. Don't really know how to describe it, in all honesty :P It's cute and one of the things I really shouldn't admit to liking. What the obsession with having "Balkan" in the song title? Last year, it was Romania with "The Balkan Girls" and now Serbia. I'm not complaining, though, the refrain of "Balkan Balkan Balkan" is insanely catchy. A "can't help but smile" tune.
Just go away, Presenter
The irritating Nadia woman pops back up for no good reason and talks about how Spain get to go again. Joy.
Belarus
3+2 with Butterflies. The women turn into butterflies halfway through. how. did. you. people. qualify.
Ireland
That type of power ballad needs a key change like the UK need a good song. Desperately. Niamh Kavanagh (singing It's For You) has already won Eurovision previously so I don't know what she's trying to achieve by returning (another win is pretty unlikely) but a solid performance from Ireland. Her and Iceland's singer (Hera Bjork) seem to be interchangeable though.
Greece
Giorgios Alkaios and Friends (song: OPA!)have entered a ringtone which appears to have been remixed with the movie 300. I approve. Greece almost always do a great Eurovision track and this is no exception. It has the familiar Grecian beat with a techno thread. The hunky male dancers don't hurt it, either. Niiiiiiice.
United Kingdom
Nuff said, really.
Just go away, Presenter
Haddy comes and molests Graham Norton. The rest of Europe got an ad break. By this point, that irritating We Buy Any Car advert is looking quite appealing. Why no ads, BBC? WHYYYYYYYY?
Georgia
Sofia Nizharadze does some very, very odd things with her eyes near the end of the song (Shine) which actually made me slightly worried as she looks like she's having a seizure or something...pretty average, Europop ballad which will do reasonably well. Great singing. Too much guyliner on the dancers, though.
Turkey
Turkey always do quite well in Eurovision but with the second faux rock/anti establishment song of the evening (yeah, look at us being so hard and awesome, sit through this singing competition and stick it to the man by VOTING FOR US) this is a possible winner. They have a robot at the back that stands like a statue until about the two minutes mark, when it suddenly comes to life and starts taking the suit off, revealing a pretty blonde lady who...comes and drapes a flag over the lead singer. *shrugs*. manGa - We Could Be The Same. This should appeal even to non-rock fans, becuase it's quite catchy and generally very impressive.
Albania
Apparantly Albania still think it's 1980 with their entry. "It's all about you" by Juliana Pasha is a Eurodisco tune masquerading as sophisticated electropop.
...
It's not a song you can be particulary verbose about.
Iceland
Hera Bjork (the Ireland entry's doppleganger) sings "Je Ne Sais Quoi". Pleasingly Europop, pleasingly catchy, but doesn't stand out from the rest.
Ukraine
Ukraine, the country of Euro stardom, the country that gave us the stripper in the hamster wheel (2009) and the dancing tin foil robots (2007) and the awesome Ani Lorak (2008) has thought it appropriate to bring some limp blonde (Alyosha, "singing" Sweet People)to sing this faux rock ballad with lyrics that make NO SENSE. What's up with the leather monk hood? What's with the lyrics "The message is so real, the end is really near?" But it's going to be a winner. It's going to win the most baffling song of the evening award.
Having a rich daddy counts for a lot in Ukraine. Remember this.
EDIT: Apparantly the song is about environmental issues. Doesn't look like noise pollution is one of her concerns.
France
Jessy Matador with "Allez Ola Ole" easily pwns most of the competition with this high octane, Congolese song. Crazy dance moves, great lighting, poor camera work (it keeps zooming out at the interesting bits, but that's not their fault) and performed with geniune commitment. Yes, it's a football anthem but it translates so well to stage (better, than say, Germany's song - the song is great but on stage, not so powerful) that it should score highly. It didn't, but it should have.
Romania
Lovely, cute, happy Europop duet that is sure to have many fans. The dual piano is a novel touch, too. Paula Seling and Ovi - Playing With Fire. Check out the official video, it's pretty cool.
