Matching Manicure - Flowers

U poslednje vreme sam oduševljena pečatiranjem hologramskim lakovima. Vodila sam se onim da je skuplje - bolje, tako da sam pokušavala sa China Glaze i Layla lakovima međutim bilo je bezuspešno. Kako su nam stigli sunčani dani, obratila sam malo više pažnje na moje holo lakove, i setila se da imam celu Perfect Holographic kolekciju (da, potpuno sam zaboravila na njih). Uspela sam iz prvog pokušaja da ispečatiram cvetiće, što je i tema za današnji Matching Manicure.

Koristila sam : Avon - Violetta, Perfect H04 i Perfect H06. Pločica sa koje sam pečatirala ima naziv Disc-02 i možete je naći u Alexandar Cosmetics-u.

Lately, I really like when I see stamping with holographic polishes. I thought that the more expensive polish is, bigger is chance that it will be good for stamping, so I mostly tried with China Glaze and Layla polishes but it was unsuccessful. Since there were few sunny days in a row, I paid more attention to my holo polishes, and remembered that I have whole Perfect Holographic collection (yes, I forgot about it). It worked from the first try and I stamped flowers which were the theme for this week Matching Manicure.

I used : Avon - Violetta, Perfect H04 and Perfect H06. Stamping plate that I used is Disc-02 bought in Serbian store Alexandar Cosmetics.

Ne zaboravite da pogledate i cvetiće koje su devojke nacrtale.

Don't forget to check out flowers that girls drew.

Where is that Silver Shimmer?

Black Velour je moj prvi Pure Ice lak za nokte koji sam dobila iz Amerike od Felicie. Kada sam pogledala u bočicu, bila sam skoro sigurna da je u pitanju metalik tamno sivi lak. Ne moram vam ni reći koliko sam se iznenadila kada se prvi sloj laka osušio a na mojim noktima ostala mat crna nijansa. Ne kažem da mi se nije svidela, ali su mi nedostajale one sitne srebrnkaste šljokice koje se mogu videti u bočici. Pala mi je na pamet ideja da ga premažem bezbojnim lakom za nokte, i pogodite šta se pojavilo? Srebrni shimmer :).

Black Velour is my first Pure Ice nail polish that I got from USA from Felicia. When I looked into the bottle, I was almost sure that it is metallic dark grey nail polish. I don't have to tell you how much I was surprised when the first coat of polish was dry, and all that was left on my nails was black matte shade. I don't say I don't like it, I just missed those tiny silver glitter that you can see in the bottle. It crossed my mind that I could apply clear nail polish over it, and guess what showed up? Silver shimmer :).

Da li vam se dopada ovaj lak? Imate li neki Pure Ice lak za nokte?

Do you like this nail polish? Do you have any Pure Ice nail polishes?

WOW with Flowers

Wow #309 je lak koji sam dobila iz Izraela. Bočica me je nasmejala već na prvi pogled zbog slatkog malog cvetića umesto slova O, a boja u njoj se činila crvenom. Na noktima, boja je postala neonsko narandžasta sa mat  završetkom. Na nju sam dodala i par tačkastih cvetića sa theBalm - Oh My Goth. 

Wow #309 is a polish that I got from Israel. Bottle made me smile on a first look because of a cute little flower instead of letter O, and color in it looked red. On nails, color became kind of neon orange with matte finish. Over it, I added few dotted flowers with theBalm - Oh My Goth. 

Sve u svemu, lepa boja za ove tople letnje dane. Da li se vama dopada?

All in all, pretty color for these warm summer days. Do you like it?

Recipe for Amazing Nail Art

Šta ispadne kada pomešate sjajno i mat, onda dodate malo neonskih boja i na to dodate malo malo duohrom efekta? Verujte mi, ovaj recept je sjajan. Možda sam trebala dodati još neki hologramski detalj da sve to začinim još malo ali i ovako izgleda divno. 

Koristila sam : Essence - Romeo, Black acrylic paint, Ebalay A08, Flormar N002, Flormar N008, Flormar N014, Rapsodi #191 i Isabelle Dupont #282. 

What do you get when you mix shiny and matte, and then add a little bit of neon colors and on top of it you add some duochrome effect? Trust me, this recipe is grate. Maybe I could add some holographic details to spice it all a little bit more, but it definitely looks amazing this way. 

