Pretty Butterflies

Danas, totalno suncan dan, ali opet ne pretoplo. Moje omiljeno vreme. Pala mi je pamet misao da jos uvek ove godine nisam videla nijednog leptira, a prolece je i zvanicno doslo. Verovatno vec pretpostavljate sta mi je na noktima :). Prvo, zuta boja. Neki kazu da ona oznacava ljubomoru, ali za mene, to je boja Sunca. Dva sloja the Balm - Hella Yella, i preko toga jedan sloj Catherine Arley holographics #801. Napravila sam i swatcheve ova dva, ali posto je sunce vec bilo zaslo, morala sam da slikam u lightbox-u, i to nije ispalo bas realno. Drugi put :). Uglavnom, nakon toga sam htela da pokusam da napravim leptirice sa pecatima, ni to nije  ispalo kako treba. Onda sam uzela tackalo u ruke, i popravila ih da izgledaju onako kako sam ja zamislila.

Today, totally sunny day, but again, not too warm. My favourite weather. It crossed my mind that I haven't seen any butterflies this year, and spring is officially here. You probably already know what is on my nails :).

First, yellow color. Some people says that yellow means jealousy, but for me, it's a color of Sun. Two coats of the Balm - Hella Yella, and on top of it one coat of Catherine Arley #801. I made swatches of these two, but Sun has been already down, so I had to take pictures in my light-box, and that didn't really turned out realistic. Another time :). Anyway, after that I tried to make butterflies with stamping plates, and didn't worked out either. Then I finally took my doting tool in hands, and I fixed them to look exectly how I pictured them in my head.

Da li se vama svidja? Jeste li videli nekog leptira ove godine?

Do you like it? Have you seen any butterflies this year?

Catherine Arley Holographic #667

Prema onome sto sam citala pre porucivanja Catherine Arley holo lakova, ovaj ima najveci holo efekat. Za sada, pokazalo se da je istina, makar u odnosu na crni. Nalakirala sam tri sloja, bez base i top coat-a. Po mom misljenju, predivan je. Potrudila sam se sto sam vise mogla da uhvatim na slikama holo efekat, ali bilo je tesko. Nadam se da cete uspeti da ga vidite :).

According to what I read before I ordered Catherine Arley holo nail polishes, this one has most holo effect. For now, that seems to be true, at least when it's compared with black one. I polished three coats, no base and top coat. In my opinion, it's amazing. I tried my best to capture that holo effect on pictures, but it was really hard. I hope you will see it :).

Sta mislite o ovom laku? Jel imate problem pri slikanju holo lakova? 

What do you think about this polish? Do you have problems with taking pictures of holo polishes?

Blue Golden Rose Magnetics #09

Ako se secate, pre par dana sam vam pokazala kako izgleda zeleni lak iz Golden Rose Magnetic kolekcije. Danas cu vam pokazati plavi (iako se ne razlikuje bas toliko od zelenog). Velika prednost ovih magnetik lakova je u tome sto, sa malo vezbe, mozete postici da imate savrsene nokte za par minuta. Treba im jedan sloj, i brzo se suse. Naravno, ja jos nisam stigla da se uvezbam sa magnetom, tako da je moje eksperimentisanje trajalo malo duze. 

Takodje, primetila sam nesto kod magneta. Nije hteo da mi radi na drugom i malom noktu, ni na jednoj ruci. kao da su nekako bili imuni na magnet. Probala sam mnogo toga, i na kraju mi je proradio kad sam ga oprala acetonom (iako na njemu nije bilo laka). Da li se ovo samo meni desava? Mozda je bila samo slucajnost.

If you remember, few days ago I showed you how does green nail polish from Golden Rose Magnetic collection looks like. Today I'm going to show you blue one (although, there is not really much different). Big plus when it comes to these magnetic polishes is that, with little bit of practise, you can have perfect nails in just few minutes. They need one coat, and they dries fast. Of course, I obviously didn't practice enough, so my experiment lasts little bit longer.

