Twin Post with The Polished Fangirl – Mandarin Fish

Danas ću vam pokazati moj prvi Twin Post. Twin post se događa jednom mesečno, kada svaka od nas koje se pridružimo dobija svog "blizanca" i temu na koju treba da naprave isti manikir. 

Ovog meseca, moj "blizanac" je Erika sa bloga The Polished Fangirl, a tema koju smo dobile je tropska riba. Nakon razgledanja svih mogućih vrsta tropskih ribica (nisam mogla da poverujem koliko ima prelepih riba) odlučile smo se za print kakav ima Mandarin riba.

Koristila sam : Essence - Doc, Gade - Stunning Sapphire, i Gade - Pool Party.

Today I'm going to show you my first Twin Post. Twin Post happens once in a month, and each of us get their "twin" and the theme for manicure. 

This month, my "twin" is Erika from The Polished Fangirl blog, and theme that we got is tropical fish. After looking into a lot of tropical fishes (I couldn't believe how many gorgeous fishes are there), we decided for Mandarin fish print. 

I used : Essence - Doc, Gade - Stunning Sapphire, and Gade - Pool Party.

Obavezno pogledajte i kako je Erika napravila ovaj isti dizajn, ali i teme koje su druge devojke dobile, kao što je zmijski print, tigar print, zebra print...

Be sure to check out how Erika made this design, and also the themes that other girls did, like snake print, tiger print, zebra print... 

Snow Storm

Volim da se igram sunđerom po noktima. Ponekad možete tako da dobijete neverovatan manikir, a ponekad... Ponekad se desi i da preterate. Želela sam danas da napravim galaksiju na noktima, ali mi se slučajno omaklo, i nastala je prava snežna oluja. Ako ništa drugo, barem ide uz sav onaj sneg koji smo imali proteklog vikenda :).

I love to play with sponge on nails. Sometimes you can get amazing mani by doing it, and sometimes... Sometimes you can do it too much. I wanted today to make galaxy nail art, but I just kept sponging until it was too much. Instead of galaxy nails, I got snow storm nails. At least it goes together with all that snow that we had last weekend :).

Da li ste uživale u poslednjim snežnim danima ove zime? 

Have you enjoyed in last snow days this winter?

Nail Art Tutorial : Flowerfields

Primetila sam da vam se dopalo polje cveca koje sam crtala na noktima za vreme "31 Dan Izazov-a". Jos onda sam vam obecala tutorijal,ali nazalost nisam mogla da ga napravim dok mi kutija za slikanje nije bila tu. Jos jednom sam uzivala praveci ovo, jer je stvarno veoma lako a lepo. Sto je najbolje, ne mozete pogresiti.

Trebace vam : sundjer (ja koristim onaj obican, za sudove), plavi lak za nokte kao podloga (moj je Miyo - Tropicana), tamno zeleni lak (moj je theBalm - Grass isn't always greener), i lakovi kojih boja zelite da bude cvece (ja sam koristila Isabelle Dupont #282, Golden Rose #262, FlorMar #32, i Miyo - Sunny).

I noticed that lot of you liked flowerfields that I did on my nails during "31 Day Challenge". Then I promised you a tutorial, but unfortunately I couldn't do it while I was without my light box. Once again, I enjoyed making this, because it's really easy and nice. And the best thing is, you can't do anything that is wrong. You will need : sponge (I use normal one, for dishes), blue nail polish as a color base (mine is Miyo - Tropicana), dark green nail polish (mine is theBalm - Grass isn't always greener), and nail polishes that you want to be your flowers color (I used Isabelle Dupont #282, Golden Rose #262, FlorMar #32, i Miyo - Sunny).

Samo pratite korake sa naredne slike, ali postoji i jedan trik. Kako bi uspele da napravite da boje izgledaju ovako neobavezno, nakon sto stavite lak na sundjer, tapkajte sundjerom vise puta po papiru kako bi uvek samo mala kolicina dospela na nokat.

Just follow the steps from the next picture, but there is one hint. If you want to make colors look like they are  randomly there, after you put nail polish on a sponge, tap with sponge multiple times on a paper so that every time, only small amount of nail polish finish on nail.

Da li cete pokusati da napravite ovo? Ako je odgovor da, ne zaboravite da mi posaljete sliku da vidim :).

Will you try to make this? If your answer is yes, don't forget to send me a picture :).

The New 31 Day Challenge - Your Favorite Nail Art Technique

Ovaj izazov se polako priblizava kraju, jos samo jedan dan. Mnogo mi se dopalo da isprobam toliko novih stvari na noktima. Vec sam pronasla jos jedan izazov za februar, koji se vecinom sadrzi iz novih tehnika, koje bi stvarno zelela da isprobam. Sta mislite, da ga zapocnem ili da pauziram jedan mesec sa izazovima i pokrenem malo svoju mastu? 

A sada idemo na danasnju temu, omiljena tehnika. Naravno, moja omiljena tehnika je rucno crtanje, i obozavam da je radim. Ali, u zadnje vreme, sve vise me privlaci "Sponging" tehnika (sa sundjerom). Shvatila sam da ona moze pruziti jako lepu podlogu na koju kasnije mogu i da crtam. Pre neki dan sam pronasla tutorijal za gromove na noktima koji savrseno izgledaju, i ovo je bila prilika da probam da ih napravim. Tutorijal mozete pronaci ovde na Just Try In Your Nail blogu. 

Koristila sam : Essence - Thelma, Essence - Dress to Party, Catrice - Pool Party At Night, theBalm - Sky Blue Right Past You, theBalm - Silver Spoon Me i belu akrilnu boju.

