Neon Lines

Zamislite situaciju kada neko ko je navikao svaki dan da lakira nokte, ima iskrzani lak na noktima skoro dve nedelje. Ne znam za vas, ali meni je strašno. Polako se navikavam na posao i mislim da sam uspela nekako da organizujem svoje vreme, pa sam postavila za početak sebi cilj : minimum 3 posta nedeljno. Nadam se da ću uspeti u tome, a i da ćete vi biti tu da me podržite :). 

Mislila sam da je crtanje nešto kao vožnja bicikla, kada jednom znaš to da uradiš, znaćeš uvek. Ali očigledno sam se previše opustila pa čak iako sam odlučila da prekinem sa nelakiranjem noktiju uz linijice koje su lagane za crtanje, nije mi bilo lako. Koristila sam theBalm - Pink or Swim kao podlogu, a Flormar N002, Flormar N014 i Rapsodi 194 za linijice. 

Imagine the situation when someone who is used to polish nails every day, have chipped nail polish on nails that is almost two weeks old. I don't know about you, but for me that is scary. I'm finally getting used to work, and I think I succeed in organizing my time, so I set a goal : minimum 3 posts per week. I hope I will manage to do that, and that you will be here to support me :). 

I thought that drawing is something like riding a bike, when you learn to do it once, you will know it forever. But obviously I was too relaxed and although I decided to stop with not polishing my nails with lines that are easy to draw, it wasn't easy. I used theBalm - Pink or Swim as base color, and Flormar N002, Flormar N014 and Rapsodi 194 for lines. 

Da li vam se dopada? U planu mi je prvo bilo da ovo bude neki Aztec manikir, ali sam morala da se zaustavim ovde :). 

Do you like it? First plan was to make something like Aztec manicure, but I had to stop here :).

Nude with Pink Flowers

Današnji dan nije bio toliko topao, pa je moje raspoloženje bilo pravo prolećno. Čini mi se, kao da uvek kasnim sa godišnjim dobima :). Možda prvi put u mom životu, nalakirala sam nude lak za nokte, Rapsodi #304. Ne volim baš nešto nude lakove, jednostavno jer se sa njima osećam golo :D. Kako bi ih ipak napravila malo veselijim, nacrtala sam cvetiće rozom akrilnom bojom. 

Today there was not a warm day, so my mood was like it is spring. It seems to me that like I'm always late with seasons :). Maybe for the first time in my life, I painted my nails with nude nail polish, Rapsodi #304. I'm not really into the nudes, just because I feel kind of naked with them :D. To make them a little bit more cheerful, I added some pink flowers with acrylic paint.

Da li vam se dopadaju ovi cvetići? Da li volite nude lakove?

Do you like this flowers? What do you think about nude nail polishes?

Nail Mail and Haul in June

Obično ovakvu vrstu posta objavljujem prvog u mesecu, ali oprostićete mi što ovog puta kasnim par dana :). U junu, mogu da se pohvalim time da sam izdržala da ne kupim ni jedan lak za nokte. Čestitam sama sebi :D. Ipak, to ne znači da nema noviteta u mojoj kolekciji ovog meseca... Od tetke sam dobila ove divne lakove : Gabrini #379, Gabrini N12, Gabrini M110, Rapsodi #336, Rapsodi #304. 

I usually make a this type of post on the first day of a month, but I'm few days late this month :). In June, I have to tell you that I tried really hard and didn't buy any nail polish. Congratulations to myself :D. But, that doesn't mean that there are no new polishes in my stash... From my aunt I got these pretty polishes : Gabrini #379, Gabrini N12, Gabrini M110, Rapsodi #336, Rapsodi #304. 

Ova tri lepotana ste već juče videle, ali čisto da se podsetimo :)... Layla - Mercury Twilight, Layla - Coffee Love i Layla - Ocean Rush. 

You already saw these three gorgeous polish yesterday but here they are again :)...  Layla - Mercury Twilight, Layla - Coffee Love and Layla - Ocean Rush. 