Also, I noticed something about this magnet. It didn't wanted to work on my pointer fingers and pinkies, on both hands. They were like immune to magnet.  I tried different things, and in the end, it worked when I washed the magnet with acetone (although, there were no nail polish on it). Does this happen only to me? Maybe it was only coincidence...

Skroz sam se zaljubila u ove lakove. Koje magnetic preporucujete i u kojim bojama? Volela bi da probam neki svetliji.

I'm totally in love with these polishes. Which magnetics do you recommend and in which colors? I would like to  try out something brighter.

St. Patrick’s Day

Znam da mi ne slavimo Dan Sv. Patrika, ali sam naisla na jedno takmicenje na Facebook stranici I'm Still Thinking sa ovom temom. Da budem iskrena, tek kada sam gledala slike na Google-u, videla sam kako ima lepih motiva, i prosto nisam mogla da se odlucim koji da crtam. Zato sam izabrala cetiri : cup sa zlatom, detelinu sa cetiri lista, nesto sto je trebao da bude tamno zeleni meda sa detelinom na stomaku, i dugu. Naravno, sve je nekako u boji ovog praznika - zeleno.

In my country, people doesn't celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but I found one nail art contest on Facebook page I'm Still Thinking with this theme. To be honest, I didn't knew what this holiday represent, so I Googled it, and found a lot of interesting pictures, and I couldn't decide what to draw. So I chose four of them : pot of gold, 4 leaf shamrock, something that should be dark green bear with shamrock on his belly, and a rainbow. Of course, everything is in colors of this holiday - green.

Pa, sta mislite? Sto se tice Dana Sv. Patrika, predlazem vam da procitate malo vise o njemu u zadnjih par postova My Perfect Lounge. Mnogo interesantnih informacija u njenom prepoznatljivom stilu pisanja :).

So, what do you think? For all of you that are celebrating St. Patrick's Day, have a happy day :).

Last 10 days haul!

Ovo sve je kupljeno u zadnjih 10 dana, ustvari na zadnje dve srede. Sredom nemam toliko obaveza, te sam pocela da je “koristim” za shopping. Neko bi stvarno trebao da mi zabrani da izlazim iz kuce sredom :D. Neke od vas ovo nece smatrati puno lakova, ali za mene, previse je za ovako kratak vremenski period :). Necu vise da kukam, pare su potrosene, tako da mogu samo da se hvalim novim lakovima. Evo ih svi na gomili…

This is all bought in the last 10 days, actually on last two Wednesdays. On Wednesdays I don’t have really what to do, so I started “using” it to shopping. Someone should really forbid me to leave my house on Wednesdays :D. Some of you won’t consider this as big haul, but for me, it’s too much for such a short period :). I won’t regret anymore, money’s gone, so only thing I can do is to brag. Here are they all on one picture…


Prvo, 3 turpije. Ustvari, bilo ih je 4, ali sam jednu zaboravila da slikam. Nisam ih kupila zato sto mi trebaju, vec samo zato sto mi se svidja dizajn…
First, 3 nail files. Actually, there were 4, but I forgot to take picture of it. I didn’t bought them because I need them, I bought them because of their design…

Essence (Secrets of the Past) – Flowerfields, Essence (Vampire’s Love) – Gold Old Buffy, Essence (Special Effect Topper) – You’re a Gold Mine, Essence (Secrets of the Past) – Matryoshka Doll

Aura (Party Time Collection) – Punk, Techno, Jazz, Hip-hop

Deborah Milano (Pret A Porter) – Carpe Diem, Red Baroque, I am your Mermaid

Rimmel London – Star Kissed, Pompous

She Bunny #034, Gabrini Multivitamin #373, Aura V.I.P. – Purple Revolution

I, na kraju, poklon od drugarice. Rucno pravljene mindjuse :).

And, in the end, gift from a friend. Hand made earrings :).

