NOTD December 28th: Essie - Merino Cool

Hey guys,
today I have Essie's Merino Cool to show you!

Merino Cool is a pewter gray shade with a slight purple undertone. In the bottle it looks a lot more purple than it does on the nail where it's just somewhat of a gray color. It's a creme.
Application was good, the consistency is on the rather thin side and it spreads easily. Used 2 coats here.
Merino Cool was originally part of the Essie Fall 2010 Collection, but as far as I know you should still be able to get this one.

I really like this shade, it's a nice change from all of the Christmas colors and designs I've been wearing lately! Needed something different :D
What do you think of it?
xoxo, Misch

Christmas Presents

Hey there!
I hope you had wonderful holidays spent with your loved ones and that you all enjoyed yourselves :) I took  a couple of days just to spend with my family, and it was fantastic :)
But even now that Christmas is over, I thought we could still talk about it :D I'd like to show you the stuff I got my friends for Christmas. I had actually planned to do this earlier, but I couldn't until Christmas as I was afraid they'd see it :D
My friends and I decided this year to just get each other tiny little things, just a few mini-presents, nothing fancy. It was still really cool to pick out tiny presents for my friends :) Here are the things:

scented candle + essential oil for fragrant oil burner

various bathing products

self-decorated cones

wrapped presents

self-made Christmas cards

candy

wrapping stuff and decorations

Christmas-themed lollies

beads for a bracelet

Tomorrow I'll be showing you what others got me for Christmas, as long as you want to see that :)
What did you give away this year?
xoxo, Misch

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!
I wish all of you the best holidays ever, lots of fun with family and friends and an utterly great time!
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Joyeux Noel, Buon Natale!
I love you guys!
xoxo, Misch

NOTD December 22nd: Rudolf Nail Art

Hi guys!
Today I'd like to show you another Christmas nail art design, Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer!

I really like how they turned out, super cute, don't you think? I painted them with a couple of nail polishes and a fine nail art brush.

Do you like them?
xoxo, Misch

Essence Hugs & Kisses Preview

Hi there!
I'd like to show you another LE preview for January 2013, Hugs & Kisses by Essence. It's a Valentine's Day themed LE, and it can be seen here *click*.
Looks very girly, very cute, and I'm liking a couple of things :)
What do you think of it?

Oh, btw, Happy Doom's Day! I don't believe in this stuff, but maybe some of you do :D In case the world ends today, I love you all!

xoxo, Misch

NOTD December 20th: Holly Nail Art

Hi guys,
here *click* I showed you Catrice's Rest In The Forest from their Siberian Call LE, and now I'd like to show you some Christmas nail art I did with it.

Leaving it as a background shade, I added hollies on top of it! I already did very similar Holly nails last holiday season here *click*, and I liked them so much that I created them again :)
Super simple and very pretty, don't you agree?

xoxo, Misch

The Hobbit Movie Review

Hey there!
I seem to be going to the movies a lot lately, I have another movie review for you today! I hope you enjoy reading these :)
The Hobbit is the first movie in a series of 3 prequels to the Lord Of The Rings movie series. I have to admit, even though it's so famous, I haven't watched any of the Lord Of The Rings movies before I saw The Hobbit. As it is a prequel, you can understand it without having seen the series, but there are a few parts when you don't really get what is going on. Having watched the first LOTR movie after seeing The Hobbit, I can say that afterwards the story was a lot clearer to me and I actually understood some puns and jokes way better. Having seen the LOTR helps!
Now, The Hobbit plays 60 years before the time the Lord Of The Rings series takes place. It's gonna be a trilogy, this is just the first movie out of it which still was almost 3 hours long. I did not find this long time too much or boring, however, because it was filled very well with details and was always thrilling. No scene felt like rushing, and even though some events were taking place right one after the other I never thought it was too fast. However, some scenes were kinda hard to follow with the eyes in my opinion, a lot to take up.
It was in 3D, and the quality was really good, I didn't find it blurry.
I liked how there was always suspense going on, fights taking place, from time to time some jokes, I really liked that. It was very interesting.
Also, the whole world of The Lord Of The Rings, all of the creatures, places and powers are truly mesmerizing and fascinating. It's was full of fantasy and magic, I liked that especially.
After all, I enjoyed watching it and can definitely recommend it if you're a fan of the genre.
Has anyone of you seen it?
xoxo, Misch