I used : Essence - Romeo, Black acrylic paint, Ebalay A08, Flormar N002, Flormar N008, Flormar N014, Rapsodi #191 and Isabelle Dupont #282. 

Šta mislite? Da li vam se dopada?

What do you think? Do you like it?

Sometimes, it happens...

Greška na noktima. Priznajem, prošlo je poprilično vremena od kada mi se to desilo :). Nekima od vas će se možda i svideti, ko zna. Uglavnom, ovo ispadne kada nemate konkretnu ideju nego samo lakirate nokte. Nalakirala sam moje sa holo crvenim lakom Catherine Arley #800, i ispečatirala ih sa crnim Miyo - Black i pločicom BM - 204. Sve bi se zaustavilo tu i možda bi mi se i dopalo da sam uspela da ispečatiram nokte ravno. Ali budući da su moji nokti malo zakrivljeni, ovo je bila nemoguća misija. Umesto da sve obrišem i krenem ispočetka sa nečim novim, napravila sam french manikir sa mat crnim lakom theBalm - I Take my Coffee Matte and Black koji je izgledao manje mat nego što je ovaj Miyo - Black (koji ni nije mat uopšte). I na kraju, crvene šljokice u providnoj bazi, Aura - Soul Shade. Ne znam šta mi je sve ovo trebalo :).

Nail fail. I admit, it has been I while since that happened :). Some of you may even like it, who knows. Anyway, this is what you get when you don't have any idea, when you just paint your nails. I painted mine with holo red nail polish Catherine Arley #800, and stamped them with black nail polish Miyo - Black and plate BM - 204. I would stopped it here and maybe I would like it if I could stamp my nails straight. But, since my nails are a little bit curved, that was mission impossible. And instead I removed all of it and start over with something new, I made a french mani with matte nail polish theBalm - I Take my Coffee Matte and Black that looks less matte than Miyo - Black is (this one isn't matte at all). And in the end, red glitter in a clear base, Aura - Soul Shade. I don't know why I needed that :).

Šta vi mislite? Koliko je loše? 

What do you think? How bad is it?

Something Classy

Subota je dan za spremanje kuce, tako da mi uvek preostane jedva malo vremena da posvetim svojim noktima. Danas sam za to kratko vreme uspela da napravim nesto sto mi se stvarno dopada. Kombiinaciju crno sa srebrnim, mat sa sjajnim. Zelela sam da ostavim to tako, pa kasnije da nesto dodatno crtam, ali ceo taj "klasican" izgled mi se mnogo svideo.

Koristila sam : theBalm - I Take My Coffee Matte and Black i Golden Rose Nail Art #107.

Saturday is a day for house cleaning, so there is always only a little bit time for me to do my nails. Today I managed to make something that I really like in a really short period. Combination of black and silver, matte and shining. I wanted to leave it that way, and draw something on it later, but I really liked all that "classy" look.

I used : theBalm - I Take My Coffee Matte and Black and Golden Rose Nail Art #107.

Da li vise volite da vidite na noktima ove klasicne varijante ili one malo vise otkacene?

Do you prefer to see classy manicures or those who are little bit wacky?

Purple with red shimmer

Danas, jos jedan Golden Rose - 312. Imam ga vec duze vreme, ali jednostavno nije stizao na red za swatch. Nekako, uvek kad sam ga uzela u ruke bilo je pod losim osvetljenjem, i nije mi se cinio nista poseban. Ali verujte mi, prelep je kad se gleda pod odredjenim uglom. Boja je ljubicasta, ali neka cudna nijansa. Ono sto je predivno – u sebi ima crvenog shimmera koji sija kao lud. Retko koji Golden Rose lakovi imaju tu osobinu da su isti u bocici kao i na noktu. Ovaj je jedan od tih. Posle samo 2 sloja, dobila sam punu prekrivenost ovih mojih ogromnih noktiju. Onima koji imaju krace nokte, verovatno bi bio dovoljan jedan sloj. Pogledajte ovu lepotu : 

Today, another Golden Rose –312. I have it for a while, but it just wasn’t it’s turn for swatching. Somehow, always that I took it in my hands, it was under the bad light and it wasn’t seems special. But trust me, it is gorgeous when you look at him under specific angles. Color is purple, but with strange shade. What is amazing with this polish is that it has red shimmer that shines like crazy. You can rarely find Golden Rose polishes that have feature that they are same in the bottle like they are on nails. This one is one of them. After only 2 layers, I got full opaque even on my long nails. For those of you who have shorter nails, you will probably need just one. Check out this beauty : 





Slikala sam i sa blicem i bez njega, kako posto se pod razlicitom kolicinom svetlosti vidi razlicita kolicina tog crvenkastog shimmera.
Cisto da ne bude sam, napravila sam french ljubicastim mat lakom iz Avona – Violetta, a na prstenjaku sam nacrtala tackice istim lakom.

