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Banished to the book shelf

Friday, July 16th, 2010

Happy Friday-day everyone! This day could really not crawl by fast enough, but work ended eventually and I got to plant by butt firmly in the sofa corner with a bottle of nail polish. Hey now, don’t judge, we all have our vices – I hardly ever go out, so I get polishes instead. My vanity AND my liver thanks me for than one! Marius and I are going to spend the night stuffing our faces and watching a movie, as soon as we can decide on which one to pick. We’re stuck between Watchmen and Star Trek right now, but who knows where we’ll end up. Marius hung up two brand new shelves from Ikea above his desk the other day, and I asked him if they’d become our new DVD shelves. “No”, he replied. “Those are for the Blurays only”. See what I’ve got to deal with? I’m not allowed to bring home DVDs anymore! And the DVDs we already own are banished to the book shelf.  I think I might smuggle them over to the Bluray-shelves when he looks the other way.

Ok, polish time! The one I got yesterday was IsaDora’s #700 “Bel Air Blue”, and I’ve got all kinds of love for it, although it’s a bit too goopy for my taste. I need to get myself some nail polish thinner.

Ok, the boyfriend is showing signs of movie-readiness now, so I have to press publish. Enjoy your Friday! :)

P.S: I made a fan page on facebook! Clicky if you want to spread the love!

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Nail envy

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

There’s probably no surprise to you at all that I’m the vainest person I know. Really, I could rack my brain for days, and no-one else I know would be able to top me. Me putting on eye liner before I go to the gym is a running joke among my colleagues. And if you’ve been reading my blog for the past few weeks, you might have picked up on my growing nail polish obsession. It’s turning into a surprisingly expensive obsession, let me tell you, especially since I discovered O.P.I nail polishes (plus all those other little bits and bobs that you really really want need to keep around). So I made it the theme of day 13 of my 365 day photo project! Are you feeling my hand modeling skills?

Now, let me walk you through this, left to right:

1: Nfu-Oh’s Cuticle remover. This makes gunky, gnarly and dry cuticles – well – disappear! Miss Airam already wrote a great post about this one, so I’ll hand you over to her if you want to know more about it.

2: O.P.I Nail Envy Nail Strengthener for sensitive and peeling nails. My nails just don’t chip at all when I use this one. It’s perfection!

3: O.P.I Top Coat. Shiny Goodness.

4: Gosh #540 “Ocean”. The color of the day.

Now, I’m not going to pretend I’m some sort of expert here – Let’s be honest, I’m the newbiest newb that ever newbed – but I do know where to send you if you want to learn how to do a great manicure.

First of all: Nails for dummies. Feeling a bit more advanced? How to make your manicure last. Fretting about getting the nail shape wrong? This is how you get it right.

I’d add more links, but come on. They’re nails, not brain surgery. You can figure it out from here. Have fun! ;)

P.S: I cannot recommend glass nail files enough. They make such a difference. Mine has little Swarovski crystals on it, because I’m fancy.

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Lip stick convert

Friday, June 4th, 2010

I’ve always been a gloss kind of girl. Lipstick was something my mom wore, something aunts wore, a thing for grownups. Lipstick meant color on your teeth, dry lips, or discovering way too late that you’ve been wearing a bright red your upper lip only because you wore away all the color on the bottom lip. Lipstick was, in short, out of the question. No, I was a hard core gloss girl, never without a tube from Lancôme in my bag, a trusted companion since my high school years. But then something happened. Suddenly I got tired of walking through wind and cold autumn morning with gloss in my hair, or worse, hair stuck to my lips. Thus, I decided to buy my very first lip stick, at the tender age of twenty-four. Nervously I showed up at MAC – I needed a proper store with proper makeup artists, since I would break out in cold sweats at the mere thought of all the color choices. I needed professional help. “I want a lip stick!”, I said pitifully. ”… Help!”

A few minutes later I had a small bag in my hand, and had been convinced. Never more goopy hair or hairy lips. Colored teeth? Not if you take a few extra seconds to check the mirror. Dry lips? Buy a moisturizing lip stick, silly! Afraid the color will wear off? Here’s a trick: After one layer, press your lips against a tissue to remove excess color. Then take some face powder – yes, powder – on a brush and dust it over your lips, and follow with another layer of color. Volià, you just added a few more hours of wear! All in all, I’m a total convert. There’s no going back now – I’m a lip stick girl.

And speaking of, you know the gift card I won last week? A great opportunity to try Chanel’s new Rouge Coco. It’s supposed to be the perfect thing for those of us who want to go from gloss to stick – super moisturizing and long lasting. I went for a nice summery coral called “Égérie”, and it’s really quite lovely.

It’s probably the most expensive piece of makeup I’ve ever bought, but it also oozes quality. Something tells  me I’ll be picking up a few more shades as soon as I stumble across a tax free store.. :)

What it looks like on…

Keeping within the Chanel theme, I figured it was high time to break out the duo-tone tights. Big thanks to Airam for keeping me from looking like a harlequin! :)

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My Desire

Saturday, April 17th, 2010

Oh my.. The most aptly named gadget ever!

Ok, deep breaths. Phew! As you might have deduced by now, I’ve received my new phone, the HTC Desire. I got it yesterday morning, and ended up leaving for work 45 minutes early just so I could pick it up from the post office on my way there and get some extra fiddling-time before work.

First of all:

Cutest box ever? Oh yes, I would think so.

So I plugged the phone into my PC at work to charge it, and switched it on. First impression: The screen is gorgeous. Big, crisp and clear. Setting up my Gmail took about 2 clicks, and it was the same for my Flickr account, Twitter account, Facebook and secondary email. Syncing contacts from my old phone was a piece of cake, and if I click on a contact I get the option to link it with the person’s Facebook, Gmail and Flickr account. I have downloaded WordPress to it so that I can blog on the go, and if I visit another city it will automatically notice and change for instance weather or time zone settings. At one point I thought to myself “Hm, I wonder if it’s difficult to sync it to my google calendar?”, only to notice that it had already done so by itself.

I finally have a smart phone that is actually smart. Hooray! This is my first HTC phone, and I am more than pleasantly surprised. No doubt, this is my new favorite gadget :)

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The love of my life

Sunday, March 28th, 2010

So! Seeing as I’ve been letting you in on the control freak side of me this week (see my bag), I thought I’d try and go a little deeper and try to explain to you why I carry around something as old fashioned as a Filofax. I know, what is this, the eighties? Why haven’t I just plotted every plan and note I have into my my smartphone? Hang on, let me count the reasons.. :)

1) The smell of leather. I could smell this thing all day.

2) The charm of handwritten notes and the joy of being able to cross things out when you’ve the things you planned to do that day.

2) Blank pages, waiting to have new ideas scribbled on them.

3) To do lists. Checking boxes is just as fun as crossing things out! (For you English readers, the to dos for 2010 are “work out three times a week”, “save up money”, “find apartment”, become tidy”, “Eat breakfast”, “Get long hair” and “Become blood donor”)

4) Award stars to the local takeaways.

5) Plan outfits and draw on bob-haired naked lady.

6) Knowing what you’ve got to look forward to.

7) Keep life’s necessities close at all times :)

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