Feb 28, 2012

Puzzle!

Danas se osecam nekako detinjasto, te sam napravila i nokte koji se slazu uz moje raspolozenje. Kad sam bila mladja, moja mama i ja smo stalno slagale neke puzzle, velike, male, komplikovane, jednostavne... To je bio nas nacin za opustanje, dok nije bilo interneta, facebook-a, twitter-a itd. Stvarno mi nedostaju ta vremena. 
Za ovaj manikir, koristila sam Miss Sporty - Fatal Black, plavu, crvenu, zutu i belu akrilnu boju, b.pretty - Canopy, b.pretty - Lilac Dreams, i b.pretty - Phantom. 

Today I feel kind a childish, so I made nail art that match my mood. When I was younger, my mum and I used to play with puzzles a lot, big ones, small ones, simple ones, complicated ones... It was our way to relax, while there weren't internet, facebook, twitter etc.. I really miss those times...
For this mani, I used Miss Sporty - Fatal Black, blue, red, yellow, and white acrylic paint, b.pretty - Canopy, b.pretty - Lilac Dreams, and b.pretty - Phantom. 

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Nije ispalo bas onako kako sam ja zamislila, ali mi se svidja. A vama?

I didn't really turned out how I pictured it in my head, but I like it. Do you?

Feb 25, 2012

Glitter Bomb!

Danas sam napravila jednu pravu glitter bombu. Svidja mi se, bas zato sto je dosla spontano i neplanirano.
Prvo sam zapocela sa dva sloja the Balm - Nothing Rhymes With Purple... 

Today I made one truly glitter bomb. I like it, just because it came on spontanious and unplanned. 
First I started with two coats of the Balm - Nothing Rhymes With Purple...

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Onda sam ga prelakirala sa jednim slojem the Balm - Sugar Coat it... (boja nije dovoljno sjajna na ovoj slici zato sto je slikano u lightbox-u, ali ako sidjete jos malo nize, videcete pravu lepotu ovog laka).

Then I layered it with one coat of the Balm - Sugar Coat it... (color isn't shining enough on this picture because it's been taken in lightbox, but if you continue reading, you will see true beauty of this nail polish).

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A onda je dosao trenutak kada sam odlucila da ce ovo biti glitter bomba. Nastavila sam, lakirajuci 1/3 nokta sa Don Juan #167...

And then came the moment when I decided that this will be glitter bomb. I continued, applying Don Juan #167 in 1/3 of the nail...

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I konacno, dodala malo Essence (Twins) - Louise na vrhove noktiju. Ovo su slike uslikane na dnevnom svetlu. Nazalost sunca nije bilo.

And finally, I added some Essence (Twins) - Louise on top of my tips. These are the pictures taken on daylight. Unfortunately, there was no sun.

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Moj konacan utisak je da moram sto pre da lakiram ovaj Don Juan sam. Cinilo mi se kao da je veoma providan u bocici, ali vec mi je dokazao da nisam bila u pravu.
Kako vam se svidja moja glitter bomba?

My final conclusion is that I have to apply this Don Juan alone very soon. It seems to me in the bottle that it's very sheer, but he proved that I'm wrong.
How do you like my glitter bomb?

Feb 23, 2012

First Don Juan

Postoje dva razloga zasto nikad nisam kupila Don Juan lakove. Prvi je sto sam uvek pronalazila u prodavnici samo crvene, ruzicaste, ili crveno-ruzicaste boje i nisu mi se svidele. A drugi... Pretpostavljam da svi znate ko je Don Juan i sta on predstavlja. U Srbiji, on takodje predstavlja i marku kondoma, tako da mi se uvek cinilo nekako cudno da ih kupim. Do pre nekoliko nedelja... I naravno, zaboravila sam njih, i pronasla ih sinoc. Prvi i jedini plavi koji sam nasla, Don Juan #103.
Nakon prvog sloja, bila sam razocarana. Bio je veoma providan i mislila sam da mu ni 6 slojeva nece biti dovoljno. Srecom, stala sam posle treceg. Ucinilo mi se da je dovoljno, ali tek sad na slikama vidim da sam slobodno mogla jos jedan sloj da nalakiram. Cetkica je odlicna, i stvarno se lako maze.
Mislim da cu im i u buducnosti dati sansu, posto imaju stvarno prelepe boje.

