Deutsch (English see below)

Hallo! Da ich inzwischen einige Indies verkauft habe, habe ich meinen Blogsale aktualisiert und diesmal auch kommerzielln Lacke dazugenommen.

Wenn nicht anders vermerkt, sind alle Lacke einmal geswatcht.

Zahlung per Paypal, Reservierungen für 72 Stunden möglich.
Kontakt: boldly_polish (at) yahoo [dot] com

Beim Kauf von 5 gibt’s ein 6. gratis dazu, beim Kauf von 10 gibt’s 3 gratis (gleicher oder niedrigerer Preis).

Versand: nach Wunsch österreichische Post oder Hermes, persönliche Übergabe in Wien möglich. Versand mit Hermes nach Deutschland 9,90, Post um die 13 Euro.

English

Welcome to my updated blog sale!

Most polishes have only been swatched, some are unopened, some used a few times. They will be marked and priced accordingly.

Payment via Paypal, prices in EURO (Paypal converts for you). Reservations possible for 72 hours. Contact me: boldly_polish (at) yahoo [dot] com

Buy 5, get the 6th one free*, buy 10 and you get 3 free (of equal or lower value).

Shipping is from Austria: Reasonable for Europeans, not so much overseas. Contact me for more information.

Indie

a-England

Elaine – approx. half full, € 5, Bridal Veil, Fated Prince – swatched, €8.50, Arthur, Merlin – used 3-4 times, €7.50 each

Different Dimension

Today was a fairytale €6, Never grow up €6, Money (unopened, €6.50)

All swatched/used once except Money. 

Digital Nails

Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey, Stars at Night (holo), Bad Wolf

All used 1-2 times. Stars at Night €9, others €7.

Fandom Cosmetics

221B black, Most loyal, TARDIS blue

All swatched only. 221B black €5, others €3.

ILNP – I Love Nail Polish

Prices: Ultrachromes €8.50, (Ultra)Holos €7 each except those marked * €6.50, You’re My Boy Blue €7.50, Monterey Bay 2.50, Bohemian Peacock €2.

*used 4-5 times, Monterey Bay & You’re My Boy Blue unopened and with packaging, rest swatched.

Obere Reihe/ Top row: Ultrachromes:  Undenied, Cygnus Loop,  Birefringence (holo)

Ultraholos: Absolute Zero, Blue Steel, Bottle Service, Pixie Dust*, Princess Diaries*

Untere Reihe/Bottom Row:  Holo toppers: My Private Rainbow (linear), My Private Rainbow (linear + scattered), Glitter topper: Bohemian Peacock* (ultra mini), Ultraholos: Monterey Bay (ultra mini, unopened), You’re My Boy Blue (unopened)

Literary Lacquers

Price: €7 each except * €6.50

Bionic Mmmm-Detector, Lake of Shining Waters (holo), More Like Fire Than Light* (holo), Raspberry Cordial? (holo)

*More Like Fire Than Light used 4-5 times, rest swatched/used once. 

Lucky 13 Lacquers

Large (15ml) – €6 each, Shorties (10ml) - €4 each.

TEAL Me No Lies, Be sTEAL my Heart!, InsaTEALable, A Little More Sonic, Don’t Cry Over Spilled Glitter, Life is Short and You are Hot, The Hero of Canton the Man they Call Jayne, Are You My Mummy

LynBDesigns

Price: €5.50 except *€5.00

Obere Reihe/Top row: (From the Doctor Who collections:)

It’s mauve and dangerous, Melody Malone aka River Song, My bespoke psychopath, Time and relative dimension in space*, Snog box, I was only saying ‘hello’

Untere reihe/Bottom Row: Slim and a little bit foxy, Anomalous bloke, Oh you beautiful idiot, Am I ginger? (Baker Street collection:) IOU, Improbable truths, So changeable

* used 2-3 times, others swatched/used once

Pretty & Polished

Price: €4.50 each

Sittin’ on the Dot of the Bay, Heart of the Ocean – both swatched/used once.

