Matching Manicure : Halloween Castle and Backyard

Matching Manicures nedelja me je podsetila da je Noć Veštica veoma blizu, tako da sam odlučila da vam u narednih nekoliko dana dam ideje kakve nokte možete imate te noći. Veoma mi je žao što se ovaj praznik ne slavi kod nas, pogotovo zato što mi se jako dopada ideja maskiranja. Srećom, ove godine Noć Veštica ću provesti u Transilvaniji, i iskreno se nadam da ću napokon doživeti taj duh Noći Veštica. 

Za moj manikir danas, odlučila sam se za klasiku kada je u pitanju Noć Veštica : bundeve, paukovu mrežu i pauka, slepe miševe, i jedan užasan dvorac. Korstila sam moj omiljeni lak za ovaj praznik, Essence - Bad Girl, Miyo - Black i BM-222 za pečate bundeva, akrilne boje i crnu akvarel bojicu. 

Matching Manicures Sunday reminded me that Halloween is really close, so I decided to give you, in the next couple of days few ideas for your perfect Halloween nail art that you can wear that night. We don't celebrate this holiday here in Serbia, but I really like whole idea about Halloween and especially masking in costumes. Luckily, this year for Halloween I will be in Transylvania, and I hope that I will finally experience true spirit of Halloween. 

For my manicure today, I decided to go with all things that are related for Halloween : pumpkins, spider web and spider, bats, and one horrible castle. I used my favourite polish that I always use for this holiday, Essence - Bad Girl, Miyo - Black and BM-222 for stamping pumpkins, acrylic paints and black aquarelle paint.

Da li vi slavite Noć Veštica? Koji vas lak za nokte podseća na ovaj praznik? Ne zaboravite da pogledate i šta su druge devojke napravile danas : 

Do you celebrate Halloween? What nail polish reminds you on this holiday? Don't forget to check what other girls did today :

Cajkine kandže i sve njihove boje

nina's nails

Lickanje

Head in the Clouds

Danijela Nail Design

Searching for Spark

Kapljice Sreće by Mala Boginja

The New 31 Day Challenge : Aquarelle Technique

Moj omiljeni dan izazova! Obozavam da isprobavam nove tehnike, jer i ono sto vam se ne svidi kada vidite na tudjim noktima, mozda na vasim izgleda fenomenalno. Ima vec sigurno dva meseca kako sam kupila akvarel bojice ali nisam imala vremena da vezbam crtanje njima. Da odmah razjasnim, u pitanju su bas akvarel bojice koje koriste slikari, ne vodene boje niti lak ravodnjen acetonom. 

U principu, nije tesko raditi njima, iako je jako tesko naci ikakav dobar tutorijal na netu. Ko zna, mozda kada se uvezbam, ja ga napravim :). Postupak je slican crtanju na papiru, sa bojicama koje prethodno umocite u vodu. 

Pored akvarel bojica, koristila sam i Essence - Sleepy koji sam matirala sa Essence - Matt Top Coat (jer je mnogo lakse crtati na mat povrsini).

My favorite day of a challenge! I love trying new techniques, because the things that you maybe don't like when you see it on others nails, maybe it will look awesome on you. About two months ago, I bought a set of aquarelle pencils, but I had no time to practice drawing with them. Just to be clear, these are aquarelle pencils that artists use, not water colors or nail polish with acetone. 

The fact is that it's not that hard to do with them, but it's hard to find any good tutorials for it. Who knows, maybe after I practice enough, I could make one :). With them, you just paint on your nails like you do on paper, with pencils previously dipped in water.

Besides aquarelle pencils, I used Essence - Sleepy and Essence Matt Top Coat over it (because it's a lot easier to draw on a matte surface). 

Sta mislite o ovoj tehnici? Jedva cekam da vidim koje su tehnike devojke danas isprobale, mozda ih ja isprobam uskoro :).

What do you think about this technique? I can't wait to see techniques that girls used today, maybe I tried them out soon :).