There are two reasons why I never bought Don Juan nail polishes. First one is that I always used to find red ones/ pink ones / red-pink ones in stores. And second one... I guess you already know who Don Juan was and what he represent. In Serbia, it's also a brand of condoms, so it was always kind of weird to buy them. Until few weeks ago...  And of course, I totally forgot about them, and found them last night. First and blue that I found, Don Juan #103.
After the first coat, I was disappointed. It was very sheer and I thought it even 6 coats won't be enough for it. Luckily, I stopper after third one. It seemed to me that's enough but know, on the pictures, I see that another coat wouldn't hurt. Brush is really great, and it's easy to apply it.
I think I will give them chance again in future, just because they have really nice colors.

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Stvarno sam zelela da crtam nesto, ali nisam bila bas raspolozena. Zato sam uzela the Balm - You're so Hot and Gold, predivan lak prepun holo glittera. Na slikama se nikako ne vidi holo efekat, tako da cu ponoviti swatch cim bude sunca (vidim samo maglu ovih dana). U sustini, veoma je slican Essence - Hello Holo, razlika je samo sto kod Essence-a ima vise srebrnih glittera, a kod the Balm-a zlatnih. 

I really wanted to draw something, but I wasn't really in the mood. That's why I took the Balm - You're so Hot and Gold, gorgeous nail polish full of holo glitters. Holo effect isn't really visible on pictures, so I'll repeat this swatch as soon as I see some Sun (there is only fog these days). Basically, it's very similar to Essence - Hello Holo, difference is that Essence has more silver glitters, and the Balm has more gold ones.

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Jeste li probale Don Juan lakove? Sta mislite o njima?

Did you tried Don Juan polishes? What do you think about them?

Feb 21, 2012

Spring Flowers

Jos dva puknuta nokta danas, pa sam morala da ih sve skratim jos malo. Ne pamtim kad sam imala ovako kratke nokte, i nekako, ne znam kako da se ponasam sa njima. Da ni ne pocinjem da kukam kako nemam ideja sta da crtam na kratkim noktima... Prvo sam se odlucila za Aura - On the Edge. Duochrome je uvek dobar i bez nail art-a. Swatch ove Aure mozete videti ovde. Nedostaju mi ti dugacki nokti :(.
Da ne stoji sam, dodala sam par cvetica i tackica...

Two more broken nails today, so I had to cut them off a little bit more. I can't remember when I had such short nails, and somehow, I don't know to "wear" them. Don't let me start about not having idea for short nails nail art... First I polished Aura - On the Edge. Duochrome is always a good solution when you don't do any nail art. Swatch of this Aura polish, you can see here. I miss those long long nails :(. 
Just because I wouldn't let it stand alone, I added few flowers and dots...

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Da li vam se svidjaju ovi cvetici? Imate li neku ideju za nail art na kratkim noktima?

Do you like this flowers? Do you have any idea for nail art on short nails?

Feb 20, 2012

So-called Bow

Danas imam za vas jos jedan the Balm lak. Ovaj me nije odusevio ni na prvi pogled, ni pred lakiranje, a ni sada kada mi je na noktima. Jednostavno, postoji malo boja koje mi se ne svidjaju, i ovo je definitivno jedna od njih. Srebrni  - Silver Spoon Me. Svidjaju se meni srebrni detalji na noktima, ali ovo mi je nekako previse. Bio je i tezak za mazanje i trebalo je 3 sloja... Nisam bas odusevljena, ali ipak, pogledajte kako je ispalo.

Today I have for you another the Balm nail polish. I didn't like it when I saw it, I didn't like it before I applied it, and I don't like it now when it's on my nails. Simply, there are few colors that I don't like and this is definitely one of them. Silver one - Silver Spoon Me. I really like when I see silver details on nails, but this is kind of too much for me. I was hard to apply and it needed three coats... I don't like it, but still, take a look at how this turned out.