Russia
Clearly they don't want to win again (they spent quite a bit on Eurovision 2009) so they thought they'd send three minutes of suicidal tendencies to a song contest. Lost and Forgotten is sung by Peter Nalitch and Friends (are you sure he has any friends? He seems like such a JOY to be around, end sarcasm) and he sings to a "photo" (it's not, it's a very poor sketch). Oh, and way to butcher the English Language, Nalitch.
Armenia
A very pretty girl singing about Apricot Stones. The cameraman enjoyed focussing on her pair of "apricot stones" a tad too much, though.
Germany
The favourite (joint with Azerbaijan). Now, I love this song (Lena singing Satellite). I've been listening to it and France's song for ages before the contest. But I don't think it looks all that impressive on stage - it's literally just her, with unchoreographed dance moves, holding her stomach a lot and three backing singers, which does not an entertaining show make. Still, it's number one in a lot of Europe and will do well.
Portugal
Basically the UK circa Jade Ewen.
Israel
Disappointing, but then again I've never seen an Israeli entry that has been, you know, good. He sings of tears of blood. I cried tears of blood all the way through that song. Ghastly.
Denmark
*pukes*
And Spain again, but was the same sans intruder.
Interval act:
As good as Russia's. True, there were no people in swimming pools suspended from the ceiling. Instead we got fairly awesome flashmobs and dancing and MADCON, YEAH! from all over Europe. A simple idea, yet fairly impressive. Probably cheaper, too. Yeah, I've got your number Oslo.
Votes:
Germany won as everyone knows. Not an unexpected result. Turkey achieved a respectable second (it really was a good song) with Romania in third (again, good song). Drip Drop (Azerbaijan) was one of the big disapointments of the evening - a favourite to win, yet only achieving fifth? Burn.
Countries that were ROBBED:
France
Azerbaijan
Greece
Serbia (OK, maybe not, but the song was funny :P)
Countries that achieved higher than deserved:
Russia
Ukraine (the top two shouldn't have even made the semi finals)
Denmark
Armenia (hadn't guessed nice bewbs counted for so much?!)
Israel
Until next year, peoples.
Opening Act
Pretty suckish compared to Russia's last year, which was pure perfection. Alexander Rybak poncing around with his broken violin again. Old news, boring, change channel.
Azerbaijan
This was the bookies favourite but clearly going first did it no favours. Can't say I'm that upset as while it's a good, mildly catchy song, Azerbaijani YouTube commentators are lethal. They get so unreasonably competitive. Jeez.
Why is Safura only wearing half a glove? And the dude doing some faux-ballet behind her is very, very, distracting. Still, a nice strong start to the competition.
Spain
This was some creepy shizz. "Algo Pequinito (Something Tiny)" is bloody terrifying. A load of overgrown, heavily made up toybox toys having epileptic fits on the stage. Glad to see the UK isn't the only country that can't take this seriously. The singer himself, Daniel Diges, has some serious Jewfro action going on. Stuff of nightmares, I kid you not. Song was improved immensly by the fan who ran onto the stage and started dancing. Kudos to Spain for carrying on as usual.
Norway
Hosting the Eurovision costs a lot (despite the fact that this years is about as low budget as it gets) Can you blame Norway for not wanting to win again? Didrik Solli-Tangen (singing "My Heart Is Yours) really reminds me of that dude from Blue who you always suspected was gay but was never 100% sure. The song is the typical Euroballad of which pops up every year, with the obligitary semitone key change near the end. You can't fault his singing ability but the song is just a tad too slow for my tastes. Meh.
Moldova
The dude playing the violin while jumping, spinning and generally acting like a douche is hilarious (and talented). A nice bit of Euro electropop from the SunStroke Project feat. Olia Tira (song name: Run Away) for some comic relief. Dancing = fail. Makeup = fail. Lyrics = fail. Altogether = pleasingly amusing.
Cyprus
lolwut?