This challenge is almost at the end, just one more day. I really enjoyed trying so many new things on my nails. I already found another challenge for the next month, that has mostly all new nail art techniques that I really want to try. What do you think, should I start it or should I take a break with a challenges and think about nail art myself?

And now, let's go with theme, your favorite nail art technique. Of course, my favorite nail art technique is freehand drawing, and I love to do that. But, lately, I'm really attracted to Sponging technique. I realized that it can make really nice base on which I can draw. Few days ago I found tutorial for a lightening nails that looks perfect, and this was a chance to try to make them. You can find tutorial here, on Just Try In Your Nail blog.

I used : Essence - Thelma, Essence - Dress to Party, Catrice - Pool Party At Night, theBalm - Sky Blue Right Past You, theBalm - Silver Spoon Me and white acrylic paint.

Da li vam se dopadaju moji gromovi? Da li bi volele da vidite novi izazov na mom blogu tokom sledeceg meseca?

Do you like my lightning nails? Would you like to see new challenge on my blog during next month?

The New 31 Day Challenge - Inspired by Nature

Toliko pokusaja za jedan nail art nikada nisam imala. I svi su bili neuspesni. Planine, sume, zalazak sunca na jezeru, more i plaza... samo cetiri? I onda, jedan pravi. Inspirisana prirodom - polje cveca. Negde otprilike kod treceg upotrebljenog laka, stala sam, i zelela sve da obrisem. To nije bilo to. Ali, dala sam sebi sansu, nastavila sa planom, i uspela. 

Koristila sam lakove : theBalm - Sky Blue Right Past You, theBalm - Jade in the USA, theBalm - Strawberry Fields Forevah, theBalm - Hella Yella i zutu akrilnu boju. 

I have never had so many tries for one nail art. And all of them were failures. Mountains, forest, sunset on the lake, sea and a beach... just four? And then, a great one. Inspired by nature - flower-fields. Somewhere after a fourth nail polish, I stopped, and wanted to remove everything. That wasn't it. But, I gave myself a chance, continued as planned, and it was success. 

I used nail polishes : theBalm - Sky Blue Right Past You, theBalm - Jade in the USA, theBalm - Strawberry Fields Forevah, theBalm - Hella Yella and yellow acrylic paint. 

Da li vam se dopada? Ako zelite, bice mi drago da vam napravim tutorijal za ovo. Toliko je lako, da ni sama nisam to shvatala :).

Do you like it? If you want, I would be glad to make a tutorial for this. It's so easy, I didn't realized that earlier :).

Diving in Pink

Danas sam imala lud (u pozitivnom smislu) dan, ali nazalost, kasno sam dosla kuci, pa nemam vremena ni snage da sredjujem slike. Postavicu sutra :). 

Nokte sam danas nalakirala u pink. Ne znam zasto, ali sam se osecalo nekako zivo sa ovom bojom. Dva sloja theBalm - Don't Pink and Drive. Swatch ovog laka ste mogli da vidite ovde. Na njega sam prvo stavila Essence - Let's Get Lost sundjerom, ali mi se nije svidelo. Znate vec da ja ne volim te "namerno neuredne" nail artove. Onda sam izvukla par srebrnih linija sa Sinful Color - Fashionista, plavih sa Golden Rose #110 i dodala pink cirkone. Napokon, nesto sto ne izgleda tako lose :).

Today I had a crazy (in a good way) day, but unfortunately, I got home late, so I didn't had time or strength to upload images. I will show you tomorrow :).

I polished my nails in pink today. I don't know why, but I felt live with it. Two coats of the Balm - Don't Pink and Drive. You could see swatch of this nail polish here. First, I added on top of it little bit of Essence - Let's Get Lost with sponge, but I didn't like it. You know I don't like those "intentionally messy" nail art. Then I draw some silver lines with Sinful Color - Fashionista, blue ones with Golden Rose #110 and added round pink rhinestones. Finally, something that doesn't look that bad :).

Sta mislite? Da li vam se svidja?

What do you think? Do you like it?

Inserting some colours in my life

Iako su ovi dani kisoviti, tuzni, pomalo sivi, treba uneti malo boje u zivot. Doprinosi boljem raspolozenju :). Kada je u pitanju tehnika sa sundjerom, probala sam je jednom, i nije mi se dopalo jer povrsina nokta postane gruba na dodir, sa mnogo tackica i cak ni top coat ne pomaze dovoljno. Zato sam i odustala od nje, dok nisam pronasla ovaj tutorijal na blogu Laynie Fingers. Priznajem da sam bila zaintrigirana, te sam morala da probam :). Nasumicno sam uzela lakove : the Balm - Red From Cover to Cover, Essence - Bad Girl, the Balm - Hella Yella, the Balm - Jade in the USA, i Essence - Let's get lost. Krajnji rezultat nije los, barem je glatko na dodir (naravno, posle top coat-a), ali vas upozoravam da ima mnogo ciscenja da se radi nakon ovoga. 

Althought this days are rainy, sad, kind of grey, we need to insert some colours in a life. Results will be better mood :). When it comes to sponging nails, I tried that once, and I didn't like it because surface of the nail gets all bumpy, with lots of dots and even top coat doesn't help enough. That's why I gave up on that, until I found this tutorial on Laynie Fingers blog. I admit I was intrigued, so I had to try it out :). I randomly picked polishes : the Balm - Red From Cover to Cover, Essence - Bad Girl, the Balm - Hella Yella, the Balm - Jade in the USA, and Essence - Let's get lost. Result isn't that bad, at least it's smooth on touch (of course, after top coat), but I warn you, there is a lot of clean up to do after this. 

Sta mislite? Hocete li pokusati ovo? 

What do you think? Will you try this?