Showing posts with label brand: sophin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brand: sophin. Show all posts

Monday, December 3, 2012

The Lazy 15! Where I'm from

Hey everyone!
Всем привет!

Today we're supposed to do nails inspired by where we are from. I was born and live in Moscow, Russia, as you may know. So i could do a straight Russian tricolor - except for I didn't really want to. Firstly, because many other countries' flags are in the same color scheme and they can be easily confused, and, secondly, I don't really like where my country is going. It's not my intention to go deep into politics or history, so let me limit my explanation to saying that it's been my strong belief for a long time that Russia has been doomed since 1917, when the monarchy was overthrown. Was it possible, I would have loved to live in the 19th century, under the reign of Alexander II. 
Сегодняшняя тема - откуда мы родом. Как вы можете знать, я родилась и живу в Москве. Так что я могла сделать простой российский триколор, но я, честно говоря, не очень хотела. Во-первых, наш флаг можно легко спутать с другими - цветовая гамма крайне популярная, а во-вторых, в виду моего отношения касательно положения дел в стране на данный момент. Не хочу углубляться в блоге ни в историю, ни в политику, но я уже довольно давно считаю, что страна наша обречена с самого 1917 года. Если бы было можно выбрать, в каком времени жить, я бы выбрала период царствования Александра II.

So on my ring finger is a so-called imperial flag, which was the flag of the Russian Empire from 1858 till 1883(1896), but only official authorities could use it - private individuals had the white-blue-red flag everyone knows as the Russian flag. The imperial flag, however, has become the symbol of the Russian Empire to modern people. As for the rest of my nails, I was inspired by the Russian hussar uniform, particularily that of the Alexandria regiment.
На ногте безымянного пальца изображен так называемый "Имперский флаг", официальный флаг Российской Империи с 1858 по 1883(1896) год, использовавшийся правительственными учреждениями. Дизайн остальных ногтей был вдохновлен униформой Александрийского гусарского полка. 

For the manicure I used a plain black creme (my usual Sophin Ceramic 02), Zoya Creamy, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On and a silver line chain from Born Pretty Store. Everything was sealed with INM OTD. 
В маникюре принимали участие Sophin Ceramic 02, Zoya Creamy, Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, а также серебряная цепочка для нейл-арта из Born Pretty Store. Вся конструкция была щедро залита INM OTD. 







Omg, only one challenge left!
Остался всего один нейл-арт!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

The Lazy 15! Disney

Hey everyone!
Всем привет!

Today's theme is Disney, and, to be honest, I found it quite difficult. I had to draw inspiration from Disney characters, but make it unobvious, for I study at a serious university, and people judge you by your appearance. A lot wouldn't understand a straightforward Jasmine from Aladdin face on my ring finger :)
Наша тема сегодня - Дисней. Достаточно сложная для меня, потому что учусь я в серьезном заведении, диснеевской мордашки на моих ногтях большинство бы не поняло :)

My favorite Disney movies include: Hercules, Aladdin and Mulan. So I looked at my nail art stuff and finally stopped at a LeLac stamping plate, the one that has a hieroglyth pattern and thought "ok, let it be Mulan, then". I'm not sure if the hieroglyphs are Chinese or even make sense at all, though..Now it's just dawned on me that I could do freehand the Greek pattern on my nails and have Hercules-inspired ones instead, but it's too late now.
Мои любимые диснеевские мультики - Геркулес, Аладдин и Мулан. Мне надо было придумать что-то, что, с одной стороны, было вдохновлено одним из них, согласовывалось бы, а с другой, могло сойти за просто нейл арт для незнающих. Остановилась я на стемпинге узором в виде иероглифов (так и не пойму, египетские они или китайские, как мне сначала показалось, а может, это вообще просто символы). Так что получилась хорошо замаскированная Мулан. Пока писала этот пост, мне пришла в голову идея, что можно же было нарисовать на ногтях греческий узор, это был бы самый "честный" нейл-арт, и посвящен он был бы любимому из любимых, Геркулесу. Ну да поздняк метаться :)

I started with 2 coats of Color Club Red-ical Gypsy, followed by a coat of INM OTD to speed up the process, and stamped over with LeLac stampic plate and a plain black cream (Sophin Ceramic 02). When the manicure was dry, I sealed it up with another coat of INM OTD.
Я начала с двух слоев Color Club Red-ical Gypsy, затем нанесла слой INM OTD, чтобы все быстрее высохло, а затем по сухому лаку стемпила выбранным узором с помощью простого плотного черного крема Sophin Ceramic 02. Когда узор высох, я закрепила маникюр еще одним слоем INM OTD. 











Wednesday, October 24, 2012

31 days challenge. Day 7: black&white nails

First of all, I'm officially of age now! Can't buy strong alcohol like vodka or tequila 'till i'm 21, but as for the rest it's a carte-blanche :)

This day's been preventing me from going on with the 31DC for too long. For some reason I found it so hard to create a black&white look, though I love the way these 2 basic colors look together and there are so many nail art ideas out there. But when my BornPrettyStore order arrived, I knew I couldn't keep putting it off anymore.

First I wanted to stick on some lace, then stamp (yes, my stamping plates from Llarowe've arrived!), then do stripes...this is what I ended up doing - a look inspired by one of Lucy's Stash manicures. 

I started by painting on 2 coats of Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White on, then, using dotting tools of different sizes, dotted 3 black dots in descending order (i'm using Sophin Ceramic 02) and, finally, applied golden round studs in 3 different diameters from BornPrettyStore with a pair of tweezers. I finished the manicure with a generous coat of INM Out The Door to seal and prolong it. You need to be really careful with this step, because there's a change of smudging your pretty nails if you're not.

Thoughts: I want to touch my nails all the time :D And I received a ton of comments from men today, which means success to me :)








7 down, 24 to go!

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

NOTD: Essie Bangle Jangle & Sophin 100

Russian polish meets American! A duo mani i wore the other day using Essie Bangle Jangle and Sophin 100 (it's written on the bottle that the polish is made in France, but since i've never ever seen a Sophin polish in French shops, i feel something fishy about it :P).

Essie Bangle Jangle is a lovely lavender violet cream, while Sophin 100 is dense slightly dusty pink with lovely silver shimmer (lord knows i'm the pickiest when it comes to glitters amd shimmers, i often feel they look tacky). Both are completely opaque in 2 coats. Here shown with a coat of INM Out The Door.