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Takodje, nije bas bio inspirativan za mene sto se tice nail art-a, tako da sam se odlucila za jednostavne linijice i takozvanu masnu. Zovem je takozvana zato sto mi nikako ne lici na masnu :).

Also, it wasn't really inspiring for me when it comes to nail art, so I decided for simple lines and so-called bow. I call it so-called because it doesn't really look like bow :).

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Sta mislite o ovom laku? Volite li srebrnu boju na noktima?

What do you think about this polish? Do you like silver nail polishes?

Feb 19, 2012

French Flowers

Kada pozelim da crtam po noktima, uvek mi fali jedna od dve stvari – ideja ili vreme. Danas sam napokon imala oba. Ustvari, ideja je nastala tek nakon sto sam nalakirala Essence (Twins) – Romeo.  Nakon toga, napravila sam dijagonalni french sa FlorMar – NA10, stavila sam pecate sa neke kineske plocice m23, i docrtala svasta okolo. Sad mi je cak i prilicno tesko da prepoznam sta je tu bilo od pecata. Da ne duzim vise…

When I want to do my nails, I’m always missing one of two things – idea or time. Today I finally had both. Actually, I came up with this idea after I polished my nails with Essence (Twins) – Romeo. After that, I made diagonally french with FlorMar NA10, stamped my nails with some Chinese plate m23, and draw lots of random things around. Now it’s pretty hard for me to recognize what is from stamping and what I drew. I don’t want to leave you wait more…

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Znam da pomalo podsecaju na prolece, ali to je tacno ono sto mi je trenutno trebalo. Sta mislite o ovome?

I know they remind on Spring, but that was exactly what I needed. What do you think about it?

Feb 15, 2012

My favourite Fairy Tale... Bambi (with Tutorial)

Za treci rodjendan bloga Parokeets, pored mnogih nagrada, bio je i jedan izazov. Tema je bila "My favourite Fairy Tale is...", i sigurno niste sumnjale da cu se prijaviti :). Posto sam crtala nokte na temu vec mnogo crtanih filmova i bajki, odlucila sam se za Bambija. To je jedan od poslednjih crtanih filmova koji sam gledala  (po stoti put verovatno) koji je ostavio veliki utisak na mene. Evo sta sam rekla za Parokeets o mojim, bajkom inspirisanim, notima... " Moja omiljena bajka je Bambi. Mnogi ljudi je cak ni ne smatraju bajkom, ali ja da. Volim Bambija jer je to prica o prijateljstvu, ljubavi i porodici. A ja smatram da su te tri stvari najvaznije u zivotu"...

For third birthday of Parokeets blog, there was lot of giveaways and also a one challenge. Theme was "My favourite Fairy Tale is...", and I'm sure you didn't had doubt that I will join :). Since I made nail arts inspired with cartoons and fairy tales, I decided to go with Bambi. It is one of the last cartoons that I watched (for about one hundred time) that left huge impression on me. Here's what I said for Parokeets about my, fairy tale inspired, nails... "My favourite Fairy Tale is Bambi. Many people doesn't consider it as fairy tale, but I do. I love Bambi because it's a story about friendship, love and family. And I think those three things are most important in life"...

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Takodje, napravila sam i tutorijal za one od vas koji bi zelele da probate ovo da nacrtate na vasim noktima. Upozoravam vas unapred, ima poprilicno mutnih slika :(. 
Pocela sam sa the Balm - Sky Blue Right Past You, za koji mislim da je veoma slican kao Essence - Fall For Me. Boja je lepa, ali sam imala muke sa aplikacijom, jednostavno cetkica nije htela da me slusa, ostavljala je tragove za sobom, i tek nakom 3 sloja sam nekako uspela da ga ujednacim. 

Also, I made a tutorial for those of you who want to try to draw this on your nails. I warn you, there are some blurry pictures :(.
I started with the Balm - Sky Blue Right Past You, for which I think it's dupe for Essence - Fall For Me. Color is nice, but I had troubles with application. Simple, brush didn't want to listen me, it left traces behind itself, and after three coats I managed to even it.

