Starry Purple Tutorial

Pre nekih dve nedelje, pokazala sam vam moj prvi nail art ove godine Starry Purple. Nisam ga smatrala nista posebno specijalnim, i nisam mislila da ce vam se toliko dopasti, ali eto, nisam bila u pravu :). I drago mi je. Uglavnom, Tiana Bryant me je zamolila da napravim tutorial ovog nail art-a, tako da sam ga sa zadovoljstvom ponovila, uz male izmene :). 

Ovog puta, za baznu boju, koristila sam Essence - Midnight Rocker. A za ostalo, trebace vam : 

• 4 glitter laka za nokte (ja sam koristila b.pretty - phantom, b.pretty - lilac dreams, b.pretty - canopy, i b.pretty - silver spruce)
• zuta akrilna boja / zuti lak za nokte
• igla / cackalica / tanko tackalo

About two weeks ago, I showed you my first nail art in this year Starry Purple. I didn't thought it was something special, and that you gonna like it that much, but I was wrong :). And I'm glad. Anyway, Tiana Bryant asked me to do tutorial for that nail art, so I did it with my pleasure, with some changes :).

This time, for base color I used Essence - Midnight Rocker. And for everything else - you will need : 

• 4 glitter nail polishes (I used b.pretty - phantom, b.pretty - lilac dreams, b.pretty - canopy, and b.pretty - silver spruce)
• yellow acrylic paint / yellow nail polish
• needle / toothpick / thin dotter

Korak 1. Preko nokta, u dijagonalnom pravcu povucite jednu tanku liniju glitterastim lakom.

Step 1. Over the nail, draw one thin line with glitter nail polish diagonally. 



Korak 2. Sa drugim glitterastim lakom, nacrtajte liniju ispod prethodne.

Step 2. With different glitter polish, draw a thin line below previous one.



Korak 3. Ponovite isto to jos dva puta sa razlicitim lakovima.

Step 3. Repeat the same step two more times with different nail polishes. 

Korak 4. Sa zutom akrilnom bojom ili zutim lakom za nokte (lak koristite samo ako je stvarno dobro pigmentisan, ili preko bele akrilne boje) nacrtajte zvezdice. Ovog puta, ja sam crtala zvezdice i ispod i iznad linija. I jos malo da zacinim, preko ostalih noktiju sam nalakirala NYC - East Village. 

Step 4. With yellow acrylic paint or yellow nail polish (use nail polish only if it's really pigmented, or over white acrylic paint) draw stars. This time, I drew them both below and above the lines. And to spice it little bit more, over other nails I polished NYC - East Village.

Nadam se da ce se, onima kojima je ovo bilo potrebno, ovo i svideti :). 
I moram da se pohvalim, osvojila sam 34 lakica na theBalm stranici :). Njihovo osoblje me je izabralo i jos ne mogu da poverujem. Jedva cekam da stignu :).

I hope that, those of you who needed this, will like it :).
And I have to brag, I won 34 nail polishes on theBalm page :). Their staff picked me and I still can't believe it. I can't wait to get them :).

Christmas Nails #22 : Ho! Ho! Ho!

Ho!Ho!Ho! Jos malo pa ce Bozic :). Sutra idem kuci te ocekujte ovih dana izvestaj iz Beca i slike poklona koje smo moj decko, mama i ja ove godine sami pravile :).

A danas, danas se Deda Mraz verovatno polako sprema na put. Ostalo je jos jako malo vremena. Pokloni su vec spremni, sto je najvaznije :). Sigurna sam da ste videle Deda Mraza na mnogo noktiju ove godine, a evo i mog :)

Bazna boja je 2 sloja Essence - Tryin' to be cool, a preko njega NYC - East Village.

Ho! Ho! Ho! It's almost Christmas :). Tomorrow I'm going home, so expect these days report from Vienna and pictures of presents that my boyfriend, mum I and made this year :)

And today, today is Santa Claus probably preparing for his trip. There's only little time left. Presents are already ready, and that's most important :). I'm sure you saw Santa Clause on many nails these year, and here's mine :)

Base color is 2 coats of Essence - Tryin' To be Cool, and over it it's NYC - East Village. 

 Kako vam se svidja novi dizajn bloga? Ovo je prvi koji sam sama napravila :)

How do you like new blog design? These is the first I made myself :)

Swatches of Two NYC

Secate li se mozda ona dva NYC laka sto sam kupila u Budimpesti? Jedan od njih ste vec videli kao podlogu kada sam crtala Hakuna Matata, ali tada ga nisam uslikala samog, pa je dosao napokon red i na to. Iskreno, ovo je moj prvi dodir sa ovom markom lakova, i ne mogu da se odlucim jesam li zadovoljna ili ne. Da krenemo od prvog…
Prince Street je lak prelepe ljubicaste boje, sa metalik finishom. Bukvalno mogu videti svoj odraz na noktima :D. Cetkica je perfektna, ali se tokom mazanja cini kao da ce se videti svaki potez, sto naravno kao sto vidite, nije tako. Kada se osusi (sto je veoma brzo), perfektan je. Nazalost, da bi se dobila boja koju ocekujete kada vidite u bocici, treba 3 sloja.