Prošlog meseca, učestvovala sam u još jednom grupnom tematskom menjanju lakova na facebook-u. Tema je bila leto, a Yarden iz Izraela mi je poslala punu kutiju simpatičnih stvarčica koje će mi dobro doći ovog leta :).

Last month, I joined one more group theme polish swap on Facebook. Theme was summer, and Yarden from Israel sent me box with all those cute things that I will definitely need this summer :).

Trebalo mi je vremena da sve otpakujem, ali sam se oduševljavala sa svakom sledećom stvari koju bi ugledala.

It took a while to unpack it all, but I loved every single item. 

Mnogo slatkiša. Skoro sve čokoladno. I razlog zašto sam se ugojila sigurno 3kg ove nedelje :).

Lots of candies. Almost everything with chocolate. And reason why I got 3kg this week :).
 

Cvetne naočare za sunce, letnje vodene nalepnice za nokte, ogledalce u obliku školjke, mali sjaj za usta i turpija koja savršeno staje čak i u najmanju tašnicu.

Flower designed sunglasses, summer water decals, shell shaped mirror, little lip gloss and nail file that fits even in a smallest purse. 

Znam da ste ovo čekale da vidite. Lakovi. Sedam lakova izraelskih brendova koje sam dobila kao dupe-ove lakova sa moje liste želja. Glitter Bunny - Rainbow on Crack, Gade #446, Wow #309, Gade #461, Gade #821, GK - Holographic Glitter i Glitter Bunny - Flip Flop Madness. 

I know you wanted to see these. Nail polishes. Seven nail polishes by Israel brands that I got as dupes for polishes on my wishlist. Glitter Bunny - Rainbow on Crack, Gade #446, Wow #309, Gade #461, Gade #821, GK - Holographic Glitter and Glitter Bunny - Flip Flop Madness. 

Sutra vam pokazujem Flip Flop Madness, a za dalji redosled, volela bih da znam šta bi vi volele da vidite :). Koji su vaši noviteti od prošlog meseca?

Tomorrow I'll show you Flip Flop Madness, and for post after that, I would love to know what would you like to see :). What is new in your collection? 

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?

Rainbow Fish Scales

Danas mi je stvarno trebalo nešto što će me razveseliti. Počelo je kao bojenje bez ikakvog reda i veze, i taman kad sam pomislila da bi mogla da skinem tu mrlju sa noktiju koju sam napravila najviše iz nervoze, shvatila sam da ustvari izgleda lepo. Dodala sam još malo boje, još po koju tačkicu i ustvari napravila manikir sa vodenim bojama. Ono malo što je falilo da sve izgleda savršeno je bilo pločica za pečatiranje BM - 203, i nastale su šarene riblje krljušti. Za ove neke male greškice koje možete videti, definitivno krivim top coat. 

Koristila sam : Farmasi #02, Catrice - Run Forest Run, Catrice - Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy, Essence - Do  A Floating Pirouette, FlorMar N007, Catherine Arley - 08, theBalm - Hella Yella, Rapsodi #191 i Miyo - Black. 

Today I really needed something that will cheer me up. It started like painting without any order and connection, and just when I thought that I could remove that mess off my nails that I made just because I was nervous, I realized that it looks nice. I added some more paint, and few more dots and actually made water color manicure. It needed something more for manicure to look perfect, I needed only stamping plate BM - 203, and that would be a story about how rainbow fish scales were made. For those little mistakes that you can see, I blame top coat.

I used : Farmasi #02, Catrice - Run Forest Run, Catrice - Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy, Essence - Do  A Floating Pirouette, FlorMar N007, Catherine Arley - 08, theBalm - Hella Yella, Rapsodi #191 and Miyo - Black. 

Šta mislite o ovome? Da li vam se dopada?

What do you think about this? Do you like it?

Drag&Drop Flowers Tutorial

Srećan vam Praznik Rada drage moje :). Nadam se da ste provele divan dan. Za prvi dan u ovom mesecu, imam za vas davno obećani tutorijal za Drag&Drop tehniku. Verujte mi, nije teško i trebaće vam jako malo vremena da ovo napravite.

