And the winners are......

Jag vill börja med att tacka alla som deltog i min Giveaway för alla fina kommentarer och jag lovar att försöka se till att en del av era önskemål vad det gäller inlägg ska försöka ordnas.

Alla vinnarna har dragits, mailats och jag har fått svar från alla tre också. Paketen har lagts på lådan idag.

Och nu till det roliga! Vinnarna är:

Emma Lindberg som valde Cirque, Rainbow Honey och Franken Frosting lacken.
Hanna Arpåker som valde dom båda Darling Diva lacken.
Och Emma Pettersson som fick Delush Angel Of Death

I would like to start with thanking all of you that participated in my Giveaway. Thanks for all the nice comments and I promise to try to make some of your whishes about post come tru. 

All the winners have been drawn, all have gotten mail from me and all of them have responded. Actually the parcels will leave me today.

And now over to the fun part! The winners are:

Emma Lindberg who choosed the polishes from Cirque, Rainbow Honey and Franken Frosting
Hanna Arpåker wanted the polishes from Darling Diva. 
And Emma Petterson got the Delush Angel Of Death Polish.

Where are they now? Part 2

I denna del två av var mina favoriter tog vägen blir det mer finishar som listas och vad hände med dom favoriterna då?

Det blir bildtext på engelska även denna gången.

The favorite Creme polish was China Glaze Man Hunt and I would pick this again and yes I have used it more than one time.

A really beautiful Duochrome is Nubar Moon Eclipse but that didn't help because I haven't used it since the first time. 

I don't own many Flakies and to be honest Kleancolor Chunky Holo Black is not in my stash anymore either.

I choosed China Glaze Blue Bells Ring as my favoirte Foil/Metallic last year and I love this polish and have used it again and will use it more times as well. 

Frost/ Pearl is not my thing so no I haven't used it and I don't own it anymore.

Ah, the first Indiepolish I bought! Darling Diva Polish A Christmas Story my Glitter favorite that I love and have used several times. 

No, I don't like Jellies and this is not a favorite but I think it was the only one I used last year that wasn't already on the list in some way. It stand's sadly unused in the drawer and will probably do so for a long time. 

Shame on me! This is Depend 2032 Denim Blue of all holos I wore last year this was the one on topp and I just have to use it soon again, but I haven't done that since I showed it to you.

Neon is fun and China Glaze I'm With The Lifeguard is used many times after this first one. 

And again we will end the list with a polish that I have used many times. Best Glassfleck/Shimmer was China Glaze Riveting. Love, love, love it!

Next time you'll get a list from me is when I list my favorites of 2013. And actually it's 50% of these polishes that was used again. Not too bad.

12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge - Snow with a special guest writer!

If you want to read this in English go here!

Idag har jag äran att återigen presentera en mycket speciell gästskribent här på Lacky Corner. Nämligen min äldste son. Han har skrivit här en gång innan och det blev succé så jag lät han härja fritt till manikyren jag gjort för dagens tema som är Snow. 

Snö.

Snö.

Snö.

Intressant fenomen, snö. Vi spenderar ca åttio procent av året med att gnälla så fort det regnar, tills det blir vidrigt kallt och obehagligt ute, då är regn det mysigaste som finns och det kommer på tok för lite. ”Åh, hoppas snön får ligga kvar till jul!” är på ett teoretiskt stadium samma mening som ”Åh, hoppas det blir översvämning till midsommar!”, ändå hör man betydligt fler yttringar av den tidigare meningen än den senare.

Så nu ska jag i egenskap av nagellacksbloggsveteran och expert på all kosmetika recensera min mammas snö-manikyr, i väntan på den efter inledningen oundvikliga översvämning-manikyren om drygt ett halvår.

Här ser vi ett tydligt exempel på hur modeindustrin skapar omöjliga skönhetsideal

Det första som slår mig när jag ser bilden ovan är någonting i stil med ”ja, det är en avbildning av snö jag tittar på” och det gör mig djupt oroad. Här sitter jag och tycker att ett helt normalt snöfall ser ut som på bilden, med glimrande blå bakgrund och tydligt skiljaktiga vackra snöflingor, vilket oundvikligen kommer sluta i att jag blir besviken när jag går ut en vinterdag och möts av den här synen:

Jippie, på med pjäxorna!

Detta kan liknas vid modeindustrins eviga retuscherande av modeller som ofta anklagas för att ge en orimlig bild av hur människor ska se ut, och det är ju inte bra.