Kommerzielle Lacke

(Note: If you need info on these in English, please let me know. I’ve only been getting requests from German-speaking people so I’m being lazy :) )

Grundsätzlich gilt: Wenn ich eine Farbbeschreibung in Klammern schreibe, ist das meine Beschreibung, nicht der offizielle Name - das hab ich vor allem bei Eigenmarken gemacht. Die Füllangaben sind großzügig bemessen - wenn irgendwo "halbvoll" steht, ist meist mehr als die Hälfte drin. Die Angaben beziehen sich immer auf alle vorangehenden Lacke wenn nicht anders angegeben.

OPI (15ml) -  Cajun Shrimp und Purple with a purpose (halbvoll) je 5€ 

Teal the Cows Come Home (2x verwendet) 8€.

Orly 18ml Sunglasses at night, Lunar Eclipse (1x verwendet), 10€ 

China glaze 14ml Get Carried Away (topper) 2-3x verwendet - 3€

L'Oreal Color Riche 5ml - 403 femme fatale (geswatcht) 4€, 829 Atomic Purple (2x verwendet) 3€

butter london 11ml - The Black Knight und Scouse - 3x verwendet - 9€

models own - Indian Ocean NP 133 (14ml) halbvoll, Aqua und Red splash Splash - 2 € 

Nails inc (10ml) Garrick Street - 2x verwendet - 3€, Victoria - ungeöffnet - 4 €,  

Nails inc mini (4ml) Koralle/rosa (Name unbekannt) 1x verwendet - 1€

s-he stylezone (dm Eigenmarke, 10ml) 121/285 (blitzblau) - etwas über halb voll. gel mit glitterflakes in orange, rosa und lila: 122/008, 122/005, 122/006 jeweils geswatcht, 121/110 (glittertopper) 3x verwendet, 121/143 (helles nude) (ca. halbvoll) - je 1€

PS (dm Eigenmarke) - poolside party (12ml) 040 sunshine yellow - 1x verwendet, 2,50€ 
volume gloss (12ml) 100 heavenly girl, color victim (8ml) 920 up in the air und 950 like a movie star - je etwas über halbvoll, 1,50€ 
summer attack (8ml) 010 flirtin' purple - 1x verwendet 2,50€

 obere Reihe: Bipa Look (Eigenmarke; 5ml) - 102 stars, 222 blue wonder, 105 mystic, 37 blue stars. 

aus der special effect-serie (changierende lacke mit metalleffekt) 6 metallic violet, 8 green changer, 

10 bronze changer  (alle 1-2x verwendet oder nur geswatcht) - je 1 €

untere Reihe iQ cosmetics colour flash (Bipa Eigenmarke) - 103, 155 und 007 je 6ml, ca. 1/2-3/4voll

 - je 1,50 €

iQ cosmetics Nail Attraction 7 ml - 8 violet 2x verwendet 2€

Catrice Ultimate Nail Lacquer (10ml) - 32 The Dark Knight, 875 It's All I Can Blue (je halbvoll), 36 Mint Me Up 1x verwendet, 11 Miss Piggy's BF  halbvoll - je 1,50 €

essence nail art glow in the night top coat 18 fly firefly fly - 1,50 € geswatcht

essence nail art special effect topper 16 cool breeze, 10 glorious aquarius (1x verwendet) - je 1,50 € 

essence nail art twins - 03 mr big geswatcht  1€ 

essence nail art freestyle tip painter 4ml - 10 more than silver halbvoll - 1 €

essence colour & go 8ml 140 go bold! (halbvoll), 147 miss universe (geswatcht) 50 cent

essence colour & go 5 ml 33 just in case halbvoll - 50 cent

 Astor fashion studio 6ml - metal effect (changierend): 258 Crystal blue, 257 (flieder/grün) 

