Apr 12, 2012

Trying to make Unicorn Puke dupe

Mozda ste primetile da ja nemam wishlistu. Iskreno, bolje mi je bez nje, zato sto mi se misljenje stalno menja, pogotovo kad vidim koliko cesto izlaze novi lakovi. Ali, jedan lak mi je vec par meseci u wishlist-i (u glavi), i svesna sam da ga nikad necu imati,...Cult Nails - Unicorn Puke. Vec duze vreme, ja kombinujem lakove, pokusavam da napravim neki koji je barem slican, i konacno sam uspela. 
Koliko sam uspela da vidim na swatchevima na netu, podloga Unicorn Puke-a je ljubicasta. Pored milion ljubicastih koje imam, ovaj mi se cinio najslicnijim. Color Line #90, dva sloja.
Na to, dodala sam jedan sloj Golden Rose Scale Effect #02.

Maybe you noticed that I don't have wishlist. To be honest, I'm better without it, because I always change my mind, especially when I see how often new collections comes out. But, one nail polish is in my wishlist (in my head) for a few months now, and I'm aware that I will never have it,...Cult Nails - Unicorn Puke. For a while now, I combine nail polishes, trying to make something that is most similar with it, and I finally succeeded.
As I could see on swatches online, base of Unicorn Puke is purple. Between lots of purple that I have, this one seems most similar. Color Line #90, two coats.
On top of it, I layered one coat of Golden Rose Scale Effect #02.

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Da li se vama svidja Unicorn Puke? Da li ga imate? Sta mislite, jesam li uspela da dobijem barem slicnu boju?

Do you like Unicorn Puke? Do you have it? What do you think, is my color at least similar with it?

Apr 10, 2012

Purple holo Catherine Arley #673

Ovaj prelepi ljubicasti holo lak sam isprobala jos prosle nedelje, ali zbog obaveza oko Uskrsa, nekako sam zaboravila da ih uploadujem. Jos jedan od lakova narucenih iz Bugarske - Catherine Arley #673. 
U bocici, ovaj lak nekako izgleda malo tamnije nego na noktima, a holo efekat je gotovo neprimetan. U sustini, sve sto mozete da vidite su sljokice u nekoliko boja. 
Cetkica je ravna, sto je olaksalo mazanje, i uspela sam da dobijem punu pokrivenost u dva sloja. Prve tri slike su slikane na suncu, i tu se vidi predivan holo efekat. Poslednja slika je slikana u senci, medju cvecem koje mi je tek izraslo u basti, i primeticete da lak ne izgleda holo, vec tamno ljubicasti sa srebrnkastim sljokicama. Buduci da nam lepo vreme tek dolazi, mislim da ce ovaj lak biti pun pogodak za letnje dane.

I tried this beautiful purple holo nail polish last week, but somehow because of all that Easter madness, I forgot to upload pictures. It's one more of polishes I ordered from Bulgaria - Catherine Arley #673.
In the bottle, this polish seems little bit darker than it's on nails, and you can't see almost any holo effect. Basically, all you can see are glitters in few different colors.
Brush is flat, and it was easy to apply it, it was opaque in only two coats. First three pictures are taken on Sun light, and there you can see amazing holo. Last pictures is taken in shade, between the flowers that just grew up in my garden, and you can notice that polish doesn't seems holo at all, it's more dark purple with silverish glitters. Since nice weather is coming, I think this nail polish will be perfect for Summer days.

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Sta mislite o ovom laku? Ja sam ubedjena da cu ga sigurno koristiti opet. 

What do you think about this polish? I'm sure I'll use it again.

Apr 8, 2012

Easter Story

Nekada davno, bila jednom tri zeca. Bili su braca, i cak iako nisu licili jedan na drugog ni malo, imali su jednu zajednicku karakteristiku. Voleli su Uskrsnja jaja. Svake godine, na dan Uskrsa, trazili su najvece moguce sareno jaje. Svaki bi nasao jaje koje je smatrao savrsenim, i igrao se sa njim tokom celog dana. Sedeo sa njim u krilu, drzao ga u zagrljaju kao da mu je jaje plisana igracka, ili ga nosakao svuda da se hvali ma koliko jaje bilo tesko. 
Isto tako nekada davno, bilo jednom jedno pile. Pile je zivelo u kuci pored kuce tri zeca, i svake godine na Uskrs je posmatralo zeceve kako traze sarena jaja i igraju se sa njima. Zelelo je i ono da se ukljuci u potragu za jajima i igri, ali zecevi nisu hteli da ga prime. Zasto? Zato sto je ono bilo pile, a sarena jaja su igracke za male zeceve. Pile je bilo odusevljeno bojama, sjajem i svim tim crtezima na jajima, te je tog Uskrsa odlucilo da mora imati jedno. 
Palo mu je na pamet da se spremi za Uskrs dosta ranije, te je jos za Noc Vestica kupilo sesir sa zecijim usima, i odlucilo da prevari zeke. Maskiralo se u zeca, uzeo cetkicu u ruke, i ofarbao jaje, koje je bilo lepse nego sto su ijedan od tri zeca pronasla. 
Zecevi su ga tada prihvatili kao svog, i od tog dana, oni se druze i cine nam zajedno Uskrs magicnim kao sto je i njihovo prijateljstvo.

