Hey everyone!
Today I’ve got a guest post from Feline, who is a blogger in Sweden, and one of my Twitter buddies. She too is a nail polish junkie, and has a cool polish to show us.
About 17% of my readers are European, and I have a large Swedish following, so I thought this would be fun. Let’s check it out!_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Recently, our dear Kelly shared with us that a big part of her audience is Swedish. I happened to pick up on this, hailing from that very country, and asked Kelly if she wanted to post some swatches of Swedish origin, more specifically of the Depend brand. Since Kelly is a sweetheart, she now lets Depend and me have our fifteen minutes of shameful fame!
Quick recap for all of you who aren’t yet familiar with Depend polishes, which is most likely everyone who lives outside of Scandinavia: Depend is, dare I say, the leading nail care brand native to Sweden. In comparison to salon brands or premium brands such as OPI, it’s fairly cheap, which, by Swedish standards, doesn’t really mean much at all, since not only nail polish, but all cosmetics, are much more expensive in Sweden than in the US. Depend supplies us with our removers, our treatments and strengtheners, our french tip guides and entire kits of french manicure polishes, our files, our press-on tips, our cuticle pushers and orange sticks, and, last but not least, our colorful polishes. Much like the Swiss brand Mavala, Depend polishes are only available in mini bottles of 5 ml or ~17 fl. oz.
The colors range from sheers and pastels, via classic reds and vampies, to brights and neons. Rather than setting trends, Depend creators tend to read them and put out what the demanding crowd could be expected to want for the upcoming season. That is probably why you will find both the army-ish green close to Illamasqua Hectic, and the blackened forest green in the veins of Zoya Envy and OPI Here Today… Aragon Tomorrow, in the range for this fall.
This weekend when I left my dear suburbs, and headed into the good old city of Stockholm with hopes of finding some fall Depends, I got lucky and took all I found interesting (and available) with me to the register with a big grin. Even though most of the premium brands are cheaper if I get them from the US, and all of them have wider ranges, I won’t fail to get all excited about new colors from the most playful Swedish brand. After all, it’s native!
For now, I’ll show you the one I liked the most. It was exotically named 170- Depend is one of those brands that will stick to just numbering their polishes. This one is the trendy and appropriate greyed out blue, and I love it. I don’t have a similar one in my collection, but closest is Barielle Slate of Affairs, only the Depend is a creme. I think of the Art Deco era, pigeons and heavy clouds when I see this. This polish is typical to Depend formula-wise, a bit thick, but manageable. If you ever use a polish more than once, you’ll have to add thinner to it the next time. Pictured is two coats with a top coat.
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The day after application, I got a little restless and glued a bunch of fimo butterflies to it
Now, if any of you actually found this interesting, and Kelly is willing to put out more space, I’ll indulge you with a couple more swatches! Until then, thanks to all for letting me guest this lovely space in the beauty blogosphere!
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So what do you guys think? I really like this color, and the others look amazing too!
Oh and of COURSE I am always willing to put out “more space” for guest bloggers. In fact I don’t know if I have ever mentioned this, but I am always interested in having guest bloggers so if you want to send me something, feel free!
Thanks Feline for this post!
-VV
10/14/2009
This actually looks like one from “Shade by Barielle”…but nonetheless, very impressive….:) I LOVE THOSE BUTTERFLIES….
10/14/2009
Hi Feline/Kelly: Thanks for posting “Depend” looks like an awesome polish and love that color shade. How did you glue on those pretty butterflies, they are really cute looking, LOL Your nails are gorgeous Feline I think Kelly’s nail are always gorgeous too. I would love to see move swatches of your depends polish. Kelly, this just expands your international appeal world wide and how did you do on the voting poll last week? Also, can you use a matte coat over your depend polish? Any swatches as to what it would look like.
My final question to Kelly: You mentioned you purchased a small brush you purchased at Michael’s Arts and Crafts, for making manicures and cleaning up your cuticles could you post a picture of the brush and describe the brush so we all can get one? Thanks so much. Have a nice day and very nice to meet a guest blogger from Sweden.
((((Love Feline & Kelly)))))
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10/13/2009
Thanks to Kelly for lending her blog space to Feline & to Feline for the post/swatches – I love Depend colors! I would LOVE to be able to get these in the US!! The name is funny though : P
10/13/2009
I love the idea of guest bloggers. In one greedy sense, this way we get exposed to more brands, more colours, more ideas, which I am always up for
10/13/2009
Very Pretty colors, if I lived in Sweden I would pick those up! Also, the butterfliers are such a sweet touch. Great Post
10/13/2009
thanks Feline and Kelly for this awsome guest post
this blue shade is gorgeous, I love it! I wish to see more swatches of this brand. the green shades looks amazing too…
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10/13/2009
As a fellow swedish polish addict that was great fun to read =) Though I’m not as sold on Depend as Féline (I seem to be the only one here in Sweden…) as I hate the formula… But the colours are very pretty!
10/13/2009
Enjoyed Feline’s posting. Love that shade of blue. Also love the little butterflies. I’m sure the majority of polish shades are found all over the world. Maybe not the same brands but probably the same shades. We just want everything that looks different or unobtainable to us. That’s the fun of the polish chase. Thanks Kelly for having a guest.
10/13/2009
this is fabulous! I think it just adds to your already incredible posts to have views of other polish from around the world.
10/13/2009
Feline,
Thanks for sharing with us. This color is gorgeous, I can’t wait to see more!
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10/13/2009
Love guest posts and reading about polish I’ve never heard of before – and this colour is sweet. If I ever get back to Stockholm I’ll be sure to look out for it!
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