(1x verwendet) - je 1,50 €, Astor fashion studio 200 (flieder) 1 €

Maxfactor max effect mini - 22 Coffee brown und 43 Odyssey blue- 2x verwendet - 2 €

Jessica 14,8ml - 744 platinum wishes (topper) - 2x verwendet - 50 cent 

Anny 15ml - 047 the answer is love - 5€

Manhattan quick dry 7 ml - 57 U (dunkelrot) halbvoll 1€ 

flormar (10ml) - supershine 08 (orange-lachsfarben) 1x verwendet 1,50€

flormar supershine miracle colors U03 (glittertopper mit rosa schimmer) ca. 1/2voll, 1€

b.pretty (Bipa Eigenmarke) 10ml - pearl - 50 cent

Layla ceramic effect PM22 (türkis) - halbvoll - 1€ 

Art Deco ceramic nail lacquer 6ml - 233 (grünlich changierend) - 2 €

Gosh 8ml - 540 Ocean - 2-3x verwendet - 2€

Maybelline colorama 7ml - 661 ocean blue - 2x verwendet - 1€ 

Nola base color 8 ml - Petrol 1-2x verwendet 1€

Biocura 11 ml - 03 (fliederfarbener holo), geswatcht - 50 cent 

Catherine Arley silky touch 14 ml (rotvioletter Hololack, Name unbekannt), geswatcht - 1€ 

H&M 4,7 ml - Glitter Purple (topper), Orange, Yellow - 1x verwendet oder geswatcht - je 50 cent

Claire's 10 ml - neon fluorescent - 1x verwendet - 50 cent

That's all, folks!

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Hi!
Today's post is a bit of a hodge-podge of several things: Nail art, giveaway winner and a few words about modeling contests.

I've been seriously off my game in the regular nail art department - it's either something huge and crazy or nothing at all. My last attempts at dotting and sponging turned out disgusting. That and the lack of time are the reasons I haven't been contributing to all the great challenges going around this year. But finally it's time!

Here's my contribution to the Nail Art Ideas Linkup challenge for this week: Red. This challenge is hosted by Craftynail, Brijit's Digits and Eeek! Nail polish! and there's a different theme every week.

 

I made what is apparently called a "waterfall" mani with a bunch of red polishes. It was fun and easy to make and made me feel better about my nail art. Make sure to check out the other contributions in the linky below!

Red :

Next, my giveaway winner. I drew a name early this week using the highly sophisticated method of a list (first the original post, then the reminder post, in the order of commenting) and a randomizer. The lucky winner was Alice Beerland, who has already replied to my mail and chose the beauty package. Congratulations again! I've added a few small extra surprises for you and I'll get it to the post office next week.

I hope you all enjoyed getting to know my blog (if you didn't already).

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And now a bit of a warning: You'll be seeing more than the usual number of German posts here for the next couple of months because it's that time of the year again - Germany's Next Top Model (a knockoff of America's NTM, hosted by Heidi Klum) has started.

I know, I know, it's all staged, the model business objectifies women, detrimental to body image and exploitation of hopeful young girls. I agree completely.

Please do not watch this kind of show if you have any kind of self-esteem, body image or eating issues. If you do watch it, please remember that the body shapes demanded by the modeling business are far from the norm and that photos and videos can be manipulated, and often are. Do not starve yourself. Do not neglect everything else to become a model. Do not despair if you're not tall, or don't have gorgeous hair, or don't conform to the beauty standards set by the industry. You are beautiful. Everybody is beautiful. Who you are matters so much more than how you look. Take care of yourself (your body and your mind) and love yourself.

Honestly, I think it's awful that 10-year-olds watch these shows and want to be like the girls they see there. I think it would be a good idea to ban them, along with all the other shows and ads that can give people unhealthy ideas of what a body should look like.

However, all that said: If you are confident in your body, if you are aware it's just a show, that much of it is scripted, that we only see a selective slice of reality, and if trashy TV is your guilty pleasure, enjoy these shows. Just don't take them seriously.