"Life Looks Better In Spring" written by two Cypriots, performed by some Welsh dude and his British friends. If you're into pretentious, acoustic, Scouting for Girlsesque music this probably made your night. I actually went off to feed the fish during this song because I was like, dying of laughter. Why is his guitar taped up with gaffer tape? Whyyyyy?
Bosnia and Herzegovina
The first of the former Yugoslavian pals that forgave each other for the years of violent fighting and now award each other twelve points whenever possible.The first faux-rock of the evening performed by Mr Receding Hairline (Vukasin Brajic) is named "Thunder and Lightening". Gotta love the thunder effects and the fake guitar solo (by now, most of Europe know that ESC rules forbid your instruments actually being plugged in, preventing us hearing anything but the backing track and the singer) The competence this year is making the entries very difficult to mock. Still, I do try.
Belgium
Average teenage girl - this will appeal to you. Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar (written by himself). This song does exactly what it says on the tin - if you were looking for the typical Eurovision theatrics, it's literally just him. and. his. guitar. It sounds boooooooring. Where are the lights? Dancers? Gimmicks? However, this is Belgium's first qualification since 2004, so clearly this has something going for it. In practice, the song is alright, perfectly listenable. All in all, a refreshingly simple three or so minutes.
Serbia
Some Eurocheese for us to munch on! Ovo Je Balkan (performed by Milan Stankovic) is an overly excitable...tune. Don't really know how to describe it, in all honesty :P It's cute and one of the things I really shouldn't admit to liking. What the obsession with having "Balkan" in the song title? Last year, it was Romania with "The Balkan Girls" and now Serbia. I'm not complaining, though, the refrain of "Balkan Balkan Balkan" is insanely catchy. A "can't help but smile" tune.
Just go away, Presenter
The irritating Nadia woman pops back up for no good reason and talks about how Spain get to go again. Joy.
Belarus
3+2 with Butterflies. The women turn into butterflies halfway through. how. did. you. people. qualify.
Ireland
That type of power ballad needs a key change like the UK need a good song. Desperately. Niamh Kavanagh (singing It's For You) has already won Eurovision previously so I don't know what she's trying to achieve by returning (another win is pretty unlikely) but a solid performance from Ireland. Her and Iceland's singer (Hera Bjork) seem to be interchangeable though.
Greece
Giorgios Alkaios and Friends (song: OPA!)have entered a ringtone which appears to have been remixed with the movie 300. I approve. Greece almost always do a great Eurovision track and this is no exception. It has the familiar Grecian beat with a techno thread. The hunky male dancers don't hurt it, either. Niiiiiiice.
United Kingdom
Nuff said, really.
Just go away, Presenter
Haddy comes and molests Graham Norton. The rest of Europe got an ad break. By this point, that irritating We Buy Any Car advert is looking quite appealing. Why no ads, BBC? WHYYYYYYYY?
Georgia
Sofia Nizharadze does some very, very odd things with her eyes near the end of the song (Shine) which actually made me slightly worried as she looks like she's having a seizure or something...pretty average, Europop ballad which will do reasonably well. Great singing. Too much guyliner on the dancers, though.
Turkey
Turkey always do quite well in Eurovision but with the second faux rock/anti establishment song of the evening (yeah, look at us being so hard and awesome, sit through this singing competition and stick it to the man by VOTING FOR US) this is a possible winner. They have a robot at the back that stands like a statue until about the two minutes mark, when it suddenly comes to life and starts taking the suit off, revealing a pretty blonde lady who...comes and drapes a flag over the lead singer. *shrugs*. manGa - We Could Be The Same. This should appeal even to non-rock fans, becuase it's quite catchy and generally very impressive.
Albania
Apparantly Albania still think it's 1980 with their entry. "It's all about you" by Juliana Pasha is a Eurodisco tune masquerading as sophisticated electropop.
...
It's not a song you can be particulary verbose about.
Iceland
Hera Bjork (the Ireland entry's doppleganger) sings "Je Ne Sais Quoi". Pleasingly Europop, pleasingly catchy, but doesn't stand out from the rest.