P.S. Posto su zecevi vremenom prihvatili pile onakvim kakav jeste, ono vise nije moralo da nosi kapu :). 

Once upon a time, there were three little rabbits. They were brothers, and although they didn't look like each other, they had one mutual characteristic. They loved Easter eggs. Every year, on Easter day, they were searching for biggest painted. All of them found an egg that they thought it was perfect, and played with it all day. One would sit with it in his lap, other would hold egg whole day hugging it like it's stuffed toy, and third one would carried it around and bragging, no matter how hard egg was.
Also once upon a time, there was one little chicken. Chicken lived in the house next to the house of three rabbits, and every year on Easter, he was watching rabbits who were searching those painted eggs and playing with them. He wanted to join in the search for eggs and play, but rabbits didn't let him. Why? Because he was just a chicken, and painted eggs are toys for little rabbits. Chicken was fascinated with all those colors, shine and paintings on the eggs, so on that Easter he decided that he must have one. 
It crossed his mind to prepare for Easter earlier, so on Halloween he bought a hat that had bunny ears. He masked himself in rabbit, took a big brush in his hand, and painted an egg. It was prettier of all three eggs that rabbits found.
Rabbits accepted a chicken like he was one of theirs, and since then, they hangs out and make us Easter magical like their friendship is. 

P. S. Since rabbits eventually accepted chicken like he really is, he didn't need to wear a hat any more :).  

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Nadam se da vam se svidela moja mala pricica inspirisana noktima :). 
Srecan Uskrs svima vama koji ga danas slavite!

I hope you like my little story inspired by nails :).
Have a happy Easter Day!

Apr 4, 2012

Aura Party Time Collection

Vratila sam se :). Nadam se da sam vam barem malkice nedostajala :). Imala sam previse obaveza oko fakulteta, pa nisam imala vremena ni da pisem. Stidim se same sebe, ali nisam imala vremena ni da lakiram nokte. Verovali ili ne, 3 dana sam isla sa "golim" noktima :(. Zato sam danas napravila veliki posao :). 
Party Time kolecija je izasla jos u decembru, mada je ja nisam tada primetila u prodavnicama. Ona je deo Aurinih Inches lakova, i koliko sam ja razumela, napravljena je da bi vama (tj nama) ulepsala Novogodisnju noc. Znam da je Nova Godina odavno prosla, ali za sljokice nikad nije kasno. Pogotovo jer ih jos uvek ima po radnjama :). 
Prvi lak je Aura Inches (#321) - Techno. Od ovog laka sam ocekivala najvise, ali mi se nije bas dopao. Na slici su 4 sloja, bez baze i top coat-a. 

I'm back :). I hope I missed you at least for just a little bit :). I had too many responsibilities with collage, so I didn't had time to write. I'm a shame of myself, but I didn't even polished my nails. Believe me or don't, but I went three days with "naked" nails :(. So today I decided to do big job :).
Party Time collection went out in December, although I don't remember seeing it then. It's part of Aura Inches nail polish line, and as far as I understood, it was made for New Year's Eve. I know New Year's Eve is over, but it's never late for glitters. Especially because they are still in stores :).
First nail polish is Aura Inches (#321) - Techno. I expected most from this polish, but in the end, it's not that great. On the picture is 4 coats, without base and top coat.

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Aura Inches (320) - Hip Hop. Predivan ljubicasti lak, sa pomalo holo glittera u sebi. Na slici su dva sloja.

Aura Inches (320) - Hip Hop. Gorgeous purple nail polish, with little bit of holo glitter in self. On picture there are two coats.

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Srebrni. Nisam ljubitelj srebrnih lakova, pa me ovaj lak podseca na mnoge druge lakove. Uglavnom, mozda ce se nekom od vas i svideti. Posto su sljokice u providnoj bazi, prelakirala sam ih preko cetiri razlicita laka, cisto da vidite kako to izgleda. Jedan sloj Aura Inches (318) - Jazz.

Silver one. I'm not really a fan of silver polishes, so this one reminds me on many others. Anyway, maybe some of you will like it. Since glitters are in clear base, I polished it over four different colors, just so you can see how it looks like. One coat Aura Inches (318) - Jazz. 

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Volim da ostavim najlepse stvari za kraj. Kao da gledam u vedro nocno nebo. Ovaj je definitivno broj 1 za mene ne samo od lakova iz ove kolekcije, vec i od svih ostalih koje sam probala ove godine. Tri sloja, Aura Inches (319) - Punk.

I love leaving prettiest things for the end. It's like I'm looking at clear night sky. This is definitely #1 for me, not only of polishes from this collection, but also from all the ones that I tried this year. Three coats, Aura Inches (319) - Punk.

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Sta mislite? Koji vam se najvise svidja?
Meni je jako drago sto je Aura pocela da pravi ogranicene kolekcije, priznacete, mnogo su interesantnije :).

What do you think? Which one do you like best?
I'm really glad that Aura started making limited collections, admit it, it's more interesting :)

Mar 25, 2012

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.

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

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