I took a pictures with flash and without it, just because it depends of lightening how much of those red shimmer you will see.
I didn’t wanted to leave it alone, so I made a french manicure with purple Avon Mat – Violetta, and on a ring finger I draw dots with the same polish.





Stvarno mi se svidja mat french. A vama? 

I really like this matt french. Do you?

Flowers on everybody’s nails…

Pored toliko stranih dobrih brendova lakova, zelela sam da nadjem i neke domace. Slucajno, vracajuci se sa “Noc Muzeja” proslog vikenda sam ih ugledala u nekoj parfimeriji, ali je bilo vec kasno. Naravno, cim mi je opet bilo usput – usla sam. U pitanju je brend Londessa, koji je poznatiji po proizvodima za kosu, ali ima i lakove. U doticnoj prodavnici u kojima sam nasla ove lakove, jedino mi se nije dopao izbor boja. Sve su crvene, roze ili crveno-roze. Tako da sam uzela jos jednu nijansu roze (mislim da ih imam do sad milion).
Lakovi se zovu Color Line, a imena pojedinih lakova neverovatno podsecaju na Golden Rose, Gabrini, Rapsodi … Shvaticete o cemu pricam kad kazem da je lak Color Line – 73. Kreativnost na nivou :D. Lak ima lepu boju, i dobru formulu. Cetkica je kratka, ali laka za upotrebu. Ono sto mi je smetalo je miris. Gori od Rapsodija definitivno. 

There are so many good international polish brands, but I wanted to find some domestic. Accidentally, when I was walking from “Night of Museum” last weekend I saw them in one store, but it was late and closed. Of course, as soon as I could – I went there. It is the brand Londessa, that have primary hair product but they have polishes too. In that store where I found these polishes didn’t like colors. There were all red, pink or red-pink. So I bought one more pink polish (I think I have them million).
Polishes name is Color Line, and names of single polish remind me on Golden Rose, Gabrini, Rapsodi… You’re realize what I’m talking about when I told you that this polish name is Color Line – 73. Creativity on level :D. Polish have nice color and good formula. Brush is short but it’s easy to use. One thing annoyed me – smell. It is worst then Rapsodi definitely. 



Lepa mi je boja, ali mi se nije svidjalo kako stoji na noktima. Zato sam pokusala da popravim situaciju sa Essence Mat Top Coat-om.

It’s nice color, but I didn’t liked how it looks on nails. So I tried to fix situation with Essence Mat Top Coat.



Ni ovo mi nije bilo nesto posebno, pa sam vratila sjaj noktima sa Aura 241, i dodala 2 cvetica na prstenjaku :)

This wasn’t that special, so I returned the glow to nail with Aura 241 , and I added 2 acryl flowers on ring finger :)





Posto je ovo sve nastalo tokom ispijanja kafe sa drugaricom, nacrtala sam i njoj cvetice :). Kao podloga Essence Just Rock It!, a cvetici akrilnim bojama.

Since all this is made while I was drinking coffee with a friend, I draw her flowers too on nails :). As base Essence Just Rock It!, and flowers with acryl paints.



Koji vam se vise svidjaju? Da li ste probale Color Line lakove?

Which one do you like best? Did you tried Color Line polishes?

Are you kidding me?

Pa, trebala sam verovati u moju tehniku “3 puta meri, jednom seci”. Secate li se plavog Gabrinija kojim sam bila odusevljena? I onda sam ja taj dobar utisak nekako prenela na celokupan brend. Greska! Mozda ce se vama svideti, ali ja… 2 dana za redom da imam svetlucave nokte? Nema sanse, ne znam ni kako sam jedan dan izdrzala :D.
Uglavnom Gabrini – 378 (jos jedno kreativno ime), neka ljubicasta koja ne izgleda tako sjajno u bocici, ali na noktima… Posle jednog (pazljivo namazanog) sloja, dobila sam na noktima mrvicu ljubicaste podloge i sljokice. Mnogo sljokica. Sve ostalo kod ovog laka je ok, i susenje, i cetkica… Ali ne mogu preziveti toliko sljokica ove nedelje.