Do you maybe remember those two NYC polishes that I bought in Budapest? One of them you already saw as base coat when I drew Hakuna Matata, but then I didn’t had time to swatch it, so now is finally time for that. To be honest, this is my first experience with this brand of nail polishes, and I still can’t decide am I satisfied or not. Let’s start with first one…
Prince Street is beautiful purple colored nail polish, with metallic finish. I can literally see my reflection on nails :D. Brush is perfect, but when you are applying it, it seems like you will see every move of the brush, but it’s not true. When it dries (which is very fast), it’s perfect. Unfortunately, to get the color that you expect when you see a bottle, you will need 3 coats.





A sada, po meni lepsi, East Village. Naravno, samo iz razloga sto obozavam sve nijanse plave boje. Vec kada sam namazala prvi sloj, bilo mi je jasno da je ovaj lak pozeljno koristiti samo kao layer, nikako sam. Ali, kada sam vec pocela, odlucila sam da vidim koliko ce mu slojeva trebati. Lak se brzo susi, tako da mi nije bilo tesko da nanesem svih 6 slojeva.


And now, in my opinion prettier, East Village. Of course, it’s only because I love all kind of blues. When I applied one coat, I knew that this polish is made for using as later, not alone. But, since I already started, I decided to see how many coats it will need. Polish dries quickly, so it wasn’t hard for me to apply all 6 coats.




Odlucila sam da ga isprobam kao layer preko Essence – Midnight Rocker. Posto mi je blizu stojao i Essence – Glisten Up!, koji u bocici izgleda slicno ovom na noktima, pomislila sam da bi uporedjivanje bilo interesantno. Tek kada sam oba namazala (po jedan sloj), shvatila sam da su slicnosti minimalne. Kao layer, East Village daje plavicasti shimmer sa smaragdnim podtonom, dok je kod Glisten Up!-a samo malo shimmera ove boje, ali ga izdvajaju vece smaragdne sljokice. U svakom slucaju, oba laka odlicno izgledaju preko Midnight Rockera, ali ipak prednost dajem Glisten Up!-u :).

I decided to try it as later over Essence – Midnight Rocker. Since close to me was Essence – Glisten Up!, that looks similar in the bottle as East Village on nails, I thought that comparison would be interesting. When I applied them both (1 coat), I realized that similarities are minimal. As layer, East Village gives bluish shimmer with emerald note, while Glisten Up! has only small amount of same color shimmer, but also has bigger emerald flakies. Anyway, both polish looks grate over Midnight Rocker, but I give advantage to Glisten Up! :).







Jeste li probale NYC lakove? Sta mislite o njima? Kako vam se svidjaju ova dva?

Did you tried NYC polishes? What do you think about them? How do you like these two?

Budapest Haul & Cosmopolitan Review

Kao sto sam vam juce rekla, bila sam u subotu u Budimpesti. Nazalost, samo na jedan dan, tako da sam propustila da vidim celokupnu lepotu tog grada, ali ici cu opet (verovatno kada se pojave neke nove kolekcije lakova koje moram imati a ovde ih nema). Uglavnom, posto je bilo popodne kada smo imali slobodno vreme, vise od pola prodavnica je bilo zatvoreno. Bedak. Ali, pozurili smo da nadjemo McDonalds, ponajvise zbog WiFi-ja, izgooglala sam adresu najblizeg Muller-a, ukljucili smo navigaciju na telefonu i uputili se malim ulicicama Budimpeste. Moram priznati da nam je trebalo dugo da dodjemo do njega, oko 4km smo pesacili do onde. I ulazak u Muller. Prvo sto sam videla su brendovi tipa Chanel, Dior, Dolce&Gabbana, i pomisao “Sta ja radim ovde? Nemam ja te pare.”. A onda, skriveni iza svega toga, sa zadnje strane prodavnice, stoji Essence (za 1/3 jeftiniji nego kod nas,sa novim nijansama, ali sa polu-praznim rafovima), Catrice (nazalost, samo 3 boje, ostalo je bilo prazno), NYC, Maybelline, Miss Sporty, i jos poneka marka koju mogu da priustim. Nazalost, bas zbog tih praznih rafova, kao i pomalo ruznjikavih boja koje su stajale na policama, kupila sam samo 5 komada. Ustvari, 7, ali jedan sam kupila koji vec imam a skoro sam ga potrosila, i od jednog novog sam slucajno uzela dva. Ne pitajte kako, desilo se od uzbudjenja :D. U svakom slucaju, Budimpesto, ocekuj me opet, ako nista drugo zbog lakova za nokte. Evo novih :