Slike su malo lošije jer sam sve morala da ih slikam u lightbox-u umesto na dnevnom svetlu (bila je noć kada sam ovo pravila) ali sam sigurna da ćete shvatiti kako to treba napraviti :). 

Ono što će vam trebati je : lak za nokte koji će biti podloga (kod mene je to Golden Rose #242), tri laka za cvetiće (kod mene su to Rapsodi #187, Essence - Flowerfields, i FlorMar #32) a od alata trebaće vam samo iglica/čačkalica. 

Happy International Workers' Day :). I hope you had a nice day. For the first day in this month, I have a long ago promiced tutorial for Drag&Drop technique. Trust me, it's not hard and you don't need much time to make it. 

Pictures are taken in a light box instead on a daylight (it was night when I did it) so they are not the best but I'm sure that you will understand how to do it :).

What you need is : nail polish that will be base color (mine is Golden Rose #242), three nail polishes for the flowers (I used Rapsodi #187, Essence - Flowerfields and FlorMar #32) and as tool you will need just a needle/toothpick.

Nakon što nanesete baznu boju, nacrtajte mali cvet (ne mora biti savršen). Sačekajte oko tridesetak sekundi i povucite linije na laticama od iznutra ka napolje. Obrišite čačkalicu nakon svake latice. Kada završite sa ovim, primetićete malo vaše bazne boje pri sredini cveta a negde ćete čak videti i svoj nokat. Izgledaće malo lepljivo na početku, ali brzo se osuši, a nakon toga samo nanesite top coat i izgledaće savršeno :).

After you apply your base color, draw a small flower (it doesn't have to be perfect). Wait about thirty seconds and drag lines on the petals from inside to outside. Clean your toothpick before every petal. After doing this, you will see some color in the middle of the flower that is your base color and somewhere you could also see your nail. It will look tacky but after it is dry, apply a top coat and it will look great :).

Ovom tehnikom takođe možete praviti i zvezdice. Šta mislite? Ako isprobate, obavezno mi pokažite :).

With this technique you can also make stars. What do you think? If you try it, let me know :).

Just Keep on Smiling

U poslednje vreme, sve neke lose stvari se dogadjaju u svetu koji nas okruzuje. Tako ponekad, pocnem da razmisljam o svemu tome, i postanem depresivna. Ponekad se zapitam kako se odbraniti od svega toga? Resenje je u osmehu. Zato stalno govorim sebi da ce sve biti kako treba, samo treba da nastavim da se smejem. Jer je osmeh ono sto ulepsava svet.

Za ovaj nail art koristila sam : theBalm - I Take My Coffee Matte and Black, Rapsodi #191, Primark - Neon Yellow, Primark - Neon Green, Primark - Neon Red, Catherine Arley #800, Catherine Arley #08, Rapsodi #187, theBalm - Silver Spoon Me, Essence - Free Hugs, Essence - Bella i FlorMar #423.

Lately I see that lot of bad things happens in the world around us. Sometimes, I start thinking about all of that, and became very depressive  Sometimes I even ask myself how to defend from that? Solution is in smile. That's why I tell myself all the time that everything will be fine, I just need to keep on smiling. Because smile is what makes world a better place.

For this nail art, I used : theBalm - I Take My Coffee Matte and Black, Rapsodi #191, Primark - Neon Yellow, Primark - Neon Green, Primark - Neon Red, Catherine Arley #800, Catherine Arley #08, Rapsodi #187, theBalm - Silver Spoon Me, Essence - Free Hugs, Essence - Bella and FlorMar #423.

Sta vi mislite, kako mozemo svet uciniti lepsim? Koliko cesto dajete osmeh na dar?

What do you think, how we can make a world prettier? How often do you give someone a smile for free?

