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Girlishness

In general, I’m not very girly. I hate shopping for shoes, and just don’t care about fashion, and could never spend hours in a cafĂ© gossiping.


But I love nail polish. And I’m a sucker for all things cute. I will even wear make-up on occasion. Oh dear.

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Royal fireflies

This polish disappointed me horribly the last time I tried it, but I figured I would give it another chance. On a bad nail day, even the most well-behaved polish will spill everywhere and refuse to even out, and you never know, maybe it was just me that day…
Now I’m sure: It’s the [...]

Published 2010-Mar-08 in Girlishness | No Comments »

Industrial wildlife

A random choice that turned out exceptionally well. Very subtle, yet a lot more interesting than plain grey nails.
Base is Orly Mirror Mirror. Pattern is from Konad image disk m57 and made with silver special polish.

Published 2010-Mar-01 in Girlishness | No Comments »

Into the Hedge

I’ve gone to our Changeling: The Lost session with green nails for a while now, occasionally with Changeling-inspired nail art. This particular manicure is inspired by the Hedge, with silver butterflies and thorny vines on a dark green base.
Base is a single thick coat of Orly Wandering Vine. The vines were made [...]

Published 2010-Jan-26 in Girlishness | No Comments »

Paper tiger

Saturday’s manicure got a single little chip while washing my hands, so brand new manicure it is.

The base polish used is Orly Crush on You, and thanks to Seche Vite I could do the base manicure—including removing the old one—in a single episode of Chuck. With the [...]

Published 2010-Jan-21 in Girlishness | No Comments »

Cute baby what

This shouldn’t be allowed to be this cute. But it is. But it shouldn’t be. But it is.
Thanks a lot, Daily Squee.

Published 2010-Jan-18 in Girlishness | No Comments »