As I told you yesterday, I was in Budapest on Saturday. Unfortunately, only for one day, so I didn’t saw all the beauty of that city, but I’ll go again (probably when some new polishes show up that I can’t find here). Anyway, since it was a late afternoon when we had our free time, most of the stores were closed. Bummer. But, we rushed to find McDonalds, mostly because of Wi-Fi, and I Googled an address of nearest Muller, we turned on GPS on mobile and started walking through the small streets of Budapest. I must admit that it took a while to find it, about 4km of walk. And entering in Muller. First I saw was brands like Chanel, Dior, Dolce&Gabbana, and thought : “What am I doing here"? I can’t afford it”. And then, hidden behind all of this, in the back of the store, stands Essence (1/3 cheaper then here, with new shades, but with half-empty shelves), Catrice (unfortunately, only 3 colors, rest of it was empty), NYC, Maybelline, Miss Sporty, and some other brands that I can afford. Unfortunately, I bought only 5 polishes. Actually, I bought 7, but one I already have and it’s empty, and from one I accidently bought two. Don’t ask me how, it happened because of excitement :D. Any way, Budapest, expect me again, if it’s not for anything else, then because of nail polishes. Here’s the new ones :

Essence– Gleam In Blue, NYC– Prince Street, Essence– Let’s get Lost, NYC- East Village, Essence– In Style

Druga stvar o koju sam htela da podelim sa vama je u vezi sa magazinom Cosmopolitan, tj novembarskim izdanjem. U principu, to je jedini magazin koji ja kupujem i citam. Za ostalo su tu blogovi :). Uglavnom, kada je su u pitanju njihove Beauty stranice, skoro nikad nema nista u vezi noktiju, uvek samo sminka. A nokti se pojave jednom u 6 meseci i to uglavnom sa losim clankom. Priznajem, da nisam u ovom svetu, verovatno bih im verovala. Ali na ovo moram da odreagujem. Naime, naslov je “Nokti za 10”, a pretstavljeni su 8 lakova za nokte koji su navodno savrseni za ovu sezonu i moraju se imati. Posto ni jedan od tih lakova ne posedujem, opet sam upotrebila Google, i bukvalno sam prvi swatch koji izadje uzela da procitam. A evo i vama, ako vas zanima.

Another thing that I wanted to share with you is about Cosmopolitan magazine, and his novembar issue in Serbia. Basically, that’s the only magazine that I read I buy. For rest of it, there are blogs :). Anyway, when it come to their Beauty section, there’s almost nothing about nails ever, always just make-up. And nails show up in about every 6 months, and usually with very bad article. I admit, in case I didn’t in this world, I will probably trust them. But on this, I have to react. The title is “Nails for 10”, and they show 8 nail polishes that are reportedly perfect for this season and are must have. Since I don’t own any of them, I used Google and literally read first swatch that he found of every polishes. And here they are, if you’re interested.

Rimmel Purple Reign

Givenchy Vernis Please! 176 Noir Celester 

Lancome - #29 Noir YSL - Moonlight Blue. 

Chanel Peridot 

Collistar - 69 Green Lame 

Sephora My Favorite Jeans 

Bourjois #22 (couldn’t find swatch, so there is review of other bourjois)

Od zadnja dva nisam mogla da nadjem swatch, tako da sam od Sephore stavila sliku samo, a od Bourjois-a, swatch drugog laka iz iste kolekcije. Uglavnom, ako ste procitale (a i ako niste), shvatate da nisu u pitanju savrseni lakovi u savrsenim bojama. Suocimo se sa istinom, ima toliko boljih lakova za nokte koji su boljeg kvaliteta u mnogo lepsim bojama (prvi na umu mi je Ozotic 505 koji mi je na wishlisti vec dugo). Da ne pricam o cenama. Rimmel je 393RSD/4 €, Sephora 470RSD/4.7 €, BourJois 659RSD/6.6 €, Collistar 1422RSD/14€, Givenchy 1650RSD / 16.5€, Lancome 1975RSD/20€, YSL 2175RSD/21.75€, Chanel 2365RSD/23.6€. Stvarno mi nije jasna ideja Cosmopolitan-a o zivotnom standardu ovde, a i celoj svetskoj ekonomskoj krizi. Ne kazem da su ovi lakovi ocajni, ali “za 10”? Ne bih rekla. Sta vi mislite?

From last two I couldn’t find swatches, so I put only picture of Sephora, and of Bourjois I put swatch of different polish from same collection. Anyway, if you have read (and if you didn’t), you understand that these are not perfect polishes in perfect shades. Let’s face it, there is so many better nail polishes that have better quality, in so much nicer shades (first on my mind is Ozotic 505 that’s on my wish list for ages). And the prices. Rimmel is 4€/5.3$, Sephora 4.7€/6.25$, BourJois 6.6€/8.8$, Collistar 14€/19$, Givenchy 16.5€/22$, Lancome 20€/26.5$, YSL 21.75€/29$, Chanel 23.6€/31.5$. I don’t see a point of Cosmopolitan about life standard here, and whole world economic crise. I don’t say that these polishes are awful, but “for 10”? I don’t think so. What do you think?