Ukraine
Ukraine, the country of Euro stardom, the country that gave us the stripper in the hamster wheel (2009) and the dancing tin foil robots (2007) and the awesome Ani Lorak (2008) has thought it appropriate to bring some limp blonde (Alyosha, "singing" Sweet People)to sing this faux rock ballad with lyrics that make NO SENSE. What's up with the leather monk hood? What's with the lyrics "The message is so real, the end is really near?" But it's going to be a winner. It's going to win the most baffling song of the evening award.
Having a rich daddy counts for a lot in Ukraine. Remember this.
EDIT: Apparantly the song is about environmental issues. Doesn't look like noise pollution is one of her concerns.
France
Jessy Matador with "Allez Ola Ole" easily pwns most of the competition with this high octane, Congolese song. Crazy dance moves, great lighting, poor camera work (it keeps zooming out at the interesting bits, but that's not their fault) and performed with geniune commitment. Yes, it's a football anthem but it translates so well to stage (better, than say, Germany's song - the song is great but on stage, not so powerful) that it should score highly. It didn't, but it should have.
Romania
Lovely, cute, happy Europop duet that is sure to have many fans. The dual piano is a novel touch, too. Paula Seling and Ovi - Playing With Fire. Check out the official video, it's pretty cool.
Russia
Clearly they don't want to win again (they spent quite a bit on Eurovision 2009) so they thought they'd send three minutes of suicidal tendencies to a song contest. Lost and Forgotten is sung by Peter Nalitch and Friends (are you sure he has any friends? He seems like such a JOY to be around, end sarcasm) and he sings to a "photo" (it's not, it's a very poor sketch). Oh, and way to butcher the English Language, Nalitch.
Armenia
A very pretty girl singing about Apricot Stones. The cameraman enjoyed focussing on her pair of "apricot stones" a tad too much, though.
Germany
The favourite (joint with Azerbaijan). Now, I love this song (Lena singing Satellite). I've been listening to it and France's song for ages before the contest. But I don't think it looks all that impressive on stage - it's literally just her, with unchoreographed dance moves, holding her stomach a lot and three backing singers, which does not an entertaining show make. Still, it's number one in a lot of Europe and will do well.
Portugal
Basically the UK circa Jade Ewen.
Israel
Disappointing, but then again I've never seen an Israeli entry that has been, you know, good. He sings of tears of blood. I cried tears of blood all the way through that song. Ghastly.
Denmark
*pukes*
And Spain again, but was the same sans intruder.
Interval act:
As good as Russia's. True, there were no people in swimming pools suspended from the ceiling. Instead we got fairly awesome flashmobs and dancing and MADCON, YEAH! from all over Europe. A simple idea, yet fairly impressive. Probably cheaper, too. Yeah, I've got your number Oslo.
Votes:
Germany won as everyone knows. Not an unexpected result. Turkey achieved a respectable second (it really was a good song) with Romania in third (again, good song). Drip Drop (Azerbaijan) was one of the big disapointments of the evening - a favourite to win, yet only achieving fifth? Burn.
Countries that were ROBBED:
France
Azerbaijan
Greece
Serbia (OK, maybe not, but the song was funny :P)
Countries that achieved higher than deserved:
Russia
Ukraine (the top two shouldn't have even made the semi finals)
Denmark
Armenia (hadn't guessed nice bewbs counted for so much?!)
Israel
Until next year, peoples.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
TOO ANGRY FOR WORDS
France were ROBBED in the Eurovision Song Contest. ROBBED.
yes, I know I like Lena. Doesn't get me past the fact that France were better. 10th place? You people serious? Oh, and the UK came last but honestly, I expected no more. Why were Denmark anywhere near the top three? They sucked. They SOOOOOKED.
AHNLK12QI3PJIGN1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what is eurovision coming to.
/end rant.
fricking political voting.
yes, I know I like Lena. Doesn't get me past the fact that France were better. 10th place? You people serious? Oh, and the UK came last but honestly, I expected no more. Why were Denmark anywhere near the top three? They sucked. They SOOOOOKED.