Man hade dock kunnat argumentera att snöflingor faktiskt ser ut ungefär som på bilden, bara det att de är väldigt små så man hinner inte uppfatta detta i stormen av skönhet och julefrid som demonstrerades på föregående bild, men å andra sidan kan jag till exempel inte ta en bild på en liten del av mina byxor och använde den som bevis på att jag har god klädsmak.

Dagens outfit, observera det vågade, men ändå stiliga färgkombinationen mellan skorna och t-tröjan

Men, ja, lacket, det här handlar (läs: ska börja handla) om själva manikyren som en manikyr ju. Helena har här valt ett djupblått, små-glimmigt lack som grund, vilket funkar utmärkt för att skapa ett stämningsfullt sceneri, om vi släpper realismen som måttstock, det vill säga (för att vara helt ärlig är min favorit-målare en herre vid namn Salvador Dahli, och två av mina favoritfilmer Inception och Cabin in the woods, (Se den, pausa just nu och se den, läs vidare sen) så vi gör kanske bäst att släppa det där om realism).

Temat för dagens nail art var snö, och detta är gestaltat med snöflingor. Bravo.

Flingorna är bra gjorda (då jag är bekant med min mors ritningsprecision misstänker jag att de är stämplade, men jag såg det inte hända) och som jag tror jag nämnde tidigare så ser man vad det är hon försöker förmedla.

Likheten är slående

Till snöflingorna har hon valt en vit färg. Mycket bra.

Jag har inte fått det bekräftat, men jag antar att hon även använder något underlack tillika överlack av nåt märke vars namn jag troligen ändå skulle glömt.

Ett extra plus i kanten för att alla flingorna är unika och slipper dela form med deras färdkamrater, det är faktiskt realistiskt. Jag pratar både om den övre och undre bilden här ovan.

Avslutningsvis tänkte jag bara hälsa en god jul till alla mina trogna läsare, och då jag inte gjort den planerade electro-tolkningen av bjällerklang jag funderade på tidigare i månaden kommer här en jullåt lika genialisk som den är fruktansvärd, av den troligen allra mest inflytelserika producenten under de senaste nio åren och en personlig favorit: Diplo

Jag säger tack till min unika älskade unge för att du återigen underhållit oss med dina tankar. Ibland är det rätt skönt att få lite perspektiv på det man gör!

Om ni vill se mera snömanikyrer kollar ni in till Nailed It NZ.

12 Days Of Christmas Nail Art Challenge - Snow (English version) with a very special guest writer

Vill ni läsa inlägget på svenska går ni hit!

Todays theme is Snow (snowmen & snowflakes) and I have let a very special person be my guest writer for today. 

He has written one post before for me and it was a succes so here we go again. Please welcome my oldest son as todays reviewer of my snow manicure.

Snow.

Snow.

Snow.

Interesting phenomenon, snow. We spend about eighty percent of the year wining about the rain, until it becomes sickening cold and uncomfortable out there, then suddenly rain is the most cozy thing we can think about and it happens way to little. "Oh, hope the snow will stay for Christmas" is a theoretical version of the same sentence as "Oh, hope it will flood at midsummer", yet we hear many more manifestations of the previous sentence than the latter.

So as a nailpolish blog veteran and expert on all cosmetics I will now review my mom's snow-manicure, waiting for the inevitable flood-manicure that must come in just over six months.

Here we see a clear example of how the fashion industry creating impossible ideals of beauty

The first thing that strikes me when I see the picture above is something like, "yeah, that's a reproduction of snow that I'm looking at" and it makes me deeply concerned. Here I sit and think a completely normal snowfall looks like the picture, with glimmering blue background and clearly divergent beautiful snowflakes, which will inevitably end up with me getting disappointed when I go out on a winter day and is met by this:

Hooray, on with the winterboots!

This can be likened to the fashion industry's eternal retouching of models who are often accused of giving an unfair picture of how people should look, and that's not good.

You could of course argue that snowflakes actually look something like in the first picture, just that they are very small so you do not have time to perceive this in the storm of beauty and Christmas spirit that was demonstrated in the previous picture, but on the other hand, I can not, for example take a picture of a small part of my pants and use it as proof of me having good taste in clothes.

Today's outfit, observe the daring, yet classy color combination of the shoes and t-shirt

But, yes, the polish, this is about (read: is starting to be about now) or the  manicure as a manicure of course. Helena has chosen a deep blue, kind of shimmering, polish as a basis, which works great for creating an enchanting scenery, if we drop the realism as a yardstick, that is to be perfectly honest, my favorite painter, a gentleman named Salvador Dahli, and two of my favorite movies Inception and Cabin in the woods. (Pause right now and see it, read on after that) so we might do better if we just drop the realism thing.