Imate li neki od ovih lakica? Koji bi volele da vidite medju prvima?

Do you have some of this polishes? Which one would you like to see on nails?

Random Spring Nail Art

Izvinite sto nisam postovala zadnjih par dana... imala sam mnogo obaveza, a i internet me je nesto zezao. Ove nokte sto sam danas napravila, ni ne svidjaju mi se nesto, ali nisu toliko bas lose da bi me bilo sramota da ih objavim :D. Podloga je the Balm - I drink my Coffee Matte and Black, a cvetici su akrilnim bojama.

Sorry for not posting last few days, I had lot of things to do, and I also had some internet troubles. This nail art that I did today, I didn't really like, but they are not that bad for being ashamed to publish :D. Base color is the Balm - I drink my Coffee Matte and Black, and flowers were made with acrylic paints. 

Polako, ali sigurna padam u prolecno raspolozenje. Sta mislite o ovim cveticima?

Slowly, I'm falling into spring mood. What do you think about this flowers?

Gorgeous duochrome - Ebalay 007

Pre nekih mesec dana, Maggie sa KKCenterHK me je kontaktirala i ponudila mi da uradim recenziju nekog njihovog proizvoda. Posle par e-mailova, izabrala sam lak Ebalay 007. Imala sam osecaj da je u pitanju jedan divan duochrome lak, i drago mi je da sam bila u pravu. Slika na sajtu poprilicno odgovara laku uzivo. Na sajtu, u opisu su naznacili da je boja jako svetla ako se nanosi samo ovaj lak, dok preko tamne podloge pokazuje divan spektar boja. Bocica ima 15ml, a evo kako se boje u njoj presijavaju na suncu.

About a month ago, Maggie from KKCenterHK contacted me and offered me to review one of their products. After few e-mails, I chose nail polish Ebalay 007. I had a feeling that it's a wonderful duochrome polish, and I was right. Picture on their web pretty much shows what polish really looks like. They also wrote that color is lighter if you apply it without any base, and if you want a duochrome effect you have to use base color. Bottle has 15ml, and you can see all kind of colors in it. 

Prvi utisak, neprijatan miris. Ipak, nista sto otvoren prozor ne moze da resi. Takodje, jedna interesantna informacija, na laku pise da je proizveden u Holandiji. Nalakirala sam jedan sloj ovog laka preko crne podloge, i pocela da buljim u njega. Bukvalno, pola sata sam samo pomerala prste gore-dole i otkrivala boje koje idu od bordo, preko plave, ljubicaste, pa sve do pink. Pripremite se na mnogo slika :).

First expression, bad smell. But, that's nothing that open window can't fix. Also, interesting information, there is label on the bottle that says it's made in Netherlands. I polished one coat of this polish over black base, and started staring at it. Literally, I spent half an hour moving my fingers up and down and discovering all kind of colors that goes from maroon, over blue, purple, to pink. Prepare yourself for lot of pictures :).

Ovaj lak kosta oko 650RSD / 6.25€, ali je trenutno rasprodan. KKCenterHK takodje ima i Magnetic lakove, glitter lakove, mat, cracle, i one koji svetle u mraku (moram nabaviti te!) kao i jos mnogo stvarcica za nail art. Ako odlucite da kupite nesto, ne zaboravite da iskoristite kupon kod kako bi platile 10% manje : BLGA343MA10 . Kod vazi do 31.1.2013.
Sta mislite o ovom laku? Razmisljate li o tome da nabavite jedan ovakav?


This polish costs about 6.25€ / 6.8$, but it's currently out of stock. KKCenterHK also has Magnetics, glitters, matte, cracle nail polishes, and glow in the dark (I must buy those!), and also a lot of nail art stuffs. If you decide to buy something, don't forget to use coupon code for 10$ off : BLGA343MA10 . Code is valid until 31st Jan. 2013.
What do you think about this polish? Would you consider buying it?