AHNLK12QI3PJIGN1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what is eurovision coming to.
/end rant.
fricking political voting.
Epic Haulage and a little Eurovision something for my followers :)
Hey guys!
Wow. I went to watch a film and go shopping with my friends today and we went to Boots and Superdrug...
Yeah that's right. You sees it, you wants it.
Bahaha I am so proud of my hauling skills.
Barry M's! They were doing 3 for 2 over at Boots so the three cost me £5.90 when they usually would have cost whatever £2.95 times by three is. :D I got Spring Green, Cyan Blue and I've forgotten the name of the purple one.
I thought I'd get in on the MUA action. You see, Superdrug have just brought out their new range of £1 products (nail polish, eyeshadow, pigments, liquid eyeliner, blush and bronzers etc.) and I wanted to try them out because the blogosphere's been kinda empty lately. And yes, I've only photographed one for a reason.
I'm so late to the Sleek bandwagon! It's a company that makes makeup specially for darker skinned women like myself (though of course lighter skinned people can wear it too) and so all the colours are highly pigmented and stuff. British bloggers rave about this so much :P
Wow. I went to watch a film and go shopping with my friends today and we went to Boots and Superdrug...
Bahaha I am so proud of my hauling skills.
I thought I'd get in on the MUA action. You see, Superdrug have just brought out their new range of £1 products (nail polish, eyeshadow, pigments, liquid eyeliner, blush and bronzers etc.) and I wanted to try them out because the blogosphere's been kinda empty lately. And yes, I've only photographed one for a reason.
I got the Acid palette which is full of the bright colours which I love as well as a few more shimmery, slightly less bright ones. At a glance, I probably won't be using the matte white, but I'm game for all the others :) They've raised the price since these first came out, they used to be £4.99 but now they're £5.99. Still, I'm not that bothered - apparantly they're great quality for their price (and they're mineral based) so swatches will be appearing soon.
So I was feeling the Eurovision love (as I'm typing this there's only about half an hour to go until it starts!) and decided that I'd give away the other MUA polish (mint green) and try and go to Superdrug before the giveaway ends to pick up some more colours (and some Barry M, because apparantly everyone loves that) for an international blogger to try. Failing that, you can have the other MUA polish and of course, either way, I will include chocolate :D The giveaway isn't starting today, by the way - I'd quite like to get everything together first, but yeah. Anyways. To the European readers - go Eurovision!
Love,
September Lena
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Eurovision Song Contest
OMG EUROVISION TOMMOROW *squees*
For those that don't know what I'm on about, the Eurovision Song Contest is a Europe wide (and, for some reason, Israel are involved too) song contest held yearly. It's basically a load of kitsch Europop and I love it :D There are two semi finals and one final, and the final is tonight! It's the worlds most watched non-sporting competition and it's like, amazing :P It's all over YouTube if anyone wants to take a look, and if you're international you can stream it live from the Eurovision website!
My favourites to win:
France with Allez Ola Ole
Germany with Satellite
Thanks for sitting through my rave :P
Love,
September Lena
xxx
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Fimo experiments...
My Fimo pieces have been slobbing around my room for an age after my terrible experiences with the three flower canes that were included :( Seriously, they would get caught on anything and everything and by second or third period there would be these huge ugly holes in my nail polish :( Plus, they were really time consuming and boring to cut.
aha.
First, I painted my nails with this orange franken.
Then I got my fimo canes and decided to slice them. Surprisingly difficult as these were fruit shapes and the majority were a lot thicker than what I'd been used to. So I filled a mug to the brim with hot (like, from the kettle) water and put clingfilm over the whole thing before resting the canes on the whole thing. A few minutes on that and they were a lot easier to slice thinly.
These actually managed to stay on for three/four days without falling off, which I was really pleased with! I've come to the conclusion that round canes are just easier to use than the flower ones. How do you guys find fimo?
Love,
September Lena
xxx
aha.