The New 31 Day Challenge : Purple

Danasnja tema u novom 31 dan izazovu je ljubicasto. Ljubicasti i plavi lakovi za nokte su moji omiljeni, i te dve boje cine polovinu moje celokupne kolekcije lakova. Zato je bilo tesko odluciti se za jedan odredjeni ljubicasti lak koji cu danas nalakirati, a izbor je pao na Aura - Purple Revolution. Nakon toga, stala sam bez ideje sta cu preko njega, a onda sam se setila da dugo nisam radila Sugar Wool tehniku (mozete ovde videti tutorijal za nju), koju sam radila sa neon zelenim lakom, Rapsodi #195.

Today, theme in new 31 Day Challenge is purple. Purple and blue nail polishes are my favorite, and those two colors are half of my whole nail polish collection. That's why it was hard to pick one specific purple polish that I will use today, and choice was Aura - Purple Revolution. After that, I stopped because I had no idea what I will do next, and then I remembered that I didn't do Sugar Wool technique for a while (you can see tutorial for that here), and I did it today with neon green nail polish Rapsodi #195.

Da li vam se dopada ova tehnika? Meni se svidja zato sto je efekat odlican, a potrebno je jako malo vremena da je napravim :).

Do you like this technique? I like it because effect is great, and you don't need a lot of time to make your nails perfect :).

Super Mario Nail Art

Secam se da sam, jos kao klinka, u ono ratno vreme, imala Segu (svercovanu iz Rumunije) na kojoj je bilo samo 3 igrice, ali to mi je bilo dovoljno. Naime, bilo je Super Maria, Tenkova i pucanje u patke (ne mogu da se setim sad kako se ta zvala). Nego, godinama sam igrala Super Maria na Segi, kasnije na kompjuteru, sada cak i na Wii-u, i jos uvek mi nije dosadio. Danas sam napravila nail art po uzoru na likove iz Super Maria, i mogu vam reci da izgleda fenomenalno. Nisam 100% zadovoljna (kao i uvek), ali smatram da sam svakako zagrizla veliki zalogaj ovime.
Kao podlogu koristila sam Essence - Fall For Me, nebo plavi lak koji mi se bas i ne svidja. Prvi sloj je bio sav nekako lepljiv, nejednak, ali se bar brzo osusio. Ovim manama je najvise doprinela cetkica koja je bukvalno receno kao metla, i to ukrivo odsecena metla. Ne znam da li sam ubola “pogresan lak na polici”, ili je tako kod svih koji imaju ovaj lak, ali ja cu ovu cetkicu svakako malo odseci. Naravno, i pokazacu vam sliku pre nego sto je isecem, sada nisam stigla da je uslikam. Pre nego sto vam pokazem sliku, samo da vam kazem da, ako probate ovaj lak, ne brinite, drugi sloj pokriva sve nedostatke prvog.

I remember that, long ago when I were kid, in those war-times, I had Sega (imported from Romania), on which were only 3 games, but that was enough for me. There was Super Mario, The Tank and shooting at ducks (I can’t remember name of this one). Anyway, for years I played Super Mario on Sega, later on my PC, and now even on Wii, and I still love it. Today I did a nail art based on characters from Super Mario, and I can tell you – it looks awesome. I’m not 100% satisfied (as always), but I really think I took a big bite with this one.
As base, I used Essence – Fall For Me, sky blue nail polish that I don’t really like. First coat was kind a sticky, uneven, but it dried quickly. Those bad things are mainly because of the brush which is literally like broomstick, and I mean wrongly cut broomstick. I don’t know did I just took “wrong polish on shelf”, or does everybody who has this polish have this problem, but I’m going to cut this brush. Of course, I’ll show you pictures before I cut it, now I didn’t have time. Before I show you picture, I just want to say that, if you try this polish, don’t worry, second coat covers all fault of the first one.



A sada, moj Super Mario. Pretpostavljam da cete shvatiti sta predstavlja koji nokat (ako ne shvatite, onda shvatate sto nisam zadovoljna 100%). Koristila sam crnu, belu, crvenu, i boja koze akrilnu boju; Essence – In the Jungle, Classics 322 i Rapsodi 195.

And now, my Super Mario. I guess you will see what each nail represent (if you don’t, then you realized why I’m not 100% satisfied). I used black, white, red, and skin color acrylic color; Essence – In the Jungle, Classics 322 i Rapsodi 195.

