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?

6 comments:

  1. Probala, samo je drugacija bocica. Uopste mi se ne svidjaju. :S Sporo se suse, brzo se iskrzaju, nisu pigmentovani, uzas. Plus, mrzim da stavim i dva sloja, a kamoli 3 ili 4. Unlike. :D

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  2. Prekrasna kombinacija ;))
    Imaš neke nagradice kod mene,pa navrati :*

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  3. combinacija je zakon :)
    prije par nedjelje sam dobila 4 don juana. Do sad sam probala samo jedan i mogu rechi da mi se stvarno svidjaju.

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  4. Secam se da je Don Juan imao fin raspon boja..nisam ih kupovala otkad su promenili ambalazu :))

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  5. super kombinacija, to će na suncu bogovski izgledat *.*
    kod mene nema ovih lakića :-(

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  6. Odlično izgleda ovaj plavac, smao šteta što mu treba toliko slojeva.
    Ovaj theBalm uopće neću komentirat :D

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