First, I painted my nails with this orange franken.
What do you guys think? I topped it off with a gold glitter polish from Rimmel.
Love,
September Lena
xxx
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Yet More Drama /inapropriate language
Blogging while you're angry. Don't do it, guys.
Seriously, since Scandalous Ange is oh so desperate for the commenter "hmm" to reveal herself, here I am.
I really respect/respected her and her blog. She's witty and amusing and generally a good read, as are the rest of the Wicked Vixens. I used to comment a lot on her swatches etc. and actually quite admired her. (infact, she's actually on my blogroll)
Today (Sunday) I saw the post she'd written which I've linked to above. The post does not bother me, at all. What she wrote after it does. This was my comment:
"I have no issue with this post but I do take issue with you wishing Afghanistan and Iraq to be turned into "craters" and expressing a wish to a return to the destruction of Hiroshima.
"I want this shit settled. And if it means nothing but a goddamn crater left, then so be it."
"If it were up to me, I'd be blowing a hell of a lot more shit up and getting this shit DONE. I miss the days back in WWII, back when America wasn't afraid to FUCK SHIT UP"
I love your respect for, you know, humanity in general, other nations, etc. /scarcasm. You're against the deaths of American soldiers but for the annihilation of entire nations of (non American) people? Shame on you."
I recieved abuse after that but you know, I spoke my mind. Check it out if you want guys. I'm not calling for anyone to stop following her blog because it's still very entertaining and informative, or to call her out over this. This is just a cautionary tale - be careful what you say on the interwebz.
I'm done here.
Seriously, since Scandalous Ange is oh so desperate for the commenter "hmm" to reveal herself, here I am.
I really respect/respected her and her blog. She's witty and amusing and generally a good read, as are the rest of the Wicked Vixens. I used to comment a lot on her swatches etc. and actually quite admired her. (infact, she's actually on my blogroll)
Today (Sunday) I saw the post she'd written which I've linked to above. The post does not bother me, at all. What she wrote after it does. This was my comment:
"I have no issue with this post but I do take issue with you wishing Afghanistan and Iraq to be turned into "craters" and expressing a wish to a return to the destruction of Hiroshima.
"I want this shit settled. And if it means nothing but a goddamn crater left, then so be it."
"If it were up to me, I'd be blowing a hell of a lot more shit up and getting this shit DONE. I miss the days back in WWII, back when America wasn't afraid to FUCK SHIT UP"
I love your respect for, you know, humanity in general, other nations, etc. /scarcasm. You're against the deaths of American soldiers but for the annihilation of entire nations of (non American) people? Shame on you."
I recieved abuse after that but you know, I spoke my mind. Check it out if you want guys. I'm not calling for anyone to stop following her blog because it's still very entertaining and informative, or to call her out over this. This is just a cautionary tale - be careful what you say on the interwebz.
I'm done here.
Thursday/Friday Dark Night Nail Art
This is: Miss Sporty Nail Varnish (black) and konaded over with Nails Inc Brompton Place and top coat was some silver generic glittery thing.
Love,
September Lena
Friday, May 21, 2010
Modern Dominoes Nail Design
the domino effect, originally uploaded by jean/s [on hiatus].
Modern Dominoes Nail Design
Modern Nail Art Design
Modern Nail Art Design
Modern Nail Art Design
Modern Nail Art Design
today's suggested term is nail art. have fun with the search results right here. and big thanks to emily walter for the suggestion.
Vintage Nail Art
I don't think anything could accurately capture this gorgeous robin's egg blue, but I love it! This week, I needed something super-simple, and I'm quite pleased with the way this turned out. Finished photos are without flash, "in progress" photos are with flash (which is why they look washed out).
I started with two coats of a new Avon color, "Vintage Blue". I got a purple and gray at the same time...love the muted colors!
I started with two coats of a new Avon color, "Vintage Blue". I got a purple and gray at the same time...love the muted colors!