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Da pocnemo sa Cveticem... Za njega ce vam trebati crna, bela, krem, crvena i plava akrilna boja, tamno zeleni lak za nokte, zuti lak za nokte, i razni crveni/rozi/ljubicasti lakovi za nokte. 
Sa crnom akrilnom bojom, nacrtajte senku kao na slici...

Let's start with Flower... For him, you will need black, white, light brown, red and blue acrylic paint, dark green nail polish, yellow nail polish, and lot's of red/pink/purple nail polishes...
With black acrylic paint, draw shade like it's on a picture... 

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Posto je on tvor, dodajte mu par belih debljih linija (na repu, glavi i po sredini lica) i nacrtajte mu oko u vidu kruga.. 
Sa krem bojom, obojite mu stomak i donji deo njuske.

Since Flower is actually skunk, add him few thick white lines (on his tail, head and on the middle of his face) and draw his eye (like a circle).
With light brown, color his stomach, and lower part of his face.

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Nacrtajte crni krug u njegovom oku, ali tako da ostavite bele ivice. Takodje, nacrtajte njegove ruke, prekrstene preko stomaka.

Draw a black circle in his eyes, but leave white border. Also, draw his hands, crossed over stomach.

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Nacrtajte jos jedan beli krug u njegovom oku, ali ovog puta ostavite i crnu i belu ivicu. Obojite mu usta u crveno.

Draw one more white circle in his eye, but this time leave both black and white border. Paint his leaps in red.

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Povucite jednu svetlo plavu liniju po sredini njegovog oka ukoso...

Draw one light blue line in the middle of his eye diagonally...

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Samo jos nekoliko koraka... Nacrtajte mu crno oko, i obojite u belo deo ispod njega. To radite da bi mogle da obojite tu travu zelenim lakom za nokte, a ako imate zelenu akrilnu boju, mozete odmah nju iskorititi.

Only few more steps... Draw him a black eye, and color part under him in white. You're doing that so you could paint that grass with green nail polish, but if you have green acrylic paint, you can use it instead.


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Ako ste se ipak odlucile za zeleni lak za nokte, njime prefarbajte belo podrucje dole.

If you decided to go with green nail polish, paint with it over white area down there.

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Ovo je vec po vasoj zelji... Nacrtajte cvetice u travi kojim god bojama zelite i namazite preko toga Top Coat.

This is completely as you wish... Draw flowers in grass with any colors that you want and apply Top Coat over it.

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Drugi nokat... Bambi. Za njega ce vam trebati crna, tamno crvena, narandzasto - braon, svetlo zuta, roza i bela akrilna boja. Pocinje isto kao i svaki put - crnom akrilnom bojom nacrtajte senku kao sto je na slici.

Second nail... Bambi. For him, you will need black, dark red, orange - brown, light yellow, pink and white acrylic paint. It start like every time - with black acrylic paint draw shade like it is on a picture.

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Sa narandzasto - braon bojom, obojite mu lice ali ostavite crni okvir.

With orange - brown color, paint his face but leave black border.

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Sledeci su detalji lica... Njih cete nacrtati sa crnom bojom, i napraviti mu oblik vrata, usiju, oka i njuske...

Next are face details... You will do them with black paint, and draw him neck, ears, eye and nose...

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Hajde da obojimo sve ovo... Usi i oko u belo, njusku, vrat i rog u svetlo zutu, a gornji deo lica u tamno crvenu.

Let's color all this... Ears and eye in white, nose, neck and horn in light yellow, and upper part of his face in dark red.

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Nacrtajte crni krug nepravilnog oblika u njegovom oku, i obojite mu vrh nosa u crno... Usi mu obojite u rozikastu boju. 

Draw a black circle in his eyes, and color the top of his nose in black... Paint his ears in some pinkish color.

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Nacrtajte beli krug u oku, ostavljajuci crnu ivicu...

Draw a white circle in his eye, leaving a black border...

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Dodajte tanku tamno crvenu liniju ukoso u oku, a ispod toga obojite u crno. Na kraju, premazite Top Coat-om.