So yes, it is my guilty (very guilty, as you can probably tell from the  paragraphs above) pleasure to watch these shows and to mock them relentlessly. I'm sorry, girls, but if, after so many seasons of seeing how relentlessly participants (and judges) are mocked everywhere, you decide to participate anyway, all I can do is tell you and your friends and family not to read my blog.

So anyway, back to the blogging aspect: Since this is a German-language show, it doesn't really make sense for me to write about it in English, since you won't be watching it anyway. However, there will be brief summaries at the beginning of each post, usually about the horrific and inexplicable things Heidi decided to wear in that episode (Dalek coat and hamster life vest, I'm looking at you). If you want more English snark, you might enjoy my Model House Rules (pt I, pt II and pt III).


But don't worry, this won't turn into a complete GNTM blog, I'll still be posting nail art - hopefully more frequently than so far this year.

Have a fantastic weekend!
Captain Spacenails

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 Dear readers,

Hot on the heels of last night's Firefly mani comes some quick morning dotting. This one is inspired by this nail art by an unknown to me Dysana (unknown because I repinned it but I'd be happy to give credit if you can point me her way).

My dots don't curve quite as nicely as hers, but overall I'm pretty happy with this. It's looks great for such a quick mani.

 

I'm wearing one layer of a-England's Elaine, but I'd recommend using two layers for perfect coverage. It is a beautiful dusky purple, more of a winter colour really, but I couldn't resist combining it with OPI Teal the Cows Come Home. I've had Elaine since February and got the OPI with my latest beauty box voucher, so this mani satisfies both conditions of my personal challenge: something new and something indie.

What do you think? Have a look at all the other dots we've got today:

12. Dots :

The nail newbie, all ready to travel

no top coat, that's how glossy it is!

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Today is day four of the June tri-polish challenge. June is LGBTQ Pride month, and as this month’s colours – red, pink and purple – are present in some of the many symbols that represent parts of our very diverse community, I’ve made a very special and very personal mani. There is not enough space for all symbols, but I do mean them all, just like I mean all the other letters you can add to LGBTQ and the people they represent.

44 years ago tomorrow, following a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, New York City, gay men, lesbians and transgender persons began a protest that was to become one of the key events of gay liberation in the US. It is commemorated with Pride parades every June across the world. In places like Vienna and Berlin, they are colourful celebrations with wide support from the authorities and many non-LGBTQ participants joining in. In places like Budapest, Moscow and Kampala they are acts of defiance where the participants risk being attacked or arrested. In yet other places, it is too dangerous to hold Pride parades because you could be murdered just for being who you are.

This is for all those people who live in fear of imprisonment or death because of who they love. It is for those who have to hide who they are, sometimes even from themselves, out of fear of persecution or social disgrace. It is for those who live in countries where being gay is not illegal but may still cost you your job or home. 

This is for those who, in many of our so-called civilised Western countries, are denied the same rights as the rest of the population – the right to live with who they love and be recognised as next of kin in hospital, to marry if they wish, to adopt or to have a child together without the fear that if something happens to the biological parent, the other parent will not have the right to raise the child. 

This is for those who were born in the wrong body and have to go through complicated procedures – legal and medical - to get it rectified. It is for those who have to explain that gender is not always what you see on the outside. It is for those who do not conform to society’s expectations of gender roles. It is for those who are treated with distrust or distaste, with fear or even hate, because of who they are. It is for those who may be overtly accepted but still have to live with constant stereotyping. It is for those who get beaten up or bullied at school, or lose their friends, or do not have their parents’ support. It is for those who constantly have to explain that it’s not just a phase. 

Many of us are fortunate not to be facing direct danger to life and limb, but that doesn’t mean the problems aren’t real, or that people aren't driven to suicide by them, or that we shouldn’t try to change things.