The theme for today's nail art was snow, and this is portrayed with snowflakes. Bravo.

The flakes are well made (as I am familiar with my mother's drawing precision, I suspect that they are stamped, but I did not see it happen) and as I mentioned earlier, you do see what she is trying to convey.

The resemblance is striking of the two pictures (In Sweden Cereals are the same word as flinga and that is what a snowflake is called as well)

For the snowflakes, she has chosen a white color. Very good.

I have not had it confirmed, but I guess she also utilize some kind of base coat and also top coat of some brands name whose name I probably would have forgotten even if she had told me.

An extra plus for the fact that all the flakes are unique and do not have to share the form with their traveling companions, it's actually realistic. I'm talking about both the upper and lower picture above.

In conclusion, I just want to wish a Merry Christmas to all my loyal readers, and since I didn't do the planned electro-interpretation of Jingle Bells, I was thinking about earlier in the month, I will instead give you a Christmas song as brilliant as it is terrible, of the probably most influential producer during the past nine years and a personal favorite of mine: Diplo

And by that I say thank you to my amazing, little bit crazy but just as the snowflakes unique son who teaches me not to take myself to seriuos!

If you want to see more Snow manicures visit Nailed It NZ. 

Where are they now?

Nu kanske ni undrar vad i hela friden den där titeln betyder! Jo, jag har varit fräck nog att kopiera ett inlägg som jag såg hos The Crumpet där hon gick igenom dom lacken hon hade listat som topplack 2012 och faktiskt kollat om hon använt dom igen. Tyckte det var en rätt kul idé så här kommer listan jag gjorde och gissa om man får lite dåligt samvete....

Jag delade förra året upp lacken i kategorier så jag skriver dom vid bilderna också så det blir tydligt varför lacket är med på listan. Det kommer en del två med resten av favoriterna också.

Och för att göra det enklast för mig själv så blir bildtexten enbart på engelska.

You might wonder about the titel of this post? Well, I have been daring enough to actually copy a kind of post that I saw at The Crumpet a while ago. She hade made a post about the polishes that she had listed as her favorites 2012 and if she actually had used them again. 

I thought this was a fun idea so here comes my list from last year and guess what? I have some bad conscience after this.

I listed them i color categories then so I'll do that now as well. There will be a part two of the list too. 

My Gold Favorite last year was Zoya Ziv and I have actually worn this again. Not alone but in nailarts. So this starts with a good one. I still think this is a perfect goldpolish.

Nfu Oh 61 was the silverpolish I choosed last year. Did I wear it again. Yes, I did in a nailart but I also have to confess that I sold it after that!

My choice in Bronze was China Glaze Harvest Moon and no I haven't worn it again. I sold it and then regretted it and bought a new bottle that stand untested. 

Blue is The Dynamos from Brite Bird and this I have worn and I love it just as much now as I did last year!

OPI Warm & Fozzie is the brown favorite and I'm ashamed to say that no I haven't worn this. But I have thought about doing it. Does that count?

Depend 194 is grey and I think it's a perfect polish but I haven't used it again.

Green favorite is China Glaze Agro and this I have used again and I must say that is a big favorite. 

The Yellow of my choice last year was L.A Girl Disco Brite Psychedelic and I have used it several times actually. L.A Girl makes great polishes and this is one of them. 

I love purple polishes and the one in top last year was Zoya Carly but it has been beaten by other beautiful purples so no I haven't used it again.

Oh this orange polish is just stunning! It's Orly Flicker and I have used it for nailart and I think I might use it very soon again. 

You know by know that I'm not much of a pink person but Sheer Amethyst from Isadora is hard not to love. And I love it enough to actually have used it again. Please Isadora make more like this!

Red Ozotic 518 is just amazing and I think the only reason that I haven't used it again is called Glitter Gal Red and Jade Vermhelo Surreal!

This is were I start to feel very embarrassing... Why have I let this bottle stand unused after the time I took these pictures! Shame on me.. It's black by the way

And last but not least the white favorite is OPI Don't Touch My Tutu and it feels good to end this post with a polish I actually worn several times. I don't think I shown it here more than one time but it's one of my most used polishes. 

So what do you think of this post? Was it fun or just unnecessary? And is to use 42% of your last years favorites again an ok number or just a sad one?