Well, I should have believe in my technique – in our country they say “measure 3 times, cut ones”, I don’t know how to translate truly meaning of expression but you know what I think. Do you remember that blue Gabrini that I loved? And than I somehow transferred that good expression on whole brand. Wrong! Maybe you’ll like this, but me… 2 days in the row with shiny nails? No way, I don’t know how I survived 1 day :D.
Anyway Gabrini 378 (another creative name), kind of purple color, that doesn’t look that shiny in the bottle, but in nails… After one (carefully applied) layer, on my nails I found little bit of purple base and glitter… Lots of glitter. Everything else with this polish is ok, drying, brush… But I just can’t survive that much glitter this week.

 
Prosto sam zelela da ubijem te sljokice i da mi ostane samo ljubicasta. Probala sam sa Matt top coat-om, ali bezuspesno. Kao da je uspeo da ubije 2 sljokice na povrsini od svih 5 noktiju.

I simply wanted to kill all those glitter, and to leave only purple. I tried this with Matt Top Coat, but no luck. It seems that he succeed to kill about 2 glitters on surface of all 5 nails…



Pretpostavljam da ce se polovini vas svideti… Jel tako? I bas me zanima, jel ima jos neka od vas koja ne voli sljokice na noktima ili sa sama?

I suppose that half of you will like it… Am I right? And I really want to know, is there anyone else from all of you girls who doesn’t like glitter on nails or am I only one?

Essence Trendsetter (Glitter + Matt)

Napokon sam uspela da sednem bar na malo i da nalakiram nokte. Mama i zadnjih dana spremamo kucu, posto u petak imamo slavu.
Trendsetter je lak iz Essence-ove standardne postave stim sto sam negde procitala da ce da ga izbace sad (nije proverena informacija, ali ako vam se svidja, predlazem da ga kupite uskoro).
Lako se maze, ali ono sto me je neprijatno iznenadilo je to sto mu je trebalo 3 sloja, za raliku od ostalih Essenceovih lakova.

I finally manage to sit down for a little while, and polish my nails. My mum and I are cleaning whole house last days, because we have celebration on Friday.
Trendsetter is a polish from standard Essence line, but I read somewhere that they will stop selling it soon (it’s not for sure, but if you like it I suggest you buy it soon).
It’s easy to apply, but I was unpleasantly surprised that it took him 3 layers, unlike the other Essence polishes.





Boja je nesto izmedju tamno zelene i tamno plave. Nije losa, pomalo je neobicna.
Svidja li vam se? Imate li ga vec ili mozda planirate da ga kupite?

Color is something between dark green and dark blue. Not bad, it’s unusual.
Do you like it? Do you own it or maybe planning to buy it?
 
EDIT : 

Puko mi je jos jedan nokat danas, pa mi je bilo dosta da ga stalno “krpim”, i skratila ih sve. Ipak obecala sam da ce biti mat ili glitter Trendsettera, pa evo ga :

I broke one more nail today, so I was sick of everything, and I cut them all. I promised that I will post Matte or Glitter Trendsetter so here it is : 



3 mat, i 2 sa glitterom. Skroz sam zaboravila da imam ovaj Golden Rose 288, naletela sam danas na njega spremajuci kucu :D. Sta vam vise ide uz Trendsetter : mat ili glitter? 

3 matt and 2 with glitter. I totally forgot that I have this Golden Rose 288, I run in to him today while I was cleaning the house :D. What do you think that goes best with Trendsetter : matt or glitter?

Avon Matte

Mozete li verovati?? Bez akrila ovaj put :)
Priznajem, bila sam skepticna. Nikad nisam imala pouzdanja u lakove iz Avona ili Oriflame-a. Lose iskustvo sa Oriflameom od pre par godina je doprinelo tome. Jos uvek imam nekoliko komada gotovo nekoristenih. Kada sam videla da je Avon izbacio kolekciju Matte lakova, mislila sam da nisu nesto. I nisam planirala da ga kupim. Ali zato sam ga dobila na poklon za 8 mart od mame, i to ljubicasti Violetta. Ako vas zanima, postoje jos crni, sivi, plavi i crveni. 