Then I used my handy-dandy Cina nail art pen (bought it myself - and *need* more...I love these!) to put diagonal stripes over the top for a fishnet look.
And the finished fishnet:
Then for a little extra sparkly goodness, I put light blue rhinestones at each of the main cross-points.
Two coats of Seche Vite to seal, and some clean-up the next morning. I really like how these turned out, kind of sassy and subtle all at once.
I realize my thumbnails are super-short - I broke both of them off below my fingertip weeks ago, and they just finally grew out enough to cut off straight. With any luck, they'll be back to normal length in another couple weeks. Meanwhile, I keep jamming my poor thumbs on things without the nail to protect my pansy-fingers. *eyeroll*
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Abstract Nail Art and a little moan.
Hey guys!
I was seriously stuck for inspiration the other day so basically scrawled over my nails with the black nail art pen (I'm using that all the time :P)
Love,
September Lena
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Modern Cherry Punch Manicure
Hello Sweet Nail-Art Lovers.
I really like the way this manicure turned out, very alluring. I think the base color is gorgeous - this is one of my favorite nail polish shades ever. It is Zoya "Demi" fall 2009 collection "Dare".
I also made a matching ring to compliment this manicure.
The pedicure is not the exact match however it also has cherries, just played out little differently .
I really like the way this manicure turned out, very alluring. I think the base color is gorgeous - this is one of my favorite nail polish shades ever. It is Zoya "Demi" fall 2009 collection "Dare".
I also made a matching ring to compliment this manicure.
The pedicure is not the exact match however it also has cherries, just played out little differently .
Unique Calla Lillies Manicure
Hello Dear Nail-Art Lovers.
Callas are my great weakness, this is probably first time i came up with something that i can present to you with callas. I like how the flowers came up, however the leaves looks like a cabbage to me. Well where is really a lot of room for improvement.
Callas are my great weakness, this is probably first time i came up with something that i can present to you with callas. I like how the flowers came up, however the leaves looks like a cabbage to me. Well where is really a lot of room for improvement.
Happy Summer Nails Art
Hello my Sweet Nail-Art Lovers
I missed you all week long, because i had this gorgeous manicure to share with you. And guess what? I even have a matching tows. In fact tows came out first and i really loved how this idea looked so i decided to make a matching manicure. This is not exact match but kind of look alike and made with the same base color and same decals. I really like the 3D effect that this yellow circle added to the design.
By the way this gorgeous base color is an amazing Zoya "Robin" from summer Flash collection.
So here are my tows and nail and i hope you ll enjoy, i had a blast wearing this sweet bright pair this week. Have a great week, and stay tuned next Sunday :)
I missed you all week long, because i had this gorgeous manicure to share with you. And guess what? I even have a matching tows. In fact tows came out first and i really loved how this idea looked so i decided to make a matching manicure. This is not exact match but kind of look alike and made with the same base color and same decals. I really like the 3D effect that this yellow circle added to the design.
By the way this gorgeous base color is an amazing Zoya "Robin" from summer Flash collection.
So here are my tows and nail and i hope you ll enjoy, i had a blast wearing this sweet bright pair this week. Have a great week, and stay tuned next Sunday :)
My Sweet Nail Art Lovers
Hey hey hey, long time did not post anything, by bad.
Due to the changes in my life i am unfortunately have to reduce my postings to a proximately once a week, where i ll post the best nail -art, or a few images of nail that i been wearing this week, i hope you will still come visit my blog.
So here are some manicures that are about 3-4 weeks old, but nether got a chance to post it, One is butterfly kondad and another is a hand painted flowers.
I think both those are gorgeous, and i hope you ll enjoy it as well
Due to the changes in my life i am unfortunately have to reduce my postings to a proximately once a week, where i ll post the best nail -art, or a few images of nail that i been wearing this week, i hope you will still come visit my blog.
So here are some manicures that are about 3-4 weeks old, but nether got a chance to post it, One is butterfly kondad and another is a hand painted flowers.
I think both those are gorgeous, and i hope you ll enjoy it as well
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