 


Nadam se da vam se svidja. Ako imate neku tako pomalo ludu ili detinjastu ili bilo kakvu ideju, kazite :).

I hope you like it, If you have any little bit crazy or childish or any idea at all, let me know :).

Halloween Nail Art #2 : Pumpkins

Kao sto je MyPerfectLounge predlozila, za moj drugi Halloween nail art izabrala sam bundevice. Bilo je jednostavno, i zabavno. I da, trajalo je dugo. Koristila sam :

As MyPerfectLounge suggested, for my 2nd Halloween nail art I chose pumpkins. It was simple, and fun also. And yes, it took a lot of time. I used :

• Essence – Midnight Rocker (kao podlogu / for base)
• Essence – Bad Girl (za bundevice / for pumpkins)
• Rapsodi – 195 (za zelenu peteljku / for green thing on the top of pumpkins)
• White&Black acrylic color 

Sta mislite o ovome? Imate li predloge za sledeci? Vec imam u planu duhove, cudoviste, i mozda vestice (ako uspem da ih nacrtam).

What do you think about this? Do you have suggestions for next one? I’m already planning to do ghosts, monster, and maybe witches (if I succeed in drawing them).

3rd time the charm

Ok, treci Rapsodi i po meni najbolji. Divna nezno ljubicasta boja – 187. Mazanje ovog jeste bilo malo teze, ali je dovoljno 2 sloja da imate dobru pokrivenost. Napokon me je prosla prehlada, i uspela sam da osetim miris – tj. smrad. Ali sve se to da resiti otvorenim prozorom. 

Ok, third Rapsodi and the best till now. Beautiful purple color – 187. Appling of this one was a little bit harder, but 2 layers are enough to have good covernes. Finally my nose is ok, so manage to smell it- disgusting. But you can fix that with a open window. 



Naravno, i ovom laku sam morala dati upecatljivi detalj, a tu su dosla na red akrilno srce i zvezda.

Of course, I have to give this polish some details, and this time it’s acryl heart and star.



Konacan zakljucak o Rapsodi lakovima : dala sam im 3 sanse, i ni jedanput me nisu nesto odusevili. Iako im je cena niska, za ove pare mozete kupiti i mnogo bolje lakove. Naravno, ne kazem da ih necu nikad vise kupiti – ali samo ako mi se neka boja bas svidi. Od 3 turska proizvodjaca mogu reci da me je ovaj najvise razocarao.

Final conclusion about Rapsodi polishes : I gave them three chances, and they didn’t satisfied me even once. Although their price is low, for this money you can buy better polishes. Of course, I’m not telling that I will never buy them again  - but only if I find some color that I really like. From three Turkish brands I can say that this one was the most disappointed.

Another neon…

Ovaj blogger me je toliko iznervirao…grrrrr! Nit sam imala sta da citam, niti mogla da postujem… Jedva docekah da proradi :). Sad je valjda sve ok :). A danas za vas imam...
Drugi neonski, i drugi Rapsodi. Ovog puta narandzasti 191. Samo dva sloja, iako bi treci mogao dobro doci posto se jos uvek vide beli delovi nokta. Mazanje je i kod ovog nekako lepljivo. Opet imam osecaj gume na noktima, i to me izludjuje. Ali ono sto je dobro je sto se ova boja jos i moze nositi van kuce. 

This blogger annoys me… grrrr! I didn’t had anything to read, I couldn’t post anything… Glad that everything works now :). And today I have for you…
Another neon, another Rapsodi. This time orange 191. Just 2 layers, also the third wouldn’t be much, because you can still see tips. Appling is on this one kind of sticky. Again I have a filling like I have a rubber on my nails, and it drives me crazy. But what is good, is that you can wear this color outside.



I na kraju sitne zelene akrilne sarice…

And on the end, small green acryl lines…



Kako vam se svidja ovaj? Kako ste prezivele ovo gasenje bloggera?

How do you like this one? How did you survive blogger shut down?