It’s a gorgeous Monday, even though by the time you all read this my Monday is almost over. I wasn’t feeling blue this morning, but I wanted to share Face Stockholm 70 with you.
Face Stockholm 73
Saturday, 24 September, 2011
I didn’t put up a Friday Red, instead I put it off for today in memory of September 11, 2001.
I had tussled with the idea of not addressing the issue here on my blog because it’s been said and re-hashed so many times in the past ten years by so many people. The last thing I wanted to do was write about it. Yet, here I am. I guess I feel the need to because I’m out of the country.
But before I go on, this is the color I am featuring today is by, you guessed it, Face Stockholm!
Face Stockholm 45
Thursday, 8 September, 2011
I put up a new banner of polishes…and yes, it’s all Face Stockholm. I had to make do with the stash I had. No way was I going to snag some stock photo or take something from someone that didn’t belong to me.
That said, the second color from the left is the color I’m featuring today! It’s Face Stockholm 45.
Face Stockholm 2
Friday, 2 September, 2011
IsaDora 706 In The Army
Tuesday, 30 August, 2011
I remembered seeing IsaDora cosmetics in the golden days of yore – when Walgreens was cool, ya know? I never bought any of their stuff, but I remember some of their nail polish was cool…I still never bought any. I regret it to this day.
Fast forward to me roaming around Stockholm in KungsträdgÃ¥rden (the King’s Garden) and the Galleria Mall, finding a beauty store called Kicks and suddenly seeing this green called
Interesting. I bought that and another color. I’ll feature it that this week or next!
This time I knew that I couldn’t pass up IsaDora 706 In The Army. Plus, it was a very reasonable price (for Stockholm) so how could I say no?
I saw Face Stockholm 107 in the store and grabbed it so fast. The girl who helped me claimed that it was part of the new fall line…
While not a dupe for Illamasqua’s Jo’Mina, it’s still a pretty damn good color.
Application was smooth and absolutely quick drying. However, when I put the “fast drying top coat”on and went to bed four hours later, I woke with minor indentations in the polish. Grrr…I hate that.
Sorry it’s not all in focus, but I had to put that color on there. Bottle shot because I’m so boring. LOL
Please pardon the grubby hangnails. I had completely brain farted and didn’t bring anything to do manicures with. I wanted to get a mani/pedi and found a place near my house…and nearly passed out at the price for a basic mani/pedi – 650SEK. That’s about $100. I’d rather chew my own toenails off, thanks. Ok, gross visual. Sorry. Excuse me while I gag a little.
I love Face Stockholm 107 – it’s a bit darker and slightly more muted than Jo’Mina. It’s almost falling into periwinkle territory. I think I’m going to have to get a back-up bottle and get some Face Stockholm stuff for a giveaway when I get back to the States! This would definitely be worth getting, don’t you think?
As for the picture below…there is a story behind it.
Here in Stockholm (and the rest of Europe), when you buy cheese, you have to slice it yourself. I tend to pre-slice cheese for the day/week. In this particular instance, when I was making a grilled cheese sandwich for Mr Carinae, I wasn’t in the mood to slice more cheese…plus, the cheese cutter was in the dishwasher and the dishwasher was running. So Mr Carinae ended up having a very sad pathetic “cheese” sandwich. Mr Carinae took it to mean, “ONOS NO MOAR CHEEZES IN DA HOUSE!” The next night when I sent him to the store, this is what he bought…I had to put it next to my iPhone so you can see exactly HOW big this block o cheese is. Yes, I am still slicing cheese from that big block.
Moral of the story? Always have enough pre-sliced cheese on hand.
Last, but not least…it takes so little to make me happy. I was tired of having crispy undies when they came out of the dryer and Colin’s co-workers were kind enough to purchase some Bounce dryer sheets for me. They are here in Stockholm on business, so it was no trouble at all. I’m grateful and thankful because now we have fresh smelling clothes when it comes out of the dryer!s Ah…I’m so surprised Stockholm doesn’t have dryer sheets.
That all said, I’m saying nighty night!