Crash into the Picture Polish Ocean

Please understand 

This isn't just goodbye 

This is I can't stand you 

This is where the road crashed into the ocean 

It rises all around me 

And now we're barely breathing 

A thousand faces we'll choose to ignore

No, It Isn't — (+44)

Have I ever told you how much I love putting my favourite songs' lyrics into um, everything? Because I sure do. They don't have to do anything with the topic, it might as well be just one matching word in there. This time the lyrics were taken off the top of my head and the word in question was...the name of a polish.

Yep, so much for the diversity of my posts.

But shooting painted nails isn't as easy as it may seem, just like any other kind of photography. Why would anyone think it is. Why would I think it is. Which I did, judging by the folders worth of poor digital (heh, heh) snaps.

So I finally decided to try and put some proper work into it. Besides, the weather was on my side: the sky was covered in one light uniform cloud which served as a nature's softbox. I threw together a simple set-up consisting of white wove paper and my trademark desktop camera stand. You can see it here. Then I've taken half a hundred pictures of my differently crooked fingers with various objects seized in them. Let's take a look at the best ones, shall we? :D

Picture Polish Ocean, along with its three other blue brothers, became one of my first indie polishes. It has a turquoise blue jelly base scattered with holographic flakes. Their holo-ness is rather timid, but they still sparkle nicely. You can wear this polish on its own or layer over, say, white or mint to tweak the hue. :)

'Ello, 'ello, 'ello!

Hello! Welcome to my brand new blog!

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I'm mostly known as alexskyline on deviantART, and I enjoy my little gallery there very much. Nevertheless, I always wanted to get a separate, more personal place where I could post everything I want. Tumblr seemed like a good option at first, but eventually all the pretty reblogged stuff took over. So...here I am at last. :)

My decision to start a blog was also inspired by the many nail art and polish-related sites I've been actively browsing lately. However, this place is not going to become one of them. Or...at least, not completely. ;D

So, allow to introduce myself to give you an idea of what to expect from this blog, and what are the reasons to follow it. Keep reading!