Can you believe it?? Without acryl this time :).
I admit, I was skeptic. I never had confidence in polishes from Avon or Oriflame. It was because of bed experience with Oriflame polishes from few years ago. I still have few of them almost not used at all. When I saw that Avon came out with new collection of Matte polishes, I taught they are not something. And I didn’t plan to buy it at all. But I got it as a gift for 8th March from my mother, purple one – Violetta. If you are interested, there is also black, gray, blue and red one.














Prve dve slike su sa blicem, a druge dve bez njega. Kada se slika sa blicem, izgleda kao da je tamno plav. Bez blica daje realnu boju. Iako, primetila sam da lak kao da menja boju. U zavisnosti od osvetljenja, ume da izgleda od plave do crne boje. Sto se tice susenja, nikad brze. Dok namazete treci prst, prvi je vec potpuno suv i mat. Posto nisam stavljala Top Coat (u nedostatku vremana), lak mi se sutradan poceo guliti, ali mislim da do toga ne bi doslo da sam stavila bilo sta preko.
Kada gledam po principu ekonomicnosti, ne isplati se davati tolike pare samo zato sto mat. Isplati se jedino ako vam se jako svidja boja, a za ostale boje, mozete iskoristiti i bilo koji lak sa mat Top Coat-om. Posto se meni ova ljubicasta jako svidja – preporucujem svakako :).


First two photos are with flash, and second two are without it. When you take a picture with flesh, it seems like dark blue. Without flash is a real color. Although, I noticed that is seems like it changes color. Depending of light, it can look from blue to black. Drying is never faster. While I was applying it on third nail, first was already totally dry and matte. Because I didn’t put on Top Coat (I didn’t have time), the next day it started to peel off, but I think it’s my fault.
When I look from the economy side, it’s it not worth it to pay that money. I pays off only if you really like the color. And for other colors, you can use any polish with Matte Top Coat. Because I really like this purple – I definitely recommend :).

Miss Sporty–Fatal Black

Jos jedan od lakova koji sam dobila za Dan Zaljubljenih. Kada sam ga otvorila, prvi utisak mi je bio dobar. Cinio se dobro pigmentisan, i nije imao jak miris. Prvi sloj nije bio uspesan, ostajale su kao rupe po noktu, ali je drugi sloj to donekle uspeo da popravi. Ono sto mi se ne svidja kod ovog laka je definitivno cetkica. Previse je siroka, a to mi je otezalo mazanje. Na njemu pise “Up To 7 Days” ali ga sigurno necu ostaviti toliko na noktima, cak i da drzi toliko. Posle 2 sloja, boja je bas crna i sjajna. Naspram Aurinog I Golden Rose-ovog crnog laka, mnogo je bolji.

Another polish that I got for Valentine's Day. When I opened it, my first impression was good. It seems that it have a good pigmentation, and the smell was not too strong.The first layer was not successful, it left some strange gray holes over the nails, but the second layer managed to fix it. What I don’t like about this polish is definitely a brush. It’s too wide, and it’s difficult to apply. It says "Up To 7 Days”, but I certainly won’t leave so much time on my nails, even if it really hold so much. After two coats, the color is really black and shiny. Opposite of Aura’s and Golden Rose Black, it is much better.

 





Posto jos nisam isprobala Essence Matt Top Coat, ovo je bila savrsena prilika za to. Ovo mi je prvi put sa mat lakom, tako da su primetne greskice.

Since I haven’t tried Essence Matt Top Coat yet, this was the perfect opportunity for that.This is my first time with a matt color at all, so there are noticeable mistakes.



Napokon, jednobojan lak na noktima. Iako, znate me, to nece dugo trajati

Finally, one-color polish on my nails. Howewer, you know me, it wouldn’t last long

Jeste li isprobale neki Miss Sporty? I da ne zaboravim, sledeci mesec u Avonu su novih 5 mat lakova. Od boja, tu su ljubicasta, crna, plava, siva I crvena. Planirate li neki da kupite?

Have you tried some of Miss Sporty? I almost forgot. In the next month catalog of Avon – 5 matt Polishes. Of color, there are purple, black, blue, gray and red. Are you planning to buy some?