In Denmark it is a commercially instituted custom that has no foundation in anything Danish, but has been tried established by florists as early as 1950's. It wasn't until the late 1990's though that the custom took off with eager participation from florists, chocolate makers and the general Commerce.
In my very personal view this could be considered the most Cultural Imperialistic AngloSaxon (since it is as much British as American ;) ) piece of Boohaha ever tried implemented here :D. Yes, it beats Halloween by several million miles in my view :).
Personally I celebrate the love for my husband and kids by being supportive, loving, and showing my affection through random acts of love and kindness throughout the year.
But on to the polish it is why you came here, right?
I am so very fond of Skittlettes that I've chosen it as the basis for this mani as well. I chose two lovely Dandy Nails shades for this: Flamingo Kisses and Bound to Fall.
For the glitter accents I dug in to my small Collection of Red Dog Designs (man, I need more of those - soooooo much awesomeness!!!) and picked out Let's Fall in Love.
The stamping plate is VividLacquer 001 and I used Leighton Denny Indulgence, a fantastic blue leaning red that is a one coater (stains like a boss, though) and perfect for stamping.
I am really not into girly types of polishes like Flamingo Kisses but it is very delicate and that glass fleck like shimmer is a type that I go all crazy about - and this is no exception.
There are heart shaped glitter in Let's Fall in Love but I totally forgot to let the bottle sit upside down for a couple of minutes. But I still love how it looks.
I overlayed the hearts but as you can see the last did not survive the rolling :D
This is the linkup page for the Golden Oldie Thursday Challenge - "GOT Polish Challenge" by the Crumpet's Nail Tarts (https://www.facebook.com/groups/purplecrumpetfairy/)
13th Feb - Valentines
Open 6 - 20 February!
A reminder of the rules :
* the polish you use should be at least one year old
* if you haven't been a polishaholic that long, you can use the oldest polishes you have
* the polish should be previously used, but if you're stuck, you could free a yearling from Mount Untried (seriously, some of mine are reaching puberty out there)
* you can use more than 1 polish as long as it fits the theme and the rules
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Bodil Klitholm · 580 weeks ago
You are so damn right about the Commercial instituted occations implemented in Denmark only for Commerce and no other purposes. We do not have any traditions what so ever for theese American/English customs.
And that goes for Halloween and some Christmas/ Easter traditions.
We should stick to our own traditions and not try to copy others.
Another very bad example is the Carnival. Why should we dance samba in the streets at Whitsun half naked when
we do not have a single samba rytme in our body? Rediculus in my opinion.
Good point you had there. I agree totally
:-)
Rainbowify Me · 580 weeks ago
The mani is cute. I think it's fun that the heart on that plate is exactly the same as on an old Essence plate. In fact, I was sure it was from an Essence plate :D
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Anne · 579 weeks ago
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