Something cobalt blue

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images via Spartoo.co.uk. It's the latest colour trend, and I have to say I am really feeling it. I love blues at the moment. I am wearing lovely cobalt nail polish a lot. Feeling so blue right now (in a good way- I am feeling happy blue!) I picked some awesome blue wedding shoes for you. I really hope you like!

From cute peep-toes from Paul & Joe Sister, over adorable retro heels and flat sandals, to cool comfy flats, I love them all. Which shoes are you going for on your wedding day? I love all blues not just cobalt, but was is the cobalt trend all about?

Fun (and not so fun) Facts about cobalt: Cobalt blue in numbers with hex and rgb values #0047AB, rgb(0,71,171) Wikipedia says: Cobalt blue is the cool blue color of the pigments made using cobalt salts of alumina. Cobalt blue pigments are extremely stable, and have historically been used as coloring agents in ceramics, (especially Chinese porcelain), jewellery, and paint. Transparent glasses are tinted with the silica-based cobalt pigment. Chemically, cobalt blue pigment is a cobalt oxide-aluminium oxide, or cobalt aluminate, CoAl2O4. The compound is made by sintering finely ground CoO and Al2O3 (alumina) at 1200 °C. Cobalt blue is lighter and less intense than (iron-cyanide based) Prussian blue. Cobalt blue in impure forms had long been used in Chinese porcelain, but it was independently discovered as a pure alumina-based pigment by Louis Jacques Thénard in 1802. Commercial production began in France in 1807. The first recorded use of cobalt blue as a color name in English was in 1777. The leading world manufacturer of cobalt blue in the 19th century was Benjamin Wegner's Norwegian company Blaafarveværket, ("blue colour works" in Dano-Norwegian). Germany was also famous for production, especially the blue colour works (Blaufarbenwerke) in the Ore Mountains of Saxony.

Sneaky preview of work lately

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Happy Easter Everyone! Though I have mainly been brainstorming new ideas and concepts as well as feeding myself delicious cakes and coffees, I have also been doing a lot of make-up designs and great collaborations lately. And it seems like outdoor location has started too, which is extra exciting. The sneaky preview below was a project with the great photographer Claire Huish and the fantastic Stylist Rosie Williams. Next to the tall beautiful model I look so very short. I am looking forward to all the exciting work for this Spring and Summer.

Pastel Spring Pixie

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image via Dashing Magazine, Make Up & Hair by Liv Lundelius

This morning I had some Yoga time in the sunshine through our living room window and painted my toe nails in pastels. Yoga in the morning is a great exercise, and if you'd like to get started, you can use this great coupon for Patagonia gear to help you save. Someone played the piano in our courtyard that someone has thrown out. The latest issue of Dashing Magazine has been published this week. I love the whole magazine and read it today for breakfast. You can see above some of the shots of the hair and make up I have done for the Spring issue. Now I am really in Spring mood. The sun tingels and looking at all these pretty pastels get's me really excited. For Spring.

about supernatural nails and japanese food

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It’s the little things in life that are making me very happy, like coffee in the sunshine, or a new nail polish. Nails are huge at the moment. Which makes me happy, since I have always loved nail colours a lot. I am still staying away from nail art and sticking with simple uni colourings. The other day I met the girls behind the hip nail polish brand Rococo Nail Apparel, Ange and Vernice Walker. The talented sisters have worked as nail designers and celebrity manicurists with all the big names and started their own successful little family business. At the same time they are also 2 very humble and extremely kind sisters. No wonder they came so far. Real team work. And not only where this two interesting to chat to and told me about their passion for everything Japanese, including a slight very healthy obsession with Japanese food, they also offered to paint my nails and chose the coolest colour, which I now own as well (it’s LabNude 6.0). A mannequin nude, somehow vintagey, somehow clean but edgy at the same time. Or in Rococo’s words: Supernatural. Thanks ladies! So very nice to meet you, you have made my day.