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?

Jacob's Protection with Holo Stamping

Kada se pojavila Essence Twilight Breaking Down II kolekcija, kupila sam ih sve, a do sada sam isprobala samo onaj zlatni (koji mi se inače najmanje svideo pre nego što sam ih kupila) i to samo za neke zlatne detalje kod crtanja ili eventualno za pečatiranje. U zadnje vreme, više koristim svetle lakove, što je za mene čudno, ali danas sam odlučila da pređem na tamnu stranu i isprobam Essence - Jacob's Protection. Oduševio me je sa svojom dubinom, tamnom skoro crnom bazom i tonom plavog shimmera. Pošto sam u tom momentu uhvatila i mali zrak sunca koji se probio kroz tamne oblake, pečatiranje noktiju mi je prvo palo na pamet (zbog brzine) uz holo lak Catherine Arley #801 i pločicu BM-212.

When Essence Twilight Breaking Down II collection showed up in stores, I bought them all, and until today I only tried out gold one (which I didn't like at all before I bought it) and only used it for some gold details on drawings or for stamping. Lately, I prefer to use lighter polishes, which is odd for me, but today I went again on a dark side and tried out Essence - Jacob's Protection. It is so deep, with dark, almost black base and tone tonnes of blue shimmer. And then I saw that small sunshine rain between dark clouds, I thought about stamping nails (because I can do it fast) with holo nail polish Catherine Arley #801 and plate BM-212.

Izgleda mi kao neka svetlucava čipka. Da li vam se dopada? Jeste li gledale Twilight filmove?

It looks like some shiny lace. Do you like it? Have you seen Twilight movies?

Swatch: Golden Rose–Chameleon Effect 21

Zar ne mrzite kada imate velika ocekivanja u vezi nekog (laka za nokte) i puf! Nista. Znam da ni onaj prosli Chameleon nije bio dobar, ali ovaj se cinio kao malo vise pigmentisan. Ali nije. Trebala su mi 4 sloja da bi dostigla punu pokrivenost sa moram priznati, veoma dobrom cetkicom. Ako nista drugo, barem su vreme susenja i aplikacija bili laki. Tako da nije dugo trajalo, a koliko ja vidim – nece ni on na mojim noktima.
 
Don’t you just hate when you have big expectations about something (nail polish) and boom! Nothing. I know that last Chameleon wasn’t good either, but this one seems to be little bit more pigmented. But it isn’t. I needed 4 layers to achieve fully coverage and I have to admit, with a really good brush. At least time of drying and application was easy. So it didn’t take long time, and as far as I see – it wouldn’t take long time on my nails either.







Kako sto i vidite, boja je lepa, ali… Iako sam slikala pod razlicitim uglovima, pod suncem i u senci – nista. Jos uvek ni K od Kameleon. Mislim da cu za sada da prestanem da tragam za ovim lakovima. Ili oni ne valjaju ili na mojim noktima ne valjaju.
Imate li vi srece sa Chameleon lakovima? Stvarno mi se svidja efekat koji bi oni trebali da postignu, tako da, ako imate iskustvo sa nekim podelite ga :)

As you can see, color is nice, but… although I took pictures from different angles, on sun and in shade – nothing. Still not even C of Chameleon. I think I’ll stop searching for these polishes for now. They are not good or maybe they’re not good on my nails.
Do you have luck with Chameleon polishes? I really like effect that they suppose to make, so, if you have experience with some, share it :)

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?

My ex-favorite

Vreme se pogorsalo, jesen je stigla…Dokle vise?!? Izgleda da ce nas leto preskociti ove godine, i to me cini tuznom… Ne tuznom, vise razocaranom. Hocu sunce!!! Morate priznati da se svaki lak najbolje vidi na suncu. Ako se vreme uskoro ne promeni, ceka nas jos godinu dana pomalo nerealnih slika noktica. Nego, ova “depresija” zbog nedostatka sunca me je naterala da se vratim tamnijim bojama, i mom bivsem omiljenom laku – Golden Rose 339 .
Bilo je to pre nekih godinu dana, kada sam ukupno imala nekih 15ak lakova ukupno, ali ovaj mi je svaki drugi dan bio na noktima. To mi je i prvi lak koji sam uspela da ispraznim 2 bocice u manje od 3 meseca. Razlog za to brzo trosenje jeste lepa boja, ali i malo losiji kvalitet. Naravno, tad nisam ni znala za mnogo bolje, tako da mi je odgovarao potpuno. A sad,… pa ne znam. Svi se mi prisecamo ponekad bivsih kakvi god da su bili (decko ce me ubiti ako ovo procita :D).Ne kazem da je ovaj lak ocajan, ali ima i boljih :). Uglavnom, tamno plavi, 2 sloja i, i dalje mozete videti bele vrhove. Priznajem, bila sam lenja da namazem i treci. Susenje je brzo, a cetkica standardna kao i kod svih turskih lakova. E sad, ono sto me je iznenadilo (posle toliko mazanja, uspeo je i da to uradio)… nisam mogla da poverujem kako se ovaj lak presijava. Kao da ima nekog shimera srebrnog i zlatnog. Evo pokusajte da ga vidite (sto je malo tesko na slici bez sunca :( ) .

Weather is getting worse, Autumn is here… Till when?!? It seems that Summer is going to skip us this year, and that makes me said… Not said, more disappointed. I want Sun!!! You have to admit that every polish is best visible on Sun. If the weather doesn’t change soon, I think that we’ll have one more year with little bit unreal pictures of nails. Anyway, this “depression” because of the lack of Sun, forced me to go back to dark colors, and to my ex-favorite polish – Golden Rose 339. 
That was about a year ago, when I had about 15 polishes, and this polish was every other day on my nails. That is the first one that I spent 2 bottles in 3 months. Reason for the fast spending is nice color, and a little bit bad quality. Of course, then I didn’t know for better, so it was completely ok for me. And now, …well I don’t know. We all sometimes remember our ex’s no matter what they were (my boyfriend will kill me if he read this :D) . I don’t say that it’s very bad, but I know better ones. Anyway, dark blue, 2 layers, and you can still see white tips. I’ll admit, I was lazy to apply third one. Drying was pretty fast, and the brush is standard for Turkish polishes. And now, there is one thing that surprised me… I couldn’t believe how shine he is and that I forgot that. Like it have some silver and gold shimmer. Try to see it (which is hard on picture taken without Sun).



A onda zlatne tackice, cisto da ne bude gdin usamljeni :P

And then golden dots, just because I don’t want for him to be Mr. Lonely :P



Moram da priznam da mi se i ne svidja vise bas toliko. Ali nek stoji, ko zna, mozda uspem da zavolim svu tu svetlucavost :). Jel se vama svidja? Jeste ga probale?

I have to admit that I don’t like that much anymore. But I’ll leave it, who knows, maybe I fall in love with all that shininess one day :). Do you like it? Did you tried it?