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Golden Rose Magnetic Nail Lacquer #04

Priznajem, ne volim mnogo promene. I pomalo sam skepticna u vezi njih. Prve Magnetic lakove koje sam videla u prodavnicama, bili su Essence, ali posto sam procitala da magnet ne radi, nisam ni razmisljala o tome da ih kupim. Vremenom, vidjala sam jos Magnetic-a, ali mi je u glavi uvek stojala recenica "mozda nece raditi, sto bi trosila pare". 

Pre par dana, bila sam u Novom Sadu, i imala jedan od onih dana kao iz filmova. Ako se secate scena iz serije Sex&Grad, kada devojke idu zajedno u shopping, isprobavaju tonu odece i obuce... Nikada nisam imala takav trenutak u svom zivotu, verovatno zato sto mrzim isprobavanje stvari u prodavnicama. Ali taj dan... ja i drugarica, setamo satima, od prodavnice do prodavnice, i kupujemo lakove za noke. Neprocenjivo! Ona je i bila ta koja me je ubedila da kupim ovaj lak (i jos jedan od Magneticsa) i nisam se ni malo pokajala. Evo kako izgleda kutijica u kojoj se nalazi lak...

I admit, I don't really like changes. And I am little bit sceptic about them. First Magnetic nail polishes that I saw in store was Essence, and since I read that magnet doesn't work, I didn't even thought about buying them. Later, I saw more of them, but there was always sentence in my head "maybe it won't work, why would I spent money on that".

Few days ago, I was in Novi Sad, and had one of that movie moments. If you remember scenes from TV show Sex&the City, when girls go to shopping, and tries out lots of clothes and shoes.... I never had that kind of moment in my life, probably because I hate trying out thing in stores. But that day... me and my friends, walking from store to store, and buying nail polishes. Priceless. She was the one who convinced me to buy this one (and one more Magnetics). Here's how the box in which is nail polish looks like...

U svakoj kutiji nalazi se lak i magnet. Za 320 RSD / 3.2€ ovo je poprilicno jeftino.


In every box there is nail polish and magnet. For 3.2€/ 3.85$ this is really cheap. 



Nakon skoro sat vremena isprobavanja raznih uglova magneta, evo kako je ispalo :).

After almost an hour of trying out different angles of magnet, here's how it turned out :)

Malo je reci da mi se svidja. Obozavam ga! Jeste li probale Golden Rose Magnetic lakove? Koje imate a koje preporucujete?

I think it's really awesome. Have you tried Golden Rose Magnetic polishes? Which ones do you have, and which ones do you recommend?

Catherine Arley #805 - Black Holo?

Mozda se secate gomile lakova koje su mi stigle prosli vikend, kao i gomile Catherine Arley holo lakica. Prvi koji sam isprobala je crni #805. Za pocetak, pogledajte bocicu... U njoj mozete videti mnogo sitnih mikro glittera u crnoj bazi, ali medju njima jedva mozete razaznati par boja...

Maybe you remember bunch of polishes that arrived at my place last week, and there was lot of Catherine Arley holo nail polishes. First one that I tried was black #805. For start, take a look at a bottle... You can see lot of tiny micro glitters in black base, but you can see only few colors of them...

Pravu boju, istu kao i u bocici sam dobila nakon samo 2 sloja, i to bez ikakve podloge. Brzo se susi, i stvarno ga je lako bilo nalakirati. To bi bile dobre strane. Lose? Nije holo :(.

Color like it's in a bottle I got after only 2 coats, without any base color. It dries quick, and it was really easy to apply it. That would be good sides. Bad side? It's not holo :(.
 

Jeste li probale ove lakove? Vidim na nekim grupama na Facebooku da se organizuju grupne kupovine ovih lakova u zadnje vreme, pa me zanima jeste li se pridruzile? 

Have you tried this polishes? I saw on some Facebook groups that people are doing "group orders" of this polishes, did you joined?