This is for those who fought and those who died so we could have the freedoms we have today. It is for those who were killed for being different through the ages. It is for those who stood up and declared proudly who they were. It is for those who stand up today to struggle for equal rights, or even basic human rights. It is for those who are fighting to preserve the rights that others would take away from them. It is for those who are working tirelessly to achieve equality in countless seemingly mundane matters others take for granted. It is for all allies and friends of the LGBTQ community. 

This is for everyone hovering at the closet door, unsure whether to take the step into that terrifying, exhilarating freedom of a world where you can be who you are and say it loud and proud. This is for my family.

Nail polish cannot change the world, but symbols can. Visibility can. Courage can. Solidarity can. Today I wear our symbols with pride and gratitude and change my own little corner of the world.

Yours, with love,

the nail newbie

If you are curious about the symbols, you can find out more here, here and here.

Please have a look at the nail art the others have for us today!

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Well. Apparently it's Tuesday, who knew? And I have no post prepared but at least I've got pictures: a gradient with gold glitter for day 3 of the June Tri-Polish challenge. Enjoy and check out the others' nails below :)

The busy little nail new-bee

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Day 2 of the tri-polish challenge sees me tackling another "classic", the fishtail braid. 

I tried this back in May for the tri-polish challenge but the colours didn't play well together - the red wasn't opaque enough to cover the blue and the white so I tried fixing it with extra layers and not making full stripes and it was a right mess, so I did the Dr. Seuss nails instead. 

Never one to admit defeat, however, I tried the fishtail braid again this month (after making sure the polishes played well together) and it came out a bit better.

 

Tag 2 der Tri-Polish Challenge: heute gibt's Fisch, genaugenommen einen Fishtail Braid. Hat das Design eigentlich auch einen deutschen Namen? Ich hab dafür nur den Englischen Ausdruck gefunden.

Diesen "Klassiker" hatte ich schon im Mai probiert und er hat so richtig überhaupt nicht geklappt. Das Rot war zu dünn um das Blau oder Rot zu decken, ich hab versucht mit ein paar Extraschichten und Tricks nachzuhelfen und am Ende sah's aus wie von einem Kindergartenkind gemacht. Aber so schnell geb ich nicht auf, also hab ich diesen Monat Lacke ausgewählt, die gut zusammen funktionieren und es nochmal probiert.

 

In addition to the purple and pink polishes of the month, I used Boulevard de Beauté in silver.

Ich hab den rosa und violetten Lack des Monats verwendet und noch einen silbernen Boulevard de Beauté dazugenommen.  

I think the stripes could be more even in width and a bit straighter, but overall I think this turned out quite alright. Definitely a lot better than my first try! 

I have to admit, though, that this isn't my favourite kind of mani and I don't know if I'll be attempting it again soon. For some reason I don't mind messing around for hours with tiny freehand details but I lack the patience and skill to draw even, straight lines.

 

Die Streifen könnten etwas gerader sein und es würde auch nicht schaden, wenn sie alle gleich breit wären, aber im Großen und Ganzen find ich das Design ok. Auf jeden Fall besser als mein erster Versuch!

Ich muss aber zugeben, dass das nicht gerade meine Lieblingsmani war und ich weiß nicht, ob ich mir das in näherer Zukunft noch einmal antue. Es macht mir überhaupt nichts aus, bei meinen Freihanddesigns stundenlang pitzelige Details zu malen, aber gerade, gleichmäßige Linien krieg ich einfach nicht hin - und da fehlt mir auch die Geduld.

 

Have you done a fishtail braid before? Do you find it easy or hard?

Click on the thumbnails below to see what everyone else is up to today!

The nail newbie, all fishtailed out

Habt ihr schon mal so ein Design gemacht? Fällt es euch leicht oder findet ihr es auch mühsam?

Klickt auf die Thumbnails unten um zu sehen, was die anderen Mädls heute machen!

Euer gar nicht geradliniges Nagelnewbie

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