Add a thin dark red line diagonally in his eye, and paint an area below it in black. At the end, apply Top Coat.

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Da predjemo na Felinu. Za nju ce vam trebati crna, bela, svetlo braon, braon, tamno zuta, roza i plava akrilna boja... Prvo nacrtajte oblik njene glave crnom bojom.

Let's go onto Feline. For her, you will need black, white, light brown, brown, dark yellow, pink and blue acrylic paint... First, draw a shape of her hed with black pain.

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Sa svetlo braon bojom, obojite unutrasnjost njene glave, ali ostavite crne ivice.

With light brown color, paint inside of her head but leave black borders.

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Crnom bojom dodajte par detalja na licu, kao sto su usi, oko, vrat i njuska..

With black color add some details on her face, like ears, eye, neck and nose...

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Obojite joj unutrasnjost oko, nosa, usiju i vrata u svetlo zutu boju. Gornji deo njene glave obojite u malcice tamniju braon od boje njenog lica.

Color area of her eye, nose, neck and ears in light yellow. Upper town of her head paint in little bit darker brown that color of her face is. 

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Obojite joj usi u rozu boju, i dodajte malo crne na vrh nosa. Takodje, nacrtajte i krug nepravilnog oblika u njenom oku crnom bojom, i dodajte par trepavica.

Paint her ears in pink, and add some black on top of her nose. Also, draw a circle in her eye with black paint and add few eyelashes.  

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Unutrasnjost crnog kruga koji ste prethodno nacrtali, obojite u belo, ali ostavite crne ivice...

Inside of a circle that you drew previously, paint in white and leave black borders...

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Jos samo jedan korak... U njenom oku nacrtajte tanku plavu liniju dijagonalno, a ispod toga obojite u crno. Kada se sve osusi premazite Top Coat.

Only one more step... In her eye, draw a thin blue line diagonally, and area under it paint in black. When everything is dry, apply Top Coat.

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Po meni najsladji lik... Lupetalo. Njegova slika mi je cak i profilna slika na Facebook-u :). Nazalost, skoro sve slike njega su mutne ali nadam se da cete ipak uspeti da vidite. Njega je bilo i najlakse nacrtati. Trebace vam crna, bela, svetlo siva, crvena, i tamno zuta boja. Za pocetak, nacrtajte njegov oblik crnom bojom...

In my opinion, cutest character... Thumper. I also have his picture as profile picture on Facebook :). Unfortunately, most pictures of him are blurry but I hope you will see what you need to see. He was easiest to draw. You will need black, white, light grey, red, and dark yellow paint. For start, draw shape of him with black color...

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Obojite mu telo i glavu u svetlo sivu boju, a bradu i rep u belo...

Paint his body and head in light grey, and his tale and part of his body in white...

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Bradu mu obojite crnom bojom i nacrtajte mu oko...

Paint his beard with black paint and draw him one eye...

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Obojite mu sad bradu i oko u tamno zuto ali ostavite crne ivice kao i crni nos. Na vrh nosa mu stavite crvenu tackicu, i povucite jednu crvenu liniju kod uha...

Now paint his beard and eye in dark yellow but leave black borders, and also a black nose. On the top of his nose add one red dot, and draw thin red line by his ear. 

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Nacrtajte crni krug koji bi trebao da mu predstavlja oko, i obojite mu usta u crveno...

Draw him red circle that suppose to represent his eye, and paint his mouth in red...

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Samo jos dva koraka... Obojite mu oko u belo ostavljajuci crne ivice.

Only two more steps... Paint his eye in white leaving black borders.

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Na kraju, nacrtajte mu crno oko u donjem delu belog kruga. Kada se osusi, namazite Top Coat.

At the end, draw him a black eye in downer part of a white circle. When it's dry, apply Top Coat.

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A evo kako sve to izgleda jos jednom...

And here is one more time how that all looks like...

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Ako napravite ovako nesto, javite mi, stvarno bih volela da vidim :).

If you like this, and if you want, you can vote for me on Parokeets blog in sidebar. You must be logged in with Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo or WordPress.
If you make something like this, let me know, I would really like to see it :).